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23/10/18

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Originally posted by pints ↑

Yes, probably to around another 100 years of supply.

Whilst it is great to see inroads made into renewables for the future, in the long mean time, coal is still likely to dominate.

Australia's primary energy consumption is dominated by coal (around 40 per cent), oil (34 per cent) and gas (22 per cent). Coal accounts for about 75 per cent of Australia's electricity generation, followed by gas (16 per cent), hydro (5 per cent) and wind around (2 per cent).
82% of subsidies is concentrated in the Australian Government's 'Clean Coal Technology', with the remaining 18% of funds allocated to the renewable energy 'Project Solar Systems Australia' $75 million. The LETDF is a subsidy scheme aimed at fossil fuel energy production started in 2007.
Whilst I personally prefer nuclear power generation, I doubt whether the economics stack up for 25m people spread across this wide land, although smaller units are also being promulgated.
Coal's days are certainly numbered, but in decades. Coking coal is irreplaceable for steel making for one thing. Thermal will still power the developing world for many decades to come.
Australia cutting coal out completely by the way, will not change the climate one iota. But it most certainly will appease the Greens as they would be happy to see our remaining industry and therefore our economy, decimated !

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Can I ask if you know whether the gas used for power gen is coming from Natural Gas or from Coal? (csg)
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