Energy costs

[eggsarascal]

1 minute ago, dumper said:

What’s happened to wave/ tidal energy 

It's expensive to set up, like wind and solar, it sounds good but for many months provides very little.

[Deafhead]

45 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

 

Nice prambulator, rubbing along tidy Now?

Still digging holes and felling conifers, my brother in law followed your line of work with Seer TV until Hepatitis knocked it on the head.

[coppice cutter]

3 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

Should we be fracking?

We are surrounded by never ending supplies of energy, energy which will never fail for as long as the sun shines.

 

Are we really collectively so gormless that instead of using it, in some form or another, that we have to wring every last finite resource out of the earth instead?

 

A requirement for fracking suggests that the answer is yes.

[eggsarascal]

2 minutes ago, coppice cutter said:

We are surrounded by never ending supplies of energy, energy which will never fail for as long as the sun shines.

 

Are we really collectively so gormless that instead of using it, in some form or another, that we have to wring every last finite resource out of the earth instead?

 

A requirement for fracking suggests that the answer is yes.

So it's nuclear then?

[coppice cutter]

29 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

It's expensive to set up, like wind and solar, it sounds good but for many months provides very little.

I believe a bigger issue with tidal is that you have slack water on average four times per day.

 

So while tides may be constant, it would take a series of them all along an area of coastline to provide anything approaching a practical supply.

[coppice cutter]

6 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

So it's nuclear then?

It does indeed seem to be the only way which will allow society to continue*with the sort of lifestyle which it desires.

 

* - long term that is, even shale gas would run out sometime.

Edited February 6, 2022 by coppice cutter

[eggsarascal]

4 minutes ago, coppice cutter said:

It does indeed seem to be the only way which will allow society to continue with the sort of lifestyle which it desires.

More chance of pissing in the Queens handbag imo, it's our own fossil fuel or we are fecked for the time being.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

4 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

More chance of pissing in the Queens handbag imo, it's our own fossil fuel or we are fecked for the time being.

And with an electoral system such as we enjoy - “short term” is all that has / will be considered. 
 

They've all played musical chairs with strategic energy policy over the decades and now the music is about to stop...

 

Pop another log on the fire treacle...

[eggsarascal]

2 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

And with an electoral system such as we enjoy - “short term” is all that has / will be considered. 
 

They've all played musical chairs with strategic energy policy over the decades and now the music is about to stop...

 

Pop another log on the fire treacle...

Let's get down to the basics, I could go to the cafe with my brother and feed, water us for fifteen quid, it's now over £20, their bills are going up, so they are pushing it on to us. It can't last.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 minute ago, eggsarascal said:

Let's get down to the basics, I could go to the cafe with my brother and feed, water us for fifteen quid, it's now over £20, their bills are going up, so they are pushing it on to us. It can't last.

No, you’re absolutely right - it’s not just about domestic bills. 
 

EVERYTHING that draws energy in its process is going to be subject to increased cost. 
 

It’s gonna get ugly real quick. 
 

Sunnak’s 200squid off a bill to be repaid over 4 years (or what ever it is he’s conjured up) is poorly considered and a complete farce. 
 

As if energy bills aren’t “user unfriendly” enough already now he’s gone and added another layer of complexity.