WE believe that in NSW we have enough coal to supply the world for about 100 years. Surely this is tiny and insignificant to the 5 billion years we will have via the sun, the wind and the waves. Not only is coal power generation of electricity wasteful and inefficient, it is a large source of pollution and at around $275 a tonne for good quality steaming coal no longer cheap.

The good news, Cooper’s Gap Wind Farm proposed for the South Burnett region in Queensland at 50 megawatts will be the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, just a little short of the 540 megawatt Clyde Wind Farm just recently announced to be built in Scotland. Germany also installed 1.1 gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity last year equivalent to a very large power station and we have far more sunshine than they have.

I guess we have too much coal at 100 years and 5 billion years ain’t good enough.

Lindsay “Sancho” Bridge

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