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Posted
7 hours ago, GarethM said:

And isn't all the UN emissions bs also factored against 1970s or something similar.

 

Almost like you bang on about Co2 with zero comparison to before those dates, the Romans produced so much lead emissions it was visible in ice cores.

 

Take a realistic look at things before you bang the drum about "think of the children"

The UN 🤔 an organisation renowned for its integrity nowadays. 

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Posted (edited)
5 minutes ago, Steven P said:

"Wind generates more than a quarter of UK electricity" (Wikkipedia).. free from raw energy costs, free from imports from Russia... where is the farce?

How long does it take to overcome the in bedded carbon from the actual turbine, thousands of tonnes of concrete and rebar plus all the other guff.

 

If it's sooooo free why isnt it cheap then ?.

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Posted
8 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

The UN 🤔 an organisation renowned for its integrity nowadays. 

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Is the word venerable, like those weird lodge types. Fancy handshakes, brown envelopes and such 😉

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Posted
3 minutes ago, GarethM said:

How long does it take to overcome the in bedded carbon from the actual turbine, thousands of tonnes of concrete and rebar plus all the other guff.

 

If it's sooooo free why isnt it cheap then ?.

 

Not sure but over the life the concrete is less carbon intense than oil... though running out of time today to check the figures

 

 

Cheap... because of the way the pricing works... the rate they get is based on the price that the gas generators get (I think it is based on the gas generators). The excess from their costs is pure profit but nothing the generators can do about it they are contracted to receive that amount. Likewise they are contracted to turn off the windmills if there is too much power - given a free market they should be able to lower prices a lot and given decent energy storage be able to generate whenever the wind is blowing... hopefully someone with a remit for renewable energy this next government can sort that pricing out to lower our costs... but I think that depends on more battery storage being available to maximise wind turbine generation... I can see in 10 years that our electricity costs won't depend on the price of oil but be more stable.

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Posted
3 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

Not sure but over the life the concrete is less carbon intense than oil... though running out of time today to check the figures

 

 

Cheap... because of the way the pricing works... the rate they get is based on the price that the gas generators get (I think it is based on the gas generators). The excess from their costs is pure profit but nothing the generators can do about it they are contracted to receive that amount. Likewise they are contracted to turn off the windmills if there is too much power - given a free market they should be able to lower prices a lot and given decent energy storage be able to generate whenever the wind is blowing... hopefully someone with a remit for renewable energy this next government can sort that pricing out to lower our costs... but I think that depends on more battery storage being available to maximise wind turbine generation... I can see in 10 years that our electricity costs won't depend on the price of oil but be more stable.

Quick Google 2MW is 30,000 tonnes

Posted
52 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

Not sure but over the life the concrete is less carbon intense than oil... though running out of time today to check the figures

 

 

Cheap... because of the way the pricing works... the rate they get is based on the price that the gas generators get (I think it is based on the gas generators). The excess from their costs is pure profit but nothing the generators can do about it they are contracted to receive that amount. Likewise they are contracted to turn off the windmills if there is too much power - given a free market they should be able to lower prices a lot and given decent energy storage be able to generate whenever the wind is blowing... hopefully someone with a remit for renewable energy this next government can sort that pricing out to lower our costs... but I think that depends on more battery storage being available to maximise wind turbine generation... I can see in 10 years that our electricity costs won't depend on the price of oil but be more stable.

No concrete to talk of in an offshore wind turbine you dip shit, primarily Chinese steel manufactured using coal 🤷‍♂️

What do you think lubricates the working parts ?? Fairy dust 

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Posted (edited)
14 hours ago, Steven P said:

Glad to see that you find the last President of the US being a rapist is funny, Johnson,D

 

 

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Laughing at you SP and the drivel you post 

Rapist eh, oh how you loved old Joe and his fondling of kids. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Steven P said:

"Wind generates more than a quarter of UK electricity" (Wikkipedia).. free from raw energy costs, free from imports from Russia... where is the farce?

I watched a very factual Youtube about how wind and solar can only(as yet) follow national grid frequency, since they generate DC which must be changed to A.C with invertors, which must match the frequency they provide to the grid. Except when the grid goes down, these invertor sources muct switch themselves OFF. Which is so really really useful when the dammned grid is needing more juice. Etc etc etc

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