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[Rod RenshawParticipant @rodrenshaw28584]

EV chargers

[Rod RenshawParticipant @rodrenshaw28584]

The Yorkshire Post reports that the Ferrybridge motorway service area has installed 12 new ultra-fast EV chargers. But then discovered that the power supply to the service area can't cope, so thay have installed a diesel generator to power 6 of the EV chargers until the cable supply frmo the grid can be improved.The other 6 chargers bring unused. Whatever next?

Rod

Edited By Rod Renshaw on 02/08/2023 10:19:04

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

The fantasy versus the reality.

I'm glad to see the government winding back the Nut Zero rhetoric a bit, Maggie Thatcher did a good job of massively reducing our carbon footprint by outsourcing most industrial capacity

The real issues now are places like China and the USA

Last week China burned 100,000,000 tons of coal

This week China is burning 100,000,000 tons of coal

The UK is almost insignificant at a global pollution level

As for the "climate" well we're 2 days out of July here and it's October in Scotland today, omg it's horrible

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Ady1 on 02/08/2023 10:34:55:

The fantasy versus the reality.

I'm glad to see the government winding back the Nut Zero rhetoric a bit, Maggie Thatcher did a good job of massively reducing our carbon footprint by outsourcing most industrial capacity

…

Er no.

First, the profits made by energy producers during the recent price hikes, were and remain a scandal. Unfortunately, the government's decision to issue exploitation licences adds to their profits. Emptying the UK's North Sea oil reserves benefits producers, not retailers, and certainly not customers. The move is political, a temporary relief strongly related to a recent by-election result. It's designed to appeal to voters who don't believe in Climate Change or diminishing resources. They are of course wrong. If anyone likes the decision, I suggest they shine a bright light on it! I doubt they'll find any way in which the move benefits them personally. It won't make gas, petrol or electricity cheaper…

Second, outsourcing did not reduce the UK's carbon foot-print. Burning was transferred, not ended. The industrial products of outsourced burning are largely bought back by developed countries. We are still responsible. Rather than burning coal mined in Wales, to make steel, to build ships, we now buy ships built abroad from Chinese Steel made from coal mined in Australia. It doesn't matter where Carbon Dioxide is generated because we all live on the same planet.

Dave

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Being really "Green" requires common sense and reality.

Sadly, capabilities not always prevalent in politicians, especially when hunting for votes.

But, then, I'm a fully paid up cynic.

Although some slight signs (Didn't think that "green shoots" would be appropriate! ) of reality beginning to appear

Howard

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