tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post971335140386643336..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Renewables: the Bums are Squeaking CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5735994786308019652016-01-20T18:00:41.713+00:002016-01-20T18:00:41.713+00:00Though lest we forget we should remember the renew...Though lest we forget we should remember the renewables "subsidy" is about the same magnitude as the £3.31 billion annual budget of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. And we have been spending roughly that for around the last 10 years, and will continue at roughly that rate for perhaps another 20 years on the NDA. Without taking account of the extra current nuclear R&D govt expenditure, and the forthcoming Hinkley C financial pit should EDF+China finally agree it.<br /><br />It's plain where the biggest subsidy is, and will continue, going!rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-39807803732445738102016-01-19T19:24:01.314+00:002016-01-19T19:24:01.314+00:00http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
Total output ...http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/<br /><br />Total output from all that very expensive hardware is currently (1930 on 19th January)running at 0.08GW representing 0.16% of supplyArthur Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15880506004248132264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-84309351830908912972016-01-19T18:43:52.511+00:002016-01-19T18:43:52.511+00:00actually, yes to the former (while emphatically &#...actually, yes to the former (while emphatically 'no' to the latter)<br /><br />(see, I'm back in *didactic* - it's my default mode)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-31161281537101221462016-01-19T17:57:46.478+00:002016-01-19T17:57:46.478+00:00Do these devices return the energy for the own man...Do these devices return the energy for the own manufacture, let alone power for the consumer at reasonable cost ?Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-30736431908693950672016-01-19T14:56:08.498+00:002016-01-19T14:56:08.498+00:00"I take the opportunity to repeat my oft-made...<i>"I take the opportunity to repeat my oft-made prediction that the maintenance of over-the-horizon arrays will turn out to be a seriously under-estimated problem / cost"</i><br /><br />Which is precisely why they are "Over the horizon" - i.e. none of us poor buggers who are paying for them will be able to see how many have failed/collapsed/caught fire etc...Dave Wardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-80617705007259831632016-01-19T13:29:32.918+00:002016-01-19T13:29:32.918+00:00My wind policy would be the same as my solar polic...My wind policy would be the same as my solar policy which would be the same as my nuclear policy. Set a carbon tax to make sure there is a cost for the external environmental and other costs, and let the market decide how to allocate resources.<br /><br />BEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-1899730955314515992016-01-19T12:33:56.378+00:002016-01-19T12:33:56.378+00:00"but failure to support them for another few ..."but failure to support them for another few years will result in huge losses of potential jobs.” <br /><br />Which is good, because as Timmy is always reminding us, jobs are a cost not a benefit.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.com