18-06-2019, 04:51 PM
(17-06-2019, 02:32 PM)ppppenguin Wrote: We need wind turbines, lots of them both onshore and offshore.
Are you serious? Don't you remember when Merkel wet her knickers when all her windmills stopped turning? She shut down all the nuclear plant in a knee jerk reaction to Fukushima , re-opened a few coal fired stations burning Lignite - the most polluting coal on the planet - and placed her trust in her windmills and solar panels.
Then, in November, a large High pressure system drifted over Germany and stopped. No wind, no sun, and sub-zero temperatures all over the country. Surrounding countries had to bale her out, which also meant using that dreaded nuclear electricity from France. We only had the 1GW Dutch and 2GW French interconnectors but we opened up mothballed coal fired stations and the interconnectors worked flat out non-stop. This country became a net exporter of electricity for the first time ever.
If the same thing were to happen to us, with the best will in the world, neighbouring countries would be powerless (sorry about the pun!) to help us because we are surrounded by water which reduces the options to 4GW from the combined European interconnects and 280MW from Ireland. That won't go very far ...
