Ady1 | 06/09/2021 23:08:25 |
![]() 5065 forum posts 734 photos | ho hum
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Bill Davies 2 | 06/09/2021 23:11:10 |
277 forum posts 11 photos | Fail to plan, plan to fail ... |
peak4 | 07/09/2021 02:01:15 |
![]() 1674 forum posts 175 photos | You can monitor the grid HERE if it's of interest. Bill |
Tony Pratt 1 | 07/09/2021 07:11:18 |
1929 forum posts 12 photos | So the idiots in charge aren’t as stupid as I thought,the media were telling us all the coal power stations were being demolished with no replacement atm🤔😬 Tony |
J Hancock | 07/09/2021 08:11:23 |
832 forum posts | TP1 , sorry , but 'they' are even more stupid than you can ever imagine. Ask 'them' if they can fire up Ferrybridge, Didcot, Eggborough , etc . The remaining buildings may burn well but that's all . Luck, is all that is keeping the lights on 24/7 . |
V8Eng | 07/09/2021 08:51:35 |
1696 forum posts 1 photos |
Even that may not be possible in a years time. |
KWIL | 07/09/2021 09:02:28 |
3549 forum posts 70 photos | When the wind does not blow there is plenty of alternative hot air about. Mind you not much good for generating power. Edited By KWIL on 07/09/2021 09:02:44 |
pgk pgk | 07/09/2021 09:26:29 |
2552 forum posts 293 photos | What are the alternatives? Agile has an electricity contract that charges rates dependent on instant wholesale prices and has been as high as 35p/kWh recently with gas being in short supply and little wind. Nuclear sounds good but always ends up costing way more than advertised when it comes to decommissioning and the more of those you build the more three-mile-island/Chernobyl/Fukushima's are going to happen. I'm all for stuffing nuclear stations on the East coast and only firing them up when the wind is blowing towards France but wind has a habit of circling back again. Tidal power is reliable iF one could avoid marine environment damage. Perhaps the only solution is more wind stations combines with some way of storing excess generation for lean times - and there's no good answer to that (Hot sodium, weights up hills, H2 ?) I get into enough trouble trying to get OH to turn the rads off in rooms we aren't using.. pgk |
Ady1 | 07/09/2021 09:44:50 |
![]() 5065 forum posts 734 photos | Up here in scotchland I don't think I have ever seen it so calm for so long Enjoying it while it lasts, because we won't see this again for a long time |
J Hancock | 07/09/2021 10:32:28 |
832 forum posts | Nuclear decommissioning costs were 'built -into' the CEGB budgets. That money 'disappeared' with privatisation. |
Samsaranda | 07/09/2021 10:44:44 |
![]() 1399 forum posts 5 photos | PGK, I think the French beat us to it, they have positioned a number of their nuclear plants on the coast of Brittany and with the prevailing wind being a south westerly, where I live in East Sussex is right in the firing line if they happen to have an “accidental” discharge. Dave W |
Kiwi Bloke | 07/09/2021 12:18:11 |
654 forum posts 1 photos | 'Clean, Green New Zealand' [laughter] has just burned more coal than ever before. It seems that we're not alone. There's really no hope, while 'the economy' is all-important. Investment tip: invest in coal mines! |
Tony Pratt 1 | 07/09/2021 13:54:28 |
1929 forum posts 12 photos | Posted by Kiwi Bloke on 07/09/2021 12:18:11:
'Clean, Green New Zealand' [laughter] has just burned more coal than ever before. It seems that we're not alone. There's really no hope, while 'the economy' is all-important. Investment tip: invest in coal mines! Our 'economy' has to be important else we will not have the money to go completely green & save 1% of CO2 world emissions. Tony |
J Hancock | 07/09/2021 15:29:49 |
832 forum posts | 'Wiki ' CEGB and weep. 1971 , we had 55GW installed capacity , and would max. out at 45GW on a 'good ' day. The difference is the 'export' of our heavy industries to China , with predictable results. |
old mart | 07/09/2021 17:28:26 |
3720 forum posts 233 photos | Better stop using your electric car until the problem is resolved. |
mark costello 1 | 07/09/2021 17:41:21 |
![]() 711 forum posts 12 photos | Steam power forever! |
J Hancock | 03/11/2021 09:06:53 |
832 forum posts | A really special day today , 0840hrs. The entire output of our coal-fired stations being exported to Europe via the interconnectors. |
V8Eng | 03/11/2021 09:16:37 |
1696 forum posts 1 photos | Posted by J Hancock on 03/11/2021 09:06:53:
A really special day today , 0840hrs. The entire output of our coal-fired stations being exported to Europe via the interconnectors.
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Nigel McBurney 1 | 03/11/2021 09:55:29 |
![]() 999 forum posts 3 photos | it was just the same in the 1960s,the destruction of our railways and scrapping of of a couple thousand steam new locos,now its the power stations stupidly scrapped,and sitting on our own coalfields,all this carbon reduction crap is going to eventually cripple our economy and dramatically increase our cost of living. I read now that they are going to build floating off shore windmills ,in deeper water,how long will they last in the stormy sees we get around the uk. As for corn grinding windmills,and watermills historically they proved useless as the population grew and needed more food and flour,most of them ended their days with a great big diesel to drive the milling machinery when the winfd and water supply failed,I am fed up with all the tv news being filled with a load of idiot meeting in Scotland,Whats the point in crippling ourselves with grandiose plans when China and others churn out loads of carbon crap and do not care a damn. |
noel shelley | 03/11/2021 10:25:23 |
1279 forum posts 21 photos | Floating windmills, ummm ! Sea gem and texas tower 4 come to mind ! Vast megalithic structure moving towards a perceived precipise at speed, depress clutch, select reverse and release clutch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're all I believe intellegent people here, lets be practical, Eg, what do politicians know about power generation and electric cars ? Enough ! Noel. |
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