Oh dear. How sad. Never mind

Jul 19, 2026 Last reply: 1 month ago 88 Replies

Don't need em. Plenty of uranium

We need a reversible reactor. One that takes in electricity and creates radioactive material, At a decent efficiency level

Corse they wont. They will run on small nukes

Have you tied setting up a windows PC recently - you have to work very hard to get past the "connect to the internet" step without actually doing so!

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I find wearing more clothes in winter keeps me warm.

Stop press " Extra Sweater Tax to be rolled out in October"

Brian

Stop press!

Net zero race ‘risks blackouts and higher bills’

A whistleblower claims the national grid operator is ‘flying blind’ because it cannot accurately forecast supply from renewable sources

(The Times, today)

Or…

Britain Faces Possible Two-Week Blackouts in Net Zero Push

Energy planning report warns of grid vulnerability Britain could experience rolling blackouts lasting up to two weeks as it transitions toward net-zero emissions, according to a new energy planning report.

Officials say urgent grid investments are needed to prevent supply disruptions during the shift to cleaner but more variable power sources.

(London Today, this date)

Better make that a Really Thick Sweater…

Just wear a politician. The new hoody called a Burnham Thick, red and originates Up North (somewhere)

<quote>A man is bragging to his coworker about how much money he is saving on his heating bill."

It's freezing outside," the coworker says. "How are you keeping your house warm without spending a fortune?"

The man smiles and says, "Oh, it's simple. Every afternoon, I have my kids lug heavy bags of coal up from the basement, carry them all the way around the backyard, and take them back downstairs."

The coworker looks confused. "But how does moving the coal around make the house any warmer?"

The man replies, "It doesn't. But by the time they're finished, they're absolutely roasting!"</quote>

It's the people with batteries and solar PV, that can export power who are the problem. NESO don't know who they are, where they are and how to manage them, unlike that relatively small number of bulk generators (with massive momentum in those spinning turbines and alternator sets) that used to be the case in decades past.

Far from 'contributing to grid stability' they are the reason why it is potentially unstable. Remember what happened in Portugal.

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