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Saigon

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williamsmix said:
I suspect that fracking will suddenly become ok in the short term(?)! In the medium term, on shore wind seems like a huge missed opportunity in this country. Here, on the Isle of Wight, we have a very successful wind turbine business yet there isn't a single wind turbine on the Island. Applications have been obstructed and overturned through local Planning. (This is also true for fracking and oil exploration). It's suddenly looking like too much nimbyism hasn't done us any favours(?)!
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Attitudes are going to change, if not already changing. Too much let’s go green, too fast !. Once the situation directly affects their financial situation they will begin to reconsider. Don’t get me wrong, I know we have to look toward the future, and the future of our kids, but let’s do it logically. Right now the present is the major concern, let’s get over that and we can gradually sort out the future. We need to be utilising every possibility on offer which includes fracking, more nuclear plants and fossil fuel, and redevelopment of our offshore facilities. You won’t see the protesters who were glueing themselves to the roads to stop the normal or common garden person getting to work, glueing themselves to the streets to stop Russian armoured vehicles.
 
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Saigon said:
Attitudes are going to change, if not already changing. Too much let’s go green, too fast !. Once the situation directly affects their financial situation they will begin to reconsider. Don’t get me wrong, I know we have to look toward the future, and the future of our kids, but let’s do it logically. Right now the present is the major concern, let’s get over that and we can gradually sort out the future. We need to be utilising every possibility on offer which includes fracking, more nuclear plants and fossil fuel, and redevelopment of our offshore facilities. You won’t see the protesters who were glueing themselves to the roads to stop the normal or common garden person getting to work, glueing themselves to the streets to stop Russian armoured vehicles.
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Just realised, before some one replies, glue is not required just some mud and extremely bad planning seems to work. But hopefully you get my point.
 
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williamsmix said:
I suspect that fracking will suddenly become ok in the short term(?)! In the medium term, on shore wind seems like a huge missed opportunity in this country. Here, on the Isle of Wight, we have a very successful wind turbine business yet there isn't a single wind turbine on the Island. Applications have been obstructed and overturned through local Planning. (This is also true for fracking and oil exploration). It's suddenly looking like too much nimbyism hasn't done us any favours(?)!
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Onshore wind development was banned from 2015 until 2020. This has meant that so much could have been built but wasn’t.

So much more PV could have been built but (mainly) due to nimbyism wasn’t.

I’ve said before the war at some point people will have to chose between a nice view and expensive energy or views of renewables and affordable energy.
 
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Felonious Crud said:
My youngest, apparently. When the water runs cold he wakes up and gets out. It's the only explanation.

I've explained the shock he'll have when he gets his own place and starts receiving something called 'bills'.
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You wait when he has to start manning the barricades!

Dave
 
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philw696 said:
Diesel gone from €1.90 to €2.20 so far this week here in the Mayenne.
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I'm so glad I sold my van last September , it was only a pin money job but I was struggling to make money at £1.25 a litre so there's no chance at £2 a litre.
 
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Not that it made the news, but gas prices plummeted yesterday on the news that the Russians are keeping the taps on.

But that's not as exciting as everyone being told that energy prices are rocketing is it?
 
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GeoffCapes said:
Not that it made the news, but gas prices plummeted yesterday on the news that the Russians are keeping the taps on.

But that's not as exciting as everyone being told that energy prices are rocketing is it?
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Nothing from Shell Energy yet to tell me that's it's ok, my DD can go back down to only a liver and kidney per month.
 
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