XPost: sci.skeptic, alt.solar.thermal, sac.politics   
   XPost: sci.chem.electrochem.battery   
   From: sylvia@not.at.this.address   
      
   On 11/03/2017 2:33 AM, BruceS wrote:   
   > On 03/09/2017 09:56 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:   
   >> On 10/03/2017 3:33 PM, Anton wrote:   
   >>> In article    
   >>> Sylvia Else  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On 9/03/2017 10:58 PM, Anton wrote:   
   >>>>> In article    
   >>>>> Sylvia Else  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 24/01/2017 2:18 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:   
   >>>>>>> It's 35 Celsius (95 Farenheit) here, and overcast all day. My air   
   >>>>>>> conditioner is definitely not running on solar power.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Sylvia.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And again today, except it's 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit).   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sylvia.   
   >>>>>   
   >> ]   
   >>>>> Where in the blazes are you that it's so hot?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Australia.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ah.  Best of luck and cooler temps to ya.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Things have cooled down as we head into Autumn.   
   >>   
   >> Now there's talk about there being insufficient natural gas to both   
   >> supply consumers and gas fired power stations next summer, meaning we   
   >> may see rolling blackouts again (not that we did actually get a blackout   
   >> this year). Did someone say "third world"?   
   >>   
   >> Even more reason to get my generator running again.   
   >   
   > Meanwhile, over here in the U.S. we have so much natural gas available   
   > (largely because of widespread fracking), that the coal industry is in   
   > dire straits.  Maybe what Australia needs to do is to build some   
   > coal-fired electric plants, and buy some of our surplus coal for them.   
   > Coal is a very reliable source for electric production, not varying   
   > with the weather, etc.  Alternatively, if you have the sources, start   
   > doing some serious fracking to get your own natural gas.   
      
   We have more than enough coal of our own - hundreds of years worth at   
   current consumption, and most of our current base-load supply uses coal.   
   But coal doesn't make economic sense for anything but base load - the   
   plant is too expensive.   
      
   Adding to the problem is that to appease the environmentalists, gas is   
   now being used for base-load, because it has lower CO2 emissions. Even   
   leaving aside the insufficiency of gas supply, the known gas reserves   
   are nothing like as big as the coal reserves.   
      
   We could, of course, process and use our huge uranium reserves in   
   nuclear plants, rather than shipping the ore overseas. But the NIMBY   
   effect applies, and in Australia BY seems to mean "within a couple of   
   thousand kilometres."   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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