How will SA keep the lights on?

[bwana]

Where do you think SA should focus their efforts when it comes to producing electricity to meet the needs of the country? Are renewables such as wind, solar and hydro the solution or do we need more nuclear power? Or is the continued use of fossil fuels the answer?

 

[Toxxyc]

Those are two different questions.

Q: Where should SA focus their efforts?
A: To get the damn ANC out of there.

Q: How will SA keep the lights on?
A: They won't. Not at this pace.

 

[pinball wizard]

Other, obviously.

 

[Milano]

Keep?

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Mondai busy work words, but you got to keep the sheep sheeping somenow.

 

[backstreetboy]

Renewables. It's a no brainer.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

cant we harness ANC hot air to boil water to turn the turbines, and generate electricity?
seems to always be plenty of that.

 

[BBSA]

Keep?

Yes, that is one hell of an assumption.

 

[dualmeister]

Renewables. At least not one can overcharge them on supplying sunshine.

Don't give them an excuse to work out a deal with their Russian commie friends for nuclear power.
Also given their sterling record of maintenance, the last thing new want are more nuclear plants ....

 

[Gordon_R]

Renewables. At least not one can overcharge them on supplying sunshine.

Don't give them an excuse to work out a deal with their Russian commie friends for nuclear power.
Also given their sterling record of maintenance, the last thing new want are more nuclear plants ....

Cartoon from decades ago is more relevant than ever in SA:

 

[Brian_G]

Renewables, allowing fossil fuels while we must but not indefinitely so didn't choose Combination. No to nuclear, not safe enough especially here.

We can dream anyway.

 

[dualmeister]

Cartoon from decades ago is more relevant than ever in SA:

Spot on

 

[Lupus]

Renewables, allowing fossil fuels while we must but not indefinitely so didn't choose Combination. No to nuclear, not safe enough especially here.

We can dream anyway.

What? Nuclear is probably the safest option.

 

[Brian_G]

What? Nuclear is probably the safest option.

Something I missed?

 

[lkswan747]

Nuclear will be the choice of government due to the fact that there is way more scope for kickbacks.

 

[Geoff.D]

Where do you think SA should focus their efforts when it comes to producing electricity to meet the needs of the country? Are renewables such as wind, solar and hydro the solution or do we need more nuclear power? Or is the continued use of fossil fuels the answer?

The lessons from the EU and other regions says it should be a combination strategy.
However, the single most important factor long term is to get rid of the A N C.

 

[dualmeister]

Rather ....



than this ...



Remember ...

 

[Brian_G]

Q: Where should SA focus their efforts?
A: To get the damn ANC out of there.

However, the single most important factor long term is to get rid of the A N C.

How??

Even WC secession offers more promise, IMHO.

 

[Lupus]

Something I missed?

Yes that nuclear is pretty safe, can't base you're entire knowledge on Chernobyl. Even Fukushima wasn't as bad as everyone seems to think.

 

[Brian_G]

Yes that nuclear is pretty safe, can't base you're entire knowledge on Chernobyl. Even Fukushima wasn't as bad as everyone seems to think.

Maybe if isolated enough.
In SA - no thanks, they can't even keep water clean and flowing in too many dorps.