As an island nation wind power is a total no-brainer, but it’s a net benefit for us all rather than just lobbyists/shareholders so sadly no way it will happen in the way we need it to.
RoyaleWCheese_OK on
“Unlike previous analyses, which have only considered short-term MOE, this approach considers the potential cost of constructing new gas capacity”
So its theoretical bollocks then? No-ones building new gas capacity… they have to charge up the arse just to keep the current ones viable because they’re not allowed to run unless renewables cant keep up.
Then there’s:
“When offset by the £43.2bn in green subsidies consumers paid through their bills, the net result was a reduction of £104.3bn in UK energy bills over the 13-year period.”
So they’re counting 43.2 billion quid the taxpayer had to cough up as “benefit”?? People had to pay that out of their pocket.
Someone’s stretching to push an agenda. All for wind but lets not make shit up.
Gentle_Snail on
>The study, published in UCL Open Environment, found that between 2010 to 2023 wind-generated energy lowered electricity bills by £14.2bn and cut the cost of natural gas by £133.3bn . When offset by the £43.2bn in green subsidies consumers paid through their bills, the net result was a reduction of £104.3bn in UK energy bills over the 13-year period.
Its kind of wild we still have people hating on renewables.
No_Minimum5904 on
>The study also calls into question the fairness of the current funding model. Currently, electricity users pay 100% of green subsidies used to aid the green transition but receive only 18% of the financial benefit. Meanwhile, natural gas users, who pay nothing toward wind investment, have enjoyed 82% of the benefit since 2010.
Quite an important point!
Critical-Usual on
Stop doing it because someone who’s statistically likely to die in the next ten years doesn’t want to see a wind farm on the horizon when looking out their backyard
Von_Uber on
We have the worlds largest offshore windfarms, and are currently building even bigger ones.
It’s such a no brainer to do, anyone opposed either needs to give their head a shake or are taking money from the obvious sources.
SidneySmut on
I must have misread the study because I thought they said our energy bills had gone down.
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As an island nation wind power is a total no-brainer, but it’s a net benefit for us all rather than just lobbyists/shareholders so sadly no way it will happen in the way we need it to.
“Unlike previous analyses, which have only considered short-term MOE, this approach considers the potential cost of constructing new gas capacity”
So its theoretical bollocks then? No-ones building new gas capacity… they have to charge up the arse just to keep the current ones viable because they’re not allowed to run unless renewables cant keep up.
Then there’s:
“When offset by the £43.2bn in green subsidies consumers paid through their bills, the net result was a reduction of £104.3bn in UK energy bills over the 13-year period.”
So they’re counting 43.2 billion quid the taxpayer had to cough up as “benefit”?? People had to pay that out of their pocket.
Someone’s stretching to push an agenda. All for wind but lets not make shit up.
>The study, published in UCL Open Environment, found that between 2010 to 2023 wind-generated energy lowered electricity bills by £14.2bn and cut the cost of natural gas by £133.3bn . When offset by the £43.2bn in green subsidies consumers paid through their bills, the net result was a reduction of £104.3bn in UK energy bills over the 13-year period.
Its kind of wild we still have people hating on renewables.
>The study also calls into question the fairness of the current funding model. Currently, electricity users pay 100% of green subsidies used to aid the green transition but receive only 18% of the financial benefit. Meanwhile, natural gas users, who pay nothing toward wind investment, have enjoyed 82% of the benefit since 2010.
Quite an important point!
Stop doing it because someone who’s statistically likely to die in the next ten years doesn’t want to see a wind farm on the horizon when looking out their backyard
We have the worlds largest offshore windfarms, and are currently building even bigger ones.
It’s such a no brainer to do, anyone opposed either needs to give their head a shake or are taking money from the obvious sources.
I must have misread the study because I thought they said our energy bills had gone down.