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

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Again.. you're looking at the tree.

I trust that there are people who are clever, and have thought about this. We are all paying these people to ensure grid stability now.

You'll remember I stated that they think that even if we stay with coal we will still have to undertake substantial grid stability work. I don't know if you know - but Australia's population growth has been nearly half a million people a year for the last few years. Not that anyone has asked anyone but here we are. Even if we stay on coal we're going to need to build some very expensive coal stations. Also, we now have a lot more things to power now.

Change is inevitable. There will be no one correct answer. Everything is going to be needed.

We need some big cheap generators that match the coal power stations output and stability that will last the next generation or two ... Given the way technology is moving, this gives a good buffer to wait for anything that will appear over the next 20years. solar and wind is stupidity for anything other than a small percentage of power. Who know, we might end up with modern small nuclear power plants...

what we are trying to do is an absolute failure across the entire world, so why do want to replicate horrendously expensive failure ??

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

so why do want to replicate horrendously expensive failure ??

I'm sure with certain types of people, it's all about the Dopamine. With certain others, it's all about politics and a few others, a strong and unwavering belief in ideals. Nowt wrong with the latter, mind.