Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 12^th, 2017 at 12:46pm:



Except perhaps -

"Liddell power station could be bought by Delta Electricity "

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/sep/06/liddell-power-station-cou...

Do you mean that the WIndmills and PV's are free?

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As the technology matures, the Pentagon could potentially equip satellites with directed energy weapons, experts said.

“While [lasers] are not yet at the size and power levels required for space-based applications, it is possible they could be in the foreseeable future,” analysts said in a report released earlier this year by the Center for Strategic and International Studies titled, “Implications of Ultra-Low Cost Access to Space.”

Space-based lasers could be used to target ballistic missiles during boost phase, missile warheads once they are deployed, other satellites in space, and fixed or mobile targets on the ground, the report said.

“Basing a directed-energy weapon in space gives it greater access to places that ground and airborne systems cannot reach,” it said. “Moreover, when targeting objects in space, the beam does not have to pass through the atmosphere and thus avoids the distortion that it causes.”

A solid-state laser would have a virtually unlimited shot capacity because it could recharge itself with solar arrays, the report added.

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source: http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2017/8/18/widespread-application...

What would it be replaced by?

Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 12^th, 2017 at 12:46pm:


....yeah more fracking fracking required...

lee wrote on Sep 12^th, 2017 at 12:51pm:


neither are coal fired power stations but never let the facts get in the way of a good debate !!

and who pays for sunlight and wind energy ??

lee wrote on Sep 12^th, 2017 at 12:51pm:


Sounds like they are going to trash it rather than give a leg-up to the competition. All's fair in love and war. Next time the pollies should be careful what they wish for when they go down this privitization path. In this case it is a win win for the environment

Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 12^th, 2017 at 3:42pm:



Are you talking about the energy you use to not trip over in the daytime and blow wisps of your comb-over or are you talking about the electricity generated from sun and wind.


You seem to interchange the two like an insane person.