Only in Britain

[KS55]

Britain is world champion at mucking up infrastructure projects. We have seen the cancellation of HR 2. Personally, I always felt that would happen yet for the last ten years or so just about every improvement to railways in and around Manchester have been cancelled on the grounds that HR2 would solve the problem. The trans Pennine route has suffered particularly badly, even new trains were cancelled in favour of Hydrogen driven trains, which of course are yet to be built.
Now we have a classic in wind powered electricity.…….. the windmills produce TOO MUCH. Eh?? Yup, we don’t have enough cables to transport the power from land based wind farms to the users. Most on shore electricity is generated in Scotland but is used in southern England. Nobody thought about this at the planning stage and we are about to build more on shore farms.
What happens when the wind blows strongly? Er, we pay the wind farms to shut down and we pay gas fired generators to start up. This costs every consumer about £60 pa and is forecast to rise to £180pa over the next few years. Why don’t we build more cables? Ah, not worth it as planning takes 15 to 20 years as the cables move through many different authorities. So nobody is applying to build them.
Net zero? Go whistle! YCNMIU.

 

[East Level 2]

Have to admit I checked it wasn't April 1st when I read the story this morning.

 

[BimboBob]

It doesn't only happen in Britain you'll be pleased to know. Short-sightedness is a common disease amongst the elected buffoons.

 

[bluesince76]

They could run cables down all that land they bought for HS2...

 

[metalblue]

Britain is world champion at mucking up infrastructure projects. We have seen the cancellation of HR 2. Personally, I always felt that would happen yet for the last ten years or so just about every improvement to railways in and around Manchester have been cancelled on the grounds that HR2 would solve the problem. The trans Pennine route has suffered particularly badly, even new trains were cancelled in favour of Hydrogen driven trains, which of course are yet to be built.
Now we have a classic in wind powered electricity.…….. the windmills produce TOO MUCH. Eh?? Yup, we don’t have enough cables to transport the power from land based wind farms to the users. Most on shore electricity is generated in Scotland but is used in southern England. Nobody thought about this at the planning stage and we are about to build more on shore farms.
What happens when the wind blows strongly? Er, we pay the wind farms to shut down and we pay gas fired generators to start up. This costs every consumer about £60 pa and is forecast to rise to £180pa over the next few years. Why don’t we build more cables? Ah, not worth it as planning takes 15 to 20 years as the cables move through many different authorities. So nobody is applying to build them.
Net zero? Go whistle! YCNMIU.

Bigger problem is lack of battery farms to store the power.

 

[Slipper One]

Don't worry KS55, it'll all be solved by the time everybody has an electric vehicle.

 

[KS55]

Don't worry KS55, it'll all be solved by the time everybody has an electric vehicle.

Which they’ve stopped buying due to lack of plug in points.

 

[KS55]

Bigger problem is lack of battery farms to store the power.

You still have to distribute it though.

 

[Slipper One]

Which they’ve stopped buying due to lack of plug in points.

It'll be interesting here.
Same problem with lack of charging stations, but with -30 temperatures and long distance travel to contend with.

 

[BimboBob]

Which they’ve stopped buying due to lack of plug in points.

And the price. And the lack of knowledge about what happens with the batteries after. And the fact that electricity costs the most and will go up because of the lack of infrastructure and the oil companies owning the charging companies.

Hydrogen is the solution. Trouble is no one will make huge money with Hydrogen.