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Post by Amadan on Aug 13, 2024 7:57:58 GMT
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Post by borgr0 on Aug 13, 2024 12:08:19 GMT
It will be reframed as England propping up Scotland, thanks to the magic rejiggers in Starmer's constituency offices
Everything = England supporting the entire world
Americans always say the same things, some have even resorted to saying "Defund the UK" because they think America funds Britain. I find it hilarious to be honest.
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Post by vinny on Aug 13, 2024 14:42:01 GMT
So, a DC cable being connected up to Drax an English biomass power station is somehow Scotland keeping the lights on in England is it? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drax_Power_StationDistributing electricity from England over a vast distance by DC rather than AC, is fucking stupid. Not only is it not green (Drax burns trees) there is distance loss and there is also a question of heat. |
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Post by Steve on Aug 13, 2024 17:12:57 GMT
So, a DC cable being connected up to Drax an English biomass power station is somehow Scotland keeping the lights on in England is it? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drax_Power_StationDistributing electricity from England over a vast distance by DC rather than AC, is fucking stupid. Not only is it not green (Drax burns trees) there is distance loss and there is also a question of heat. It runs at 525kV so distance loss isn't such an issue. IIRC it's DC to avoid synchonisation issues and power conversion is much more efficient nowadays. Why would anyone complain about Scotland making money selling its power. |
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Post by montegriffo on Aug 13, 2024 18:47:49 GMT
The day after cannabis is legalised in Scotland.  |
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Post by vinny on Aug 13, 2024 20:33:25 GMT
The largest amount of renewable electricity in the UK comes from England. Hornsea offshore wind farm is the largest in the world so far. Drax is the largest biomass power station in the world. It is England keeping the lights on in this case.
The thread is just more anti English anti British nonsense.
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Post by Steve on Aug 13, 2024 21:58:14 GMT
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Post by Amadan on Aug 14, 2024 7:08:57 GMT
It will be reframed as England propping up Scotland, thanks to the magic rejiggers in Starmer's constituency offices Everything = England supporting the entire world Americans always say the same things, some have even resorted to saying "Defund the UK" because they think America funds Britain. I find it hilarious to be honest. oil , food , and energy from scotland , water from Wales , tell me again which country cannot survive alone? You can see why starmer said absolutely no way can scotland have the chance to vote for independence.  |
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Post by vinny on Aug 14, 2024 8:05:53 GMT
DC transmission is less reliable than AC, there's risks of arcing in circuit breakers, it's more expensive than AC and it's got to be converted back into AC anyway which means losses. The added complexity means more risks of faults and there have already been fires in undersea HVDC cables. |
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Post by Steve on Aug 14, 2024 9:24:28 GMT
I figure the National Grid know the detail better than you or I. And surely ELF some obsess about is worse with AC (not that I'm convinced ELF is any real issue).
AC v DC was the Tesla v Edison battle of the late 19th century. Tesla (AC) certainly was right for those times.
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Post by vinny on Aug 14, 2024 9:42:23 GMT
There's already been fires in HV DC transmission equipment and undersea cables, I just don't trust that technology.
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Post by borgr0 on Aug 29, 2024 21:34:26 GMT
The cuts coming to Scotland are going to be drastic: archive.ph/cYK8lGuess what they're going to try to "means test" next |
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Post by Zany on Aug 31, 2024 8:18:12 GMT
It will be reframed as England propping up Scotland, thanks to the magic rejiggers in Starmer's constituency offices Everything = England supporting the entire world Americans always say the same things, some have even resorted to saying "Defund the UK" because they think America funds Britain. I find it hilarious to be honest. oil , food , and energy from scotland , water from Wales , tell me again which country cannot survive alone? You can see why starmer said absolutely no way can scotland have the chance to vote for independence. Would the United kingdom buy energy from Scotland if it left the group? I seriously doubt it unless it was dirt cheap. We are quite capable of building wind farms all the way down the North sea.  |
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Post by vinny on Sept 3, 2024 10:20:07 GMT
Problem with windfarms is they use parts which wear out and cannot be recycled. They're not as "green" as they first appear.  All those turbine blades went to landfill. There was also a huge carbon dioxide cost in making them. |
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Post by montegriffo on Sept 3, 2024 14:44:14 GMT
Problem with windfarms is they use parts which wear out and cannot be recycled. They're not as "green" as they first appear. All those turbine blades went to landfill. There was also a huge carbon dioxide cost in making them. I bet that pic is in the US. They can be recycled and are often made from recycled materials in the first place. One of the uses is making cement out of them. Even ones buried in landfill can be dug up, recycled and turned into new blades. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68225891 |
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