tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post1660906228764387980..comments2023-12-01T16:56:04.415+11:00Comments on Peak Energy: The Only Way To Change Australia Is To Change The USABig Gavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-88787188299093775432007-06-20T08:29:00.000+10:002007-06-20T08:29:00.000+10:00Sounds like a good reason for not investing in nuc...Sounds like a good reason for not investing in nuclear power, period.Big Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-29460803292457273442007-06-20T01:45:00.000+10:002007-06-20T01:45:00.000+10:00If thats the case read on:Electricity companies in...If thats the case read on:<BR/><BR/>Electricity companies in the US are asking the Government to change the rules of the loan guarantees being offered so that 100% of the loan is covered, instead of 90%, as currently proposed. The electricity companies are being advised by finance experts that the 90% loan scheme won't work well, as it would create "two tier" risk in any finance package to fund the construction of a new nuclear power plant. <BR/><BR/>The loan guarantees are meant to protect companies from the possibility that they start to build a new nuclear power plant and then have a new government policy on nuclear power emerge that might jeopardise the success of that new build project.<BR/> <BR/><A HREF="http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/industry/Usec_joins_loan_guarantee_bidders_190607.shtml" REL="nofollow"> click here for the full story </A>Professor Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016607858403538507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-74367031851630074372007-05-23T21:06:00.000+10:002007-05-23T21:06:00.000+10:00Unfortunately it is so.The secret as to why we are...Unfortunately it is so.<BR/><BR/>The secret as to why we aren't into solar in a big way is known as "the greenhouse mafia".Big Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-5915574993167867842007-05-22T12:03:00.000+10:002007-05-22T12:03:00.000+10:00"The Only Way To Change Australia Is To Change The..."The Only Way To Change Australia Is To Change The USA"<BR/><BR/>For Australia's sake I hope that's not the case.<BR/><BR/>I don't understand why Australia isn't into solar in a big way. Certainly there is sun in abundance down there, and it doesn't require water to keep it cool.PeakVThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375073589474044484noreply@blogger.com