YOU—MY READER—are one of a self-selecting group of free thinking spirits who are just as able as I am, if not more, to see through the farrago of nonsense on stilts with which malevolent forces are attempting to rewire the foundations of our living arrangements, towards outcomes that we are now beginning dimly to understand.
Great read Richard and I look forward to reading your energy book / essays
As a qualified, competent Electrical Engineer (Power) and HV Project Manager in the energy, power generation and distribution sectors, with over 42 years, hands on experience, I share your pessimism with regards to our nations current energy plan and indeed, our Governments energy (DESNZ) Dept’s competence in energy
Our current energy Minister, Clair Couthino, has a finance / investment banking background, so no doubt relies on 20 something year old SPADs, vested interests, quangos and activists for guidance and advice - shes incompetently in charge of our nations energy systems, so is unqualified to ask the right questions, or come to the right decisions with regards to the nations energy requirements
Domestic electricity costs are 3x what they should be, due to net zero renewables, and the second highest in the world currently
Intermittent, weather dependent wind (& solar) will never power our nation, without unaffordable, unsourceable storage, or coal/gas/nuclear back up (essentially two power systems on the same grid, all paid for by the increasingly rinsed taxpayer / consumer)
Your comment on the lack of competence of the energy minister and her advisers hits the nail on the head, and is pervasive. The "Chief Executive" of Energy UK, for example, has a degree in history. She's an "expert in whole-economy decarbonisation"--which is to say, nothing at all. And I'll bet she's entirely unaware of high school physics.
There is no shame in that, of coourse. The problem is that their ignorance falls below the threshold at which they can be aware of their own ignorance (the so-called Dunning-Kruger effect), coupled with a total lack of curiosity about the limits of their knowledge. It produces the sort of confidence that is so typical of the thoroughly ignorant.
That, I think, is why we desperately need basic education. Thanks for coming along for the ride. Please chip in in the comments section and share your experience and thoughts.
"Interrogate wind turbine multi millionaires...." ?? We have a hot line to those? Yes, we can see many holes getting bigger in 'their' preposterous agenda, covering health ( One Health promoted by WHO and its coercive mantra, 'no one is safe until everyone is safe'), and the UN Sustainable Goals, which are really not 'sustainable' for humanity's general well- being, including Net Zero....what a fallacious term is that. But...getting a conversation going with multi millionaires is fruitless really- like talking to the hand. However, will look forward to reading more and then possible solutions. They won't come from the centre.
You are, of course, correct. But “interrogating” Big Trans seemed inconceivable last month. Now we hold them accountable and may be bringing prosecutions for their wilful mutilation of our children. Is there a material difference? Thanks for your comment :)
We'll look at that. Specifically, we'll look at the three options for responding to energy contraction: produce more (high quality) energy; contract the money supply; or print vast quantities of fake money until collapse. "Why" is bound up in the fact that we've chosen the third way.
I think they are different 'beasts'...'Big Trans' doesn't have a big financial base reaching out across the globe, whereas the energy sector is enmeshed in trans nationals, public and private sector to name a few. There are many more fingers in that pie that won't be prised out short of a natural disaster ( huge volcanic eruption, maybe, dwarfing Hunga Tonga, eg), maybe throw in a small ish meteor landing on critical energy infrastructure. (Hopefully neither of those disasters!). In essence, there is less opportunity for rampant greed and its financial returns in Big Trans.
Great read Richard and I look forward to reading your energy book / essays
As a qualified, competent Electrical Engineer (Power) and HV Project Manager in the energy, power generation and distribution sectors, with over 42 years, hands on experience, I share your pessimism with regards to our nations current energy plan and indeed, our Governments energy (DESNZ) Dept’s competence in energy
Our current energy Minister, Clair Couthino, has a finance / investment banking background, so no doubt relies on 20 something year old SPADs, vested interests, quangos and activists for guidance and advice - shes incompetently in charge of our nations energy systems, so is unqualified to ask the right questions, or come to the right decisions with regards to the nations energy requirements
Domestic electricity costs are 3x what they should be, due to net zero renewables, and the second highest in the world currently
Intermittent, weather dependent wind (& solar) will never power our nation, without unaffordable, unsourceable storage, or coal/gas/nuclear back up (essentially two power systems on the same grid, all paid for by the increasingly rinsed taxpayer / consumer)
Your comment on the lack of competence of the energy minister and her advisers hits the nail on the head, and is pervasive. The "Chief Executive" of Energy UK, for example, has a degree in history. She's an "expert in whole-economy decarbonisation"--which is to say, nothing at all. And I'll bet she's entirely unaware of high school physics.
There is no shame in that, of coourse. The problem is that their ignorance falls below the threshold at which they can be aware of their own ignorance (the so-called Dunning-Kruger effect), coupled with a total lack of curiosity about the limits of their knowledge. It produces the sort of confidence that is so typical of the thoroughly ignorant.
That, I think, is why we desperately need basic education. Thanks for coming along for the ride. Please chip in in the comments section and share your experience and thoughts.
"Interrogate wind turbine multi millionaires...." ?? We have a hot line to those? Yes, we can see many holes getting bigger in 'their' preposterous agenda, covering health ( One Health promoted by WHO and its coercive mantra, 'no one is safe until everyone is safe'), and the UN Sustainable Goals, which are really not 'sustainable' for humanity's general well- being, including Net Zero....what a fallacious term is that. But...getting a conversation going with multi millionaires is fruitless really- like talking to the hand. However, will look forward to reading more and then possible solutions. They won't come from the centre.
You are, of course, correct. But “interrogating” Big Trans seemed inconceivable last month. Now we hold them accountable and may be bringing prosecutions for their wilful mutilation of our children. Is there a material difference? Thanks for your comment :)
Sounds great.
But there’s always the questions of why? Who? When?
There’s no doubt we are going to hell in a handcart, people need to understand Why?
We'll look at that. Specifically, we'll look at the three options for responding to energy contraction: produce more (high quality) energy; contract the money supply; or print vast quantities of fake money until collapse. "Why" is bound up in the fact that we've chosen the third way.
I think they are different 'beasts'...'Big Trans' doesn't have a big financial base reaching out across the globe, whereas the energy sector is enmeshed in trans nationals, public and private sector to name a few. There are many more fingers in that pie that won't be prised out short of a natural disaster ( huge volcanic eruption, maybe, dwarfing Hunga Tonga, eg), maybe throw in a small ish meteor landing on critical energy infrastructure. (Hopefully neither of those disasters!). In essence, there is less opportunity for rampant greed and its financial returns in Big Trans.