Courier Mail Pineapple Politics Blog Makes a lie of the postings that I am some kind of Labor supporter when I have been advocating not selling all our uranium, nba jerseys having nuclear power stations and worked on mining uranium, all these years. France produces 80% of its power from nuclear stations. And many other countries have nuclear stations in the European Union. The Labor party the Greens pride themselves on technology (ok maybe not the Greens) but are Luddites when it comes to nuclear and hide under the table with their hands over their ears. Premier Ana has opened a new discussion to send the spotlight in another direction similar to daylight saving, but, this one will get the attention of the public in a way that Labor will not like. Where the pollies who will stand up and say. lets have nuclear power as a matter of priority Eventually, love it or hate it, oppose it or propose it, Nuclear Power will be seriously considered in either a back up or alternative to Coal fired power supply. Rather than the Labor federal government be shackeled to a Green agenda of non nuclear, the Labor party seriously needs to prepare for nuclear energy infrastructure, particularly on the safety side of this power source. Guidelines should Moncler marine Womens jackets Zip dark blue be looked at NOW, not when a power crisis shuts down industry and restricts power to homes and public utilities. There is a downside to our existing coal fired power, just as there is a down side to nuclear power, but we are approaching a crossroads where we will have no choice on making a decision which way we go. Ultimately the Federal government must have final say in this matter and must always have power over the states to okay or veto on nuclear power projects. Currently, this country has it proverbial head stuck in the sand and when the crisis comes the buck passing will gear up. No it is not a simple matter but preparation should have started a long time ago. Regardless of political colours, i am certain that the major parties are ready to at least embrace preparations for the inevitable alternative. Zerogen men moncler is a major international project which reflects the NY Times interest in the story. The cancellation of funding is a serious Queensland Government stuff up. They injected millions in to this project and did not oversee how the taxpayers funds were spent. It is a travesty and has now reflected poorly on Queensland in the international energy sector. Contrary to the comments in some posts, CCS is not a joke and major corporations are investing billions to make it a commercially viable proposition. What is a joke is Blighs comments on Nuclear Power. It is 10 times more expensive than gas fired power generation (forget coal) and it requires vast amounts of water for cooling. Nuclear is about 50 years away from being a viable proposition in the Australian market. I suppose Bligh thinks she is being a visionary in calling for a debate on Nuclear although I suspect it has more to do with her creating a story to deflect attentioin from leadership speculation and the appalling policy performance of her Government. and most vexing, problem has to do with scale. In 2009, carbon dioxide emissions in the United States totaled 5.4 billion tons. Let assume that policymakers want to use carbon capture to get rid of half of those emissions " say, 3 billion tons per year. That works out to about 8.2 million tons of carbon dioxide per day, which would have to be collected and compressed to about 1,000 pounds per square inch (that compressed volume of carbon dioxide would be roughly equivalent to the volume of cheap moncler mens jackets daily global oil production). In other words, we would need to find an underground location (or locations) able to swallow a volume equal to the contents of 41 oil supertankers each day, 365 days a year. Overcoming these problems is as I have said a pipe dream of the left and Greens. If you would like to read more you can see the full article here. What is a joke is Blighs comments on Nuclear Power. It is 10 times more expensive than gas fired power generation (forget coal) and it requires vast amounts of water for cooling You are also wrong about Nuclear power jonathon. The cost of Nuclear Power is about 4 cents per kWh whereas Natural gas is 10cents per kWh. You can see a bar chart Moncler LUCIE New Pop star Women down coat long beige and a cost comparison here Michael, I think you need a lesson in energy economics. Think about how the gross pool moncler puffer vest operates in the NEM and how generators bid the cost of the output into the market. It is the marginal cost, not the operating cost which reflects the cost of power. Nuclear is so far out of the money it is laughable because you need to take account of the total cost of fuel extraction, transportation, plant location and construction of the power station not to mention the cost of water. The objective of subsiding research into CCS is to reduce the cost of capture and storage, it is far, far less costly than Nuclear. The real point is that Queensland had a major opportunity Moncler down Coats Men with hood mid-length coffee to become global leaders in carbon capture and storage and we have blown it with this project (again). The Government spent MONCLER Men JACKETS Raccoon fur collar Black $150 million and didn even have a means of storing the CO2 (as other posts have pointed out). That is the real scandel. If you have an intention to replace coal powered stations with nuclear powered stations (baseload power) the cost that need to be considered are the average costs not marginal costs. Marginal costs are only a consideration if you have excess product to sell and you wish to turn a profit. Baseload costs are the average costs of producing the product be it energy or any other product. If you run your whole business with your pricing based on the marginal cost of producing a product you will go broke. Nuclear is so far out of the money it is laughable because you need to take account of the total cost moncler clothes of fuel extraction, transportation, plant location and construction of the power station not to mention the cost of water. Clearly you did not read the link I provided because the components you mention have all been taken into account but in slightly different terms. They are nominated in broad terms as construction and production. Also included is something you failed to include and that is decommissioning. So that you have no doubt I again reference the Bar chart here. The real point is that Queensland had a major opportunity to become global leaders in carbon capture and storage and we have blown it with this project (again) Could you please explain what the point is (real or otherwise) of embarking on a project that does not have any chance of success and never had any chance of success at any time in the past other than to appease the Greens. You don seem to understand that CCS has no chance of working no matter how much money you throw at it. It was and is a dog of an idea and at last Bligh has recognised that fact. Being a world leader in something that was never going to work is not something I would want to put my name to. ZeroGen was an global front runner to demonstrate carbon capture and storage, but hardly a technology pioneer using proven coal gasification technology. Insufficient geological carbon dioxide storage capacity in central Queensland and the government unwillingness to commit to a potential $4 billion liability brought about its demise. Critics seem to forget that taxpayers not coal companies benefit the most from cheap coal fired electricity (coal represents 25 30% of the retail cost). The Queensland coal industry is an exporter and the state owned power generators, with the exception of Stanwell, now own and or operate their own coal mines

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