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"On a windswept plain just south of the town of Morwell in Victoria’s Latrobe
Valley, there is not much to be seen of the former brown coal fired power
station known as Hazelwood. There are fences to keep people out, and lot of
tarmac to indicate where the huge chimneys and generator buildings once stood.
It looks utterly desolate.
Thousands of tonnes of waste, including silicon and asbestos are buried deep
beneath the ground, and in the distance is the huge mine pit, which might one
day be turned into a lake, if only to try and drown some of the legacy issues
of subsidence, dust and other nasties, and to make sure it doesn’t catch fire.
Even this idea is being heavily contested by locals, who fear it will cause
other environmental issues too, particularly on the local water supply.
Hazelwood is a controversial name in Australia’s energy lexicon because it was,
for a time, the dirtiest generator in Australia, and indeed the world. The
suddenness of its closure caused calamity for the local community and political
outrage over the consequences of the green energy shift.
But now it also offers hope and a glimpse of the future."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
