BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2013 at 7:52pm:


You're hurting my eyes, using such a small font size LOL. I said will.  The price of coal generation is rising and the cost of wind and tidal generation is coming down. Nuclear is also increasing in price, and nobody in their right mind would build a conventional nuclear power plant in Australia.  Virtually all major projects in Australia are constructed elsewhere and shipped in modular form to Australia. The overheads are too high for construction in Australia. For nuclear power, that process is unlikely to be feasible.

Currently, the Coal fired power stations are doing it tough, especially the older ones. They are bleeding to death and it wouldn't surprise me if they had a major incident. Many are well past their design lifetime, and nobody wants to invest money in them.

But, you can't change the generation base of Australia overnight.

Projects take time to build.