Exactly and we call them pussies. They know how to revolt and we should be doing the same tbh
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Seems like 1.86 is about the best you can get for diesel in the south east. I visited my mum in Derbyshire last week and noticed prices were slightly lower up there. It would need to get down to around 1.50 for my commute not to be outrageously expensive.
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Who for fracking to help the energy crisis? Anyone?
Not sure how that would help.
Me I am for it, not only fracking but also allowing the companies to look for more oil and gas; getting the government out of the energy sector, for instance removing the mandatory green energy and redistribution levy which makes up 25-30% of energy bills, invest more in nuclear. One of the biggest mistakes from the government was the energy price caps hence why we are here to be frank, where prices would have gone up slower over years it has gone up rapidly once the cap was removed.
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Nah I be more for hydro and wind power since where I island being surrounded by water and wind we be in plenty off supply.
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No.
But nuclear - yes.
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Interesting responses, I assume the environmental concerns are quite big for you and @Lister86 ?
Not sure if you’ve seen it but there was a funny clip of Nick Clegg in 2011 opposing increasing our Nuclear power generation capacity because of how long it would take into come online and have effect on the grid, which would have been around 2023
That’s the issue unfortunately, it will take a while to set up.
But the potential for raw efficient energy is crazy.
The French seem to have been hit the least by inflation and they use nuclear more than other Western European nations.
Is there a correlation? I dunno but it must have some effect right?
I believe France also own lots of their own energy production and mandated that consumers prices wouldn’t increase significantly (first figure I saw was 4% when we had 50% - I’m assuming they might have gone up a bit since if ours are going up 60% again but haven’t seen the latest figures).
I’m not surprised at all. Environmentalists have been against nuclear power for as long as I can remember.
Germany is a good example of where that gets you.
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Wind is unreliable, it only works in specific conditions, plus there is no way to store energy generated from it.
Also the turbines used are powered by external energy, and if it doesn’t work you fall back to using normal fuel sources.
I’m pro nuclear energy.
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France is a great example of what it can do for you.
In my view, part of the leveling up agenda is a full embrace of nuclear power as an energy supply but it’s interesting because I do understand the position of Greens on a certain level wrt nuclear power
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I found out recently that Russia was funding some of the green protest against nuclear.
Had the government committed to nuclear from 2011, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
What are energy prices like in France now?
Wind farms generate a huge about of energy despite what you’ve said here. Almost a third of all electricity used in Ireland is wind generated.
Today, according to Wind Energy Ireland (WEI) – the industry representative group – there are just under 400 wind farms across the country, with a combined capacity of 4.3 gigawatts (4,309 MW).
In 2020, according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), 32% of Ireland’s electricity came from wind generation, with just 8% coming from high carbon-emitting fossil fuels like coal and oil. The majority of the country’s electricity (51%) came from gas.
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Not sure about the exact figure but it’s in the mid hundreds in euro subject to low cap increases and state subsidies on top of other reliefs for people who need it
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Elements of socialism can and do work especially when it comes to being applied to things like this
Yeah it’s a total myth that wind is oh so unreliable and inefficient.
It really isn’t.
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