Downer proposes $500 million Adelaide Airport light rail link The builder of Adelaide’s East End tram extension, the Downer group, has lodged an unsolicited bid with the State Government to build, fund and operate an airport link. A privately funded 6km light-rail line linking Adelaide Airport to t...

Can we see the figures leading to your conclusion? What conclusion are you talking about? My whole point is that I have seen no official conclusion either way. If either party had said: "Here's a report showing it's uneconomic, and therefore we'll drop it." Then I could look at it and dra...

Embracing full remote work. Starting with a lot of government jobs, and giving incentives to companies that do the same sounds inefficient to me I work fully remote in a company that is full remote. We all are very productive. Why do you say it is inefficient? It's just a change of mindset that is ...

I really don't think there's a business case for it in Adelaide, and nor do the government. Can we see the figures leading to your conclusion? Can we see the figures leading to your conclusion? What conclusion are you talking about? My whole point is that I have seen no official conclusion either w...

the majority of people that use Adelaide Airport aren't wishing to travel into the CBD But once in the CBD it is so much easier to get anywhere else by public transport. That is why other airports in major cities have convenient airport links to their CBDs. Whenever I fly to Melbourne or Sydney, I ...

Ahh, never change, Adelaide: A government spokesperson responded: “The State Government is not currently investigating a rail link between Adelaide Airport and the city, and has no plans to do so.” Big Country Town Mentality. Go to line isn't it chilli. Used multiple times now on the tram thread an...

https://reneweconomy.com.au/bowen-says-first-battery-storage-tender-is-massively-oversubscribed-with-19000-mw-of-projects/ Looks like things are progressing nicely. EDIT In a similar vein, here's an article, with data, showing even more peak load being taken by batteries overseas, confirming that th...

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Tell me why you think the Chinese are investing in coal plants...

Many of these are actually not in accordance with government policy. So, in a word: Corruption. Not a surprise. But hardly an endorsement of coal.

source?

It was in the eia report linked.

Nothing personal. I actually agree with you but think that the tone of this forum overall has gone down with multiple people including myself, trying to argue with someone on abc's level. I seriously have no idea why abc is on here or is allowed to be on here. Let's all try to keep the bar while st...

Tell me why you think the Chinese are investing in coal plants... Many of these are actually not in accordance with government policy. So, in a word: Corruption. Not a surprise. But hardly an endorsement of coal. What role do the 23 provinces have? Are electricity developments initiated by central ...

suddenly they're not reliable after 100 years... but wind turbines that only work when the wind blows a certain speed range are reliable you can't make this up You didn't highlight the preceding two words "one of". Specifically Callide C which is only 20 years old - it's one of Australia'...

people can read the article and make up their own minds, however you dictated what that opinion would be with your original comment The point I saw was that high retail prices are because retailers have to build in a margin to cover "high price events" when the actual spot price jumps fro...

people can read the article and make up their own minds, however you dictated what that opinion would be with your original comment I encourage you to actually read the article. The Energy Regulator provided a graph to show wholesale cost reduction due to renewables. So, I provided what was literal...

because we should listen to an activist who has a vested interest... That what's called an "ad hominem" logical fallacy. People can read the article and make up their own minds. Obviously, some people cannot be reasoned with. people can read the article and make up their own minds, howeve...

An article explaining why retail power prices go up, even though wholesale prices are going down. Spoiler alert, it's not because of renewables. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/energy-bills-still-rising-despite-falling-wholesale-prices/103741682 because we should listen to an activist who ha...