It seems backwards to start effectively cutting down on energy-dense fuels if you want to increase the amount of electricity being used by making everything ‘smart’, (the Internet uses more power than the whole of the UK) promote use of electrical vehicles, and now a cashless society, where transactions are carried out digitally. Cash needs no rlectrical power to change hands. You’ve also got more power requirements for the telecoms industry. More masts and towers and higher signal strength means greater power consumption.
All this at a time when our genius government doesnt want to invest in energy security, no nuclear or shale gas, and simply ‘hopes’ wind and solar will cover our needs.
The question is what happens if a society that needs electricity to do anything loses power?
It coukd be anything; a Chinese or Russian cyber attack, or large nuclear warhead detonated over Britain, creating an EMP. How about a Coronal Mass Ejection, or just a violent storm?
How would a volcanic eruption in Iceland affect solar power generation?
There’s also the spectre of a supervolcano in Southern Italy. Volcanic ash is known for having a detrimental effect on power lines.
The witless saps in the cities may coo over electric cars and the latest smartphones, but they will be fucked when they can’t pay for a latte or household bills because of a power cut.
can’t run the scooter.
can’t charge their phone or tablet.
can’t use contactless payment.
The greenies have to use diesel generators for their pathetic outdoor jamboreees. They’re living a lie, just as these freak celevvrities and idiot politicians.
Mechanically and chemically-derived power were being used long before electricity, and they will continue to be used. Why is our pathetic government so keen on destroying our economy with such a backwards approach to energy?
Fucking clowns.
Nominated by Cuntamus Prime.
I’d be more concerned that the Chinese are financing the project of new nuclear power stations in the UK and using EDF as a front.
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I’m sorry, CC, but I’m struggling to see a downside in electric producing plants being funded by some other twat, seeing as our energy suppliers
seem to regard nuclear as Satan’s jizz.
Perhaps you can explain why this is a bad idea?
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EDF, Electricity de France. State owned. Unlike our money grubbing Thatcherite privatised cunts…⚡
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There isn’t any you cunt. All are foreign owned.
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That’s twice you’ve referred to other posters as ‘thick cunt’.
You might want to read ‘important stuff’ at the top of the page.
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sorry, twice you’ve referred to them as a cunt.
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I know naafink abaaht economics.
Neither does the government.
Thank you and good night.
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In Straya mate
We got megatons of coal, oil, natural gas, uranium.
We mine shit loads of it all to sell overseas, to China India all those places, and the stupid pricks in Canberra and fricking Melbourne trying to shut down coal power, natural gas to homes, push electric for cars, and we’ll never get nuclear power.
Instead we continually get the wind farm solar panel renewable religion thrown at us and we pay twice or more over the odds for electricity versus proper coal or nuclear powered generation. It fricking sucks
And and we have a huge lobster fishery but can you get a cray or two? Oh fucking no they’re straight on the plane to fricking Peking ir Singapore.
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A silly former friend of mine thought Australia had no minerals or rare metals.
A proper Dunning-Kruger case who looked like Freddy Kreuger’s fat cousin.
Whereabouts in Australia are you Three Strokes?
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