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If you have 50% overcapacity you have completely failed to plan your electricity system - that't not really a measure of success
by eisa01 9y ago
If you have 50% overcapacity you have completely failed to plan your electricity system - that't not really a measure of success
- chesimov 9y agoIt was a different time - my understanding is that having a multiply redundant system was important for an isolated pariah state. Think of it like the strategic petroleum reserves in certain isolated states of today. Of course none of that was necessary once SA rejoined the global community. This extra capacity could have been carefully mothballed for later use; instead we are now building 2x brand new coal stations, each of which will be the largest coal plants in the world.