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Don't worry, I have reported Mr Miliband to my local Labour MP for spreading misinformation. and included a link to this article as evidence.

Given Sir T Starmer"s (sic) commitment to eradicating misinformation I expect Mr Miliband to take up the only prison place remaining before Monday afternoon (IE tomorrow)

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This is of course only part of the story. Increasingly, renewables will be curtailed on days when output exceeds the level that the Grid can absorb. The alternatives are to pay to dispose of the surplus into exports or storage. The result is that the real cost to consumers of the power they use is inflated to cover for the wasted output. Meanwhile we will have to compete for supply via imports on days when wind and sun are inadequate, and have to pay for capacity kept on standby as backup. Those costs will also grow, particularly if electrification leads to rising demand, which would entail much more backup capacity being needed.

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