Yeah the infrastructure is playing catch up, but it will get there. I don't quite understand why we can't just 'plug it in' to the existing grid ? Is it a case of needing a distribution network to cope with a bigger supply or is the old grid network not up to the job of supplying the new energy ? I guess the end product is only as good as the supply. It's a bit like my internet, I've got part fibre, so fibre to the box, but then it comes down my old copper telephone line, so you're never gonna get full fibre speeds. I buy green energy from my supplier, but I know that's not necessarily green energy that's produced locally and then distributed to my house, as they buy green energy from different places to offset my consumption that might be coming from a mixture of sources.
Teacher could have handled that better, but she's right. Those kids were confusing biological sex with gender. I can see why videos like this are meat and potatoes for the gammon that walk amongst us though.
The grid hasn't been updated enough to cope withe the ridiculous population growth in recent times never mind trying to balance the energy produced at unknown rate .
So my question is... is it extra energy, or a different type of distribution that requires an improved grid ? As far as I knew, green energy isn't more energy on top of what we already have, but replacing older 'dirty' energy production ? The grid works just about most of the time, even when electric demand is at its highest
green energy isn't consistent or controlled so at time produces more than we need as storage capacity is very low at present . The grid is overloaded and the infrastructure hasn't kept up with housebuilding . "The grid works just about most of the time" is the worry
I guess good battery storage will help in the longer term with energy storage. Have you seen those small modular reactors ? Basically mini nuclear power stations that can be built on site to power factories and critical infrastructure without needed to plug into the grid Sounds like Heathrow could do with one
been past their factory about 150 times but no i haven;t seen one and i'm not sure RR have actually produced one yet as awaiting the Govt order(s)
Yeah I don't think they are operational just yet, but apparently there is huge demand for them AI and the use of Quantum computers will have huge demand for power and these things will likely be built on site in those types of scenarios.
think you are jumping well ahead mate . The first use would be to be "green" energy for the grid as then they could get rid of the gas powered power stations which are still required if only to cover the fluctuations in demand and as back up ..
first things first mate if nothing else because RR are a protected company with Govt holding a "golden" share plus can private companies afford the clean up tax that would have to be levied on them .
Government, this and last, brow beating us about greener energy. Does anyone know a Government building, ie school, hospital, police/fire station that have solar panels. The only thing I've seen is our local council office now have detectors in their offices, which turn the lights off if no one is in the room, because the last ****wit to leave isn't capable of flicking a switch
There was a project near me called the Wave Hub, which for some reason got shelved. But it was a hydro electric scheme where they were going to use wave power to generate electricity. About 1 mile inshore from where they were planning to site it was a disused power station, so the idea was that they would run cables on the seabed to the station and just plug it in to the grid. I'm not sure what happened to that idea, probs a mixture of fisheries, environmental, local objection etc. But on paper it looked like a brilliant idea.
I don’t know exactly what went down in the hours before Trump publicly announced a “pause” on tariffs, but it merits investigation. https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/getting-yippy-trump-market/ Over the past week, the world may well have witnessed the biggest example of market manipulation in history—a manipulation that could yet plunge the global economy into recession but that appears to have made some investors, especially those who were reading and acting on Trump’s social media posts throughout Wednesday, huge sums of money. I’m not a financial investigative journalist, but I do know when something smells fishy. What we’ve seen since April 2—a week in which tariffs were imposed by the United States on pretty much the whole world, and then abruptly withdrawn from most countries a week later, resulting in some of the largest stock market swings in history—smells like rotten fish.
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