One of the reasons that Holdens are gone is some of the poor vehicles that they made.
We have a Statesman and it is a good highway car and is excellent from a mechanical aspect but the bodywork leaves much to be desired and access, particularly for the driver, is restricted and this is on a big car.

The Callais that followed it had the roofline raised by 3 inches so that normal people could get into drive it without contortions.

The Commodore suffers from the same problem of restricted access and I'm only 5 foot 8 1/2 inches tall.

Our much smaller but well designed Toyota doesn't suffer from the same lack of design.

Aiden,

Essentially you are accusing the energy companies of price fixing and collusion, which is firstly highly illegal, and secondly easily detectable.

As for spot prices:

https://www.aemo.com.au/Electricity/National-Electricity-Market-NEM/Data-dashboard

https://www.aer.gov.au/wholesale-markets/wholesale-statistics/annual-volume-weighted-average-spot-prices

High spot prices normally occur when there is a significant deficit between demand and supply. Queensland has had a huge spike in demand for power, thus a larger than usual spike in spot prices, but nothing like the peak of $1000 /MWhr in SA.

At least you admit that nuclear power is cheaper than renewables. However, renewables power prices amongst all but the most fanatical.

Bazz,
You're the mischievous, even untruthful one.

Port Augusta had a high incidents of respiratory disorders, including lung cancer and asthma, which could not be adequately accounted for by differences in the smoking rate. Such effects are common around the world where coal-fired power is used, particularly when it's brown coal.
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Is Mise,
That surprises me, as in the late 20th century it was Mitsubishi who had the reputation for bodywork leaving much to be desired; Holden's reputation was much better in that regard.
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Shadow,
I am not claiming collusion. What I am claiming is that many electricity generating companies, without conspiring with their competitors, often choose to not to generate more electricity at a time when doing so would be profitable, as letting the price go higher is more profitable.

There are many variables that affect the price of different electricity generation methods, so it is too simplistic to say "nuclear power is cheaper than renewables" without considering the context. But in the context of present day Germany, it is safe to say they'd've been financially better off had they decided not to phase out nuclear.

Bazz,

I believe that this is the second time that poor, old, confused Aidan has blamed you for something I said. Hope you don't blame me!

My apologies to Bazz. I'll try to be more careful in future.

Aidan,

Firstly,

Statistically, it would be impossible for one player to benefit from withholding generation, as the cream is on the top, so collusion would be the only mechanism for them to profit from withholding generation. If you have any proof then spit it out.

Secondly'
on average nuclear power generation is cheaper than renewables. Germany is one point, France is another. France is producing power far cheaper than Germany, Denmark or Spain, the three renewables champions.