Thread: Nuclear

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Still a 100% taxpayer construction subsidy.

Accounting is not your forte is it?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Nuclear is the most expensive and dangerous option.

Can you provide evidence, or stating an opinion, i would have put underground coal mining in third world countrirs as most dangerous IMHO or maybe burning dung to cook with, and the associated respiratory problems

Incidently to address the challenges of cooking over open fires, i have bought several 1,000 Eco Zoom stoves and distributed them at cost, roughly a 1/3 of the shop price in oz. So doing my small part in improving lives and reducing environmental damage. Quite a wonderful simple product

Hi,
We have 20 panels, the best ever max output was 5kW, today, blue sky, midwinter, it is sitting on 2kW.
Ours is network connected and $3000 in credit, which will erode as soon as we get put back to 8c per kW feed in tarrif. We pay 28c from the grid.
That is for 2 adults, using wood heating (with a hot water wet back) in winter and electric element hot water in summer.
As an aside on solar hot water, I was told that it is now cheaper to use PV and a normal hot water storage heater rather than dedicated water heating panels, considering install, running and repair/maintenance costs over the life of the system.
Cheers

Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
I was told that it is now cheaper to use PV and a normal hot water storage heater rather than dedicated water heating panels, considering install, running and repair/maintenance costs over the life of the system.
Cheers

only under some circumstances.

for a low or smart consumption hot water user yes but not for higher volume or less effective users..

There isnt much in it At the moment and I'd almost be willing to bet that if you went to a long term study then a heat pump storage system driven off of a solar array will wind up being the overall best bang for buck, especially if you get smart with the ducting and use the heat pump to pull heat out of the house rather than out of the outside environment.

Of course if you got really clever you could just park the house outside the cooling tower and ask for a divirting line off of the secondary cooling loop and a heat exchanger for your HWS

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

only under some circumstances.

for a low or smart consumption hot water user yes but not for higher volume or less effective users..

There isnt much in it At the moment and I'd almost be willing to bet that if you went to a long term study then a heat pump storage system driven off of a solar array will wind up being the overall best bang for buck, especially if you get smart with the ducting and use the heat pump to pull heat out of the house rather than out of the outside environment.

Of course if you got really clever you could just park the house outside the cooling tower and ask for a divirting line off of the secondary cooling loop and a heat exchanger for your HWS

But those heat pumps aren't the most reliable item around,one repair,out of warranty and you have well and truly blown your $.

Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
We have 20 panels, the best ever max output was 5kW, today, blue sky, midwinter, it is sitting on 2kW.
Ours is network connected and $3000 in credit, which will erode as soon as we get put back to 8c per kW feed in tarrif. We pay 28c from the grid.
That is for 2 adults, using wood heating (with a hot water wet back) in winter and electric element hot water in summer.
As an aside on solar hot water, I was told that it is now cheaper to use PV and a normal hot water storage heater rather than dedicated water heating panels, considering install, running and repair/maintenance costs over the life of the system.
Cheers

Yes, I agree a normal water heater with solar would be cheaper than solar hot water. However our hot water heater died, we needed to move it from inside to outside to make way for a reno inside, which was going to be expensive, we didn't have the funds free to do the full solar upgrade, but we did have the cash for $4k in solar hot water, and we figured it would help our solar anyway, so we went that way.

Originally Posted by AndyG

Accounting is not your forte is it?

Which part of taxpayers paid 100% would be changed by accounting practices?

Originally Posted by AndyG

Can you provide evidence, or stating an opinion, i would have put underground coal mining in third world countrirs as most dangerous IMHO or maybe burning dung to cook with, and the associated respiratory problems

Incidently to address the challenges of cooking over open fires, i have bought several 1,000 Eco Zoom stoves and distributed them at cost, roughly a 1/3 of the shop price in oz. So doing my small part in improving lives and reducing environmental damage. Quite a wonderful simple product

Those Eco Zoom stoves were a good idea. Well done.
Underground coal mining is certainly dangerous, open cut less so, that's true. How do you put a price on Chernobyl?