This is nonsense.... it's not even remotely true. Also, a coal station for SA costs in the region of R150 billion.... now who would give away that amound of money? Seriously.....
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This is nonsense.... it's not even remotely true. Also, a coal station for SA costs in the region of R150 billion.... now who would give away that amound of money? Seriously.....
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guys, i think we all know what happened in chernobly, and there were russians!
no offense to us, but im sure were less qualified then them
no offense to us, but im sure were less qualified then them
Most modern reactors will not blow up the same way as chernobyl did, they usually slow down when they get hotter unlike the chernobyl type also they dont use flammable material as control rods.
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Of course you're basing this on fact? Do you understand the potential profits such an enterprise would bring for any investor?
The problem with current alternate energy sources is that they're horrifically expensive and extremely inneficient. You can generate power from wind & solar sources, but you pay astronomically high premiums to do so. The technology will mature, and it will become a viable alternative to fossil fuel stations, but that's not going to happen soon, and in the interim they're too expensive for a developing nation to invest in without severely damaging growth & development. Nuclear power really is the way to go right now if you want clean, cost effective energy, but the initial investment in terms of cost and time for building the station makes them less than ideal for us right now.
I've noticed nobody seems to mention hydro-electric power though? I would have thought that would have to be the wet dream in terms of clean power generation and infrastructure footprint. I understand we don't have all that many rivers suitable for HEP stations, but surely there's scope for more than we have already.
I've noticed nobody seems to mention hydro-electric power though? I would have thought that would have to be the wet dream in terms of clean power generation and infrastructure footprint. I understand we don't have all that many rivers suitable for HEP stations, but surely there's scope for more than we have already.
Not really, there's very few rivers in our country that can be used for hydro electric stations. The best we can go for is pumped storage stations to help deal with peaking. There's a pipedream of building a hydroelectric station on the Congo river that would be able to supply 20-30 GW (I think that's about 1/3 of Africa's current demand) reliably, but the political climate in the region is still way too unstable for that to become a reality.
