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Originally Posted by glend
SA will continue to pay a price for a lack of Base load capacity, and a clear vision on power infrastructure. Surely there has to be some political fall out from yesterday's event, and recent decisions that increase dependence of connections to Victoria.
There is all that uranium sitting under the ground in SA, so they could be self sufficient in nuclear power. Expensive to build yes, but might be cheaper in the long run than paying peak premium megawatt prices to Vic generators. Crowing about the use of renewable energy is not going to do much for the state's economy if baseload cannot be maintained through those expensive initiatives.  |
Exactly right. I am all for nuclear power, however, I wouldn't trust the current mob of defects in the SA parliament with constructing a nuclear plant, one Chernobyl is enough.
Had one of the most epic lightning displays ever come through last night. After seeing a few thunderstorms in my time up here, when it storms here, it storms properly!
I did get to enjoy some good dark skies with an old pair of 12x50's lying around. M31 was nice and the LMC took on another whole dimension with the naked eye. Meanwhile, lightning was still flickering, now nearly 300km away! I was seeing flashes at the time when this radar screencap. I was even seeing the odd flash from that cluster north of Broken Hill!
Memorable evening for sure.