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Hugh_Lebowski

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1. Well, there's no inherent reason these fossil fuel-driven utilities HAVE to be allowed to get away

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Nov 6, 2021, 02:12 PM

Nov 2021

with flagrant price-gouging. There's no WAY their COSTS per electricity unit rose 100X.

So ... it's not just the 'renewable' part of the strategy that sucks.

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Coal keeps lights on at COP26 as low wind strikes again [View all] NNadir Nov 2021 OP

Well, there's no inherent reason these fossil fuel-driven utilities HAVE to be allowed to get away Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #1

Redundant systems require two sets of O&M fixed costs. NNadir Nov 2021 #2

NNadir you don't have to ever refresh me on your basic arguments on this subject lol Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #3

You and I define "good" differently. NNadir Nov 2021 #6

Again you don't have to spend all that time recounting all the points I've seen you make countless Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #7

Well, I do make the same points over and over, and plan in the near future to give up writing... NNadir Nov 2021 #8

High prices will just be another nail in the coffin Finishline42 Nov 2021 #4

I'll let NNadir fill you in as to why what you're saying is insanity and won't work to solve ACC nt Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #5

Notwithstanding the above discussion, Scotland's Ghost Dog Nov 2021 #9

RE: England going nuclear Finishline42 Nov 2021 #10

Yes. For this reason I recommend developing small nuclear Ghost Dog Nov 2021 #12

But what will it cost? Finishline42 Nov 2021 #14

See Rolls-Royce: Ghost Dog Nov 2021 #15

From your linked article Finishline42 Nov 2021 #17

The extent to which Scotland relies on wind is the extent to which it will always be dependent... NNadir Nov 2021 #11

Scotland has ample supplies of natural gas to support its renewable energy fantasies. hunter Nov 2021 #13

That too. Ghost Dog Nov 2021 #16