Climate Change Debate

[visage]

At least it will fund R&D in the UK, usually we just chuck billions at the financial services industry for it to vanish

The money would also stay in the UK if we used it to fund R&D in the renewables sector, which actually works.

 

[Tredman]

The money would also stay in the UK if we used it to fund R&D in the renewables sector, which actually works.

Which we already do to a very large extent.

 

[visage]

Sizewell C pledged to lower bills but will take at least 10 years

Sir Keir Starmer says the development of Sizewell C on the Suffolk coastline will create 10,000 jobs over the next decade.

www.bbc.co.uk

Im interested in seeing how throwing money at the most expensive (in capital terms and also cost per MWh) form of energy will lower bills compared with throwing money at renewables, which are the cheapest.

 

[Tredman]

Sizewell C pledged to lower bills but will take at least 10 years

Sir Keir Starmer says the development of Sizewell C on the Suffolk coastline will create 10,000 jobs over the next decade.

www.bbc.co.uk

Im interested in seeing how throwing money at the most expensive (in capital terms and also cost per MWh) form of energy will lower bills compared with throwing money at renewables, which are the cheapest.

It's that or storage, and storage isn't there yet. We will always need resilience, I'd rather nuclear than gas provided that resilience.

 

[AndyWolves]

I believe getting power from where renewables create it to where it's needed is also a big challenge.

 

[Tredman]

I believe getting power from where renewables create it to where it's needed is also a big challenge.

Damn sight cheaper, quicker and easier to solve that than to build a nuclear. Which also needs transfering.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Damn sight cheaper, quicker and easier to solve that than to build a nuclear. Which also needs transfering.

But the infrastructure is there as the new nuclear plants are where existing ones are. Labour need to make a decision about connecting wind power to the grid. Pylons are massively unpopular and the alternative, underground cables, is much more expensive. No doubt they’re doing an analysis of the impact on their vote in different constituencies. Needs sorting soon or we’ll be paying to turn off turbines more frequently which is madness given energy prices.

 

[Tredman]

But the infrastructure is there as the new nuclear plants are where existing ones are. Labour need to make a decision about connecting wind power to the grid. Pylons are massively unpopular and the alternative, underground cables, is much more expensive. No doubt they’re doing an analysis of the impact on their vote in different constituencies. Needs sorting soon or we’ll be paying to turn off turbines more frequently which is madness given energy prices.

See my comment in the annoy thread about NIMBYs

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Even expensive nuclear power is cheaper than it looks

UK shouldn’t be faulted for its decision to press the button on the Sizewell C project

www.ft.com

 

[leedswolf]

Alaska issued with first ever heat advisory

Temperatures in the state will be pushed into the mid-to-upper 80s by Sunday.

www.newsweek.com