I think it's a sign of things to come Alex. One only has to look through
these lists for each state to see the extent of the loss of generating
capacity in SA. Ironically, one major recent development that this
situation is leading to is battery power, with battery bus trials now
starting to proliferate around Australia and one entire new battery-powered
tram system being built. Ironically the "greening" of electricity
generation is resulting in the environmental disbenefit of battery
production and disposal.

The worst thing is that in a country with huge resources of coal and gas,
flawed public policy has led to crippling and unsustainable costs falling
on businesses and ordinary people. This is a disaster and the country needs
to get out of this madness fast.

Tony P

On Thursday, 19 July 2018 14:28:53 UTC+10, Alex Cowie wrote:
>

> Tony,

> With regard to your final comments on the photos of stalled trams and the

> need for reliable electricity, what do these photos actually represent?

> They were taken one of the very few days, if not the only one, in the last

> twenty-odd years that I have been in Adelaide when to my knowledge trams

> have been unable to run because of the failure of the public electricity

> supply. Contrary to popular opinion, major power outages in Adelaide are

> not a daily occurrence and do not preclude the running of electric public

> transport. The tram system has multiple substations, each generally fed by

> two independent feeders from the public supply.

>

> Alex C

>