South Africa needs $8 billion of gas power, or face a decade of power cuts - Finnish power plant maker

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Thats fine.

Yes, FINNISH it!!!

 

[MagNorthDigital]

Do we still have gas reserves?

Methane, plenty. Found at various national key points, like Luthuli House, those funny shaped colonial buildings in Pretoria, and of course near "the mountain"

 

[MagNorthDigital]

If fracking can be given the go-ahead, we could tap into abundant reserves under the Karoo.

Pity that the green-woke would rather see the Karoo paved with solar panels before they concede for a single fracking hole to be drilled.

You don't "pave" with solar panels. The damage to the ecosystem is far greater with fraking.

Sure, using rare earth metals to store said energy is horrible, but what else are the Chinese going to do with all that Lithium?

 

[mojoman]

You don't "pave" with solar panels. The damage to the ecosystem is far greater with fraking.

Sure, using rare earth metals to store said energy is horrible, but what else are the Chinese going to do with all that Lithium?

Time for the Dyson sphere..
(Oddly enough some crap about this showed up on YT the other day and now its in my head)

 

[ShaunSA]

No it probably is right, the Finnish calculation is made on paying to deliver a service to the people. They just haven't taken into account theft, cadres and government...

Then the Finns are idiots

Perhaps time for them to crawl our from under those rocks

 

[RonSwanson]

Why imported gas where we have local "clean" coal?

I think that it's about the time that it takes us the ANC to build a coal plant.

 

[am-user]

Time for the Dyson sphere..
(Oddly enough some crap about this showed up on YT the other day and now its in my head)

Earth based civilization(s) cannot even harness ALL the energy reaching the planet (Type 1) and you are hoping for type 2 civilization tech !!!

PS: Humans still need to increase global energy intake by about 10,000x before we are a type 1 civilization as per Kardashev scale. It might just be safer for humans to burn carbon based stuff before we unleash that kind of energy on ourselves (about 2,000,000,000x more than a type 1 civilization)

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

some cadres are gonna be rich!!!

 

[Sinbad]

I say keep on load-shedding and revive the PBMR project. Fvck EU they going to put us through an endless cycle of debt, they need us more than we need them. If only the ANC had an iota of intelligence…

What exactly do the eu need SA for?

 

[LCBXX]

You don't "pave" with solar panels. The damage to the ecosystem is far greater with fraking.

Sure, using rare earth metals to store said energy is horrible, but what else are the Chinese going to do with all that Lithium?

How so?
Also, what sense does it make to pursue to renewables route in this country when there is an abundance of natural gas and coal, the latter of which we cannot keep abreast of, exporting to "green" Europe?

 

[MagNorthDigital]

Time for the Dyson sphere..
(Oddly enough some crap about this showed up on YT the other day and now its in my head)

I watched the same video, it's about advanced civilisations. Somehow I don't think ZA will be leading that charge.

 

[MagNorthDigital]

How so?
Also, what sense does it make to pursue to renewables route in this country when there is an abundance of natural gas and coal, the latter of which we cannot keep abreast of, exporting to "green" Europe?

There is also an abundance of sunlight, double Germany I believe.

South Africa is almost the perfect candidate for renewable energy. Pity about the lack of vision.

 

[Insint]

They won't maintain these either.

I think you mean they won't build these correctly either. So they will perform like old power stations that were not maintained.

and then

They won't maintain these either.

 

[Nerfherder]

Where is that gas going to come from? Russia?

See here:

They needed a market for the gas they were going to extract out of the field off the cost of Mossel Bay i think. Now they have the market for it.

 

[Zameside]

Ship it in from Russia.

 

[LCBXX]

There is also an abundance of sunlight, double Germany I believe.

South Africa is almost the perfect candidate for renewable energy. Pity about the lack of vision.

How is fracking worse for the Karoo environment than paving it with solar panels?

 

[MagNorthDigital]

How is fracking worse for the Karoo environment than paving it with solar panels?

Nevermind, it's not like either of us can change any of it. Keep your horse, and I'll keep mine.

 

[ShaunSA]

Nevermind, it's not like either of us can change any of it. Keep your horse, and I'll keep mine.

Both of your horses are flea bitten nags

We need thoroughbreds

 

[N@t3]

ANC need 8 billion to steal. Fixed that heading.

 

[MagNorthDigital]

Both of your horses are flea bitten nags

We need thoroughbreds

Oh those left the stables a while ago. We on to donkey power