Comments on: Who Benefits when Cheap Electricity is used? http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/06/19/who-benefits-when-cheap-electricity-is-used/ Linux, politics, and other interesting things Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/06/19/who-benefits-when-cheap-electricity-is-used/#comment-14643 etbe Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:51:21 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/06/19/who-benefits-when-cheap-electricity-is-used/#comment-14643 Andrew: There are a variety of plans to tax CO2 emissions to reduce environmental damage. They will result in increases in electricity prices from the polluting power plants. Currently climate change in Australia has been responsible for reducing the water supplies which then increase the cost of electricity produced from coal fired power plants (the same issue would apply to nuclear power or any other power source which uses steam to turn turbines). Technology increases are allowing price reductions in renewable energy sources. One example of this is more efficient fans for wind power that can extract more energy for a given volume of air, another is more efficient photo-voltaic cell technology which allows lower production costs while also giving more energy per area. Currently the price difference between electricity produced from coal and that which is produced from renewable sources is not great. I expect that soon renewable energy sources will be cheaper. Andrew: There are a variety of plans to tax CO2 emissions to reduce environmental damage. They will result in increases in electricity prices from the polluting power plants.

Currently climate change in Australia has been responsible for reducing the water supplies which then increase the cost of electricity produced from coal fired power plants (the same issue would apply to nuclear power or any other power source which uses steam to turn turbines).

Technology increases are allowing price reductions in renewable energy sources. One example of this is more efficient fans for wind power that can extract more energy for a given volume of air, another is more efficient photo-voltaic cell technology which allows lower production costs while also giving more energy per area.

Currently the price difference between electricity produced from coal and that which is produced from renewable sources is not great. I expect that soon renewable energy sources will be cheaper.

]]> By: Andrew Davis http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/06/19/who-benefits-when-cheap-electricity-is-used/#comment-14532 Andrew Davis Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:41:50 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/06/19/who-benefits-when-cheap-electricity-is-used/#comment-14532 I saw on the TV the other day that when we there is more demand for renewable energy on the power grid that the cost of electricity will rise for the consumer. Do you agree with this statement in either the short or long term. Will the renewable energy get cheaper for the household user as technology continues to improve? I changed my power supply from this website http://www.cheapelectricity.com.au Do you think i would have got a good deal Thanks Andrew I saw on the TV the other day that when we there is more demand for renewable energy on the power grid that the cost of electricity will rise for the consumer.

Do you agree with this statement in either the short or long term. Will the renewable energy get cheaper for the household user as technology continues to improve?

I changed my power supply from this website http://www.cheapelectricity.com.au Do you think i would have got a good deal
Thanks
Andrew

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