When is Wasting Too Much Money Not Enough?

[Joe Blake]

Answer: When you live in Western Australia.:weird:

It was revealed earlier this year that $250,000,000 had been "wasted" trying to refurbish an aging fossil fueled power generating facility.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-19/revival-of-muja-power-station-stalls/4766064

Now the race is on to spend even more money on this coal-black elephant.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-12/government-pushes-on-with-muja/4953646

How many homes could have been fitted with photovoltaic panels for $335,000,000?

Oy yoy yoy yoy yoy!!!

Facepalm

Joe

[Rob Beckers]

The wonderful world of politics, where reason and logic has nothing to do with decision making...

Actually, I'm not too surprised there's a push to keep coal fired plants going: Australia has huge coal reserves, and if memory serves, the richest woman in Australia is the owner of a whole slew of those mines. That kind of money buys a lot of friendly politicians!

-RoB-

[Joe Blake]

Nearly right, Rob.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Rinehart

Iron ore mines, but still wields a lot of clout. Note her share in the media. :eek:

Joe

[Rob Beckers]

Ah, yes, that is the one I meant. Sorry about the mixup. Lots of coal in Australia though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_Australia

-RoB-

[Joe Blake]

And we are doing our level best to get rid of it all.:p

Joe