True. You should also mention that the coal plants built were to replace the older brown coal plants.
In the first half of 2014 Solar grew by 28 per cent in the first half of 2014 compared to 2013 and wind power grew by 19 per cent over the same period last year. brown coal generation is down four per cent and the production of hard coal-fired power plants decreased 11 per cent from 2013. Gas had the biggest decrease (preparing for the Russia /Ukraine challenge maybe?). Pity, gas would be preferable to coal imo.
the amount produced by coal has decreased and renewables increased.
There's a pretty graph in the linked page.
The 2013 figure for brown coal was about the highest it's been though.



I'm keen to see how well Tesla manages this.

It's only dangerous if people were literate. banin reedin an riitin wud b tha eydeel solushyun.



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If they can't see.....

There is also the possibility of charging your car at work, friends/relatives houses... this could introduce the problem of power theft.

It also doesn't appear to be too far off for the use of a car as energy storage for a house - The Nissan Leaf is offering that option already although I'm not sure if it could cope with our western home requirements although the Tesla battery should be able to manage a couple of houses over night. A new business model - selling power to your neighbours?

Long distance travel is the only real weakness as you've pointed out. You really wouldn't want to miss a charging station - I suppose it may be possible to ask any residence if they were willing to let you charge your car (for a fee).

This might interest you:
http://energytransition.de/201...
I would have thought Germany would have been better off closing the coal plants first and then phasing out nuclear but it appears to be a popular choice (still). I guess they weren't impress by things like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

Now they have problems....
Trust is low I guess.

It's interesting that France is going to scale down it's nuclear generation and replace to capacity with renewables - cost reasons.

Alright! I admit it, I lied. seven of nine was not a redeeming feature.

Leaving the jocularity aside, the story lines were mediocre at best and seven of nine (imo) was a tacit acknowledgement of the shortcomings hence resorting to the sex sells angle. Stunning lady. A body well suited for the task.

Kate was a very ineffectual captain. The whole Voyager series was hit and miss save for two redeeming features - seven of nine and and seven of nines' mammalian protuberances.

It appears to me that Mr Tillerson believes having infrastructure needed for fracking near his property will affect his quality of life. The increase in water storage is directly related to the fracking requirements.
The lawsuit explicitly states that

. People will be inconvenienced by the fracking. Mr Tillerson doesn't want to be in that group.

So who did you vote for - the turd sandwich or the giant douche?

So THAT'S why I have impure thoughts!

sounds like a genuine question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_subsidies#Allocation_of_subsidies_in_the_United_States
OECD summary: http://www.oecd.org/site/tadffss/USA.pdf
OECD page for all countries with links to data: http://www.oecd.org/site/tadffss/

The biggest "subsidy" to the oil industry imo is the amount spent protecting oil and gas pipe lines and shipping lanes.

You obviously don't know many rich people.

er... did you notice the /troll?

ALBUM SALES! Jeez! Bloody USians with their poor reading comprehesion skills...... /troll

I suspect THESE burgers may emphasise your point in a less subtle way.