Drax a green washing 'con'?

[sime42]

If it were me I'd spend the £2 billion on insulation and other energy saving measures. I can never understand why a reduction of energy consumption very rarely seems to be discussed. The focus is always on finding alternative, low carbon energy sources, (or even crazy ideas like this one of carbon capture), rather than tackling the problem at source. We consume and waste too much energy.

 

But what do we ordinary people know? We're not clever enough to successfully run a country like our esteemed leaders do.

[GarethM]

Because that's all been done during the great 90-2010 home insulation scams that bled subsides dry.

 

Next you'll be saying standby wastes billions, TVs of the last 10-15 years use around or less than 1w which is nothing around £3.

 

Try motorway lights, streetlights, empty offices all after midnight and that's before you get to TV and radio transmitters at 250kw+ Vs 10kw digital.

 

Personally start rebuilding magnox, make the core larger and sacrifice higher temperatures as we aren't making plutonium on purpose.

 

Calderhall cost 35m in 1956, even if you said 1bn now. That's still cheap compared to Hinkley at 25bn.

Edited January 20 by GarethM

[Steven P]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

But what do we ordinary people know? We're not clever enough to successfully run a country like our esteemed leaders do.

 

Yeah, but those in charge are generally from privileged backgrounds and worked in 'city' jobs - finances, legal things - which places them perfectly for engineering solutions to our problems 

[sime42]

2 hours ago, GarethM said:

Because that's all been done during the great 90-2010 home insulation scams that bled subsides dry.

 

Next you'll be saying standby wastes billions, TVs of the last 10-15 years use around or less than 1w which is nothing around £3.

 

Try motorway lights, streetlights, empty offices all after midnight and that's before you get to TV and radio transmitters at 250kw+ Vs 10kw digital.

 

But it hasn't been done though has it? Not properly at least. I'm talking about actually putting insulation into homes that need it, not scams to divert subsidies into rich government cronies pockets.

 

No I wasn't going to mention standby.. As you say, it's small beer nowadays. Wasted lighting though, that definitely needs attention. I'd advocate advising people that they don't need to run their homes at 23 degrees all the time as well, especially during the day when there's no one even in the house.

 

 

[GarethM]

It has been done, whilst not the same as today's standards, you can't just keep adding more and more.

 

A better joined up solution needs to be found especially for the majority of housing which is terraced, sticking combustible foam on the outside is not a solution.

 

Maybe a scheme allowing the rear to be extended in bulk with internal insulation along with the roof, maybe a pay now or we increase your council tax band for 10 years?.

[Stere]

A start would be upping regs so atleast making all the  new build houses decent.

[GarethM]

1 minute ago, Stere said:

A start would be upping regs so atleast making all the  new build houses decent.

Already happened, new cavity wall insulation regs are 150mm

[Ruskins Trees]

Yes

[sime42]

Government cannot prove biomass sustainably sourced, says National Audit Office

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The NAO said the assurance schemes need to be reviewed.

 

[sime42]

On 17/01/2024 at 16:49, Steven P said:

..........

 

However unlike oil, the wood producing countries aren't ruled over by mental cases as often.

 

It's looking likely that that may soon change for the worse, as 60% of wood pellets come from the US apparently.