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The "Battery " is Not a single battery. A grid is never reliable in bad weather etc unless it is circular. (essentially duplicated ) Where do you stop? If It's that Important to you further back it up with diesel and really UP the costs. Hospitals do that. . Nev

Al gerbera is happiness and purity. Nev

These are small systems and don't affect large areas IF a battery fails (Pretty unlikely in the big scheme of things) You'd have interruption to your supply. It's a bit of a "what IF" Question. The battery is there to back up the wind and solar. which charges it with the surplus. Nev

Google it. Pumped hydro. Gravity Potential energy. Nev

Thanks for a thorough explanation. it's much as I expected. Nev

Your rooftop could probably produce 10x that amount.. It doesn't really matter a lot whether the storage is funded by private enterprise Or a Co- op. Ideally you're in a market and competition would exist. With Dutton there won't be any. Take it or leave it everyone. THEN you WILL have something to whinge about. You'll also be stuck with a grid to supply from very few sources .Nev

The Police Integrity Unit indulge in entrapment do they? Do you as the apprehending person have NO discretion. If he slipped you a fiver, they might have a point. Nev

Newer versions have better results with diffuse light. Panels have dropped to only about 20% of their former price. This is by far the cheapest energy for the average person. Battery back up could be a community or local area project, completely INDEPENDANT of the system. ALL getting cheaper when everything else will get more expensive.. We are NOT a Nuclear Nation and it's not a simple or Popular move to become one. Nuclear has to be Cooled and that ADDS heat. Disposal and cleaning up the sites after decommissioning is NOT (conveniently?) mentioned in Dutton's Costs. The whole thing is sneaky and Deceptive and lacking in detail. IF the Market won't fund it there's SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG. Look no further. than that. Nev

Not really, Jerry MAY be able to in theory but at great cost and much less value than the original, inevitably.. Nev

Good riddance but he did fight for Jabiru. Birmingham and Fletcher (moderates) are going too. Nev

Don't PUNISH a good vehicle. Punish the driver. Nev

Try driving a VAN fast. People HATE being passed by VANS. Hogging the right lane annoys me. Some just sit there forever.. Coming in from a road on your left is often done badly. I join at (or near) the speed limit watching the spacing carefully. Nev

You pay about $400/ year to be connected to the grid. That's about the Price of hiring Oxy and acetylene bottles. Nev

Matt Canavan is associated with COAL Interests. Battery and pump hydro etc is what we need to BALANCE changing demand. Nuclear is NOT good for that. Australia is Unique with the amount of Sun and wind and tidal etc and the sources can be spread across the Continent not lose a lot when there's one failure. AGING Coal fired Power Stations are FAILURE Prone and it usually happens when they are operating full chat. . They are also Old Tech Not worth investing in. While they work they are cheap as their cost has been amortized long ago.. The Owners ADVISED the then LNP Gov't of their closure dates. Nev

You went off on a tangent about that, as you often do. Can't some things be simpler?. It's not worth the effort to clash over this $#!t. . Nev

My engine is a !/4 of a 26 chev. Petrol OHV. Generator direct drive. DC (Brushed with commutator) all on a cast iron base. . Nev

I can't see why these things bug you so much. Pollies have to watch every word they utter Particularly IF Rupey doesn't like you.. You quoted ME but didn't respond to it.. . It was a very specific comment. Nev

Yes a pretty anti-social sort of machine. Id ban them in a lot of places on safety grounds.. Nev

32 Volt systems were used for domestic. Petrol powered. I have one that was made in Ballarat. Water cooled (thermo-syphon) Not in use of course. Nev

"Running the Show?" He'd be howled down for saying HE's RUNNING the SHOW. Dictator they would claim. On my watch has been around since Pontius was a pilot. Nev

Too big a gap between theory and putting it into practice doesn't work, Either.. . We saddle the Teachers with more and More responsibilities. Where does it stop? Some people these days don't wish to drive.. It's NOT fun anymore. Nev.

Do Jet ski's have THEM? Nev.

IF you check the "Sparky" has done it correctly, don't mention it.. As a callow youth I worked with a qualified relative rewiring old houses and Servicing Lifts. When I wired my workshop I had him check it. He said It's easy to see a professional DIDN'T do this! I said why? He said It's TOO Neat. Nev

Being elected to SERVE could validate it's use. Why single out Albanese for "Special" Mention on this? He's responsible for what HE DOES WHEN in a Position to do something, (has the Helm) and NOT when he doesn't.. Fair enough? Same IF you're a CAPTAIN of anything. The BUCK stops with you. Nev

Beautiful one day, Perfect the Next? THAT Damn DAM is full again. Nev