bosstrabs My favourite politician of recent years is Mark Oaten, who walked around with beshitted underwear in his briefcase (no pun intended) before being forced to withdraw from the LibDem leadership race (*allegedly).
Dubman Amps Our problem is that we don’t have enough storage facilities. And also we also use a lot of gas and our electricity is based on the price of gas which is why our bills are so high
Amps Dubman Our Britain? Or Casa Dubman? Dubman we don’t have enough storage facilities. Do you believe this to be an unsurmountable issue like ‘taxing the rich’ or something that can be solved with a simple plan and some cash?
Dubman Amps The uk And the costs to build storage for electricity. I sometimes do work for a few companies that sell solar panels for domestic use. Earlier this year I took a load of batteries to a house so he could store his electricity from his solar panels. They cost 7k. It’s expensive
Amps Dubman No argument from me, but it can all be solved if their was some political will and all our politicians weren’t capitalist shit cunts. Imagine taxing some of the billions made by the energy companies and then using that cash to subsidise battery prices. Wild.
Along_the_Wire Dubman it’s expensive up front, but it pays back and saves you money in the mid to long-term. Can’t help but think that this fella considered that when he made the purchase.
Hursty They are trying to build a BES near us, the nimbys are going mad, signs in every garden. You can’t expand renewables without storage facilities
alistair Hursty Storage and intermittency of renewables are the most costly factors “cheap green energy” and rarely discussed by our beloved politicians
Old-Dutch Households hit with higher bills in £1bn ‘racket’ that sees wind farms paid to turn off power | The Independent https://share.google/FkQAH7VbZxPtB9S2K Great to see those lower energy bills working out well
Dubman Along_the_Wire He definitely did as he was replacing his old batteries. It just the initial cost. He could afford it though but most people couldn’t even though they would save money long term
Smallman1 The reason I don’t have solar panels is a) because I don’t have a roof and b) because I pay for electricity. Cheers!
alistair Fascinating thread. AI is a polluting behemoth utterly dependent on energy, raw power and materials. Unsustainable
Old-Dutch No it’s not - IT’S YOU AND YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT THAT’S TO BLAME. Interesting how much emphasis is being put onto all of us and our lifestyles yet this doesn’t really get much attention at all. It’s almost as if that’s been the agenda all along.
Amps Get some Duck Duck Go in your life, they let you turn off the AI search option. The idea that every web search is now AI powered and burning the planet is mad. Google cunts.
Amps Amps Get some Duck Duck Go in your life, they let you turn off the AI search option. The idea that every web search is now AI powered and burning the planet is mad. Google cunts. Also, if you regularly watch anything on YouTube, you can watch using the DuckDuck player, which means you don’t have to see any adverts.
LT42 Data centres will eventually move under water to help offset energy demands, this type of stuff is studied and measured contantly, its just not for the layman and its certainly not mainstream news.
