Thank you for another tour-de-force David! It looks as though in crowing, I am Blind Ed has failed to spot that Slye has handed him a bacon butty.
My hope is this: as it seems farmers are unlikely to die in the next few years in sufficient numbers to raise enough from inheritance tax, the plan will meet the Treasury shredder, and Miliband…
Thank you for another tour-de-force David! It looks as though in crowing, I am Blind Ed has failed to spot that Slye has handed him a bacon butty.
My hope is this: as it seems farmers are unlikely to die in the next few years in sufficient numbers to raise enough from inheritance tax, the plan will meet the Treasury shredder, and Miliband will resign.
A powerful point was made in the latest article on the Doomberg substack: in bringing an industrial product to market, it is normal to build and test prototypes and seek to understand market acceptance, before embarking on large-scale production. Yet there is no instance of even a small scale pilot project to operate a grid on predominantly weather-dependent sources.
So, so true. One might think that a prerequisite for a plan costing trillions of whatever extant denomination exists might seek to trial such a system, perhaps starting with a small utility.
Alas, there has still never been a successful demonstration of grid-scale non-dispatchable generation.
Even on an island of 10,000 people with copious solar panels, wind turbines and pumped hydro…the system still needs regular running of a hydrocarbon-fueled generator to supply 24/7 power.
But whoever brings up these facts, one will surely be labeled a “Denier.”
As if whether AGW is a problem has any connection to our ability to provide all needed power without thermal generation.
I try to always ask “renewable” advocates what are the specifics of the plans they endorse or propose to provide for all needed power. One would think those seeking such a change would have thought greatly about this.
But one would be wrong. It’s always 🦗🦗🦗and usually name-calling after such a query.
Thank you for that - it seems you report from an actual test bed, which from the population I'm guessing is the Isle of Skye.
To the renewable fanatics yet again I quote from the framed comment on my highly-esteemed former boss' office wall: "Nothing is impossible for those who don't have to do it".
And from the late and in my view great David Mackay: "I'm not trying to be pro-nuclear. I'm just pro-arithmetic".
Thank you for another tour-de-force David! It looks as though in crowing, I am Blind Ed has failed to spot that Slye has handed him a bacon butty.
My hope is this: as it seems farmers are unlikely to die in the next few years in sufficient numbers to raise enough from inheritance tax, the plan will meet the Treasury shredder, and Miliband will resign.
A powerful point was made in the latest article on the Doomberg substack: in bringing an industrial product to market, it is normal to build and test prototypes and seek to understand market acceptance, before embarking on large-scale production. Yet there is no instance of even a small scale pilot project to operate a grid on predominantly weather-dependent sources.
They don't care. They're not spending their own money.
Perhaps we can ask Caroline Lucas to volunteer Brighton to be the test bed
So, so true. One might think that a prerequisite for a plan costing trillions of whatever extant denomination exists might seek to trial such a system, perhaps starting with a small utility.
Alas, there has still never been a successful demonstration of grid-scale non-dispatchable generation.
Even on an island of 10,000 people with copious solar panels, wind turbines and pumped hydro…the system still needs regular running of a hydrocarbon-fueled generator to supply 24/7 power.
But whoever brings up these facts, one will surely be labeled a “Denier.”
As if whether AGW is a problem has any connection to our ability to provide all needed power without thermal generation.
I try to always ask “renewable” advocates what are the specifics of the plans they endorse or propose to provide for all needed power. One would think those seeking such a change would have thought greatly about this.
But one would be wrong. It’s always 🦗🦗🦗and usually name-calling after such a query.
Thank you for that - it seems you report from an actual test bed, which from the population I'm guessing is the Isle of Skye.
To the renewable fanatics yet again I quote from the framed comment on my highly-esteemed former boss' office wall: "Nothing is impossible for those who don't have to do it".
And from the late and in my view great David Mackay: "I'm not trying to be pro-nuclear. I'm just pro-arithmetic".
PS I've just read your latest comment, which rules out Skye.
That is an excellent point.