On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
On 15/01/2013 9:48 AM, Peter Ross wrote:
I guess the Danish and Germans don't get any sleep anymore because of all the wind mills I saw last year visiting Europe.
As a renewable energy source, I understand that wind mills are not the answer; the cost of maintaining them has lead to a great number being abandoned [1] -- and yes, this is just a quick google, I'm not going to verify it's correctness or otherwise, please don't ask me to.
http://www.naturalnews.com/038675_coalition_mercury-free_drugs_vaccines.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield The same site is still pushing the mercury-autism link long after Dr Wakefield was discredited. It's one of those sites where you should by default consider everything it contains to be at best a conspiracy theory and at worst outright fraud. http://naturalnews.com/038615_Obama_Hitler_Stalin.html They also claim that Hitler wanted gun control in a similar way to Obama. In fact strict gun controls in Germany predated Hitler (I'm sure Peter Ross can tell us more about it). The author of that article was too stupid to realise the irony in accusing Obama of "exploiting fear" when they are doing exactly that to oppose gun control. Find a reputable site if you want anyone to believe you. Please stop posting if you can't do the most basic checks on whether the data is accurate.
I wish that Solar was more affordable or a better alternative was put in place much quicker.
The biggest advantage of Solar in terms of prices for the consumers is the affect on the wholesale auction price. Solar power increases the supply at peak times and reduces the peak auction rate. That reduces the overall prices as has happened in SA.
This is one option [2], which eBay and Google have been involved with. Apparently we has a "similar" device in Victoria [3], but it was too expensive to manufacture here or for other reasons, the Victorian company went to Germany. Last time I made enquiries about their BlueGen system, it was simply too expensive, perhaps it is better now.
[1] http://www.naturalnews.com/034234_wind_turbines_abandoned.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_Energy_Server
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