Dick Winchester..
dickwinchester.bsky.social
Dick Winchester..
@dickwinchester.bsky.social
Teller of truths. Energy tech/bizdev/strategy consultant, adviser and columnist. Motorsport not football.
The Wylfa units are PWR reactors with a slightly smaller rating than those at Torness and there will be three of them that will take 10 years to build. They are not real SMRs. They're as much a scam as GB Energy.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can't do that without b)
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Which begs the question as to why people are talking up the necessity of taking into account an anticipated massive increase in energy demand for all those nice shiny new data centres that are forecast to be built
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You might find this useful... We need a public inquiry into Scotland's failure to develop a meaningful renewables manufacturing supply chain..
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Classic economist.. Two ways to rapidly improve growth a) rejoin the EU b) reform the financial sector so that it works for everyone not just itself.
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Offshore wind is of little economic & industrial benefit to Scotland doesn't provide energy security or resilience to the consumer and dramatically increases exposure to external threats.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The screaming naivety of this bunch of adolescents is why I'll never vote for them again.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Never trusted auntie beeb* especially after the hatchet job they did on the Scottish Independence vote and the fact its run by right wing tories,don't watch it,don't pay for it and can never see me going back to it ever and farrige has too much air time fro. what i can see,everyweek deform on
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I remember watching the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony with a Czech pal.

His comment summed it up perfectly "Pete, watching this makes me proud to be British".

Four years later he left the UK due to Brexit.
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM