Medium grey Swan: effects of a Blackout in Germany

Reece · 09-21-19, 03:31 AM

Nuclear power is very clean and reliable, not like the old days! Wish we had them here in Australia. We have the same crap as Skybird points out, mostly wind and solar, very unreliable, most of our coal power stations have closed down, just imagine days when it is calm, overcast or night, no power!!

STEED · 09-21-19, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Nuclear power is very clean and reliable, not like the old days! Wish we had them here in Australia. We have the same crap as Skybird points out, mostly wind and solar, very unreliable, most of our coal power stations have closed down, just imagine days when it is calm, overcast or night, no power!!

Same here chaps, bloody politician scum every where wrecking it all.

Jimbuna · 09-21-19, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Nuclear power is very clean and reliable, not like the old days! Wish we had them here in Australia. We have the same crap as Skybird points out, mostly wind and solar, very unreliable, most of our coal power stations have closed down, just imagine days when it is calm, overcast or night, no power!!

Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that coal is still the most commonly used resource in Australia.

Reece · 09-21-19, 06:32 AM

Don't know what for, a lot of the old coal power stations have closed down (still have 21 going I just found out) and certainly no steam trains any more, in fact most of the rail system has gone, another stupid move, the roads are in a shocking state from trucks pounding them.

Certainly coal is also used in the steel industry.

Jimbuna · 09-21-19, 07:55 AM

I saw the use of and dependency of coal in Australia was mentioned in the news reports yesterday covering the worldwide climate change protests.

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,768 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Nuclear power is very clean and reliable, not like the old days! Wish we had them here in Australia. We have the same crap as Skybird points out, mostly wind and solar, very unreliable, most of our coal power stations have closed down, just imagine days when it is calm, overcast or night, no power!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

09-21-19, 06:32 AM	#4
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,768 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Don't know what for, a lot of the old coal power stations have closed down (still have 21 going I just found out) and certainly no steam trains any more, in fact most of the rail system has gone, another stupid move, the roads are in a shocking state from trucks pounding them. Certainly coal is also used in the steel industry. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!* Last edited by Reece; 09-21-19 at 07:30 AM.

09-21-19, 07:55 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I saw the use of and dependency of coal in Australia was mentioned in the news reports yesterday covering the worldwide climate change protests. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!