Article talking about Qantas' A220 order, which could see a return of international flights from Adelaide to Asian countries on our national carrier: https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-reveals-first-a220-routes Who knows, with an aircraft capable and a new CEO that may not be so fixated...

I Follow PAFC wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:13 pm

Does anyone know much about South Australia's Virtual Power Plant https://www.tesla.com/en_au/sa-virtual-power-plant ?

There are multiple VPPs, they're run by retailers. Tesla sells batteries that can be used in VPPs.

Is there a hiring freeze coming up?

Reposting a Port to Semaphore tram concept from several years ago that I resurrected last year. Since the lines would be completely separated from the main network, could be a great chance to explore alternative power options with short sections of battery operation or ground-supplied power. A tram...

Is there any indication as to when the pedestrian crossings at North Adelaide, Ovingham and Islington will be switched on? And further to that, when the Gawler line will 100% be electric? Sorry if this has been posted previously but can't find any info. The Ovingham N crossing had been scheduled fo...

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Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:23 pm

I heard from someone who works in rail in the east that some big tenders have recently gone out for a major rail project in Adelaide, I'm led believe it's the Brighton grade separation project

Please be the CBD tunnel that we've been waiting on for 100 years.

Cryptic wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:12 pm

https://glamadelaide.com.au/adelaide-lo ... w-airline/

So they will fly at about the same time as Malaysia Airlines. It makes no sense, if one of them flies in the morning, the other in the evening, it would be more convenient for everyone.

Pleased to see this week an acknowledgement, led by the new Lord Mayor, that maintenance of the city and its parklands has been profoundly neglected in recent years. It seems moves are underway to finally pull us out of a shabby decline: https://indaily.com.au/opinion/2023/04/24/autumn-leaves-cant-...

I was upset about the height decrease to 183m instead of 187, but like literally... its only 4 metres it'll still be hella tall compared to what we have now I think it'll be good for Adelaide yes we'll only be 50 years behind when a building of that height was Melbourne's tallest :banana: ...and Pe...

https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/31/burying-sa-powerlines-to-cost-between-40-to-60-billion/ There's no reason it has to be done by SAPN. If councils want powerlines undergrounded, they can build their own underground network in competition to SAPN. That way the network is re-nationalised, but th...

How will this work with the Coles 4 c/L fuel discount at Coles Express? Everything is usually cheaper at Coles Express than other servos, so it will be disappointing to see them leave. All the more reason to buy an electric car.

How will the EAF be powered? Can it be shut down when renewable energy is not available or do these EAFs need to run 24/7?

The main problem is you would realistically only have one train a day and if your truck arrives at the train station just after the train leaves, too bad, the truck has to wait another day. Or you can drive the truck to the destination. The only way this would work is if it was compulsory or there w...

The number of paths vehicles can take through an intersection is n*(n-1), where n is the number of roads leading to the intersection. A normal four road intersection has 12 possible paths, five roads like Gepps Cross has 20. The traffic lights need to give each of these 20 paths a go every cycle, so...

Also, put trucks on trains.