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The other issue is we include the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and Carbon Price Support in the wholesale electricity price, but there is no corresponding carbon tax on domestic gas consumption. Crazy that the carbon tax has the opposite incentive to domestic consumers that it is supposed to have!
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The other issue is we include the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and Carbon Price Support in the wholesale electricity price, but there is no corresponding carbon tax on domestic gas consumption. Crazy that the carbon tax has the opposite incentive to domestic consumers that it is supposed to have!
Perhaps it is the Russian retreat which defeated Napoleon? Seek a battle only on the 10%, and defend it strongly?
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Perhaps it is the Russian retreat which defeated Napoleon? Seek a battle only on the 10%, and defend it strongly?
In the interview inside the plane, he also emphasised stopping other people from doing it. Which made me think he is angling for punitive damages, for which one hurdle is "intentional misconduct or gross negligence" (Florida Statutes 768.72).
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In the interview inside the plane, he also emphasised stopping other people from doing it. Which made me think he is angling for punitive damages, for which one hurdle is "intentional misconduct or gross negligence" (Florida Statutes 768.72).
I wonder how much of it is from people who can decide what their income is without changing behaviour, such as drawdown pensions or directors of limited companies.
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I wonder how much of it is from people who can decide what their income is without changing behaviour, such as drawdown pensions or directors of limited companies.
One other cost included in the total (but not quantified) is the bill for the energy suppliers that failed when the gas price spiked.
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One other cost included in the total (but not quantified) is the bill for the energy suppliers that failed when the gas price spiked.
ember-energy.org/app/uploads/... page 105 has got a good diagram. It shows the UK in the top left hand corner: good progress on renewable electricity generation, but poor progress on electrification.
ember-energy.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
ember-energy.org/app/uploads/... page 105 has got a good diagram. It shows the UK in the top left hand corner: good progress on renewable electricity generation, but poor progress on electrification.
I make it 14 on electricity and 3 on gas. That includes Climate Change Levy, Carbon Price Support, policy costs, and VAT. It assumes a non-energy intensive industry, and 30% of electricity is generated from gas.
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I make it 14 on electricity and 3 on gas. That includes Climate Change Levy, Carbon Price Support, policy costs, and VAT. It assumes a non-energy intensive industry, and 30% of electricity is generated from gas.
I can do this given a few hours. Just say, and I'll spend time on it tomorrow.
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I can do this given a few hours. Just say, and I'll spend time on it tomorrow.
As stated by Chris Philp today on Laura Kuenssberg, it no longer seems to include revoking ILR.
October 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
As stated by Chris Philp today on Laura Kuenssberg, it no longer seems to include revoking ILR.
Or for being a refugee
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Or for being a refugee
See also Box 10.1
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
See also Box 10.1
Yes, I guess it is a decent chunk of money. Looking at the CCC methodology report Table 10.3 gives a RoyalSoc comparison. One key difference is CCC assumes gas with carbon capture provides 76% of low carbon dispatchable. Not sure, but CCC's 1-in-20 weather year might not include multidecadal.
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Yes, I guess it is a decent chunk of money. Looking at the CCC methodology report Table 10.3 gives a RoyalSoc comparison. One key difference is CCC assumes gas with carbon capture provides 76% of low carbon dispatchable. Not sure, but CCC's 1-in-20 weather year might not include multidecadal.
Well I guess he makes out the case, as strongly as it can be made
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Well I guess he makes out the case, as strongly as it can be made
Yes, but the other poster knew what he was talking about. Sorry to be rude.
October 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yes, but the other poster knew what he was talking about. Sorry to be rude.
So you've read it? It says nuclear increases costs, there isn't enough hydropower available (and I have independently verified this), and that the best dunkelflaute storage solution is hydrogen. Nothing to do with baseload.
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
So you've read it? It says nuclear increases costs, there isn't enough hydropower available (and I have independently verified this), and that the best dunkelflaute storage solution is hydrogen. Nothing to do with baseload.
Once you've read royalsociety.org/-/media/poli... then very happy to talk
royalsociety.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Once you've read royalsociety.org/-/media/poli... then very happy to talk
Why enter a conversation if you have no idea what you are talking about?
October 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Why enter a conversation if you have no idea what you are talking about?
If we can be confident that Morocco will honour their agreement with us in time of need, then, yes we can save the small amount of money by having less hydrogen storage. But that is a political decision.
October 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If we can be confident that Morocco will honour their agreement with us in time of need, then, yes we can save the small amount of money by having less hydrogen storage. But that is a political decision.
I like electricity interconnects. NESO thinks we might have 12GW by 2030 which I'd love to see. But they also say we will have 60GW of peak demand.
Suppose in 2050 we have replaced our gas pipeline by a hydrogen one, and I think that is likely, probably from a sunbelt country, say Morocco.
Suppose in 2050 we have replaced our gas pipeline by a hydrogen one, and I think that is likely, probably from a sunbelt country, say Morocco.
October 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I like electricity interconnects. NESO thinks we might have 12GW by 2030 which I'd love to see. But they also say we will have 60GW of peak demand.
Suppose in 2050 we have replaced our gas pipeline by a hydrogen one, and I think that is likely, probably from a sunbelt country, say Morocco.
Suppose in 2050 we have replaced our gas pipeline by a hydrogen one, and I think that is likely, probably from a sunbelt country, say Morocco.
Even if we had a hydrogen pipileline, we wouldn't have energy security.
October 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Even if we had a hydrogen pipileline, we wouldn't have energy security.
Actually, I take that back. Demand response and interconnects can at best only meet half of the shortfall in a dunkelflaute. The incremental cost of extra hydrogen storage doesn't even begin to staxk against it.
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Actually, I take that back. Demand response and interconnects can at best only meet half of the shortfall in a dunkelflaute. The incremental cost of extra hydrogen storage doesn't even begin to staxk against it.
The price for those interconnects could be, after all, to give access to our fishing waters for an extra twenty years
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The price for those interconnects could be, after all, to give access to our fishing waters for an extra twenty years
The assumption that Royal Society made is that we don't want to be over a barrel in those circumstances.
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The assumption that Royal Society made is that we don't want to be over a barrel in those circumstances.
If you don't believe in energy security, then of course that is correct. Hydrogen storage is cheap. What is expensive is converting from electricity to hydrogen and back.
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you don't believe in energy security, then of course that is correct. Hydrogen storage is cheap. What is expensive is converting from electricity to hydrogen and back.