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[guerney]

It'll be even grimmer up north


Snow and ice expected in northern UK during cold snap next week
Temperatures due to plummet across country after weekend with lows of -3C predicted in Scotland

Snow and ice expected in northern UK during cold snap next week

Temperatures due to plummet across country after weekend with lows of -3C predicted in Scotland

www.theguardian.com

 

[Plas man]

Mmm’ , goody more time to play trains ….

 

[matthewslack]

It'll be even grimmer up north


Snow and ice expected in northern UK during cold snap next week
Temperatures due to plummet across country after weekend with lows of -3C predicted in Scotland

Snow and ice expected in northern UK during cold snap next week

Temperatures due to plummet across country after weekend with lows of -3C predicted in Scotland

www.theguardian.com

Not always so grim!

 

[guerney]

Not always so grim!

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I fear yarrow stalks may remain more accurate for some decades

 

[guerney]

Energy bills: Call to let people have prepayment meters removed

Energy bills: Let people remove prepayment meters, charity says

Age UK says people on the meters pay more for their energy than those who are on direct debits.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[sjpt]

Far from a complete solution, but I think it would help if energy companies were required to make their prepayment meters charge at the lowest of their standard rates.

 

[guerney]

temperatures expected to plummet to -15C in some areas amid fears cold snap could last a fortnight

Ice is set to hit tonight as Britain braces for brutal -15C snap

Snow has blanketed parts of England and northern Scotland this morning on what could be the coldest night of the year after the Met Office issued weather warnings for snow and ice across the UK.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Woosh]

Far from a complete solution, but I think it would help if energy companies were required to make their prepayment meters charge at the lowest of their standard rates.

I would suggest that the state nationalises the nuclear generators and sell cheap electricity to all those who are on prepaid meter at the moment.
Two birds with one stone.

 

[flecc]

I would suggest that the state nationalises the nuclear generators and sell cheap electricity to all those who are on prepaid meter at the moment.
Two birds with one stone.

While killing the most important bird, EDF.

If you want to stop Hinckley Point and Sizewell C coming online, that's a good way of doing it.

Not to mention the ill effect on the other vital investors, such as those building the wind farms and tidal sources
.

 

[Woosh]

While killing the most important bird, EDF.

If you want to stop Hinckley Point and Sizewell C coming online, that's a good way of doing it.

Not to mention the ill effect on the other vital investors, such as those building the wind farms and tidal sources
.

I was reading some articles about the business models of nuclear industries. Apparently, they make money on supplying fuel pellets. The latter are loaded into rods. So there is some conflict of interest. If the reactor is very efficient at burning fuel, it will use fewer pellets, not so profitable for those giants in nuclear industry.
For example (in Appendix 2 of Sizewell C, 60 years, 1.6GW), 611kgs of uranium used per year, 0.560kg (only 560 grams) of the fuel is converted to energy. Less than 0.1%. The remaining 99.9% will have to be buried or reprocessed.
There are strong arguments that this particular industry needs to be nationalised.

 

[flecc]

I was reading some articles about the business models of nuclear industries. Apparently, they make money on supplying fuel pellets. The latter are loaded into rods. So there is some conflict of interest. If the reactor is very efficient at burning fuel, it will use fewer pellets, not so profitable for those giants in nuclear industry.
For example (in Appendix 2 of Sizewell C, 60 years, 1.6GW), 611kgs of uranium used per year, 0.560kg (only 560 grams) of the fuel is converted to energy. Less than 0.1%. The remaining 99.9% will have to be buried or reprocessed.
There are strong arguments that this particular industry needs to be nationalised.

Agreed, but definitely not now when we are at our most vulnerable.

Long ago would have been good, particularly during the North Sea oil boom. But otherwise not until we get into a much more stable future electricity supply position. That's likely to be a long way off thanks to the needs to switch away from household gas and manufacture hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles.
.

 

[Woosh]

Another weakness of current reactors is their lifetime.
60 years for Sizewell C is a long time.
Technology would have leapfrogged it long before even half way through.
Just look at how ambitious India and China are. They have the money and human resources.

 

[flecc]

Just look at how ambitious India and China are. They have the money and human resources.

And coal.
.

 

[guerney]

Not always so grim!

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It's looking a bit grimmer up north

In pictures: Snow blankets parts of the UK as cold snap starts

Snow and travel delays expected as Arctic blast hits UK

People across the Peak District and Pennines are being warned of potential disruption on Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[guerney]

Far from a complete solution, but I think it would help if energy companies were required to make their prepayment meters charge at the lowest of their standard rates.

That will never happen: Energy companies have kicked the can down the road ie "paused force-fitting prepayment meters until 31 March", after which they'll resume their odious activities until the furore reaches fever pitch again in about a year and a half, during which time they will have profited even more from poverty and misery, at which point they may receive some measure of symbolic public finger wagging once more... but nothing will change much for those who are struggling to keep themslves warm and their homes electrically active, until the for-profit element is completely removed from the equation, which is highly unlikely unless things get grim for the 90% for a prolonged period of time.

 

[MikelBikel]

It's looking a bit grimmer up north

In pictures: Snow blankets parts of the UK as cold snap starts

Snow and travel delays expected as Arctic blast hits UK

People across the Peak District and Pennines are being warned of potential disruption on Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

The End Of Snow

Decades of nonstop climate lies from all of the major western news sources.

odysee.com

Parts of America are getting record amounts of "global warming" snow!

 

[soundwave]

The End Of Snow

Decades of nonstop climate lies from all of the major western news sources.

odysee.com

Parts of America are getting record amounts of "global warming" snow!

global warming summer will be here soon i have a 3.5kw air con

 

[MikelBikel]

Another weakness of current reactors is their lifetime.
60 years for Sizewell C is a long time.
Technology would have leapfrogged it long before even half way through.
Just look at how ambitious India and China are. They have the money and human resources.

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
The second best time is now."
A popular Chinese proverb apparently.

(France started building their reactors in the 70's to 80's. Originally licensed for 30yrs, they are still running, inspected regularly, producing 70% of their electricity. And they're building more!)

Nuclear Power in France - World Nuclear Association

France derives about 70% of its electricity from nuclear energy. This is due to a long-standing policy based on energy security. France is the world's largest net exporter of electricity due to its very low cost of nuclear generation.

www.world-nuclear.org

 

[guerney]

The End Of Snow

Decades of nonstop climate lies from all of the major western news sources.

odysee.com

Parts of America are getting record amounts of "global warming" snow!

Things become more chaotic before new levels of order are reached: It's a non-linear system. Eventually there will be largely just one kind of weather and we will not like it, as the hot sky retains moisture. Here's a nice accessible read, beyond the linking of which, I refuse to engage with invariably intractably hopelessly irrational climate change deniers.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chaos-Making-Science-James-Gleick/dp/0749386061/

 

[guerney]