First line demonstrates your ignorance.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deathridesahorse
The chickens are all coming home to roost....
The world is at a series of crossroads and the balls are going to start dropping soon...
I predict anarchy if EUMENA is not built.
Would you care to explain this vulnerablility to price hikes?
(I believe we are already being ripped off and only getting angrier at the fact that as taxpayers supporting coal we are then asked as consumers to spend extra on "green" energy!!!)
|
The idea that EUMENA would negate the need for us to install nuclear is idealistic in the extreme. Not only that but would result in us selling energy at a loss (or paying people to take our energy) as we would be producing it most when it isn't needed. Then when it is needed, we would be importing it from France (nuclear), who would be selling their energy at a premium as it would be in high demand.
Still dark nights don't just happen when we don't want them, they happen when nature decides, and we will likely be wanting huge quantities of energy at that moment.
Not only that, but your 5 year projection is a nonsense, as the African end of things wold take much longer, and ignores the politics of the region. Idealism doesn't build things, it courses problems.
The UK has been used to been the provider of energy (gas) for many years. Now we're the end of the pipe, we need to be looking at energy that is reliable, and clean (nuclear). I know you won't agree with that, but do you think I'm really going to care what you think, when you have such extreme views on it?
The proportion of wind for our grid would render it unstable if we were to install too many even with EUMENA. You only have to look at the lessons learnt at Denmark to see that, and they import/export huge quantities of energy to keep things ticking over.