On 16/06/2019 07:56, MrCheerful wrote:
On 15/06/2019 13:36, Tom Evans wrote:
On 13/06/2019 18:07, Bret Cahill wrote:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth...o-climate-goal


It's hard to to be stuck on stupid when other places are being rational.


Bret Cahill

The UK isn't being rational. A 30 year target is pretty meaningless.
How are they going to achieve it?

Also, the current trend is to promote impractical solutions such as
wind. Wind is too variable, we need a reliable power source for winter
heating.


as of 8am, nuclear is stuck on 4.3gw, the day seems calm yet wind is
giving 2.9 gw, solar is giving an estimated 1.2gw, so pouring billions
into nuclear seems rather silly when wind, solar and tide can give more
for less without the residual danger and cost.

If you look at https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ you will see very
little solar in winter and periods with very little power from wind.

Given that current electrical generation doesn't include transport or
heating you need to about double or triple current electricity
generation and have it available when people want it. Even the current
small contribution from variable sources such as wind and solar causes
considerable problems for the distribution grid.

Tidal is very expensive.