Modern Vespa

Balancing the power from different sources is becoming easier. The point to remember is that at night we don't need anywhere near as much electricity as during the day as the majority of industry slows or stops production at night, households sleep. But EV's will increasingly consumer more electricity during the night. And that's ok. With turbines in the north sea their is a fairly constant and consistent production of electricity due to the off shore environment both day and night, but of course, there is less wind at night. Although this summer wasn't as good as last year for maximum electricity production due to more variable weather conditions and we had to use more nuclear, some extra gas, and solar to make up for it. But this is why everyone wants and needs a range of electricity sources. That includes nuclear of course and it's nuclear that can take over more than comfortably at night. In emergencies we will still have gas and oil for a while yet ready to kick in when needed. But it's renewables that will lead the way from now on. For instance there are plans to build many more very very large solar farms here in the UK. These will use the new cheaper, more robust, 50% more efficient, longer lasting, night time generating solar panels. They are also more enviromentally friendly with less toxic substances in their make up. These panels only provide small amounts of power at night but will provide enough to be valuable extra power at night. The technology is racing ahead, just as with EV's.

Currently the UK produces just over 40% less CO2 than it did in 1990. Yesterday the UK government committed to a plan to reach carbon neutral status by 2050 or before if we can. The plan has been in existence for some while but yesterday was fully released. The initiative will create near 1/2 million brand new highly skilled jobs here in the UK. It's only by doing all this stuff that we will succeed. The future is bright if we act now. But there isn't much time left.

Oh and the fuel so called crisis is over now in the UK.

If I'm doing conversions correctly from € to $ and Liters to gallons that comes in at $10.80 per gallon! I would assume a percentage of that would be in the form of taxes?

It's all very well the UK Government making Green promises but the UK has the lowest uptake of Heat Pumps in Europe as well as one of the highest CO2 emitters, both of these are per person.

It's also worth mentioning that the UK Chancellor is dead set against spending on Renewables and instead wants to stick with financing Fossil Fuel extraction.

It's all very well the UK Government making Green promises but the UK has the lowest uptake of Heat Pumps in Europe as well as one of the highest CO2 emitters, both of these are per person.

It's also worth mentioning that the UK Chancellor is dead set against spending on Renewables and instead wants to stick with financing Fossil Fuel extraction.

It's fine. It's pretty much back to normal.

What ever that is these days.

Balancing the power from different sources is becoming easier. The point to remember is that at night we don't need anywhere near as much electricity as during the day as the majority of industry slows or stops production at night, households sleep. But EV's will increasingly consume more electricity during the night. And that's ok. With turbines in the north sea their is a fairly constant and consistent production of electricity due to the off shore environment both day and night, but of course, there is less wind at night. Although this summer wasn't as good as last year for maximum electricity production due to more variable weather conditions and we had to use more nuclear, some extra gas, and solar to make up for it. But this is why everyone wants and needs a range of electricity sources. That includes nuclear of course and it's nuclear that can take over more than comfortably at night. In emergencies we will still have gas and oil for a while yet ready to kick in when needed.
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If you have electricity sources that are not reliable, such as wind and solar, then there must be a source of reliable electricity available that is very flexible to cover the demand. Do you really think that nuclear plants can do that?

This is a seriously political term in the US and pro-Trump. Are you sure you want this out there?

If you have electricity sources that are not reliable, such as wind and solar, then there must be a source of reliable electricity available that is very flexible to cover the demand. Do you really think that nuclear plants can do that?

There's plenty of Hydro in Scotland and Wales that can come on line in just a few seconds. Wave power and tidal power are getting a lot more investment.

Hello Peter, yes nuclear will be more than capable of taking up the strain according to the UK government. Hence the experiments conducted in 2019 with our network where the whole of the UK ran on just renewables and nuclear for a full 24hrs to check how robust the network is and to make sure we are going in the right direction. In addition, Rolls Royce are to supply 60 mini reactors to feed the network. These are small powerful reactors that take very little time to build and get up and running. These will more than supplement what we already have and what is already being built but also give us the capacity we need for the next 25yrs. And it's clean and safe. As discussed previously in many threads on here the waste won't be an issue due to new reprocessing/recycling plants that are planned and already being built, and some that are already working to a bigger capacity. Modern reactors are far more efficient too and produce less waste of all kinds over the previous reactors. Spent fuel rods still have over 92% of their fuel within them after years of use and can be recycled from the stockpiles that folks already have. It's a win win situation.

These small and flexible nuclear reactors are not there yet. Not a single one has been built.

Earlier this week an energy professor from Ghent University on the radio pointing out much is expected from them, nice stories and so on, but not a single one has been built and he expects at best the first real and operational reactor of this kind will be there maybe in 2035, if at all.

So be critical.

I hold it as self-evident that large-scale, ambitious goals take time. I also hold it as obvious that to achieve long-term goals, we have to start now.



If being critical means sitting on your hands and saying "NO" to everything because it doesn't improve your life today, then I forcefully reject your suggestion.

These small and flexible nuclear reactors are not there yet. Not a single one has been built.

Earlier this week an energy professor from Ghent University on the radio pointing out much is expected from them, nice stories and so on, but not a single one has been built and he expects at best the first real and operational reactor of this kind will be there maybe in 2035, if at all.

So be critical.

These small and flexible nuclear reactors are not there yet. Not a single one has been built.

Earlier this week an energy professor from Ghent University on the radio pointing out much is expected from them, nice stories and so on, but not a single one has been built and he expects at best the first real and operational reactor of this kind will be there maybe in 2035, if at all.

So be critical.

You know, just in case.

Yes I like the irony of Nuclear Power Stations so incredibly safe that they build them in the middle of nowhere.

You know, just in case.

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If being critical means sitting on your hands and saying "NO" to everything because it doesn't improve your life today, then I forcefully reject your suggestion.

Most complex plans take in realization more time and cost more money than originally planned, if they are at all realized.

We all know that sun and wind will not deliver enough energy to replace fossil, so good ideas are what we need.

We all know that sun and wind will not deliver enough energy to replace fossil

so good ideas are what we need.

Quite - and the gumption to get off our butts and try out the ideas, not dismiss them out of hand.

It's all very well the UK Government making Green promises but the UK has the lowest uptake of Heat Pumps in Europe as well as one of the highest CO2 emitters, both of these are per person.

It's also worth mentioning that the UK Chancellor is dead set against spending on Renewables and instead wants to stick with financing Fossil Fuel extraction.

I do not agree with the environmental extremists who have taken the green
movement to an almost occultist fever pitch level with virtue signaling that
makes any counter discussion a veritable heresy. Essentially, they are correct
and everybody else is an idiot for offering other ideas.

Accusing people of virtue signaling is itself a form of virtue signaling.

What you view as virtue signaling can also be reasonably viewed as people acting on their convictions. Maligning people who are trying to do good just leads to more tribalism, more division, and ultimately we all lose.