Thanks Alan. That is good advertising, but, with tears in my eyes, here's the great irony, what organisation sells a product and then advertises to its customers requesting them to use the product sparingly or preferably not at all. Eskom, like everything else in South Africa is being mismanaged. Last year we were plagued with rolling blackouts on a regular basis. Koeberg, the nuclear plant, is the only nuclear power station (I stand to be corrected) build so close to a large city. (One interesting tid bit of information; there was an Afrikaner "prophet" (Seer van Rensburg - who died in the first quarter of the 20th century) who predicted a massive explosion on the eastern Cape coast a...

Thanks Alan. That is good advertising, but, with tears in my eyes, here's the great irony, what organisation sells a product and then advertises to its customers requesting them to use the product sparingly or preferably not at all. Eskom, like everything else in South Africa is being mismanaged. Last year we were plagued with rolling blackouts on a regular basis. Koeberg, the nuclear plant, is the only nuclear power station (I stand to be corrected) build so close to a large city. (One interesting tid bit of information; there was an Afrikaner "prophet" (Seer van Rensburg - who died in the first quarter of the 20th century) who predicted a massive explosion on the eastern Cape coast and his description is akin to that of a nuclear explosion) We live in interesting times, but dammit, I'd prefer a quite South Sea Island existence..