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Originally Posted by Shiraz
do you know why they are closing the plant Colin?
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One word... "Green"
It is a dirty filthy EVIL brown coal power plant. It is the scum of all human filth in respects to power generation and must be shut down!!!
Of course it's being shut down on idealology but there isn't any real plans. The plant is going to be turned into a green reserve, the excavation area is going to be turned into a lake and populated by fish for the locals to go fishing in. At least the hundreds of locals will have something to do to pass the time while looking for work
Victoria is currently building some wind farms (seen how reliable they are) but they may or may not be in operation before the plant shuts down next March. I personally believe that the plant should be shut down in time, maybe a decade or so after we've got the infrastructure to replace it in place.