Thread: Greenie Desal Insanity, Just Like All Other Greenie Schemes,Will Cripple Us
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Old November 12th 10, 11:50 PM posted to aus.invest,aus.politics,sci.skeptic,sci.geo.meteorology
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Default Greenie Desal Insanity, Just Like All Other Greenie Schemes, Will Cripple Us
In sci.skeptic wrote:
In sci.skeptic Martin Brown wrote:
[...]
Desalination is a relatively expensive energy intensive process unless
you can harness the sun to do it for nothing.
How much does your desalinated water cost?
The estimate for running cost is between .50 and .80 dollars per kilolitre.
What that will turn into before it hits households is another matter.
[...]

I just read a new report this morning (newspaper archives have been
pretty useless on this topic).

Apparently for the Sydney desal plant -- Melbourne's (where I live)
isn't due to run until 2012 so data is even less available -- the charge
recommended by IPART, the state economic regulator overseeing utility prices,
is $3 per kL for desal water.

This is around 2.6 times the usual water price.

Apparently IPART has also recommended that Syd households pay $3 per
kL for usage over avg household consumption.

The report also points out just the interest repayments on the $2 bn
cost of the plant will cost around .60 dollars per kL.

At present 1 AUD is at parity with USD; translate amounts as required.

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