| Alternative energy supplies have been hampered | | | | will harness and develop the one that is most suitable |
| largely because of one major fact about electricity: It | | | | to their region. Australia is blessed because we have |
| dissipates as it travels long distances. This means | | | | the choice of all of the five above. |
| which ever form of energy is generated it has to be | | | | Solar is suitable for all regions of Australia; Wind |
| stored close by and it loses too much energy if | | | | power is well suited to western Australia in particular |
| transferred long distances without being stored and | | | | and Wave generated electricity could be generated |
| passed on. This will mean 'booster' farms will need to | | | | from between Bathurst and Melville Islands in the |
| be built but this is already happening if you look | | | | Northern Territory but there is only the people who |
| around your town and see the discreetly placed | | | | live on those remote Islands who could benefit. The |
| sub-stations. We will simply have more of them and | | | | Islands are located too far off the mainland for the |
| in more places. | | | | electricity to benefit Darwin residents. Solar power is |
| Let's look at the different possibilities of alternative | | | | suitable for both Islands and all other Northern |
| energy sources. I believe each geographical location | | | | Territory residents. |