Comments on: Cheap Coal for Sure (CCS)

By: Government Visions « Ockham's Razor

Government Visions « Ockham's Razor — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:17:12 +0000

[...] I read the first few pages of Quarry Vision I thought, don’t we all know CCS is a pipedream of the coal industry and something drastic needs to be done about greenhouse gas emissions, but no government wants to. [...]

By: What the world needs now is a Revolution « Ockham’s Razor

What the world needs now is a Revolution « Ockham’s Razor — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:12:58 +0000

[...] only thing standing in the way of Greenpeace’s vision becoming reality is lucrative coal deals, the coal lobby and an acquiescent government. If you want to take part in the Energy Revolution, [...]

By: Perth’s shrinking Groundwater « Ockham’s Razor

Perth’s shrinking Groundwater « Ockham’s Razor — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:31:00 +0000

[...] of the biggest users of water in Perth is Alcoa* (they also use large amounts of non-renewable electricity). Their sites at Kwinana (a southern suburb), Pinjarra and Wagerup (towns near Perth) process [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:55:37 +0000

Hey Clare. Good summary and very comprehensive. I’m stunned that a company in the business of generating CO2 has the ordacity to claim sustainability!!!

I like your blog :)

CHRIS

By: ClareSnow

ClareSnow — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:18:30 +0000

The proposed CCS at Kwinana has been cancelled because

after more than two years of investigations and several million dollars of research, BP has now admitted that the geological formations off Perth contain gas "chimneys" that mean it is next to impossible to establish a seal in the strata that could contain the CO2.

Source: Wilson, Nigel (2008) Chimneys sweep BP clean coal plan away, The Australian, 10 May.

By: 1000 island marine construction

1000 island marine construction — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:51:52 +0000

[...] state government is about to privatise NSW??s electricity generation and the retail electricityhttp://elsewear.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/cheap-coal/Eastern Iowans sound-off about the immigration raid in Postville KWWL Iowa”I think that the company [...]

By: If the price of electricity rises… « Ockham’s Razor

If the price of electricity rises… « Ockham’s Razor — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:49:44 +0000

[...] still cheaper than the current high export price of natural gas (LNG) [2]. This wouldn’t change coal as the fuel of choice for future electricity [...]

By: Alan Thompson

Alan Thompson — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:51:02 +0000

At least one of the new companies carved out of the old Western Power is on the verge of bankruptcy and needs to be bailed out by the State Government by millions of dollars.

How can a monopoly loose money? And if there isn’t the profit what was the point of making it a private company in the first place?

By: matt

matt — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:48:06 +0000

Ah, privatisation of utilities, that wonderful old chestnut. Finding examples of privatisation disasters is as easy as throwing a dart at a map of the world. Water problems in Tanzania, electricity black outs in New York, nuclear reprocessing shut down at Thorp in Sellafield, UK. It just goes on and on, and prices to consumers keep on going up and up.

Privatisation of energy and water utilities doesn’t work. And in an open energy market such as the UK the irony is that government backed companies, such as those from France, come in and buy up the goodies. Not a smart energy security policy in my books.