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- Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power 2 weeks ago:
Yep I agree that is a great idea. I’m sure something like that will be developed at some point.
- Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power 2 weeks ago:
flexible energy sources may be used
What do you think a flexible energy source is?
It also says:
Events that last more than two days over most of Europe happen about once every five years.
To be clear, I am in favor of importing electricity across borders but if most of Europe is affected by Dunkelflaute then I don’t think it would be sufficient. Lets hope for the best and plan for the worst.
- Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power 2 weeks ago:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkelflaute
The wikipedia article itself has many sources, I won’t pretend I have read them. Pretty sure I first heard of this in a modo energy video, but I couldn’t find it. Regardless it is a well researched phenomenon and is a real challenge we need to overcome.
Technically you could do it with enough battery storage but those batteries would be doing nothing most of the time when the weather is normal.
- Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power 2 weeks ago:
I don’t see that as a problem, you don’t have to put solar on a nature reserve you can put it on a roof, carpark, canal. You can even put it on grazing land and it can increase biodiversity.
Besides the actual surface needed for solar is relatively small, you could power the UK with about as much surface area as is currently used by golf courses.
- Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power 2 weeks ago:
nuclear is a massive waste of money now renewables and storage are so cheap.
And how cheap are renewables when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine?
Renewables and batteries are awesome and we need more. But they aren’t suited to all weather in all countries at all times. The UK has periods where there is not enough wind or sun or battery storage to sustain demand. Nuclear is not my first choice but it is a practical choice that can be helpful.
- Comment on Energy regulator Ofgem announces 13% increase for energy bills 4 months ago:
- Because of the energy pricing system the price of energy at a given time depends on the price of the most expensive component which is gas. So if any gas gets used at a given time then all of the energy produced at that time is priced at the same rate. The government have said that this system will be changed.
- Much of our energy is produced in Scotland but consumed in the south east. Expensive infrastructure is needed to move the electricity to where it is needed. What is worse this system won’t get better over time because there is no incentive for industry to set up close to the electricity source.
- The UK has a few problems in general with building infrastructure making it expensive. These jobs are often contracted out instead of done in house by the government which can inflate costs. Additionally the planning system can be difficult to work with in the UK as residents have more power to stop infrastructure projects than in other countries.
- Submitted 11 months ago to videos@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Comment on Why can't countries with vast deserts make solar farms to power the world? 1 year ago:
Another reason no one else has mentioned yet is that countries want to have control over their own power generation. If you’re power is all generated in another country then it can potentially be turned off by another country.
- Comment on Lucy Letby should be released immediately 1 year ago:
Agreed, but it does mean the evidence at her trial was not stall sufficient to prove guilt (beyond reasonable doubt).
- Submitted 1 year ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 7 comments