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Thank you :wink:
*hey if your not going too interpret irony in my statements. I won't in yours.*
Quoting a propaganda site like skeptical science isn't irony, its comedy.
And because you were sucked in by the website, you then went on to double down on their false claims.
Slow clap for you.
Skeptical science is fine, their quotes are accurate.
What gets me is that ostridges/denialists like yourself have jacked up Sydneys power prices.
As we see:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/21/electricity-prices-forecast-to-fall-21-in-two-years-due-to-wind-and-solar
"in South Australia can expect the biggest price falls – down $120 a year on average by 2021 – followed by south-east Queensland ($76), Tasmania ($39), New South Wales ($27) and Victoria ($25).
But prices will soar 9.3% in Western Australia, or $156 a year, with rises also expected in the Australian Capital Territory, up $87, and the Northern Territory, up $47."
So a smart battery and solar system in South Australia produces the biggest power bill reduction in Australia.
Remember Abbott, campaigning about power rises, and prices going straight up while he was in government.
Are you OK with poor Western Sydney families paying for your Coal company subsidies and climate denial? Had Australia had an ETS and clear direction our power bills would have been going down. Good thing Labor in SA took some leadership.
I guess Clive Palmer needs more stakes to feed himself. Poor Coal welfare I mean subsidy queen.
How many blackouts and price rises did SA endure before this massive cut?
Can you produce details of what each state was paying 10 years ago, whether they were self sufficient in terms of generating and where their power was coming from?
Good point.
South Australia was basically black out capital, closely followed by Victoria.
However that was 2016\. South Australia did have some renewables in it's generation feed, but their large blackout was caused because of downed power lines on the grid.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-blackout-explained-renewables-not-to-blame
This is a grid problem. When everyone is connected and you have your generation being done on the coast. Down powerlines will bring down your grid.
Victoria would often have Greyout's as the state could not match peak power demand.
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Can you produce details of what each state was paying 10 years ago, whether they were self sufficient in terms of generating and where their power was coming from?
Where is the power coming from?
This is one graph, there are a few others.
In the last 10 years prices have increased incredibly:
https://theconversation.com/a-high-price-for-policy-failure-the-ten-year-story-of-spiralling-electricity-bills-89450
^ this shows you what the Greenies are responsible for (16% price rise) and what has changed in the market (a lot more).
The Retail factor increase is far larger then any renewable effort.
also the ABC, being negative on Renewable energy. But shows the price rises.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-16/clean-energy-target-not-certain-to-lower-power-prices-accc/9052094
Hazelbrook and other Brown coal plants have closed. A part of this is that they were highly polluting. Another part was that they were built when the Newtown Jets were a finals prospect. These plants have a life, with a high investment up front. The 80's may have paid for your cheaper power in the 2000's, but that investment has ended.
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Were they 'self sufficent'? Do you mean did they generate enough power?
Compare NSW to Victoria. NSW was Gov owned in the 1990's and overproduced to meet demand. We never if rarely had distruptions and I don't recall a Grey out. Victoria regularly had Greyouts as they were privatised. Their operators would try to match demand and occasionally get it wrong.
When they got it wrong the state stopped.
The way of the future is smart grids like South Australia that can cope with this fluctuations.
