that's where the extra optional cost comes in. It guarantees that the energy you use will be put into the national grid from renewables.
Also if you have a link from a reputable source showing the RE could provide our energy needs without something like nuclear providing a base load, that would also be interesting. There's a big difference between being potentially able to produce the terrawatts, and not having black outs after a still grey week!
Quote from: outlawed on August 14, 2013, 10:39:51 pmthat's where the extra optional cost comes in. It guarantees that the energy you use will be put into the national grid from renewables. Link please? This sounds interesting, but at the end of the day it's the government that will decide the country's energy policy.
Requires international co-operaton to build the infra-structure though.
Cool, we'll probably have nuclear fusion first then!
Quote from: outlawed on August 14, 2013, 10:39:51 pmthat's where the extra optional cost comes in. It guarantees that the energy you use will be put into the national grid from renewables. Link please? This sounds interesting, but at the end of the day it's the government that will decide the country's energy policy.Also if you have a link from a reputable source showing the RE could provide our energy needs without something like nuclear providing a base load, that would also be interesting. There's a big difference between being potentially able to produce the terrawatts, and not having black outs after a still grey week!
Can't give a link for second point.
I was just pointing out there is a RE supplier that are cheap, committed to the cause and easily available for everyone. I agree with ecotricity, the more people sign up, the more political pressure it puts on govt to invest in RE.
maybe we could do this too if we could find somewhere to build incinerators (the desolate north)?
Slackers is that the Veolia incinerator? do you ever get odours from it, or is the stack high enough to disperse any potential smells? There seems to be the tech in place now to scrub the outputs to stop local pollution.
he said there were a lot of promising prototypes for tidal technologies but no-one had really cracked it yet.
I think severn barage and other tidal 'mills' should go ahead.
Quote from: outlawed on August 15, 2013, 02:31:11 pmI think severn barage and other tidal 'mills' should go ahead.I think you're right. The Severn should take one for the team (please do not ever quote me on that in a professional capacity!) but it'll never happen....
I don't get why it's not possible to build just a few underwater turbines with foundations on a few piles in the sea bed without the need to totally enclose a body of water. Surely any moving water will generate more power than moving air?