When will indyref2 happen?

[Lurkst]

2 hours ago, Baxter Parp said:

The Majority: Hundreds of active members of pro-Union group found to be fake

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19470364.majority-hundreds-active-members-pro-union-group-found-fake/?ref=twtrec

A SIZEABLE percentage of the membership of The Majority, a Unionist campaign group and media outlet which claims to “expose Nationalist ideology”, is made up of fake accounts promoting escorts, marijuana delivery, and other services abroad

Lordy.

Did one of them write this?...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/07/27/nicola-sturgeon-snp-criticised-failing-support-team-gb-olympics/

 

[Gordon EF]

On 18/07/2021 at 23:04, Dawson Park Boy said:

Absolutely correct and, on poor wind days, Scotland needs to import from England.

In many ways Scotland is more dependent than England.

This utter bollocks. As already pointed out, Scotland is a big net exporter of energy internally within the UK. Scotland produces so much electricity, it's not uncommon for generators to be paid to decrease generation or for consumers to be paid to consume more. That's the reverse in most part of England.

[Gordon EF]

On 19/07/2021 at 11:14, Dawson Park Boy said:

Fair enough. I’m certainly no engineer but a couple of questions.

There must be days when there is little wind. If we can store, okay, but can we?

Surely we must need a base capacity from, gas, nuclear and other sources to cope wit those windless days.

Is this wrong?

Genuinely interested.

Huge resources are being out into storage. It's not just hydro but battery farms now. The technology isn't there yet to go without a decent base of non-renewables but it's advancing rapidly. The size of the base needed to guarantee supply will steadily increase over time as storage technology advances and it's usage increases.

[Dawson Park Boy]

17 minutes ago, Gordon EF said:

Huge resources are being out into storage. It's not just hydro but battery farms now. The technology isn't there yet to go without a decent base of non-renewables but it's advancing rapidly. The size of the base needed to guarantee supply will steadily increase over time as storage technology advances and it's usage increases.

If what you say is correct, and I’ve no reason to doubt you, then that’s good news.

Alway was a bit scared about Torness being decommissioned as I liked the idea of nuclear being in the mix.

[Gordon EF]

1 minute ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

If what you say is correct, and I’ve no reason to doubt you, then that’s good news.

Alway was a bit scared about Torness being decommissioned as I liked the idea of nuclear being in the mix.

In a lot of ways it makes sense for nuclear to be in there. It's probably quite difficult to estimate whether they'll be cost effective longer term.

[Granny Danger]

I have no knowledge or understanding of the energy industry, but over decades I have seen technology adapt and innovate to meet what is required in so many fields.

So I assume that in the coming years we will see innovations that allow us to store energy efficiently.  Some of the technology might not even be invented yet.

 

[BFTD]

I mind hearing years ago that glass was the energy storage medium of the future. A quick Google seems to indicate that it's still in development, and there are plenty of people who think it's a bullshit idea that'll never work.

Anyone know a bit more about this?

[Enigma]

1 hour ago, BFTD said:

I mind hearing years ago that glass was the energy storage medium of the future. A quick Google seems to indicate that it's still in development,

Really? I’d heard they’d cracked it!

[BigDoddyKane]

Battery storage whether for battery farms or electric cars is going to bring its own problems with it but a diverse range of energy storage option like a diverse range of power types for cars is required not one single answer but many will do the job better and plenty reason to think its coming, though more investment would be good to see

[Genuine Hibs Fan]

On 15/07/2021 at 18:23, Frank Sobotka said:

Everyone who posts in the politics forum, without fail, believes in at least 3 of these.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-57994913

A historic building burning down in an area of Glasgow attractive to students you say... 

 

[Wee-Bey]

4 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-57994913

A historic building burning down in an area of Glasgow attractive to students you say... 

 

Forgot to post this from earlier in the week, but 'Sturgeon doesn't actually read books' needs added to the conspiracy iceberg.

[GNU_Linux]

Forgot to post this from earlier in the week, but 'Sturgeon doesn't actually read books' needs added to the conspiracy iceberg.

Sturgeons zoom background bookshelf is actually just a green screen.

[Genuine Hibs Fan]

1 minute ago, Frank Sobotka said:

Forgot to post this from earlier in the week, but 'Sturgeon doesn't actually read books' needs added to the conspiracy iceberg.

Seeing those three in sequential order makes me think of:

Your brains got to be so broken when you hate someone so much for bodying your diddy party and not dressing up like a character from a Trans inclusive woman's book to guard bathrooms that you refuse to believe they read books

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Denise Findlay - the roaster's roaster.

[oneteaminglasgow]

Wait, Helen Joyce’s Twitter actually has the word gender in it? Fucking hell.

[Baxter Parp]

Well.

[BFTD]

If we ever actually manage to persuade more than 50% of people to vote for Scottish independence, it's going to be mental to see the angry takes from these folk.

[NotThePars]

It’s a tough choice tbf: either I believe Sturgeon doesn’t read or she reads and thinks there’s something worthy and non-partisan in reading and appreciating Kissinger.

On balance, I think I’m going to plump for the former.

[alta-pete]

12 hours ago, BFTD said:

If we ever actually manage to persuade more than 50% of people to vote for Scottish independence, it's going to be mental to see the angry takes from these folk.

It’s a fair point. There’s enough of a number that wouldn’t take it at all well. I’ve heard it referred to as the ‘Ulsterisation’ of Scotland that I think is a wee bit OTT but if Independence does happen then there’s a chunk of the population that won’t be part of the civic joyousness. And the P&B stock answer of ‘just fire them into the sea’ doesn’t really resolve the issue either. 

[BFTD]

1 hour ago, alta-pete said:

It’s a fair point. There’s enough of a number that wouldn’t take it at all well. I’ve heard it referred to as the ‘Ulsterisation’ of Scotland that I think is a wee bit OTT but if Independence does happen then there’s a chunk of the population that won’t be part of the civic joyousness. And the P&B stock answer of ‘just fire them into the sea’ doesn’t really resolve the issue either. 

...and I was just referring to the seething independence supporters who only want it on their terms (which at the moment seem to be without the SNP in charge, with trans people back in their box, and whether or not the majority of Scots vote for it).

I'd expect Unionists to take it as well as Nationalists did in 2014 - get back to life as normal, and start trying to rebuild support for Westminster (good luck with that). And if they really, really, REALLY can't cope with the idea of living in a country that isn't run from London, under any circumstances...well, there are answers to that problem.