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- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1421
- Views: 371801
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
More promises. Should we take bets(non financial) on whether power prices will drop because of this, or not like all the other broken promises? Well if you bothered to read the posts, or do your own research you would know that energy prices in this country are overseen by the Australian Energy Reg...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1421
- Views: 371801
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
We get told renewables will make electricity cheaper for consumers. Fossil fuel powered plants close down. Electricity prices shoot through the roof. People in ideological comas blame the closure of the fossil fuel powered plants. But hang on, weren't large scale renewables the saving grace that wo...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:24 am
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1421
- Views: 371801
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
There will be a new round of complaints soon. AGL has announced it intends to close what's left of Torrens Island Power Station at the end of June 2026. Engie intends to close the diesel-powered turbines at Snuggery and Port Lincoln from 1 July this year . There are a lot of different agencies invo...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:38 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
- Replies: 290
- Views: 90203
[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
Curtis Rd is a car park in peak periods. It seriously needs at least two or three lanes. It's not going to fix itself. Opening Newton Boulevard to Stebonheath Road would move some of the school traffic off of the "main street" section. That seems like a quick win doing something that will...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
- Replies: 290
- Views: 90203
[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
It was foolish and short sighted of Government to think they can build the Northern Expressway and not widen main roads feeding to and from it. Agree with this. Combined with the increased residential developments occurring closer to the Northern Expressway, Womma and Curtis Roads are going to need...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1421
- Views: 371801
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
I think this is exactly the point. You should be self sufficient and you would save money. Install solar and batteries. You would save money and you would stop being the burden depending on the old aging infrastructure. That is exactly the point. Cool. So you got $20,000+ for us all to stop being a...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
- Replies: 290
- Views: 90203
[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
The 2015 ten-year-plan identified the middle bit as the highest priority, but we've got the other bits first as money became available. I’d go a step further and add that the smaller bits of the NSM also functioned as proof of concept/commitment to the eventual full upgrade. Northern Expressway did...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:31 am
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1421
- Views: 371801
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
They keep investing in large scale solar & wind farms, and tell us power prices will come down. Power prices then go up, then they tell us its because of "gas", or the cost of the ageing grid repair/maintenance/upkeep work is expensive. So why are we still relying on the grid, if the ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:26 am
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: The SA Politics Thread
- Replies: 1177
- Views: 327165
Re: The SA Politics Thread
Parliament clerk payrises in spotlight after eyewatering salary boosts Senior state parliament staff who scored eyewatering payrises last year were also in line for a second major boost last year, it can be revealed. Kathryn Bermingham @KatBermingham 2 min read March 17, 2024 - 5:00PM State parliam...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: The Pub
- Topic: The Housing Crisis
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2707
Re: The Housing Crisis
Hypothetically, the $420000 at the end of my post above could be used to borrow $980,000 for a total share portfolio of $1.4m geared at 70% LVR. These can still be shares selected for capital growth (rising share prices) not income (dividends). That still gives a large opportunity for leveraged inve...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:48 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1421
- Views: 371801
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Why would anyone want to start a business in South Australia? https://x.com/7NewsAdelaide/status/1769274798558122276?s=20 That felt like a political attack ad, far enough out from the general election that they don't want to propose solutions in case the current government has time to implement the...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:26 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: [U/C] Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
- Replies: 290
- Views: 90203
[U/C] Re: Ovingham Level Crossing Removal | $231m
So why was it built as a one lane road? Earthworks are just soil, unless they're actually serving their intended purpose. The same reason the Southern Expressway was built only one-way... to save money. This happens a lot around Australia, where roads are built to only serve the initial capacity re...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:14 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1421
- Views: 371801
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Why would anyone want to start a business in South Australia? https://x.com/7NewsAdelaide/status/1769274798558122276?s=20 That felt like a political attack ad, far enough out from the general election that they don't want to propose solutions in case the current government has time to implement the...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:59 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Trams
- Replies: 4909
- Views: 1130077
Re: News & Discussion: Trams
I am so sick of these stupid consecutive governments believing that intersections provide better efficiency than grade separation. Particular when close to rail crossings. The road network is an absolute mess. It requires billions of dollars, if not trillions of dollars to fix, when at the same tim...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
- Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
- Replies: 1421
- Views: 371801
Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
They keep investing in large scale solar & wind farms, and tell us power prices will come down. Power prices then go up, then they tell us its because of "gas", or the cost of the ageing grid repair/maintenance/upkeep work is expensive. So why are we still relying on the grid, if the ...