Bill Hone
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Bill Hone
@bill-hone.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Just testing the video function.
Oh, it's Portman Road, Ipswich. #itfc
Oh, it's Portman Road, Ipswich. #itfc
Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators and nuclear power stations to switch on. That's £1,074,924,669 so far this year! wastedwind.energy
Wasted Wind
Britain wastes millions a day switching off wind turbines. See how much has been wasted today, and in 2025.
wastedwind.energy
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators and nuclear power stations to switch on. That's £1,074,924,669 so far this year! wastedwind.energy
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Gaslighting again- easy to say Sizewell C is on time & budget when you refuse to reveal what the cost & timescale will be. If all is well why no FID?
Ps Pyke knows- the RAB #nuclear tax will put electricity bills up from start of build!
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2493077...
Ps Pyke knows- the RAB #nuclear tax will put electricity bills up from start of build!
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2493077...
Sizewell C 'has high chance' of avoiding over-spend pitfall, report says
Developers of Sizewell C at Leiston, Suffolk, are confident that the project is progressing on time and to budget.
www.eadt.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Gaslighting again- easy to say Sizewell C is on time & budget when you refuse to reveal what the cost & timescale will be. If all is well why no FID?
Ps Pyke knows- the RAB #nuclear tax will put electricity bills up from start of build!
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2493077...
Ps Pyke knows- the RAB #nuclear tax will put electricity bills up from start of build!
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2493077...
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If you want to know why your electricity bill is so high look no further than the bad decisions of governments to prioritise expensive dirty nuclear power stations over reductions in peak time use. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Utility bills need to be brought under control as the cost of living continues to bite - Andy Brown
There are few more challenging experiences than getting to the end of the month and finding that there isn’t enough money to pay the bills. For many people the cost of living crisis remains a grinding...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
If you want to know why your electricity bill is so high look no further than the bad decisions of governments to prioritise expensive dirty nuclear power stations over reductions in peak time use. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
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The government can reach its 2030 clean power target whilst lowering the average household electricity bill by more than £200. 💰☀️
How? By implementing the policy reforms in our Electricity Bills Charter. 📖
See our proposals below. 🧵👇
www.e3g.org/publications...
How? By implementing the policy reforms in our Electricity Bills Charter. 📖
See our proposals below. 🧵👇
www.e3g.org/publications...
The UK's clean power mission: Delivering the prize
UK government can both achieve its Clean Power 2030 mission and bring down electricity bills for households.
www.e3g.org
January 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The government can reach its 2030 clean power target whilst lowering the average household electricity bill by more than £200. 💰☀️
How? By implementing the policy reforms in our Electricity Bills Charter. 📖
See our proposals below. 🧵👇
www.e3g.org/publications...
How? By implementing the policy reforms in our Electricity Bills Charter. 📖
See our proposals below. 🧵👇
www.e3g.org/publications...
Reposted by Bill Hone
It's a great cause, but be under no illusion, "The nuclear plant [Sizewell C] about to take shape near Leiston has donated £20k towards the effort" has actually donated nothing! It is spending taxpayers £££'s! #SayNo2SizewellC
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2486832...
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2486832...
Sutton Hoo burial ship reconstruction team's delight at Sizewell C support
Reconstruction of the ancient Sutton Hoo burial ship at Woodbridge, Suffolk, has moved closer thanks to support from the Sizewell C nuclear project
www.eadt.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It's a great cause, but be under no illusion, "The nuclear plant [Sizewell C] about to take shape near Leiston has donated £20k towards the effort" has actually donated nothing! It is spending taxpayers £££'s! #SayNo2SizewellC
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2486832...
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2486832...
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"The arguments against new #nuclear power plants have never been stronger...we now have the govt’s own energy operator saying that not only is new nuclear not needed to decarbonise the grid, but it will increase the cost of electricity to households."
scottishleftreview.scot/why-labour-s...
scottishleftreview.scot/why-labour-s...
Why Labour Should Stop Supporting Nuclear Power
Labour should scrap nuclear power on the grounds of cost, safety, environmental priorities, national security and climate change, write Gordon Morgan and Bill Ramsay.
scottishleftreview.scot
January 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"The arguments against new #nuclear power plants have never been stronger...we now have the govt’s own energy operator saying that not only is new nuclear not needed to decarbonise the grid, but it will increase the cost of electricity to households."
scottishleftreview.scot/why-labour-s...
scottishleftreview.scot/why-labour-s...
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@NFLAUKandI "The Sizewell C site presents its own costly challenges, namely a need for considerable expenditure on coastal defences as the East Coast will be increasingly subject to inundation & storm surges because of #climatechange..."
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/told-yo...
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/told-yo...
January 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@NFLAUKandI "The Sizewell C site presents its own costly challenges, namely a need for considerable expenditure on coastal defences as the East Coast will be increasingly subject to inundation & storm surges because of #climatechange..."
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/told-yo...
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.nuclearpolicy.info/news/told-yo...
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.@DaleVince.com calls on govt to examine Value for Money for Sizewell C arguing that HPC has seen spiralling costs & warns "Sizewell C's construction “will saddle consumers with higher bills long before it delivers a single unit of electricity... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
.@DaleVince.com calls on govt to examine Value for Money for Sizewell C arguing that HPC has seen spiralling costs & warns "Sizewell C's construction “will saddle consumers with higher bills long before it delivers a single unit of electricity... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Labour donor Dale Vince urges ‘rigorous financial scrutiny’ of Sizewell C costs
Green energy entrepreneur voices concerns over project’s funding and ‘spiralling costs’ of UK’s other nuclear plants
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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.@DaleVince.com calls on govt to examine Value for Money for Sizewell C arguing that HPC has seen spiralling costs & warns "Sizewell C's construction “will saddle consumers with higher bills long before it delivers a single unit of electricity... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
.@DaleVince.com calls on govt to examine Value for Money for Sizewell C arguing that HPC has seen spiralling costs & warns "Sizewell C's construction “will saddle consumers with higher bills long before it delivers a single unit of electricity... 1/2
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Same EPR reactor design Keir Starmer & Ed_Miliband want to build at Sizewell C- no wonder investors are so hard to find
Olkiluoto 3: "completed a staggering 14yrs behind schedule, with expenses ballooning well beyond initial estimates"
#SayNo2SizewellC Rachel Reeves
nord.news/en/2024/12/1...
Olkiluoto 3: "completed a staggering 14yrs behind schedule, with expenses ballooning well beyond initial estimates"
#SayNo2SizewellC Rachel Reeves
nord.news/en/2024/12/1...
Olkiluoto 3: Financial Disaster Strikes Areva and Siemens as Project Costs Soar to €8.5 Billion
nord.news
December 19, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Same EPR reactor design Keir Starmer & Ed_Miliband want to build at Sizewell C- no wonder investors are so hard to find
Olkiluoto 3: "completed a staggering 14yrs behind schedule, with expenses ballooning well beyond initial estimates"
#SayNo2SizewellC Rachel Reeves
nord.news/en/2024/12/1...
Olkiluoto 3: "completed a staggering 14yrs behind schedule, with expenses ballooning well beyond initial estimates"
#SayNo2SizewellC Rachel Reeves
nord.news/en/2024/12/1...
Reposted by Bill Hone
Yeah, I've co-written two books to argue the case for #nuclear #energy, even demonstrated for it, but the reality is this.
With the unexpectedly rapid advance of RE technologies, I really don't see much of a future for nuclear electricity in deregulated markets. It's just not a good investment.
With the unexpectedly rapid advance of RE technologies, I really don't see much of a future for nuclear electricity in deregulated markets. It's just not a good investment.
"Renewable energy trounces nuclear on generation costs"
"Power planners have found nuclear energy does not stack up for Australia even after considering new parameters, with large-scale solar and big batteries still the lowest-cost option."
#NukeSky #renewables
thewest.com.au/business/ren...
"Power planners have found nuclear energy does not stack up for Australia even after considering new parameters, with large-scale solar and big batteries still the lowest-cost option."
#NukeSky #renewables
thewest.com.au/business/ren...
Renewable energy trounces nuclear on generation costs
Solar and big batteries are the cheapest option to power homes and businesses, the nation's experts insist, as the stoush over ending the nuclear ban heats up.
thewest.com.au
December 9, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Why do NHS hospitals ask you to phone them on a number that is never answered?
December 12, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Why do NHS hospitals ask you to phone them on a number that is never answered?
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Great blog from @jonathonporritt "I blame both Tony Blair– a critical part of the whole deep nuclear state working away behind the scenes– as well as UK’s astonishingly gullible media which just goes along with all this nuclear crap, year after year after year"
jonathonporritt.com/tony-blair-n...
jonathonporritt.com/tony-blair-n...
TONY BLAIR: STILL A NUCLEAR NUTTER! - Jonathon Porritt
Explore why Tony Blair's nuclear energy policies continue to face criticism. This analysis highlights decades of policy failures, the impact on the UK's energy future, and the challenges of nuclear po...
jonathonporritt.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Great blog from @jonathonporritt "I blame both Tony Blair– a critical part of the whole deep nuclear state working away behind the scenes– as well as UK’s astonishingly gullible media which just goes along with all this nuclear crap, year after year after year"
jonathonporritt.com/tony-blair-n...
jonathonporritt.com/tony-blair-n...
And then your next train is delayed, and when it eventually departs, instead of picking up time, it gets even later!
December 2, 2024 at 9:23 PM
And then your next train is delayed, and when it eventually departs, instead of picking up time, it gets even later!
Greater Anglia services out of Liverpool Street all running slow. (No change there?) Of course they don't tell you in advance. Delay-repay forms at the ready!!
December 2, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Greater Anglia services out of Liverpool Street all running slow. (No change there?) Of course they don't tell you in advance. Delay-repay forms at the ready!!
