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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    Drove past a Servo on the way to work and by the time I drove back tonight the price had hit a OMG mark, Suspect the time frame of not having a EV or FCEV may be a bit shorter than some understand. Not suggesting the Disco is redundant yet for some roles- Very happy it is parked at the moment. A headline from north of here
    Sydney petrol prices heading towards most expensive on record

    My cheap ev fuel cost is mind-numbingly low, The Service costs are even more so!
    Yes, however my vehicle is free hold, so 30k buys me a lot of Dino juice, plenty of servicing and they didn’t tear up a small nation for the power plant Grid can go 75% renewable

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    Further to that - I’ll be watching to see where fuel cell tech goes and decide down the track!

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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    Drove past a Servo on the way to work and by the time I drove back tonight the price had hit a OMG mark, Suspect the time frame of not having a EV or FCEV may be a bit shorter than some understand. Not suggesting the Disco is redundant yet for some roles- Very happy it is parked at the moment. A headline from north of here
    Sydney petrol prices heading towards most expensive on record

    My cheap ev fuel cost is mind-numbingly low, The Service costs are even more so!
    Lucky enough to have had company vehicles for the last 25 years so the only fuel I have to buy is for the toys which I can live with. Partner also has a company car so we’ll look at EV/Hydrogen etc in 20 years when we retire - there should be some usable tech around by then I hope. Grid can go 75% renewable
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    They are being ripped off in Sydney.
    91 at Metro West Gosford was 140.9 yesterday.
    At Pennant Hills it was AFAIR 279.9 at the two Shells and 98 was over $2!
    39cents difference!
    Even the woke NRMA PR bloke said a few weeks ago that petrol stations were making 18cents per litre over wholesale.

    Regards PhilipA

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    They are being ripped off in Sydney.
    91 at Metro West Gosford was 140.9 yesterday.
    At Pennant Hills it was AFAIR 279.9 at the two Shells and 98 was over $2!
    39cents difference!
    Even the woke NRMA PR bloke said a few weeks ago that petrol stations were making 18cents per litre over wholesale.

    Regards PhilipA
    For a short time Phillip. The price is up as demand is increasing and supply is static and capped untill the oil rich types hit the very high price target they have planned for us all
    "LONDON — Oil prices climbed to multi-year highs shortly after a group of some of the world’s most powerful oil producers opted against a big supply boost.
    Now energy analysts believe crude prices could be poised to rally toward $100 a barrel.

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    From $30 per barrel to over $80 and still going up

    Not a pretty graph at all for our oil burners

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    LPG is a record around herel,$110/L .

    That's if its available,over the last couple of years, half the servos around here have taken their LPG bowsers,tanks,etc out.
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    last time this happened I still had the D2 and in some supermarkets I could buy vegge oils cheaper than diesel so I mixed it about 50/50 ....the disco didn't mind at all...the td5 really was/is an amazing engine.

    I'd be too scared to try it in a puma.

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    15% to 100% may need 300%!

    Wind and solar are great yet I think we must have hydrogen and Nuclear. A new rather concise study puts some of the sizing issues IF we limited to just wind/solar to replace C02 power sources



    "Dive Brief:

    • The reserve margin on the ISO New England system may need to increase from about 15% to 300% by 2040 in some scenarios, as more renewables are added and dispatchable generation is retired to meet state clean energy goals, according to a July 29 report from the grid operator.
    • The first phase of the ISO’s Future Grid Reliability Study models a variety of decarbonization scenarios in 2040 and concludes they “may require a significant amount of gas or stored fuels to support variable resources.”
    • A scenario where reliability criteria are met using only solar, wind and storage, would challenge the transmission system and require “an outsized amount of land or offshore areas” for wind and solar farms, the report found. Link to report

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    Add new power needed for Aluminum and D.R.I. steel and heavy industry/ transport and shipping and the questions gets possibly problematic for just one or two soloutions. Horses for courses I think

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    Power Doomsday Clock?

    hold on to your legs and kiss your ??? good bye?
    AGL announces it will close Loy Yang A power station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley up to 10 years sooner than planned

    The statement also said the company remained on track to close its Bayswater coal plant in the NSW Hunter Valley between 2030 and 2033.
    The Loy Yang A power station is one of Victoria's newest coal-fired power stations and produces 2,210 megawatts (MW) of electricity, about 30 per cent of the state's total.



    The Victorian government has announced renewable energy storage capacity targets and a $157 million package to boost renewable energy generation and storage.

    The targets aim for 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy storage by 2030 and 6.3GW of storage by 2035.



    2.6 gWh of storage is thin plus at times! Vic daily graph


    QLD big pumped hydro



    No Nuclear Power news in OZ of course- we are to smart

    I need to rename a spreadsheet I have. A Power Doomsday Clock was one thought I considered. All that money and really only 50% or so coverage some of the time

    Note Hydrogen storage when /if it occurs as a storage medium might change this negative view

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    That decision pretty much guarantees safe employment for me until I retire, but I feel for what the valley will go through again - and Yallourn PS is on borrowed time as well.

    It’s a perfect spot for a nuclear power station - all the infrastructure is there and the locals wouldn’t have a NIMBY complex about it.

    If they have the green light today it would be mostly done by the time Loy Yang was decommissioned.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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