Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t JoNova – According to the charity KOGO, green energy champion Victora, Australia is experiencing unprecedented demand for charity provided warm woolies to help poor people who can no longer afford to heat their homes.
Volunteer knitters in high demand as soaring power prices leave people cold
ABC Radio Melbourne By Nicole Mills
Updated 22 Aug 2018, 8:42amA national army of knitters is in desperate need of more volunteers to help them meet the growing demand for winter woollies.
Knit One Give One (KOGO) founder Ros Rogers said the organisation has already donated more than 55,000 items this year.
“The need has gone up, definitely,” she said.
“This year we’re having trouble keeping up with the demand for two reasons; we’re becoming better known so people are asking for us, but the other thing is that there’s just more demand.
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Knitters can not keep up with demand
Yet despite the huge number of donations, they still can not satisfy the demand.
“Some people say it has been a colder winter — I actually don’t think so,” Ms Rogers said.
“I think it’s been milder than what we’ve had, it’s just the need that’s so much greater unfortunately.
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Victoria’s deep green left wing government is determined to end the age of dispatchable power whatever the cost.
I’ve said this before, but I think it’s worth restating it here:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/08/08/aussie-agriculture-minister-on-climate-change-i-dont-give-a-rats-if-its-man-made-or-not-you-shouldnt-feel-afraid-to-turn-a-heater-or-a-light-on-at-night/#comment-2425142
“So, exactly where does the money from the larger power bills go?
26% of the increase over the last decade comes from increased retail margins (yay for privatization). 46% comes from the “gold plating” of the distribution network (a combination of greatly overestimating future demand, and government imposed reliability standards to reduce blackouts, introduced in the mid 2000’s)
Around 17% of the increase is from increased wholesale power prices. Around 16% of the increase is from spending on “green schemes”, accounting for around 6% of a power bill.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-04/energy-policy-solar-electricity-bills-air-conditioning-costs/9298346
So, 72% of the increase in power costs has nothing to do with the cost of generation, or money spent on green schemes. But I don’t hear much round here from those who are so worried about the high cost of electricity, talking about the things that are responsible for most of the increase in cost.”
“46% . . . gold-plating” primarily relates to customers in NSW, Qld and Tas.
It adds between $100 and $200 to a customer’s annual electricity cost (in those States).
This thread is about Victoria largely unaffected by so called gold-plating.
I’m not so sure about that.
“Gold-plating the power grid
This story investigates claims of how Citipower and SP Ausnet used the electricity rules and bureaucracy to turn what should have been a $107 million public investment on an enhancement to the Melbourne CBD electricity network into a $271 million spend.”
https://www.smh.com.au/business/gold-plating-the-power-grid-20120705-21iv5.html
Philip that incident is a drop in the ocean.
In Victoria it’s all about the cost of changing to smart meters.
The gift that keeps on giving to the industry (not the consumer).
Smart meters were ‘sold’ to Victorians as part of the green revolution.
The whole exerciser is a massive fraud on consumers and it’s on-going.
A one-off cost criminally ‘amortised’ in perpetuity under the protective cover of green initiatives.
The green revolution has allowed the industry to mislead and gouge consumers in an orgy never before seen in Victorian utility commerce.
Green imposts are fraudulently reported by the industry so as not to alarm the gullible public. The industry uses ‘transfer pricing’ and other dishonest accounting methods to hide the real cost of green business.
On the Federal front, Malcolm & Co told the ACCC to look at everything but the base cost of coal-fired electricity. Moreover M & Co insisted the ACCC ‘find’ solutions for industrial customers (not retail customers).
Part of what got Malcolm fired but the new mob will do little better.
The industry is now so powerful it cares not.
Nothing (of consequence) will change . . .
“Philip that incident is a drop in the ocean.”
That wasn’t an isolated rare incident.
And, what is fraudulent about smart meters?
Philip the ACCC accept gold-plating is not a major factor in Victoria.
Do your research before spouting off.
Smart meters aren’t fraudulent they’re a good device.
Everything surrounding them is fraudulent in the extreme.
Don’t make it so obvious that you’re a left-wing apologist selective with the facts.
I do my best to argue in good faith. If I’m wrong about something, I want to know.
“Don’t make it so obvious that you’re a left-wing apologist selective with the facts.”
This doesn’t help anything.
But, but, but, woollies come from sheep, and sheep emit the deadly, planet-murdering gas, methane. Ban the woollies! Ban the sheep! Slaughter the sheep! So what if a few old, sick, poor people die from cold, if it means “saving the planet”. Think of the children!
See page 37 for example. http://Www.ise.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/ise/en/documents/publications/studies/Stromerzeugung_2017_e.pdf
Seems to show wind and solar array cheapest energy.
Page 34 35 show increasing wind and solar give lower prices for Germany.
Don’t bother clicking – damaged file. Of course,wind and solar can never result in lower prices, unless heavily subsidised and fossil fuels punished
Works fine as typed. In edge and chrome. Not sure what Problem is. Copy link and paste into acrobat reader also works.
I would be interested in seeing your proof of your costings of wind / solar Vs thermal generation
The wicked banality of the CO2 obsessed climate extremist on full display.
They are doing the equivalent of handing out galoshes on the Titani. Non-rational extremism brings out the dumbest in people.
Climate extremists are extremely non-rational.
This is just more proof that humans are responsible for the earth’s climate. /s
Remember – these progressives are the ones who care about the poor. They’re always telling us so.
“keeping up with demand” — what an immaculate way of saying, “providing for people freezing in increasing numbers”
Sugar coat it for a good cause, since these do gooders can’t stand the true sight of human discomfort … and can’t stand the insight about WHY people might be freezing in increasing numbers.