Time to get real over energy provision
I feel obliged to respond to the comments by your correspondent in Issue 402 about ethical and moral concerns relating to energy provision, mistaken assumptions about my position and the…
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Cheap energy an oxymoron
I am pleased that your correspondent in CCN 400 concedes that renewable energy is not free. In fact, cheap energy is an oxymoron. I would not consider Adelaide as a…
Setting facts straight on batteries
I am not sure how to respond to your correspondent in CCN 397 (Ignoring inconvenient truths and facts) as he appears to be wandering all over the place, so I…
We need to have a Plan B for energy supply
An old adage for investment management is: Do not put all your eggs in one basket -diversification reduces risk. This applies equally in regards to the options available for replacement…
Central Coast Council signs new 10-year electricity deal
Central Coast Council has partnered with five Hunter-based councils to combine selected electricity requirements into a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement. The Agreement with MOJO Power, which commenced in January, combined…
Coal demise ‘greatly exaggerated’
Forum – Colin Paulson not only exaggerates but also ignores the facts. (“Buckley’s chance of protecting coal”, Chronicle Forum, Nov 17) The Government has simply signalled that it will not…
Imagine nuclear waste stored at Katandra Reserve
Forum – There will always be environmental problems with energy generation, transformation, transport and consumption. Probably the main problem will be energy conversion efficiencies as energy losses from the conversion…
More credence to scientific records
Forum – Godfrey Franz’s claims re climate change predictions of disasters past, present and future appear rather exaggerated and baseless (CCN312). I cannot recall any of the extreme predictions he…
Baking yellow cake
Forum – I read with interest Godfrey Franz’s letter (Forum, CCN312) with positive lines re nuclear power. Australia is sitting on around 60 per cent of the world’s uranium 92…
‘Vast majority’ prepared to accept real changes
Forum – I agree with Raphael Joudry (Forum, September 24) that we need to act promptly and effectively to reduce emissions but instead of looking only at the government to…
$2B Federal and state energy deal has a mixed response
A $2B energy deal announced on January 31 between the Federal and NSW governments has provoked a mixed reaction on the Central Coast, with the business community embracing the initiative…