"Green" policies are destroying this country

The mass production and economy of scale idea has turned out to be a bit of a myth as well.

Wind turbine manufactures last year reported billions in losses, and the Swedish firm Vattenfall have pulled out of the Norfolk Boreas wind farm contract and taking a loss of £415 M. (€480 M) because to continue would lose them even more money due to rising costs.

Yes, sure isn’t there another ‘green fuelled ’ increase September 1 & AGAIN 31 October?

Name one thing that has moving parts that don't fail. I've a box of pens here in the press beside me that have a tiny ball in them to let out ink and many don't work. Is that a notorious problem? A notorious problem is something that breaks in a majority of transmissions constantly. There isn't anything I've heard of. There isn't many vehicles off the road because of transmission failures.

Ok. Think about it this way. The EU needed electricity. They used all of the renewables available and got the other 63% of our electricity from fossil fuels and nuclear . The price of gas was already going up because there was a shortage of supply.

We couldn't magic extra gas or Nuclear out of nowhere, so if we didn't have so much renewables the competition for the available gas supplies would have driven gas prices even higher.

https://about.bnef.com/blog/global-energy-storage-market-to-grow-15-fold-by-2030/

Yeah I get ya. Of course, if we didn't have renewables we'd have more nuclear (I'm thinking Germany here), and us here wouldn't have shut down the coal and peat stations.

There would be an extra gas demand, but there's no shortage of it thankfully. Anything not coming via pipes is being shipped into LNG terminals (how we fixed in that regard?). Then that brings competition as LNG being brought in such quantities hasn't happened before. I'm not convinced competition is always the way to lower prices (see exhibit A, Ireland power suppliers)

Who remembers the big drive for AD plants? Well the NGOs are bringing one to court after it's got planning permission

Gone up approx 8c/litre in the past week at the garages around me.

Ireland has a supply chain choke-point when if comes to gas, the country is almost entirely dependent on supply via Moffat in Scotland. The supply from Corrib is declining, no more exploration is permitted, there is no 30 day storage buffer for gas, there are no LNG facilities in Ireland. To secure a regular supply local companies employ hedging strategies that mean paying a higher price, those depending on short term supply contracts have left the Irish & UK markets. We are at the end of the supply line for gas and other hydro-carbon products, and a deliberate Irish government policy to enforce that choke-point. Once there is surplus gas in the system and easy finance, the prices are low. Prior to Putin Russian invasion of Ukraine the price of gas had already risen, caused by 1. A cold spring in 2021 (more gas burned), low wind in Summer 2021 (more gas burned), a rush into the into the market by in September 2021 to secure gas supply for the Winter. Companies who did not have the finance to buy gas on short term contracts, immediately failed. Interest rates have continued to rise since then, no more cheap finance, it is all about long term supply contracts.

Due to the unreliable nature of wind and solar, the electrical grid is entirely dependent on gas (and coal) for stability. The batteries are storage, they are needed to manage short-term supply imbalances agrevated by unreliable generation. During the cold snap in December 2022, those batteries needed to be charged with with combinations generated by burning gas, coal, diesel and imports. Filling the horizon with wind turbines and fields with solar panels does not work either, aside from the uneconomic cost, the batteries and pipe to/from them become the choke-point.

The unreliable top up generators are getting a free ride, because of the way the market is structured they get the upside of the high gas prices and without having to guarantee supply 24x7. Shutdown the Moffat line (e.g. gas supply emergency caused by adverse Winter conditions) and the mass delusion that an electrical grid and home heating can be run using unreliable top-up generators gets blown out of the water quickly.

Repeat after me: Wind and solar generation are entirely dependent on hydrocarbons. As proof even small scale projects can't do it: El Hierro in Canary Islands, King Island in Australia. Someone decided it was a good idea to introduce wind turbines to the Galapagos islands and let the locals buy EVs only. Loads of fanfare a decade ago, but what was the story in 2022? you can listen to or read about it here.

Why do people drive along the M4/M7? Because not everyone lives near a train station to be able to get a train. And even if you live near a train station, it might not be practical to take the train as it might not bring you close to your workplace. Busses don't go everywhere. And if it does bring you close to your workplace, it might not suit your hours. Or if they have to travel between sites as part of their work? There could be a load of reasons.

Missed it, what way was it reported? Really have to question the mindset of these groups, surely blocking a cycle race is as big of an own goal as they can get. They're already loosing the public in England by constantly blocking roads, even to buses, cyclists and emergency vehicles.

Are you saying gas prices are not down 90% yoy?

Ah, those loons who used the expoxy to glue themselves to the road are firmly in the FOFO stage right now. I hope it really really hurts getting that concrete and tarmacadam chiseled off their hands over the next few days.