Originally Posted by
Fliegenmong
We have the 'dirt' (Uranium soil) that we sell to others..so why are we not utilising own resorce!?..We are a dumb Country...always have been...how can you be against nuclear power...wel, 'cos a dume electorate is..
If only the sun shone in Australia you could be self sufficient with solar power with no need to spend $30 billion on 1 reactor (Hinkley estimate). Of course if you were setting up nuclear power stations in Australia then probably need to set up 3-4 sites so that is $150 billion for a start.
Bearing in mind the Estimate for a 1 MW solar power farm is circa $1 Million. One wonders why Australia produces 8 times more from wind than it does from large scale Solar PV or 100 times more from fossil fuels than large scale Solar.