David Lipschitz writes.....
Brian Dames, Eskom CEO, at the African Utility Week this morning says that “gas is clean.” http://irp2.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/gas-a-game-changer-sa/ What he means is that gas is cleaner to burn than coal. What he doesn’t say is exactly how dirty it is to get gas out of the ground. And he also says that a national gas grid can be “easily” created. Amazing: what I’ve read suggests that if we go all out with gas in South Africa, we will be 12 years away from a real gas supply.
The other horrifying news which comes out of Dipuo Peters’, Minister of Energy, budget speech today is that the government continues to support Nuclear as another clean way of powering South Africa. The word Nuclear appears 14 times in her speech; gas 10 times; renewable 10 times; roof-top PV once.
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Brian Dames, Eskom CEO, at the African Utility Week this morning says that “gas is clean.” http://irp2.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/gas-a-game-changer-sa/ What he means is that gas is cleaner to burn than coal. What he doesn’t say is exactly how dirty it is to get gas out of the ground. And he also says that a national gas grid can be “easily” created. Amazing: what I’ve read suggests that if we go all out with gas in South Africa, we will be 12 years away from a real gas supply.
The other horrifying news which comes out of Dipuo Peters’, Minister of Energy, budget speech today is that the government continues to support Nuclear as another clean way of powering South Africa. The word Nuclear appears 14 times in her speech; gas 10 times; renewable 10 times; roof-top PV once.
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