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Emrys

(9,169 posts)
12. Nonsense yourself. I think you fit very well the description of an ideologue
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:39 PM
Apr 8

You seem to assume you're the only person around who has dwelt on these issues and researched them. In my case, I've also lived with them for many years in real life, not just reading papers, and my concern for climate change is very real and constant.

The real scam is nuclear power, for very many reasons I won't bother rehearsing here because as I first observed and you've yet again proven, there's little or no point debating you, but Hinkley Point is a prime example.

Primarily, it's a cuckoo in the nest. If all the resources and time that have been ploughed into that ridiculous development had gone into renewables research, deployment and investment, the UK might have its own indigenous companies producing turbines and other facilities, rather than relying on foreign investments which inevitably take the bulk of the profits away from these islands.

Wind and other renewables have a vital role to play as a mix of sources. Nobody credible is suggesting that any country place its sole reliance on wind, that's a ridiculous and historically Trumpesque straw person. The wind may not blow constantly, but if you lived in Scotland, you'd know it blows pretty damn regularly, and will increasingly do so as climate change takes a greater hold.

The prime time when wind falls down is during periods of winter blocking highs and cold weather accompanying prolonged periods of calm. That's where the mix comes in, along with interconnectors to locations which aren't subject to the same weather conditions.

Every nuclear power station must have a rapidly deployed backup in case it goes offline and unbalances the grid. That backup, in the UK at least, comes from dormant gas-powered stations that can be fired up more or less instantly. So nuclear also relies on other sources of power during its operational life.

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We could learn a lot from our European friends if we would get our head out of our ass. walkingman Apr 8 #1
It has NOTHING to do with our heads up our asses. Conjuay Apr 8 #2
Both are true. yardwork Apr 8 #6
Scotland regularly generates an electricity surplus over its own requirements Emrys Apr 8 #3
Decades of these kinds of momentary 100% reports demonstrate... NNadir Apr 8 #4
This isn't a "momentary" surplus, nor is it unreliable. Emrys Apr 8 #7
Nonsense. It isn't rocket science to understand that the wind doesn't blow continuously. NNadir Apr 8 #9
I was just thinking the other day I hadn't seen an NNadir pro-nuke post in awhile AZJonnie Apr 8 #10
Wind power will only prolong our dependence on fossil fuels. hunter Apr 8 #13
Yes I've read many dozens of NNadir's posts over the years, you don't have to get me up to speed AZJonnie Apr 8 #15
The best ways to halt human population growth are not coercive. hunter Apr 8 #16
Nuclear power will have a similar effect Emrys Apr 8 #18
Low wind and no sunshine cause renewable energy shutdowns constantly. hunter Apr 8 #20
Hence my emphasis throughout on a MIX of resources Emrys Apr 8 #23
Trashing coastal environments with tidal power schemes isn't going to save the world. hunter Apr 8 #25
This is now getting tiresome. I didn't realize a good news story about Scotland would bring on the nuclear fanboys. Emrys Apr 8 #28
Bullshit. Hickley C will be saving lives half a century after every wind turbine in Scotland has become landfill. NNadir Apr 8 #21
Oh, bullshit yourself. Emrys Apr 8 #24
Thank you. I chose to respond to your question in a new thread over in E&E. It's:... NNadir Apr 11 #29
Nonsense yourself. I think you fit very well the description of an ideologue Emrys Apr 8 #12
Could it be that's what the fossil fuel industry wants you to think? hunter Apr 8 #17
I don't know why you think that. Emrys Apr 8 #19
Human ingenuity sometimes (not often, but sometimes) Torchlight Apr 8 #5
really good DoBW Apr 8 #8
They will need to be bombed over this and their regime changed. Too threatening to Big Oil. (SARCASM). artemisia1 Apr 8 #11
Gee. Who WOULDN'T want that for the USA and planet earth? Kid Berwyn Apr 8 #14
Wouldn't it be great to read, United States of America temporarily ran entirely on wind power... Passages Apr 8 #22
And we get coal natural gas and oil. Klarkashton Apr 8 #26
he hated wind power becuase Turbines were in view on the golf course he acquired. Acccording to the Clown-in-Charge, OAITW r.2.0 Apr 8 #27
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