Insurance fraud?

[carmanmemoranda]

Yes but. Ice is the future

 

[aveatry]

That graph up there is pure fantasy from 2000 onwards.
Pure speculation.
I remember when the "scientists" started the disaster fairy tale in the 80s.
So far they haven't got one of their prediction right, not a single one.
I remember the "experts" who said that in 2010 London would have tropical climate and be on the beach: they conned me!
There's no beach here (it's still where it was in the 80s) and it's still as cold as ever.

We need to build more windmills and solar farms to produce all of that green electricity to power all the EVs.
Wonder how much electricity we have produced in the last 2 weeks with Zero sun and Zero wind.
Funny how every BBC /sky news report on weather always manages to link it to man made climate change espicually when its hot or windy or rainy and yet the recent feature on both BBC and Sky--- nothing -not one mention of linking it to man made climate change, why is that.
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weath...-this-month-in-many-parts-of-country-13250596

What is anticyclonic gloom and why is it making the UK weather so dull?

Elizabeth Rizzini and Darren Bett look at why our weather is so gloomy at the moment and ponder when things might change.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Are we on about weather or climate ?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

We need to build more windmills and solar farms to produce all of that green electricity to power all the EVs.
Wonder how much electricity we have produced in the last 2 weeks with Zero sun and Zero wind.

That is one of the reasons why the rush to green energy, is so ridiculously expensive - the need to have a near equal capacity of backup, in the form of conventional generation.

 

[Avocet]

Another bloody ICE gone up in smoke...

1.6 diesel Audi...

Woman left 'petrified' as her Audi suddenly catches fire on A14

A woman from Newmarket has told of her shock after her Audi caught fire on the A14 at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

uk.news.yahoo.com

Hope it wasn't one of Nutjob's neighbors, bought on his advice...

 

[Avocet]

We need to build more windmills and solar farms to produce all of that green electricity to power all the EVs.

Agreed - but preferably, actually commit some R&D to tidal so that we can become world leaders in a technology that is actually in demand. That way, we could export something, bringing in much-needed foreign revenue, enhance our standing in the world, improve our energy security still further, reduce our CO2 emissions and, shut up the whining miseries who keep telling us the lights will go out when it's not sunny or windy.

Wonder how much electricity we have produced in the last 2 weeks with Zero sun and Zero wind.

No need to wonder, you can get actual real numbers, and have real "facts", that nobody can argue with, at your disposal!

National Grid: Live

Shows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network

grid.iamkate.com

Funny how every BBC /sky news report on weather always manages to link it to man made climate change espicually when its hot or windy or rainy and yet the recent feature on both BBC and Sky--- nothing -not one mention of linking it to man made climate change, why is that.
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weath...-this-month-in-many-parts-of-country-13250596

What is anticyclonic gloom and why is it making the UK weather so dull?

Elizabeth Rizzini and Darren Bett look at why our weather is so gloomy at the moment and ponder when things might change.

www.bbc.co.uk

Here you go. I knew you'd be missing it...

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/2024-will-be-worlds-hottest-record-eu-scientists-say-2024-11-07/#:~:text=The%20scientists%20said%202024%20will,fuels%20on%20an%20industrial%20scale.

 

[Avocet]

That is one of the reasons why the rush to green energy, is so ridiculously expensive - the need to have a near equal capacity of backup, in the form of conventional generation.

Expensive???

UK government lifts subsidy ban on onshore wind farms: what does this mean to you and me?

We were pleased to hear that we are back on track to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Last week the government reversed the 2015 effective ban, allowing onshore wind to join “The Contracts for Difference Scheme” (CfD). An arguable no-brainer for a planet in a real climate crisis. But what...

xiengineering.com

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Gridwatch, is a one to watch - https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

Wind providing 7%, solar zilch. Rest is gas/nuclear and imported.

 

[Avocet]

Gridwatch, is a one to watch - https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

Wind providing 7%, solar zilch. Rest is gas/nuclear and imported.

Is that because it's not windy and it's dark?

I don't have a problem with that. Have you noticed the lights are still on, by the way?

 

[robinbanks]

I think Harry's point is "if the country needs 100MW, and they have 100MW of wind turbines, but it's not always windy, what they do is keep 100MW of coal revved up and producing (because they have to, because you can't just turn a power station on when things are slack), as backup for when the wind drops

He doesn't get on with the notion of storage, and I think chooses not to understand that coal is actually also storage

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I think Harry's point is "if the country needs 100MW, and they have 100MW of wind turbines, but it's not always windy, what they do is keep 100MW of coal revved up and producing (because they have to, because you can't just turn a power station on when things are slack), as backup for when the wind drops

There are no coal stations remaining, we are now entirely reliant on gas and woodchip, from Canada, to work as backup, when wind and solar fails us. Neither of which can be instantly turned on and off, they need warm-up, and cool down-time.

 

[Avocet]

And still, the lights haven't gone out...

The interconnectors help, of course...

 

[morqthana]

Gridwatch, is a one to watch - https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

Wind providing 7%, solar zilch. Rest is gas/nuclear and imported.

Right now wind is doing more than nuclear

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Right now wind is doing more than nuclear

Which doesn't take much, to beat nuclear! Wind is only generating 1/4 of what gas is having to generate, to make up for the lack of wind.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Which doesn't take much, to beat nuclear! Wind is only generating 1/4 of what gas is having to generate, to make up for the lack of wind.

Isn't it good harnessing that little wind to make some power.

It's like a relatively free bonus