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By Ross Elliott, published 26/5/2017

Manufacturing is far from dead and remains our fifth largest employer: more than double the entire financial, insurance and property sector.

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Bazz,

Fair enough, a real battery.

How would they seal joins in plastic lining? And what about weight forcing plastic down onto sharp objects?
And cost for a big area?

I would also like to also hear how old batteries will be collected and disposed and at what cost psid by who?

Plus, what is the manufacturing impact of all these batteries worldwide?
Posted by JF Aus, Sunday, 11 June 2017 9:29:44 AM
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All good questions JF.
The technical problems have probably been solved especially for such
large cells.
The shear cost of providing multigigawatt batteries boggles the mind.
The cost of a complete electrical system is enormous.
To then duplicate it by adding another system in case the wind drops
one night or to install a multi gigawatt battery, oh dear who is going
to pay for it ?
Already we can see that the public cannot pay for it.

The discussions on TV about the Finkle study seem somewhat unrealistic
to me as battery backup seems to be an alternative to coal fired
power stations, although they are not absolutely ruled out.

It strikes me that this study by an academic is just an excuse set up
to be there to give the politicians an excuse when it all goes down
the well known gurgler."Oh it was Finkle's fault. The plan was a dud".

You will hear a lot of waffle about "Oh the wind does not drop
everywhere at the same time".
True it doesn't but what good does that do you. The output where it
is blowing is already committed. As the Germans found on one famous
occasion it did stop everywhere.

A further complication is that the interconnectors have to be beefed up
to be able to carry the load of a whole state, but that only matters
if Victoria & Sth Australia have enough spare capacity to carry NSW's load !
I have seen nothing in any report that answers those difficult questions.
Posted by Bazz, Sunday, 11 June 2017 11:27:18 AM
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