nomadpete

Take a look at Wivenhoe dam / Splityard Ck pumped hydro storage. In Qld. It is piped, was built in 1980 by the forward thinking state owned power station commission. It has a low head I think about 65mtrs at lowest. It has been in service all this time with low ongoing maintenance costs. It has two turbines totalling 600Mw. Which is available on demand within seconds. Sadly, the governments (& privateers) have made no significant steps to building such infrastructure which is needed to support the renewable power generation. It is foolish and ridiculously expensive to rely solely on privately owned batteries to back up the grid. The only exception might be off grid personal household solar/battery. At present pricing, there is an amortisation of 20 years on this (for my home), which proves that at that level, solar is not only viable, it is financially cheaper than wholesale grid supplied electricity. I don't believe the arguments against solar on cost grounds will stand up in the long term.

Just when you think 'it can't possibly get any worse'.... The circus really is coming into town! Will they have gilded carriage rides, too?

Thread title: 'Albo to the Rescue' Albo (Trump lite) is unlikely to Rescue anything other than foreign owned salmon farms and fossil fuel interests.

Really? Which 4?

So, tell me.... Did you put all that in your letters to MP's?

Better than a mural, I believe it was a timeline showing the relationship seemed to be more than just a fleeting meeting.

I think the poms did well. Charles gave a speech. Professionally as expected. Anyone who looked closely would have seen the King cringe when Trumpet was stumbling to read his crazy speech. And many in the world (including USA) were laughing at his rambling, halting efforts. And Chump asserted that he was the first US pres to get invited to visit? Ha! Anyway, all that is not about the Kirk story. I think all the brooha and martydom about Kirk highlights the shameful absence of outrage over previous assassination of politicians and spouses who happened to be Democrats.

You don't really want to come. It's raining, and miserable, just like the 'old country'.

Seriously, I think the pic in question should not have been taken. There is nothing special about the subject matter.

Not really. They play business with long term goals, not short term profit. The asian mindset is that business is like war. They act for the long term good of china, which does not always mean selling stuff.

That sounds good. I hope the experiment works out (including whole-of-life costings, decommissioning & disposal of waste). When they finish developing it, will they share their new technology with the rest of the world, or keep it to themselves?

Maybe I'm just critical, but I object to the publishing of that aweful picture. It has dreadfully poor lighting. The subject is poorly framed. The focus is way out. Clearly the photographer needs serious counselling. Why on earth did you post it, Peter?

Based on present pricing, it is cheaper to ditch the grid entirely, and run my own solar/battery/inverter.

None of the above are needed

When large amounts of money change hands, there are always strings attached. If China (or anyone else) hand over a big wad of cash, I expect there will be expectations of something to make it worthwhile for them to do so. Our exports to their country are not part of that deal.

What did I miss?

But only when it is accurately aimed at the jugular.

OK Jerry. Thanks for the gloom. Should I rush out and buy gold bullion? Or just a couple of cases of a nice red?

That's CASA's mantra!

What? I'm confused. The whole story of potassium? Or is it just bananas? It Just Keeps Getting Worse

Success! Everything on this thread..... It Keeps Getting Worse!

A convenient media diversion for the administration.

Really? Where did you read that? List them please. Have you looked at any examples of FOI's that have so much redacted that they are meaningless. Successive Governments seem to be afraid to let the voters know about their decision making processes. If honesty is so dangerous for them to reveal stuff, I lose faith in their integrity. Majority of FOI enquiries seem to be about stuff that is in the past. If the processes have been fair, there is no reason to keep secrets.

Seriously, I think the charge is a minor issue. We haven't previously had voter backlash about having to pay for government information - for instance, copies of birth certificates, etc. The big issue is about transparency, and the Labor party backflip on their last election promises to improve transparency, and to protect whistleblowers, and to give the ACC teeth. That should have people marching in the streets!

So does gunpowder. How does potassium relate to "Things Getting Worse"?