poweralert stage 2.....

[Lupus]

Will you have your face and voice disguised when on TV?

Who says I don't already ;-)

 

[Lupus]

Nah, you're better than that..

But I want my name in print... Well for something less nefarious...

 

[Brian_G]

But I want my name in print... Well for something less nefarious...

Join the DA?

 

[Lupus]

Join the DA?

I said less nefarious things , if I did that I'd be up there kicking people out of houses, cutting power and basically being a bastard

 

[Lupus]

Besides the industry I'm in I'm already a bastard

 

[Brian_G]

Besides the industry I'm in I'm already a bastard

Most of us, a bit anyway :- (

 

[Lupus]

Most of us, a bit anyway :- (

I've been asked by the boss to stop replying to mails :-(, apparently being direct isn't taken kindly. Scary thing is I've only been doing this 8 years and I've been telling people who've been here 15 to 20 years what is happening.

 

[Brian_G]

 

[Gordon_R]

Last year we used to joke that permanent Stage 2 would help get us through necessary maintenance. How things have changed in 12 months. Another 4GW is gone, and zero maintenance is being done.

 

[Lupus]

Last year we used to joke that permanent Stage 2 would help get us through necessary maintenance. How things have changed in 12 months. Another 4GW is gone, and zero maintenance is being done.

Actually if they had literally done stage 2 and there was no damage done by striking, it probably would've

 

[Brian_G]

Another 4GW is gone, and zero maintenance is being done.

It sure looks like very little is done.
Still think it's smoke and mirrors, with a strong addition of idiocy

 

[Vorastra]

I hate to break it to you, but it's not the map that's wrong. Durban is just backward.

Listen here, you.

 

[vaakseun]

The IPP favours whomever pays them . At one point we were supposed to get help from Kelvin and we did for a brief period, but Eskom threw their toys and we stopped.

Eskom tried to appropriate Steenbras as well at one point.

From what I could gather, CoCT's response at the meeting with Eskom was basically:

 

[Gordon_R]

It sure looks like very little is done.
Still think it's smoke and mirrors, with a strong addition of idiocy

It's a trifecta: Pretend nothing is wrong. Create crisis. Propose solutions. Repeat...

 

[Lupus]

Eskom tried to appropriate Steenbras as well at one point.

From what I could gather, CoCT's response at the meeting with Eskom was basically:

Sadly CoJ bent over, but also as they don't really own it, they couldn't do much. Tshwane as Rooiwall and Pretoria West Power Station that could knock off 4 stages for Tshwane

 

[wingnut771]

Sadly CoJ bent over, but also as they don't really own it, they couldn't do much. Tshwane as Rooiwall and Pretoria West Power Station that could knock off 4 stages for Tshwane

More like had, do they still exist?

 

[Brian_G]

Have to wonder why some big / international interest doesn't declare they're planning to build power stations here. Even solar in the right place would prosper, and help if big enough.

 

[wingnut771]

Have to wonder why some big / international interest doesn't declare they're planning to build power stations here. Even solar in the right place would prosper, and help if big enough.

Where is here?

 

[Lupus]

More like had, do they still exist?

yup they do, running at reduced capacity. But reduced capacity with both of them is still 360MW. If they were full it would be 600MW

 

[Brian_G]

Where is here?

SA in general, thinking the Karoo if solar else anywhere if coal. But will any company dare do coal these days?