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Originally Posted by mondo_broady
dude, these price rises are NOT because of the greens or a carbon tax, they're supposedly because they say they need to upgrade the network infrastructure. meanwhile they turn gazzillion dollar profits?? it's corporate GREED, not environmentalists that are driving the price higher... directors of these companies are on millions but we meekly accept that?? the government of the day does nothing about it either as they reap the benefit. funny how no-one targets them or their corporate practices in the same way they kick the (at times over-zealous) environmentalists...
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What a load of B.S
There are many reasons why power has gone up in cost and you are no where near them .
Green energy is the single most reason why costs has increased ,solar rebates ,failed solar plants , wind farms .All those government green power systems these and those solar panels on roofs are subsidised by our power bills the cost to subsidise them and to sell the power back to the generators the costs are spread across everyone's bills , Thats why the subsidies are being wound back because the costs are enormous .
While power generators are investing nothing because they don't know where to invest . Carbon tax next week No carbon tax this has been going on for the last few years and power company's have done nothing because there is no certainty in the market . So we are growing but our power generation is not . So the market value is rising = ( supply and demand ) .
It has everything to with government .
The government are talking about shutting down coal fired generation but they wont build anything else because there is nothing else .
Wind farms don't work when the wind doesn't blow and cost a mint anyway
Solar costs even more and is just as useless
The green wont allow us to go hydro because we are not aloud to build dams . An there right against nuclear power which is the only cost effective solution . But it is still a stupid idea when compared against coal .
Even the government's own productivity commission has advised them to drop the the renewables targets of 5% by 2020 because the people cant afford it and the best bits is our renewables are not at even at 1% nationwide yet .
Its not Coperate Greed its Green Idealism
Its the goverment putting the prices up through there there power comission's not power companies .