Thread: Power prices, gas prices- ouch or Solar perhaps?

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

You won't learn anything. It's a lightweight "Nah! She'll be right" report designed to justify Trump's trashing of climate regs. Read it and then read this: Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

BTW, what's a seppoe?

That is more like it... A good robust discussion among scientists. This is what should be driving everything. Not the one eyed "windmills, solar panels and electric cars will save the world". seppo .... everyone knows that is an american

I don't see any as "100% right .... or 100% wrong". The facts are all "facts" depending on which scientist and which study you wish to listen too. Fortunately I have no idea who is right or wrong. But I certainly do not believe 100% either side. They may well all be wrong with there findings for all we know.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

It seems due to the complexity of the modern energy market providers are able to manipulate the price in their favour....WA economic regulator accuses power generators of overcharging utilities for wholesale electricity - ABC News

It says in the latest alleged breach, WA's largest privately-owned generator Bluewaters Power hiked the wholesale price of electricity by about $30 million over eight months.

IIRC from the news broadcast a total of 100M is alleged from various suppliers in WA.

It is my argument that renewables are not the cause of our high power costs - but is instead caused by the privatisation of our power grids and retailers. In QLD at least the grid is still mostly state owned, but even the retail arm was sold off.

The state got about 2.4 billion in 2007 for selling the retail arm off. It would be naive to think that this is not costing us more now.