tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post1593153562870149903..comments2024-03-28T04:30:21.088+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Money For Old RopeCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7985025378044553772017-02-06T16:42:33.976+00:002017-02-06T16:42:33.976+00:00well that vid is certainly a work of art (Disney??...well that vid is certainly a work of art (Disney??)<br /><br />would bet £££ that the diesels used for stand-by elec gen here are not at all as efficient - no Kev-kisses for them!Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6033966552387789022017-02-06T16:30:46.747+00:002017-02-06T16:30:46.747+00:00I don't think they've ever tried putting s...I don't think they've ever tried putting sails on trains, Nick. It wouldn't be any more insane. <br /><br />I do marvel at the German engines in British trains. They really are works of art and so much is made of their low emissions... oh dear. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTgzw2n0Y5I<br /><br />I licked one of these once. Seriously ! (Well it was in racing green.)Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-40247126977748728642017-02-06T16:12:20.742+00:002017-02-06T16:12:20.742+00:00Kev - the German rail nework is heavily electrifie...<b>Kev</b> - the German rail nework is heavily electrified, and D.Bahn are absolutely paranoid about the potential for power cuts and (possibly worse, for them) sub-spec frequency, which can really bugger their ops<br /><br />in their publicity they waffle on about being green; but behind the scenes they are demanding assurances (with menaces) from the grid operators that the wind-power nonsense isn't going to queer their pitch<br /><br />(and they have a lot of political clout)<br /><br />(they also enjoy the fees that transporting coal brings ... but not lignite, which tends to be burned at the same place it's mined) Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-17151098446405262012017-02-06T15:51:43.521+00:002017-02-06T15:51:43.521+00:00Nick - I know it took a while to get it into my th...Nick - I know it took a while to get it into my thick skull, but you did it eventually. <br /><br />Energy is probably our greatest risk to economic growth and it beggars belief that we are converting railways from diesel to 25kv electrics at such a time.<br /><br />The idea is sound in itself (fuelling of trains causes a lot of wasted movement) but the power generation has to be in place first of all. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-13363122729359679162017-02-06T15:31:54.020+00:002017-02-06T15:31:54.020+00:00I see that EDF has asked the nuclear regulator to ...I see that <a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15039668.Safety_fears_over_EDF_bid_to_permit_doubling_of_nuclear_reactor_cracks/" rel="nofollow">EDF has asked the nuclear regulator</a> to permit twice the number of cracked bricks in their aging AGR power stations graphite cores, hoping for yet more life-extension. So they will be collecting this capacity margin fee on old nuclear for quite some time!<br /><br />Also <a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702020038.html" rel="nofollow">according to a Japanese newspaper</a>, Toshiba wants to sell its shares in NuGeneration as well as Westinghouse, so that looks like new nuclear at Moorside (Sellafield) is a dead duck without direct UK govt investment. That will add heat into the Copeland bye-election.<br /><br />Fun times for UK leccy generation.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-9304902643937057672017-02-06T12:24:30.322+00:002017-02-06T12:24:30.322+00:00chits for free is good enough (+:
actually, they ...chits for free is good enough (+:<br /><br />actually, they are rushing to copy us - the French and the Italians both, right now, are limbering up fo Capacity MechanismsNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-39460800873068098322017-02-06T12:03:53.937+00:002017-02-06T12:03:53.937+00:00And presumably your emmissions chits for free? I&#...And presumably your emmissions chits for free? I'll get my coat.<br /><br />If we do it well and others less well, why don't they, err, do what we do?Flagwavernoreply@blogger.com