I know someone from Integral, they say that they can't cope with the demand that Sydney asks for and that they spray water from hoses onto the generators or turbines directly to cool them down.

I think this is just a 'hike' like a lot of things though - Welcome to the Great Inflation. Expect Interest Rates to rise steadily and not stopping this time, once the Political situation clears for the long term.

Shame they can't put Turbines in underwater situations where there is a constant strong current.

His comments follow both federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson and his opposition counterpart Ian Macfarlane warning in separate interviews with this newspaper that power prices were likely to double in the next five to seven years.

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I'd Hate to tell you this but even Howard was reported in saying that electricity prices WILL go up, and was concerned that we shouldnt expect cheap electricity  . But blame labor.....

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 4:26pm:


Although a little more expensive, Heinz Baked beans are great and the ring pull makes opening in the dark a lot easier and less hazardous.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 9:11am:


Sprint,
I assume you don't live in Western Australia, otherwise you wouldn't be directing this purely to Labor!

Although, maybe you still would?

For your info, WA has a Liberal government and we have had over 25% increase in power costs this year, we may be looking at something similar next year & water is following suit.

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Sprint, you really need to start thinking a bit more objectively.

Labor has implemented some very good schemes which are affordable to all and which will bring about a profit for the nation in regards to CO2 emissions.

Nobody gives you something for nothing, and it's this attitude which has caused me to bypass a lot of the very good deals available under the labor government.
The profit is for the future Sprint. Don't you understand the basics of investment?
As with infrastructure, it's a necessary duty now for the future.

In the case of saving on emmisions, the ALP actually did offer something for nothing. I'm very disappointed that I missed out on upgrading my insulation for nix just because I automatically turn away any Indian who comes to my door (and that's not such a bad thing). Indians are cheats and liars, along with the rest of that backward peasant area of the world.

But there have been, and still are, some very good schemes available. And the reason being is the reason that you have already stated. Energy costs will keep going up.

After much deliberation, I decided that I should jump on the solar energy rebate offer, and I have.
I realise that there are much more efficient solar cells just around the corner, but the deal that I have with Origin seems a sound one which also encompasses incentives for me to use less energy. The incentive is that I can not only get cheaper power, I can profit from it if I wanted to be a real tightass with electicity.

So jump aboard Sprint..just in case Abbott gets in and ruins any existing or future schemes.