Comments on: The lights going out as the economy crawls http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stainless Steel Fridges http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24065 Stainless Steel Fridges Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:16:47 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24065 It's always a good thing to find information relevant to what I am looking for. Cheers! It’s always a good thing to find information relevant to what I am looking for. Cheers!

]]> By: Lindsay McDougall http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24064 Lindsay McDougall Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:11:37 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24064 I thought I would see what the official Conservative document "Eight benchmarks for Britain" had to say on the subject. Section 8 "Build a greener economy" lists the following energy production goals: - Diverse range of electricity generating capacity - Huge increase in renewable power - Feed-in tariffs to national grid to encourage micro-generation - Expand offshore wind & marine power in large scale Marine Energy Parks - Economically viable nuclear power by speeding up the planning process All right so far as it goes but what is the implementaion time scale? I expect that we will need a few years of more gas generated power as a stop gap. What has this government been doing for this last 13 years? I thought I would see what the official Conservative document "Eight benchmarks for Britain" had to say on the subject. Section 8 "Build a greener economy" lists the following energy production goals:
- Diverse range of electricity generating capacity
- Huge increase in renewable power
- Feed-in tariffs to national grid to encourage micro-generation
- Expand offshore wind & marine power in large scale Marine Energy Parks
- Economically viable nuclear power by speeding up the planning process

All right so far as it goes but what is the implementaion time scale? I expect that we will need a few years of more gas generated power as a stop gap. What has this government been doing for this last 13 years?

]]> By: DennisA http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24063 DennisA Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:22:10 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24063 Fred Pearce has seen the way the wind is blowing and decided he doesn't want to be on the wrong side. The real unravelling has been done by Eureferendum. Fred Pearce has seen the way the wind is blowing and decided he doesn't want to be on the wrong side. The real unravelling has been done by Eureferendum.

]]> By: Mark Parker http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24062 Mark Parker Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:19:48 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24062 Don't forget the government did intervene. They told some heavy industrial users of gas to wind down their consumption. That kept the lights on for the domestic consumer. Don't forget the government did intervene. They told some heavy industrial users of gas to wind down their consumption. That kept the lights on for the domestic consumer.

]]> By: DBC Reed http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24061 DBC Reed Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:01:26 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24061 Be fair The Guardian is doing a lot to unravel the warmist green mantra with Fred Pearce and all. Be fair The Guardian is doing a lot to unravel the warmist green mantra with Fred Pearce and all.

]]> By: Demetrius http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24060 Demetrius Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:03:46 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24060 We pick up some of our food from a farm shop at Langley in Kent, a semi-rural area south of Maidstone. It is the sort of place where you can chat to the staff as in days of old. They were telling me of persistent outages over the last few months and how they have to manage the fridges and freezers. Although we did not have the outages we had noticed odd flicks and blinks etc. in our service and at the same time. Our SkyHD box is sensitive to these and I have found it necessary to reboot a few times in the last months. We pick up some of our food from a farm shop at Langley in Kent, a semi-rural area south of Maidstone. It is the sort of place where you can chat to the staff as in days of old. They were telling me of persistent outages over the last few months and how they have to manage the fridges and freezers. Although we did not have the outages we had noticed odd flicks and blinks etc. in our service and at the same time. Our SkyHD box is sensitive to these and I have found it necessary to reboot a few times in the last months.

]]> By: Neil Craig http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24059 Neil Craig Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:53:47 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24059 Energy availability is the key to growth. The developed world gets an average of $4 of GNP per kw. China is at $2.5 which explains much of their growth. We are at $6.14 which makes us the most electricity poor developed countries after Ireland, whose grid is dependent on Scottish nuclear & Singapore & Hong Kong which are city states. Our government are committed to halving our energy use which, if the economy neither grew nor receded would give us similar ratios to Sri Lanka & Bangladesh. We can build new reactors for $1 bn in 3 years if government will simply stop preventing this. Even starting building them would produce the confidence to end recession. Might have to take some soldiers out of Afghanistan to put round the building sites & prevent eco-fascist terrorism. Since I consider eco-fascism a far greater threat to western civilisation than al Quaeda I would be happy with that. I suspect most of the soldiers would too. Energy availability is the key to growth. The developed world gets an average of $4 of GNP per kw. China is at $2.5 which explains much of their growth. We are at $6.14 which makes us the most electricity poor developed countries after Ireland, whose grid is dependent on Scottish nuclear & Singapore & Hong Kong which are city states. Our government are committed to halving our energy use which, if the economy neither grew nor receded would give us similar ratios to Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.

We can build new reactors for $1 bn in 3 years if government will simply stop preventing this. Even starting building them would produce the confidence to end recession.

Might have to take some soldiers out of Afghanistan to put round the building sites & prevent eco-fascist terrorism. Since I consider eco-fascism a far greater threat to western civilisation than al Quaeda I would be happy with that. I suspect most of the soldiers would too.

]]> By: backofanenvelope http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24058 backofanenvelope Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:28:50 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24058 As usual I have no idea what the Tories propose to do about the problems Mr Redwood lays out so clearly. As usual I have no idea what the Tories propose to do about the problems Mr Redwood lays out so clearly.

]]> By: Mark http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24057 Mark Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:38:05 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24057 You have probably seen or heard BP's Tony Hayward voicing his opinion: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/04/bp-boss-urges-dash-for-gas" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/04/bp...</a> He considers windmills a folly, gas a panacea and nuclear an important answer going forward. Because he is disparaging carbon capture, he doesn't address what should be done with our existing coal - and since he is writing for the Guardian, there are probably some llimits on how far he can upset a readership that is in consternation of the unravelling of the warmist green mantra. You have probably seen or heard BP's Tony Hayward voicing his opinion:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/04/bp…

He considers windmills a folly, gas a panacea and nuclear an important answer going forward. Because he is disparaging carbon capture, he doesn't address what should be done with our existing coal – and since he is writing for the Guardian, there are probably some llimits on how far he can upset a readership that is in consternation of the unravelling of the warmist green mantra.

]]> By: Stuart Fairney http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/02/04/the-lights-going-out-as-the-economy-crawls/#comment-24056 Stuart Fairney Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:34:42 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=5540#comment-24056 Could I ask where this district is? I ask because I did not know things had reached this stage yet. Could I ask where this district is? I ask because I did not know things had reached this stage yet.

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