On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:50:45 -0800 (PST), Len Wood wrote:

We are only chipping away at the energy crisis with these green
technologies.


We are all doomed unless the government gets off its arse and puts
tidal power and nuclear power into place as an urgent priority.

Tidal is not available all the time but at least it's predictable.

Nuclear is the the only viable option with current energy demands. The
government are trying but they aren't allowed to guarantee to pay the nuclear
firms 40p plus per unit for their power, index linked for 25 years...

After Merkels knee jerk reaction after Fukishima the entire nuclear industry
doesn't trust any government to not arbitrially pull the plug on them. Bear
in mind that Germany with it's nukes was a net exporter of power, the moment
they switched 'em off Germany became a net importer of power. Guess where
most of that power comes from, coal...

Current UK demand 49.53 GW coming from:

Coal 20.35 GW
CC Gas 17.90 GW
Nuke 7.84 GW

Wind 1.03 GW
Dutch 0.89 GW
Hydro 0.52 GW
BioMass 0.50 GW
Pumped 0.28 GW
France 0.12 GW

0.50 GW is being exported to Eire.

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.