Author | Sin Fong Chan |
Date/Time | 12 Jul 2011 1:40:44am |
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Coal power plants use a lot of Australian resources and labour - good for our own economy and employment. The resources are not overseas import and the labour cannot be outsourced overseas.
Starting from mining the brown coal to the final stage of burning it, involves a long chain of industries - transport, fuel, supply and maintenance of all related plant, equipment and vehicle, food and beverages, uniform, accommodation, etc.
It is undeniable that China is the factory of the world. Anything or component can be built in a country can be built in China at much lower cost.
China is going to release her new aircraft C919 at USD50m each in less than 5 years time to compete with Airbus A320 at USD93m and Boeing 737 at USD80m respectively, is a clear demonstration that any equipment and components used for renewable energy power plants will likely to be manufactured in China at a fraction of the cost.
Loss of employment is disastrous and NOT renewable. Don't be a statistics!