The future of coal has been decided

[davidc4430]

The future of coal has already been decided in boardrooms around the globe

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-28/why-finance-is-fleeing-fossil-fuels/11903928

[domino-710]

Inner city - city dwellers. 

LOL - turn on the tap.

[lyhargr_0]

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@eol-products wrote:

Water tanks and pumps are quite cheap the labour cost if you cannot do it yourself can be expensive.

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How mjuch are you talking about for a decent size tank?

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

especially one with a capacity that would significantly reduce the demand on town water . . . otherwise it would only be a 'token' act.

[eol-products]

I only use a small 500 litre tank but then I am in a good rainfall area so do not need anything bigger and only use it for plants in pots. Looking on ebay 5000 litre is under $1000 for new one 25 000 litre is only $2500 but who has the space unless you live rural.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@eol-products wrote:

I only use a small 500 litre tank but then I am in a good rainfall area so do not need anything bigger and only use it for plants in pots. Looking on ebay 5000 litre is under $1000 for new one 25 000 litre is only $2500 but who has the space unless you live rural.

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are those prices delivered and installed?

[eol-products]

I live in an area with 144 000 dwellings so if everyone saved 500 litres per week with a water tank that would have to make a difference. 

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@eol-products wrote:

I live in an area with 144 000 dwellings so if everyone saved 500 litres per week with a water tank that would have to make a difference. 

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I agree that every little bit helps, but with stagnant wages growth and other household financial pressures spending on a rainwater tank is a lot of money to spend . . . especially for all 144,000 households.

The other thing is, would rainfall across your area be sufficient to fill a 500 litre water tank every week?  To maintain a 500 litre per week saving you would need to fill the tank and empty it every week.  If it filled one week and was full when the next week’s rain came it wouldn’t provide any tank benefit.

I know that with the rainfall we have been having it would be hard to fill a 500 litre tank with any one rain event.

[lyhargr_0]

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@eol-products wrote:

I only use a small 500 litre tank but then I am in a good rainfall area so do not need anything bigger and only use it for plants in pots. Looking on ebay 5000 litre is under $1000 for new one 25 000 litre is only $2500 but who has the space unless you live rural.

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Mine tank is 900 litres, it is only used for the washing machine and then only through Winter as we dont get enough rain fall here through Summer to keep it full. I only have a 1/4 acre block but I could easily fit a 25000 litre tank on it except     a I cant afford it   b  I dont use enough water to justify the cost of the tank. As I said most of my neighbours have a large water tank but they still have to pay service charges, so they really dont save much money by having it.

[lyhargr_0]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@eol-products wrote:

I live in an area with 144 000 dwellings so if everyone saved 500 litres per week with a water tank that would have to make a difference. 

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I agree that every little bit helps, but with stagnant wages growth and other household financial pressures spending on a rainwater tank is a lot of money to spend . . . especially for all 144,000 households.

The other thing is, would rainfall across your area be sufficient to fill a 500 litre water tank every week?  To maintain a 500 litre per week saving you would need to fill the tank and empty it every week.  If it filled one week and was full when the next week’s rain came it wouldn’t provide any tank benefit.

I know that with the rainfall we have been having it would be hard to fill a 500 litre tank with any one rain event.

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It also depends of how much run off you have, we have a great run off here, so when it does rain my tank fills up quite quickly

[lyndal1838]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@eol-products wrote:

Water tanks and pumps are quite cheap the labour cost if you cannot do it yourself can be expensive.

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not to mention the cost if you need to run electricity to the tank so you can plug in the pump.

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In suburban Sydney we are not allowed to install tanks ourselves....it has to be done by a licenced plumber and in some cases it requires planning permission from the local council.

I found it cheaper and a more reliable source of water to sink a bore....but the water is only suitable for use on the garden.  It is not clean enough for the toilet and washing machine.