Detournement Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 15 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: Core infrastructure should be nationalised. Only Tory idiots want it to be private. A good description of Sturgeon. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Sri Lanka has banned retail sales of petrol and declared itself bankrupt. Angry mobs are killing wealthy people who show their face on the streets. There is a strange lack of reporting on it by the Guardian and BBC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, Detournement said: Sri Lanka has banned retail sales of petrol and declared itself bankrupt. Angry mobs are killing wealthy people who show their face on the streets. There is a strange lack of reporting on it by the Guardian and BBC. Fairly long background piece in the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/07/the-family-took-over-how-a-feuding-ruling-dynasty-drove-sri-lanka-to-ruin BBC too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62073820 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Detournement said: Sri Lanka has banned retail sales of petrol and declared itself bankrupt. Angry mobs are killing wealthy people who show their face on the streets. There is a strange lack of reporting on it by the Guardian and BBC. Appears they are in talks with Putin to buy Russian oil as they are finding it difficult to buy from Gulf nations. I assume that will put Sri Lanka at odds with most western countries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, welshbairn said: Fairly long background piece in the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/07/the-family-took-over-how-a-feuding-ruling-dynasty-drove-sri-lanka-to-ruin BBC too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62073820 not like tourny to talk utter pish is it? Edited July 7, 2022 by effeffsee_the2nd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Deeply surprising to hear that... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 £300pcm is something that a very large number of people are simply not going to be able to pay, no matter what they do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 We really need to boycott these fuel companies until they stop paying so much in dividends to their shareholders! oh wait! Seriously, the price cap from Ofgem is a fucking joke! What’s needed is a cap on profits & dividends. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Todd_is_God said: £300pcm is something that a very large number of people are simply not going to be able to pay, no matter what they do. Yip, but that won’t stop you seeing the usual stories in the right wing media blaming people for drinking too many Starbucks, having Netflix or simply not working hard enough 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Fortunately I made a huge bulk purchase of unused Alba election leaflets and burning these should see us through this winter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Brother Blades said: We really need to boycott these fuel companies until they stop paying so much in dividends to their shareholders! oh wait! Seriously, the price cap from Ofgem is a fucking joke! What’s needed is a cap on profits & dividends. On what grounds is the Ofgem cap a joke? The refusal of the gormless British public to recognise that its government's virtue-signalling about Ukraine as a third-rate power might have negative consequences is quite frankly embarrassing. Not to mention the consistent failure of UK governments to incentivise the changes that are needed (insulation; heat pumps based on renewable including affordable nuclear sources) to make its reliance on expensive fossil fuels obsolete. That's a product of the UK's failed political system and its transactional shuffling of bribes to swing voters. Ofgem are simply the messengers about a reality that has nothing to do with them. Edited July 8, 2022 by vikingTON -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, virginton said: The refusal of the gormless British public to recognise that its government's virtue-signalling about Ukraine as a third-rate power might have negative consequences is quite frankly embarrassing. But Putin bad Tbf this is nothing new - the public at large showed they had absolutely no grasp of the consequences of lockdowns etc. Couldn't see beyond being happy they could get paid to watch telly all day and still get their shopping delivered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 14 minutes ago, virginton said: On what grounds is the Ofgem cap a joke? The refusal of the gormless British public to recognise that its government's virtue-signalling about Ukraine as a third-rate power might have negative consequences is quite frankly embarrassing. Not to mention the consistent failure of UK governments to incentivise the changes that are needed (insulation; heat pumps based on renewable including affordable nuclear sources) to make its reliance on expensive fossil fuels obsolete. That's a product of the UK's failed political system and its transactional shuffling of bribes to swing voters. Ofgem are simply the messengers about a reality that has nothing to do with them. I know the Scottish Government is against Trident but are they not also against all nuclear power? - I genuinely don’t know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Shadow Play said: I know the Scottish Government is against Trident but are they not also against all nuclear power? - I genuinely don’t know. they are https://www.gov.scot/policies/nuclear-energy/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Left Back said: they are https://www.gov.scot/policies/nuclear-energy/ Thank you LB. I genuinely wasn’t sure how the Scottish Government viewed nuclear reactors for creating electricity. I’m not expert in the generation electricity but do renewables such as wind and solar not need to be backed up with nuclear or fossil fuels for the days where there are no wind and the evenings and nights where there is no light? From what I can gather the storage of solar and wind energy is not yet possible on the significant scale required given the current limitations on battery storage. Edited July 8, 2022 by Shadow Play 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Shadow Play said: I know the Scottish Government is against Trident but are they not also against all nuclear power? - I genuinely don’t know. Energy policy is set by the UK and not Scotland, but I doubt that an SNP/Green administration would have enacted the best all-round policies either. They might have added incentives for insulation but weaning the UK off its nonsensical domestic gas consumption is an issue that no political party is serious about dealing with. Until they do, we'll be paying the high rates on the open market that binning gas for electricity a few years ago would have produced in the short-term; but unlike making that switch, there'll be no reliable reduction in prices over the long-term. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, virginton said: Energy policy is set by the UK and not Scotland, but I doubt that an SNP/Green administration would have enacted the best all-round policies either. They might have added incentives for insulation but weaning the UK off its nonsensical domestic gas consumption is an issue that no political party is serious about dealing with. Until they do, we'll be paying the high rates on the open market that binning gas for electricity a few years ago would have produced in the short-term; but unlike making that switch, there'll be no reliable reduction in prices over the long-term. I posted the following just as you replied. I’m not disagreeing with what you’re saying but I would be interested if you agree this is a major problem with Green energy: “I’m not expert in the generation electricity but do renewables such as wind and solar not need to be backed up with nuclear or fossil fuels for the days where there are no wind and the evenings and nights where there is no light? From what I can gather the storage of solar and wind energy is not yet possible on the significant scale required given the current limitations on battery storage.” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, Shadow Play said: I posted the following just as you replied. I’m not disagreeing with what you’re saying but I would be interested if you agree this is a major problem with Green energy: “I’m not expert in the generation electricity but do renewables such as wind and solar not need to be backed up with nuclear or fossil fuels for the days where there are no wind and the evenings and nights where there is no light? From what I can gather the storage of solar and wind energy is not yet possible on the significant scale required given the current limitations on battery storage.” Tidal (if cracked and productionised) would be more predictable and reliable than solar/wind. It still couldn’t guarantee energy though. You have a period at low tide and high tide called slack water where there’s basically no movement so no generation. You don’t have to fill the void with fossil/nuclear. You could store energy to take up the slack. Storing energy at the moment is not really cost effective, even on a large scale. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Left Back said: Tidal (if cracked and productionised) would be more predictable and reliable than solar/wind. It still couldn’t guarantee energy though. You have a period at low tide and high tide called slack water where there’s basically no movement so no generation. You don’t have to fill the void with fossil/nuclear. You could store energy to take up the slack. Storing energy at the moment is not really cost effective, even on a large scale. As far as I can gather, this really is the major problem with Green energy. Not to mention the fact that the mining for the raw materials required for the batteries to store the energy cause considerable local environmental damage. Also, the disposing of the batteries once they are past their useful lifespan is another problem being stored up (no pun intended) for the next generation to deal with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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