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by rubberman
Tue May 07, 2024 11:54 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
Replies: 4928
Views: 1144633

Re: News & Discussion: Trams

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...
by rubberman
Wed May 01, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

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...
by rubberman
Wed May 01, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

abc wrote:
Wed May 01, 2024 2:38 pm
rubberman wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:20 am
abc wrote:
Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:49 pm


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. :roll:
by rubberman
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Forum Etiquette
Replies: 54
Views: 2335

Re: Forum Etiquette

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...
by rubberman
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

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 ...
by rubberman
Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:20 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

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'...
by rubberman
Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:54 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

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...
by rubberman
Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

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...
by rubberman
Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

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...
by rubberman
Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

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...
by rubberman
Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

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/ ... /103741682
by rubberman
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6070
Views: 1475890

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

To be honest, I cannot see a business case for urban rail to Virginia and Riverlea ever stacking up, despite being quite a large potential catchment area (40,000+ people). It would be an extension of about 16-17km which you would need to double-track to join it to the existing Gawler line. This is ...
by rubberman
Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1627
Views: 386438

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

SA records nation’s biggest fall in power prices Release date: 23/04/24 South Australia has recorded the biggest price drops for wholesale electricity and gas in the nation, a new report by the Australian Energy Market Operator shows. The falls indicate that the global gas price shocks are easing, ...
by rubberman
Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains
Replies: 6070
Views: 1475890

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Metro Trains

To be honest, I cannot see a business case for urban rail to Virginia and Riverlea ever stacking up, despite being quite a large potential catchment area (40,000+ people). It would be an extension of about 16-17km which you would need to double-track to join it to the existing Gawler line. This is ...
by rubberman
Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3121
Views: 992937

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

Hardly a surprise. We had a government that gave China the finger, then sucked up to the US. It's hardly unreasonable for the Chinese to say: Ok, get US tourists then. In no way should we get bogged down in the politics of China vs the US. However, having made a decision to take sides, why expect C...