Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 8
th, 2018 at 3:17pm:
DonDeeHippy wrote on Apr 8
th, 2018 at 12:29pm:
Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 8
th, 2018 at 11:51am:
Coal fire is the way to go!
even when new renewable energy is cheaper than coal ?
i guess get rid of all polution removing devises on vehicals too and bring back kero heats at winter too
But it’s not cheaper than coal
. When maintenance, spare parts, repairs, shipments, upgrades, re-tooling of bearings, labour costs, licences, registration costs, safety inspections, administrative costs, the laying and maintenance costs of thousands of miles of new cables is accounted for, in the final wash-up it’s WAY more expensive than running coal fired stations that already have all the infrastructure in place and ready to operate at a moment’s notice.
The Greenies’ wet dream comes at a price WAY above that of running coal, and it’s utterly farcical that we export coal to China and elsewhere while we ourself are being prohibited from using it.
Whatever happened to “Australia, the Clever Country” ?
Except for Abbott and Dutton, our political leadership is composed of idiots and ideological drones.
ohhh my a nerve has been hit, I live near a big coal power station and they have regular shut downs and rebuild the furnaces and its great bring lots of workers into the town ,takes about 6 weeks every 18 months, is this the kind of maintenance u mean ? Rebuild bearings in a solar plant, maybe a few panels could break down but unlikely and even home ones r under a 30 year guarantee, no moving parts ,no corrosive ash ruining pipes or high pressure weakening parts.
Yeah wind generators would need bearings but no combustion damage or pressure damage,
Thousands of miles of new cables ? where do u think they will install them.
If a solar plant was installed next to existing power line or existing power plant I'm not sure where the huge prices would come from, I think they should make solar parks on the huge ash dams coal power plants make.
All the other costs u r mentioning is with any new power source , lots of existing power plants are just getting to old and need rebuilding how would renewable need more money ?
We make coal so should use it...... we make lots of sunshine and wind too....... hmmm
I can see how saying all that stuff fast came make it seam real but come back with how much a new coal or wind or solar match up on price, they usually use price per megawatt if u need help finding the info
I think a clever country would be one not poisioning its people .