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Fracking?Yes.
Nuclear power and fracking.
We need to become more self sufficient and drive down costs for consumers.
Renewables
Fracking?Yes.
Nuclear power and fracking.
We need to become more self sufficient and drive down costs for consumers.
I'd sooner see green energy expanded, with more and more wind farms around our coastline, solar panels filling fields not suitable for farming.It is pointless looking to fix right now for the vast majority of people. Goodness knows what a war in the Ukraine and a Putin puppet government will do to the gas price, it won’t bring it down thats for sure.
We desperately need to move asap to alternate fuel supply. I know people rail against nuclear energy, but it has to be a big part of the equation to ensure affordability.
We don't need fracking or nuclear to become more self sufficient. That's short termist nonsense.Yes.
Nuclear power and fracking.
We need to become more self sufficient and drive down costs for consumers.
Maybe there is an argument for nuclear but to suggest fracking is pretty horrificWe don't need fracking or nuclear to become more self sufficient. That's short termist nonsense.
Octopus havn't gone bustRang up to sort mine the other day as I dropped onto variable after octopus went bust.
Daily rate almost the same
Unit price double for electric and triple for gas. I don’t even think the variable will get that high. I’m going to ride it for abit
I don’t think we have enough big rivers to make hydro work alone. But it should be part of the solution. Along with as much solar as we can squeeze out of this far northern latitude. Wind power will be our big renewableFracking is a huge risk. We’d be screwed if the waterways were to be contaminated.
It’s surprising with all of our rivers and waterfalls, that we don’t seem to take much advantage of hydro electricity generation as much as we should. Even small scale generators are basically free energy once they’re installed.
We all want green energy expanded. Nuclear energy is both sustainable and renewable but yes it still produces co2, more so in the construction phase too. It still has to be part of the equation though. No country should rely on just one or two sources. Solar, Wind and Hydro are the obvious ones to push at present.I'd sooner see green energy expanded, with more and more wind farms around our coastline, solar panels filling fields not suitable for farming.
Public transport back in public hands and subsidised to reduce prices and cut national fuel demand.
Nuclear leaves too much waste for the next generations.
You are a good person boroboy6872Absolutely staggering the cost now and I do worry for those who can`t afford it.......I`m awfully sure my neighbour is one of those.
I`d ask her if she is ok, but I don`t want to embarrass her, and also i`m not 100% certain on the above.
Agreed. We should be able to generate a significant amount through tidal too.I don’t think we have enough big rivers to make hydro work alone. But it should be part of the solution. Along with as much solar as we can squeeze out of this far northern latitude. Wind power will be our big renewable
Not at all. That’s entirely wrong. It’s so short sighted and wrong to think we should increase our reliance on dirty energy. We should be doing exactly the oppositeWe are going to have pump more gas from the North sea and start fracking. Whilst start building a new nuclear fleet.
If we want intermittent renewables then we will need plentiful supply of gas to make up the shortfall when it is not windy.
Not necessarily. You just need a way to store the excess energy from those intermittent sources. It’s a great way to recycle old batteries. There will be plenty of them about with the increasing sales of electric cars.We are going to have pump more gas from the North sea and start fracking. Whilst start building a new nuclear fleet.
If we want intermittent renewables then we will need plentiful supply of gas to make up the shortfall when it is not windy.
One thing we should be pushing is solar panels on new build homes, they are already bringing a rule in for electric vehicle charging points to be fitted, how we will meet the demand for this is another thing once we are driven into EV's.We don't need fracking or nuclear to become more self sufficient. That's short termist nonsense.
Our own gas is running out and we are not self sufficient. As it runs out further we'll become even more vulnerable to supplies from overseas in terms of both suply and price.We are going to have pump more gas from the North sea and start fracking. Whilst start building a new nuclear fleet.
If we want intermittent renewables then we will need plentiful supply of gas to make up the shortfall when it is not windy.
Have you seen the cost of storing electricity in batteries? Close to £300 per MWh and that's before youve produced the electricity to go in them! Plus the amount stored is measured in hours not days.Not necessarily. You just need a way to store the excess energy from those intermittent sources. It’s a great way to recycle old batteries. There will be plenty of them about with the increasing sales of electric cars.
Well we will just let the US and Qatar do it for us then.We won't start fracking, it's to damaging both to the environment and the water table. In addition we don't have anywhere far enough away from built up areas to make it viable without a huge backlash. I don't even know if we have enoigh recoverable gas underneath the UK to make this viable, even of the general public wasn't dead against it. Overall it is a bad idea, it's not our planet to ruin.