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Climate Change Debate

The nerve of the Tories to continue with austerity when they've gone ahead with this, Brexit, Trident and HS2. Hundreds of billions of pounds on fucking nothing of any value.
 
Visage said:
Hinkley Point : $#@!ed.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/20...deal-behind-worlds-most-expensive-power-plant
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i'm glad they picked up the point of the debt guarantee which is often lost in the discussion of the strike price. it's a fucking disgrace that tax payers' money is used to essentially take equity risk for low return whilst paying a huge subsidy. same situation in a number of other projects - eg drax biomass. when the gvt talk about austerity and costs they claim the country needs to be run like a household's account, yet when it comes to getting return on the investment side let's throw it at some 3rd party to make all the profit, cos you know that's exactly what a sensible household would do. at the same time, let's guarantee c70% of eis investor losses with taxpayers money as well, whilst not taxing their gains, cos that's what a sensible household would do. pricks.
 
https://inhabitat.com/hanergys-thin-solar-panels-break-multiple-world-records-for-efficiency/

Three stories:

1) Thin solar panels allow all sorts of new applications such as clothing, car doors and signage to act as bases for solar panels which would dramatically reduce the need for external power - reducing reliance on fossil fuels.

2) Mobile solar panels for any application - no need for the mains.

3) Electric cars run by the sun. No need for petrol - ever.

All three sound pretty good to me. If we can get better batteries we may even reduce the need for fossil fuels entirely. May not be a bad thing at all.
 
Johnny75 said:
https://inhabitat.com/hanergys-thin-solar-panels-break-multiple-world-records-for-efficiency/

Three stories:

1) Thin solar panels allow all sorts of new applications such as clothing, car doors and signage to act as bases for solar panels which would dramatically reduce the need for external power - reducing reliance on fossil fuels.

2) Mobile solar panels for any application - no need for the mains.

3) Electric cars run by the sun. No need for petrol - ever.

All three sound pretty good to me. If we can get better batteries we may even reduce the need for fossil fuels entirely. May not be a bad thing at all.
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Friend of mine is working on the design of this:

https://www.energy-storage.news/new...-developer-arenko-for-largest-battery-to-date

Biggest battery in the UK and being deployed in Bloxwich of all places. Not the complete solution, but batteries are being used more and more in the grid.
 
Down in a coal mine.
 
The thread title is bothersome... There is no debate.
 
It really doesn't matter how anyone responds to Nigel on social media. Nobody will EVER beat the tweeter who won the internet with the frogman with a mallet moment.
 
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