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by rubberman
Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Forum Etiquette
Replies: 54
Views: 2791

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: 1637
Views: 391119

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: 1637
Views: 391119

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: 1637
Views: 391119

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: 1637
Views: 391119

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: 1637
Views: 391119

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: 1637
Views: 391119

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: 1637
Views: 391119

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: 6092
Views: 1486941

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: 1637
Views: 391119

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: 6092
Views: 1486941

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: 3154
Views: 1001447

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...
by rubberman
Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1637
Views: 391119

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

A live tree sequesters carbon in 1. wood/roots and 2. soil. For carbon to be sequestered in soil requires further processes of breaking down fallen leaf matter, namely being consumed by funguses or other organisms. Fallen leaf matter otherwise emits carbon straight back into the atmosphere unless i...
by rubberman
Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3154
Views: 1001447

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines

I posted this last week but wasn't very clear. In it, United talk about their 150 x 787 orders, and while Adelaide isn't specifically mentioned, it does say this: “There is a lot of potential [about Australia / NZ],” he said. “I’m not going to comment on specifics, but we absolutely have a lot of p...
by rubberman
Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 1637
Views: 391119

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Plantation timber is usually used to build stuff, so counts as carbon capture and storage. One of those pages pointed out that Aleppo Pines don’t form hollows for nesting, and it was an environmental monoculture. They are planting native understory around the solar farm to increase biodiversity and...