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Carte Blanche on Eskom
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Even that won't wake them up, they'll blame it on some sort of conspiracy to keep Africa down.
schitz011
Expert Member
Indeed, IIRC it rains rather a lot in the UK
and their coal is just fine (or at least it was till most of the mines were shut down..)Moederloos
Honorary Master
Indeed, IIRC it rains rather a lot in the UK
We heard the other night that wet coal burns better.
Transcript from CB.
Perhaps he is wrong, but maybe he is not?
That's not technically correct.
There is an efficiency loss when firing wet coal vs dry coal.
The coal mills grind the the granular coal down to a powder and at the same time dry it for admission to the boiler - on wet day's it would take more heat input to the coal mills to achieve the desired fuel fineness and temperature.
The bottom line is that wet coal is not a load limiting factor.
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ajax
Executive Member
Maybe the "wet coal" excuse is technically correct? As we saw on Carte Blanche, there is almost no coal at the power plants. The coal that's left doesn't make a huge pile, so what's left is completely soaked. A huge pile will probably only have very wet coal at the top of the pile.
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
That apparently forms part of the deal that SA gets power from Cahora Bassa. In return we supply power to Maputo. Without the power from Cahora Bassa we would really be screwed.
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
Steve: 'Yes, and that just shows how inefficient Eskom was 15 years ago.'
Derek: 'But at least they were producing enough power. They had an excess capacity.'
lol Derek Watts for president!
Derek: 'But at least they were producing enough power. They had an excess capacity.'
lol
Derek Watts for president!Moederloos
Honorary Master
Perhaps - but then why the lies and cover ups in terms of our exporting?
The story has changed so much and so often, it is obviously a lie.
Arguing with Eskom is like arguing with your 4 year old son over who broke the vase in the lounge.
Moederloos
Honorary Master
Steve: 'Yes, and that just shows how inefficient Eskom was 15 years ago.'
Derek: 'But at least they were producing enough power. They had an excess capacity.'
lol
That was brilliant.
Goes to show that Eskom measures efficiency in how low the overheads go, and not in how well they produce electricity.
I would like to see an inflation-modified total of salaries then and now.
Bet you it is the same - with the top monkeys getting the lion's share.
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
wtf? I didn't hear that last night! Eskom are a bunch of fscking liars! I say we begin protest marches to get the truth.
Nanfeishen
Executive Member
We need the Chinese solution to incompetence, squandering resources and theft from consummers:
Investigate
Find the guilty parties
Put them up against a wall and shoot them
Replace with more competent individuals
Simple neat and effecient.
Investigate
Find the guilty parties
Put them up against a wall and shoot them
Replace with more competent individuals
Simple neat and effecient.
K
kingrob
Guest
I heard that Sasol & Hulett (sugar barons) generate their own power and can supply Eskom with some...is this true?
That's true, they do generate their own power, like the paper mills do, but it's not normally not enough to export to Eskom.
semiautomatix
Honorary Master
Huh? Of course excess is better! Eskom chose, through their backstabbing policy to keep all other competition out SA. As such you are the country's power supplier - if it means you take a knock to ensure adequate capacity then that is your responsibility!