Psamathe wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 10:30am
ClappedOut wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 12:33am
Psamathe wrote: ↑24 May 2021, 11:26pm
We have limited "renewables" available. I'd rather those renewables be used replacing carbon based generation charging a car or running a cooker or something than keeping a large tub of water hot 24/7 for occasional use.
Ian
Admirable, but industry uses energy in vast amounts, people still want package holidays etc.
EV are not environmentally friendly as they use vast resources to make, novelty v old cars or hybrids.
Anyway Full EV a pipedream as grid won't support it in current state on mass
So answer is to "do nothing"? - keep wasting energy like there is no tomorrow (ensuring there will be"no tomorrow")?
Ian
There will always be tomorrow as continents became as mass extinctions happened etc, previous generations lived with vile smogs, dangerous working conditions and adulterated food.
If the house has solar then quite possibly it will offset the use, if the tariff is renewable then again it is net neutral.
The use by industry and transmission losses are huge, nuclear power stations could provide district heating and industrial heat- it’s wasted.
Nuclear dry storage casks emit 25kw heat similar to domestic heating systems which is wasted to atmosphere.
Living in a cave completely impractical and people like Greta only get air time as funded by an agenda.
Green is the new tax, another 40-50 years I will be gone, like victorians I don’t care unless it’s diesel or milk in a river- environment agency are merely tax collectors