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Seriously, if the lifts are running and there s snow on the ground, then the best snow resort is always the one you re at. But why be so serious when you can have another great trans-Tasman debate - namely who has the better snow experience, the Aussies or the Kiwis?
Unexpected lockdowns and border closures notwithstanding, we ve tracked down skiers and snowboarders with more talent than we ll ever know to give the inside word on their area. And in so doing, to cast their vote on who has the best white stuff on either side of the Tasman.
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What comes out best - the country with the lively towns below the snowline or the one with the snowbound, ski-in/ski-out villages? The snowfields with soaring peaks and wide-open alpine terrain or those with ancient mountains and tree-lined runs that can be ridden in any weather?
The Australian Snowy 2 hydro scheme plans to use electricity to pump water up hill to get some of that energy back by running the water downhill again. All to make intermittent green energy look sensible.
Some green-tinged Australian mining companies are planning a dry version of Snowy 2 - a huge brick-powered battery using the force of gravity to drive a generator when solar and wind energy are on strike.
Each unit of this brick-powered battery would comprise a 30 storey tower enclosing a 35 tonne brick which is hauled up using surplus renewable energy (around noon on any clear windy day) and then released to turn generators when there is no renewable energy being produced (every still night or calm cloudy day).
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The Brick Balloon
The Australian Snowy 2 hydro scheme plans to use electricity to pump water up hill to get some of that energy back by running the water downhill again.
Some Australian mining companies are planning a dry version of Snowy 2 â a huge brick-powered battery using the force of gravity to drive a generator when solar and wind energy are on strike.
Each unit of this brick-powered battery would comprise a 30 storey tower enclosing a 35 tonne brick which is hauled up using surplus renewable energy (around noon on any clear windy day) and then released to turn generators when there is no renewable energy being produced (every still night or calm cloudy day).