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MRI's use a LOT of electricity. I use an electric toothbrush all the time. Its Great and recommended by My Dentist. I have an electric starter on all my cars and also My wife's Zero Turn Mower. Beware of reaching advanced years and becoming retarded.. and rambling on about all sorts of things. Nev

IF he Joined this Forum Most of US would be on a HIT List including IAN because it's HIS forum. Nev

I think BMW makes them. How old is it? Nev

Bridget Archer and Jacqui Lambie are good People. Nev

This one has been totally reliable.. but yes, the market decides. Still worth about £9k on the 2nd hand market

They are regarded as ( a bit unreliable) and the value is adjusted accordingly. The MARKET DECIDES. . Nev

Spillage is a weird term and would be Linked with accidental contamination which it IS NOT. ANY switching of a synchronous grid has to be done carefully. That is well understood. The Beating Heart has a rate 50 Hertz and if it contacts when the sine wave is opposite all hell will break loose. Phase balancing done Poorly is ALL wasted energy also. . On the B 727 Panel (a Synchronous bus system where ALL generators we connected together using a Constant Speed drive there was a Gauge reading electro regenerative values (back EMF) labelled KVAR's) Kilo Volt Amps Regenerative. The total output of the 3 Generators was reputed to be able to Power a Town of about 10,000 People. If a generator Misbehaved (OVER or UNDER volted) you could "disconnect the CSD" which could NOT be restored in flight and you had to be sure ESSENTIAL Power was selected to a Running Generator and Limit electrical Loads. This is all on the flight engineers Panel. Nev

Darn. I love that car

IF it's damaged to1/2 its market value it's usually written Off. Nev

As Smarty will attest the Population of Tassie is not very dense and some younger ones are leaving to get jobs on the BIG Island. Nev

Yep mini countryman

Both North Melbourne and Hawthorn play a handful of home games, usually at Universityof Tasmania Stadium. With a capacity of 17.5k, one can usually see plenty of empty seats at these games

Yep, Australia isn't Pakistan. The point I am making is the mount of spillage that is happening already in SA during high intermittent times and the amount of gas and coal(from Vic) that we are using when there is not much intermittent gen. The spillage is going to get worse as the amount of intermittent farms increase. Someone is going to have to pay for this. Have a look at how much the Max spot price for electricity has risen in the last 10 years. The price has gone from being variable with the demand to being volatile. This raises uncertainty with the retailers, so to cover themselves they bang the price up. https://wattclarity.com.au/other-resources/glossary/market-price-cap/

Mini by the looks of it

The AFL are generously giving the project a whole $15m, or around 1%. The taxpayer is providing the other 99%. Putting on my Nostradamus goggles, I predict that the AFL and any other private companies involved will see a return on investment, whereas all losses will be borne by the rest of us.

Yep and all the pacific islands were supposed to be under water by now. It is a serious situation, but Australia shutting itself down is going to make no difference. Maybe all these stop oil protesters need to head to China or India and blocking the roads over there to make some impact. China and India are pushing farwrd with NP as well as renewables. India is loading fuel into its first fast reactor. Fast reactors have the potential to use the long lived part of the spent fuel from light water reactors.https://theprint.in/science/india-is-building-a-500-mwe-reactor-thatll-breed-more-nuclear-fuel-that-itll-consume-how-it-works/2770409/ https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fuel-loading-begins-at-indian-fast-breeder-reactor Bit of reading about importing woodchips to make electricty in UK https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/drax-subsidies/ https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/the-uks-largest-single-source-of-co2-emissions-is-a-wood-burning-power-station/

Exactly. I travel on the train often, but those who drive their cars instead do benefit from all the travellers who are on the train and not clogging up the roads.

As I have said previously, I am not philosophically opposed to nuclear, but amongst other things, an economic case would need to be presented. The other issue is the timeline on nuclear. I get that SMRs are being developed and even a couple are in operation now (Russia and China). How long would it take for us to develop the expertise to build our own, or do we get in the queue to buy one from the Russians, the Chinese or the US?. Until these nuclear options are available and built do we spend money on refurbishing old coal or building new coal? All of the scenarios would result in bigger power bills. Your link that talks about a "death spiral" and lumps Australia in with Pakistan, I think, is inaccurate. Pakistan’s grid is in trouble because of long-term under-investment, big subsidies, high losses and widespread non-payment. That’s not a rooftop solar problem. Australia doesn’t have those structural issues, and we actually plan our grid developments years in advance through AEMO and the ISP. You did tell me I could not use Denmark as an example because Australia is not Denmark. You know what else it is not Australia? Pakistan And in fact, pretty much need to run 24 hours a day. Coal can be somewhat throttled back, you can't really stop burning fuel when demand is low. It is a bit like keeping your car idling in for when you need to go out. Would this be different with the cost of developing and building nuclear? The predictions of death spirals and the grid falling over are not new. I recall dire warnings that if we had more than 20% renerwables on the grid. The yardstick keeps being moved. When wll th grid fall over (other than the usual faults)? I dont say that all this is easy (neither is building NP) problems are being solved all the time. Just because we have relied on inertia from coal generators it does not mean that thius is the end point of technological development. We have more and more batteries and grid forming inverters, synchronous condensors etc.

What sort of car is that?. Nev

Those Victorian facilities are for Everyone's eventual Benefit. and are also an Infrastructural Necessity in a fast growing Place Like Melbourne is. Tassie has about the same Population as Geelong But you have to sail or fly to get there, which put's a COST on everyone going there and returning afterwards. Eric ABETZ is the Treasurer, A throw back from the DARK ages if ever there was One. They aren't LISTENING to the People who will be the ones stuck with this decision. The AFL won't come to the rescue.. Nev

CO2 in the atmosphere, Acidity of the ocean and it's temperature are Measurable quantities and the figures there are all BAD. A NEW Normal is a change. Glaciers all recede. NONE grow. New record Highs. Sea rise for TWO main reasons . TEMP increase and Melting non floating ice . BOTH increase the Volume of sea water Plus to a lesser extent Silting. IF much Himalayan Ice (the 3rd pole) melts about 1/3rd of the worlds Population will face starvation. WE are ALL interdependent, in todays Complex World. Nev

When you think of the number of non-sporting events that take place at the MCG and Marvel Stadium, it will give Hobart a facility for entertainment that they don't currently have. As for the cost - you could compare it to the horrendously expensive Metro Tunnel and Suburban Rail loop that generations of Victorians have been saddled with. But many on this forum have exclaimed "But it's infrastructure we need.", even if not available well into the future.

Time is Money. Often cheaper to just replace. Modern cars are a bit too complex for the Normal owner bar the oil and filter bits. You need the analytical gear. Engine reconditioning is a Lost art. Engines last the Life of the Vehicle but once they Overheat they are NOT reliable. I use good Oils Best coolants and good filters. I have always got high Mileages from my vehicles. It's the way you drive them as well. Jeep parts are expensive and some Makes parts unavailable after a few years. Any Modern car out of warrantee is only worth about 50% of new Price. A car built from Parts would be about 10x the new price. at least. Some very high Kilometers with little cost are very achievable and common but there's a TIME to quit anything unless it's collectable and doesn't have too many diemetal (zinc alloy) Plastic or Magnesium alloy Parts. or unobtainable engine Mounts and Hoses. When your modern car has 300K+ on it. it Owes you nothing. Asses it day by day depending on what happens in service Older vehicles can be repaired by cutting out Parts of the structure Rusted or damaged and welding in replacement bit's Not so with Hi tensile thinner steels. creased or rusted it's Over, rover. Nev

Correct.