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Old 01-21-2010, 03:07 AM
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I work in a major NSW power station and we used to be 'attacked' by green peace and rising tide several times. We then contacted those groups and explained that when they attach themselves to our coal conveyor belts and cause us to reduce load. (their goal). The load / power demand has to be met... so Victorian power stations, who burn that filthy brown (peat) coal and make much more C02 muck than our station, take up the demand and pump more stuff into the atmosphere. Also the government dictate that we run at a lower output to 'just' meet demand and market prices which makes the boilers work at an inefficient rate.......I could rant for ages...T.L Cardwell said it all.
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