>I have resolve that the DDD should be extended sine die, as in
> previous posting, and those two articles below confirm that my orders
> are followed.
>
> Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
> Australia Mining Pioneer
>
>
>
> THIRSTY AUSTRALIA ADVANCES DESALINISATION TECHNOLOGY
> http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-18-03.asp
>
>
> MELBOURNE, Australia, May 18, 2007 (ENS) - The delivery of energy
> efficient water desalination to drought-stricken Australia received a
> boost today with the establishment of a new collaboration between the
> government research agency CSIRO and nine Australian universities.
>
> The research aims to advance water desalination as an alternative
> water supply option for Australia by increasing efficiency, and
> reducing the financial and environmental costs of producing
> desalinated water.
>
> Australia, especially southern Australia, is short of water, and the
> country is experiencing the worst drought on record this year.
> Desalination of seawater is a possible additional supply, but it
> requires a lot of electricity, and is expensive, costing about A$1.10
> per 1,000 liters (US$.90 per 264 gallons).
>
> The new research effort, known as the Advanced Membrane Technologies
> for Water Treatment Research Cluster, is led by Professor Stephen Gray
> of Victoria University.
>
> AND ALSO
>
> WATER SHORTAGE WILL LEAD TO POWER CUT
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21758983-1702,00.html
> May 19, 2007 03:15pm
> l
> AUSTRALIA'S eastern seaboard faces electricity brownouts because coal-
> fired power stations are running out of water, the Greens say.
>
> NSW Greens MP John Kaye said the NSW Government should abandon any
> idea of building another coal-fired power station, after it last week
> commissioned an inquiry into the construction of a new plant.
>
> Dwindling dam levels were threatening power supplies, he said.
>
> "NSW and the eastern seaboard of Australia faces brownouts, largely
> because many of the state's coal-fired power stations are running out
> of water," he said.
>
> "Building another coal burner would only increase our vulnerability to
> droughts and increase the risk of electricity brownouts because of
> water shortages."
>
> Some energy experts believe NSW will face power brownouts next year,
> because its main emergency generator, the water-powered turbines of
> the Snowy Hydro, may have to sit idle as dams drop to record lows.
>
> The NSW Government is apparently contemplating how it can guarantee
> baseload capacity, without privatising the rest of the electricity
> industry.
>