Yeah, smuggling operation gone wrong was also my first theory.
Ilovethebomb
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The capital outlay may be small, but the ongoing maintenance on a floating structure like that would be quite high, certainly compared to a fixed installation.
That's why I made the comment about a smuggling operation gone wrong in the description, I suspect this was how the drugs got into the country in the first place.
Floating solar sounds like a bit of a gimmick to me, I suspect if it was as easy as the people promoting it make out, it would already be everywhere.
It also doesn't help that our hydro is mostly at the other end of the country to where all the sun is.
That's what I thought, and in this economy?
We're incredibly fortunate to have so much hydro too, because it can be ramped up and down so quickly, so it works very well to fill in the gaps in base load.
Dams that have low water levels still work quite effectively as peak plants, too.
Oof. Retailers definitely aren't making money right now.
Yeah, the fact that it was specifically Disney characters I felt was particularly on the nose.
The short version is it's an auction, retailers and large users bid against each other on the spot market. There's also stuff like futures contracts etc.
Editing in the sounds of a helicopter was an odd choice.
Given how long stuff takes to arrive from Temu, Ali Express etc, I'd be pretty annoyed about even that.
I don't shop at Countdown, so I can't say firsthand.