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by SBD
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

There's no hope of communicating. They aren't prepared to argue in good faith. However, it is important to make sure that absurd assertions are refuted so that the unwary reader isn't conned. This sounds like you're running propaganda. Maybe try communicating like a normal human instead of pushing ...
by SBD
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Two websites I discovered today from listening to the discussions about electricity: https://www.energymadeeasy.gov.au/ - a free government service to compare available electricity plans. You can enter your meter NMI and if enough data is available it will use your actual historic pattern. This wasn...
by SBD
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Well if you bothered to read the posts, or do your own research you would know that energy prices in this country are overseen by the Australian Energy Regulator. So when the Australian Energy Regulator says "we are the changing the default offer on electricity to a lower base" then a rea...
by SBD
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

More promises. Should we take bets(non financial) on whether power prices will drop because of this, or not like all the other broken promises? Well if you bothered to read the posts, or do your own research you would know that energy prices in this country are overseen by the Australian Energy Reg...
by SBD
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

We get told renewables will make electricity cheaper for consumers. Fossil fuel powered plants close down. Electricity prices shoot through the roof. People in ideological comas blame the closure of the fossil fuel powered plants. But hang on, weren't large scale renewables the saving grace that wo...
by SBD
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:24 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

There will be a new round of complaints soon. AGL has announced it intends to close what's left of Torrens Island Power Station at the end of June 2026. Engie intends to close the diesel-powered turbines at Snuggery and Port Lincoln from 1 July this year . There are a lot of different agencies invo...
by SBD
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:38 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
Replies: 290
Views: 90209

[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m

Curtis Rd is a car park in peak periods. It seriously needs at least two or three lanes. It's not going to fix itself. Opening Newton Boulevard to Stebonheath Road would move some of the school traffic off of the "main street" section. That seems like a quick win doing something that will...
by SBD
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
Replies: 290
Views: 90209

[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m

It was foolish and short sighted of Government to think they can build the Northern Expressway and not widen main roads feeding to and from it. Agree with this. Combined with the increased residential developments occurring closer to the Northern Expressway, Womma and Curtis Roads are going to need...
by SBD
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

I think this is exactly the point. You should be self sufficient and you would save money. Install solar and batteries. You would save money and you would stop being the burden depending on the old aging infrastructure. That is exactly the point. Cool. So you got $20,000+ for us all to stop being a...
by SBD
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
Replies: 290
Views: 90209

[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m

The 2015 ten-year-plan identified the middle bit as the highest priority, but we've got the other bits first as money became available. I’d go a step further and add that the smaller bits of the NSM also functioned as proof of concept/commitment to the eventual full upgrade. Northern Expressway did...
by SBD
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

They keep investing in large scale solar & wind farms, and tell us power prices will come down. Power prices then go up, then they tell us its because of "gas", or the cost of the ageing grid repair/maintenance/upkeep work is expensive. So why are we still relying on the grid, if the ...
by SBD
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The SA Politics Thread
Replies: 1177
Views: 327171

Re: The SA Politics Thread

Parliament clerk payrises in spotlight after eyewatering salary boosts Senior state parliament staff who scored eyewatering payrises last year were also in line for a second major boost last year, it can be revealed. Kathryn Bermingham @KatBermingham 2 min read March 17, 2024 - 5:00PM State parliam...
by SBD
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The Housing Crisis
Replies: 40
Views: 2709

Re: The Housing Crisis

Hypothetically, the $420000 at the end of my post above could be used to borrow $980,000 for a total share portfolio of $1.4m geared at 70% LVR. These can still be shares selected for capital growth (rising share prices) not income (dividends). That still gives a large opportunity for leveraged inve...
by SBD
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:48 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1431
Views: 371881

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Why would anyone want to start a business in South Australia? https://x.com/7NewsAdelaide/status/1769274798558122276?s=20 That felt like a political attack ad, far enough out from the general election that they don't want to propose solutions in case the current government has time to implement the...
by SBD
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:26 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
Replies: 290
Views: 90209

[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m

So why was it built as a one lane road? Earthworks are just soil, unless they're actually serving their intended purpose. The same reason the Southern Expressway was built only one-way... to save money. This happens a lot around Australia, where roads are built to only serve the initial capacity re...