“Completely And Utterly INSANE!” Passionate Debate On Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Pursuit

[@thegeneralmitch]

the most terrifying words you will ever hear are "I'm from the government, I'm here to help."

[@heathwilliams8830]

Ronald Reagan classic quote…if only we could turn back time

[@carolsumner8029]

one better the W.H.O telling you we have your best interest at heart , take these vaccines there completely safe

[@W4tchWotU54y]

Has Ed Williband let the power go to his head?? He's acting 'power crazy' in every sense.

[@paulclairethomas1344]

He has a good mentor..

[@W4tchWotU54y]

@paulclairethomas1344 No 'bright sparks' in the cabinet...

[@YakovShani]

@@paulclairethomas1344 Karl Marx is his only mentor.

[@YakovShani]

@@W4tchWotU54y Not only are they not "bright sparks", they are one and all, "dying embers".

[@W4tchWotU54y]

@@YakovShani I think they meant Keir Marx was a good mentor. Same thing. Both communists.

[@forthfarean]

If Britain was producing more oil, gas and coal we would not have to import oil or use windmills etc. It is not Russia that is causing fuel prices to rise, it is the green agenda and our having stopped producing oil etc.I don't know anyone whose energy price is affordable. Britain did not import very much energy from Russia.

[@normsky5504]

Not forgetting that the woke liberals and greens, stood in the way of nuclear power, which is cheap and reliable. Other countries have been using it safely for decades. Successive governments have failed us big time.

[@SamsungSamsung-md9xq]

Yes,green terrorism,a total scam,same as in Australia,the Aussie dollar going down like a roller coaster because of alboeasy and his mob's crazy green policies,we have it all,and now we are losing it all,too stupid to be stupid,it's all an agenda,same idiots in charge in most western countries,all trained by the WEF,Blackrock,Vanguard,the Rockefeller's,unelected,genocidal oligarchs,go Donald Trump,help heal the world again,just keep your head down,a lot at stake here!

[@ChrisBNisbet]

I hope people in the UK are stocking up on candles and blankets.

[@RicardoPetrazzi]

some of us are!

[@TheMishka11]

Got shares in candle firms

[@juliethomas4724]

We are.

[@dongmingzhu666]

@@TheMishka11 Which candle firm is listed on the London Stock Exchange?

[@Wee_Langside]

Some of us have and LED camping lamps, torches with spare batteries.

[@SteveShaw-nh4sb]

Stop buying in gas from abroad get our own gas out of the ground

[@stevejones2310]

Why?

[@paulwbafc73]

If you do it you won't hit net zero. Buy it in pay more but meet net zero. Yes I know it is dumb. But woke are dumb. They believe they are intelligent. But the half wits can not think for themselves.

[@kevind6956]

@@stevejones2310Cheap energy!

[@ricochet2977]

@@stevejones2310 Why not?

[@historex54tamiya]

Only the rich and those on the grift agree with this utter madness! We will all pay dearly!

[@SamsungSamsung-md9xq]

Unless you join the farmers and take your freedoms back,whatever it takes,do you and your families want to be serfs???@@

[@stevelloyd5621]

Ed Willie band needs to have his sanity tested. Please somebody ask him who owns the "independent " investigation and statement on "it's possible to do" HE OWNS THE ALEDGED INDEPENDENT REPORT WRITER'S... MORE LABOUR LIES....

[@markscript5746]

Eco zealot who will grow the economies of China and India whilst reducing GB economy to net zero

[@markabrahams2191]

That's the plan , why people don't believe it when globalists say that is beyond me

[@grhaffdd]

So that's the net zero they are espousing.

[@Bellissimovolere]

That’s what they want

[@SlowhandGreg]

The government spent 72 billion on energy subsidies in 2023 If we had a renewable grid with mass storage on it that figure would have been zero

[@wadoryujujutsukempo6289]

If private companies are investing huge sums of cash, that means the public will end up paying at the very least 2 times the amount back

[@leslieholland2476]

In Britain we have years of coal left and are surrounded by oil and gas how stupid to not use it.

[@stevejones2310]

Coal is literally the most expensive way of generating electricity

[@Van-1954]

The Irish man is almost as mental as MAD EDD. And that’s bloody mad

[@AnneRoe-kp1hs]

That's why we sent him over to you, He's our revenge !!

[@Van-1954]

@@AnneRoe-kp1hs thanks for that but l think we already have enough

[@gerardleahy6946]

I thought the mad Irishman was Eamon Ryan, the outgoing Cilmate Action minister. He is bonkers.

[@AnneRoe-kp1hs]

@@gerardleahy6946 Don't worry ,there's plenty more of them to take his place.

[@whitehart11]

First it was £400 cheaper, then £300, now it's UP TO £300

[@user-Katie019]

The operative word is "could" 😂

[@abazely2743]

And what will the pound be worth against the dollar by then. How has Norway attained the biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund in the world.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

In reality, now it's £300 more expensive not less.

[@dave788]

Trust me it won't be cheaper it's a complete con

[@user-Katie019]

@dave788 I agree , we should have never allowed the privatisation of our utilities, being part of EU damaged our country

[@arcturusgold8858]

Wind Turbines have just been badly damaged by HIGH WINDS!! Plus SOALAR PANELS BADLY DAMAGED!!!

[@RicardoPetrazzi]

indeed - zero cost of generation for the next 30 years he says! Aye right - what about cyclical maintenance, damage and ultimate replacements/upgrades etc? He's full of Logical fallacies

[@fatbelly27]

But on the positive, they help to fill landfill sites so we can build houses for migrants

[@peterlyall2848]

Plus solar panels collect dust the dust they collect the less energy efficient they become. With 10 of millions of them scattered around the country how are you going clean them all???

[@Watch-Crazy]

As of July 2024, China has 1,161 operational coal power stations and they plan to open 500 more by 2030. All the data is readily available online!

[@SlowhandGreg]

What difference does that make? Renewable infrastructure prices have been falling, just put a solar / battery install on my house 3 years ago payback was 15 years now its 6 estimated saving of the system 44,000

[@Watch-Crazy]

@SlowhandGreg Because in order for China to manufacture the majority of the worlds EVs, batteries, solar panels, wind farms... not only will take decades, they will need to at the very least treble their coal power station capacity, now, if you take into consideration that there are a total of 2,422 coal power stations globally including China's, we know that roughly 30% of the remaining 1,261 will be gone by 2030, that's 378 power stations less, however we also know that theses will be vastly offset by China's underestimation (as shown in previous years data) of 500 new much larger coal power stations. So an actual increase of 122 power stations and as these are to be mega power stations the output will invariably be much higher, so, how's all this net zero nonsense going to help, when the evidence shows otherwise?

[@Ren-pn4bo]

Turbines are a blot on the landscape !! I wonder how many turbines a power station such as Drax would replace ?

[@Watch-Crazy]

@Ren-pn4bo Great question! Wouldn't have a clue, however we do know that there are currently over 11,000 wind turbines in the UK and this year combined they produced just 3% of all electricity. The leibour government want to build another 2,600 at by 2030 at a cost of £48B which will likely be a lot more than that, which they believe will be sufficient enough to power all EVs, heat pumps... Well if 11k of them aren't scrapping the barrel, how the [swear word] is an additional fraction of that going to make any ounce of a difference other than crippling the country.

[@stevejones2310]

If it's so easy show us your source

[@davidcartlich6491]

we have hundreds of years of energy under the ground in UK

[@Ren-pn4bo]

Exactly, we shouldn’t have to rely on any foreign country for our energy or food.

[@SlowhandGreg]

It gets traded on the world commodity market and aside from that extraction, processing and transportation go up in price year on year while renewable energy comes down in price.

[@markabrahams2191]

@@SlowhandGreg Exactly the same as " renewable" energy . My 100% green energy company price is going up in January because the criminals running the scam have been told that they can steal more and more of my money .

[@cluckingbells]

@@SlowhandGreg We have limited export capacity, and any national energy policy worth its salt wouldn't deprive the nation of its own energy. Remember, to run a pipeline on the seabed you need government permission.

[@Ren-pn4bo]

@Slowhand So why do we pay the most for energy ? We’re being overcharged and ripped off. Also, the turbines have to be replaced every 15 years and the old ones aren’t recycled - same with electric vehicles.

[@kev8816]

Prices of our bills will NEVER go down, profits will go up......

[@Royboy50]

Stammer was going to freeze energy prices but thought no I’ll freeze pensioners instead

[@kev8816]

@Royboy50 it's almost like every politician regardless of rosette colour is a self serving liar! 😆

[@Ren-pn4bo]

They serve Davos

[@archieorr4202]

What a load off rubbish

[@nioengland]

If Wackiness Generated Electricity we would be set for Life.. Connect Mr Ed into the Grid and we could supply the Whole World

[@user-Katie019]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@plainzero]

Shut up lmao..😂😂

[@HuxleyWasRight]

The results are in, we’re paying more for electricity than any other 1st world nation! The Irish guy sounds like a salesman giving a pitch!

[@bud144]

He needs locking up he is wasting taxpayers money and his windmills and pylons are killing all our wild birds,

[@stevejones2310]

No they're not

[@NatMart9394]

@@stevejones2310 How much yield, windmills vs gas over a 20 years term ?

[@ChiefWizard666]

If we still used our own oil and gas fields we would not have to rely on overseas suppliers.

[@GeoffHome-u6r]

The ‘problem’ is Brent is of such high quality it is exported. Saved the country during Labour strikes and now nobody wants it in the UK. What happened - woke and Net Zero virus.

[@sahhull]

Most of the UK big power stations were built on top of or within a mile of coal mines. Those mines still have many decades of viable coal in them.

[@Alex-ni2ir]

It doesn't work that way. They sell it abroad

[@boofuu3145]

@@Alex-ni2ir it can work that way during a crisis , and rules can be changed at any point

[@kathleenrose3545]

He must get paid a lot to spew his rubbish he calls himself a director

[@davidnoble1058]

Net Zero is Ed Milibands intelligence level.

[@johnc799]

Top comment 😂. And 100% true

[@RushfanUK]

Donnachadh McCarthy is talking absolute bollocks, a wind generator doesn't produce free energy, firstly you have to pay for the wind generator and that goes on to the electricity bill, each one costs several £million, secondly you have to build transmission infrastructure to get the electricity from generator to user, another cost comes in maintenance of the generators and transmission infrastructure which costs around £250,000 a year, why else do you think that they are so heavily subsidised by the tax payer, Miliband has actually increased the subsidy to almost double the previous level otherwise the companies wouldn't bother developing any more wind farms as they are not profitable for them. The whole green energy drive is a massive con on the British people, the other point as to why fossil fuels were so expensive was because despite huge coal reserves and oil and gas reserves we pandered to the eco lobby and stopped exploiting our own sources and were importing coal, oil and gas that was much more expensive to do so, we have 550 years worth of coal in the ground but are crippling this country instead of using it so Miliband and Starmer can play at eco warriors, they are morons.

[@syddog44]

Calling them morons is too polite a term for those people.

[@mymanifesting]

Indeed! Further, their lifespan is around 20 years, then the cost of both removal and replacement... They're filled with miles of electric cables, precious metals, circuit boards... Oh, yes... on a more "minor" point, they're NOT recyclable. I've seen photos of hundreds of them liled up in jungles. Seems to me that China, Russia the middle East... wilk be rubbing their hands with financial and powerful glee for many decades to come‼️

[@danielhornby5581]

@@syddog44it is too polite but also wrong. They’re essentially crooks, so not stupid but extremely devious. Notice the Tories were scum and freeloaders but when Labour are in office, they’re “following the rules”. The whole political class is on the take. It’s just a matter of working out who they can cosy up to for cash and other freebies in exchange for shafting the rest of us.

[@LinuxTux999]

What a clown 🤡

[@Royboy50]

He scares me in so many ways

[@hyruleansans473]

Ed Moribund

[@paulhomewood]

"We have cut our carbon by 50%" says the Irishman. He forgot to tell us that it has cost over £100 billion in renewable subsidies

[@markabrahams2191]

And destroyed UK industry and jobs

[@DonFury-pi3dy]

Yep and considering the UK only produces 1% of all the world's carbon dioxide, they now produce 0.5% of the world's carbon dioxide which wont make any difference to the current 419 parts per million (0.04 percent) CO2 which is in the atmosphere, therefore potentially lowering the parts per million by 5 points? Down to 417............at a cost of getting poorer and poorer. Does this melt really.think the UK will influence the world......not a chance.

[@paulhomewood]

That Irishman must have set a record for the number of lies in one interview

[@fatbelly27]

He lives in a parallel universe

[@briancrellin2441]

If you're making money out of it ,why would you not lie?

[@W4tchWotU54y]

@@paulhomewood I don't know if you read my last comment, I watched it back, I now know you didn't mean Ed, you meant that lying Irish man... lol I take it back... Sorry.

[@NatMart9394]

If it’s that brilliant why does he need to exaggerate lifespans, twist maintenance, spin costs and outright lie about who’s paying. Creeepy man.

[@johnstonstewart9683]

No running costs!!! REALLY? I very much doubt the no running cost statement, all this green energy crap has a lifespan and requires maintenance.

[@torgeist]

Plus, the question no one is asking: once produced, where is the electricity going to be stored? In the drawer?

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

And free electricity, really?

[@NatMart9394]

If it’s that brilliant why does he need to exaggerate lifespans, twist maintenance, spin costs and outright lie about who’s paying. Creeepy man.

[@moleyrusselswart]

it appears that wind turbine gearboxes are failing prematurely.

[@danielhornby5581]

@@NatMart9394he’ll be taking backhanders from somewhere. They all do it. It’s just some manage to hide it.

[@darronstanfield7221]

If you tell a lie for long enough, people will start believing it. And this is one of the biggest lies ever made up.

[@chrisrowley5288]

Bill Gates started this shite and has been coining it in ever since 💰💰💰

[@TheFirefighter56]

I remember when the discovered natural gas in the North Sea, they said we could have free gas. Never happen'd

[@user-Katie019]

They will not allow further exploration nor give licence to drill

[@TheFirefighter56]

@@user-Katie019 Yes I know.

[@MrFoggy13]

Ask Donna Mckebab how much it costs to maintain and repair all those turbines and solar panels, also how do they dispose of them after their short working life?

[@Ren-pn4bo]

Exactly. They’re too expensive to recycle !!

[@colinu9209]

Solar farm on Anglesey was trashed by recent storm , not reported on MSM 😂

[@DavidJones-tw3ov]

By shares in land fill sites.

[@stevennetley7358]

When somebody say it's free, why can't other things be free as well.

[@ianbayliff2397]

if its "free energy", why will cost the UK 40 billion of taxpayers money a year🤔

[@Ren-pn4bo]

Nothing is free. Flooding - stop building on flood plains and dredge the rivers !!

[@SlowhandGreg]

​@ianbayliff2397 the grid needs upgrading and old generation plant is retiring, usual Tory thing let the privatised utilities milk old plant and not invest giving shareholders maximum returns

[@garryworthington1334]

Donut is as nuts as miliband 😂🇬🇧

[@andreweadie5390]

i remember back in the north sea oil discovery days govt promised us virtually free energy.😂😂😂. same old song with wind and solar. once bitten mate. i dont beleive a word of it!

[@sparkygazza]

Mccarthy is a clown absolutely clueless.

[@SlowhandGreg]

Why because you've bought into a narrative? Uk government spent 72 billion in energy subsidies in 2023 if we'd had a renewable grid that figure would have been zero It also fed into 11% inflation

[@whitehart11]

And China are building how many coal fired stations?

[@peterwing100]

if net zero is so good for prices how come we pay more that the rest of the world ?

[@schrodingerscat1863]

4 times more than the US. 4 times.

[@sahhull]

Ripoff Britain.

[@phillipward2741]

Only people getting free electricity live in 4 star hotels a dont speak english 😢

[@moriwaki1105]

Excellent 👌

[@peterosullivan8200]

Why do the windfarm companies have to be paid when their turbines were turned off due to high winds this month

[@whitehart11]

The last 4 days my solar panels have produced less than 1 kwh, battery would have done nothing to run my home

[@redhunterknives6675]

Same here and we live in Cornwall .

[@sahhull]

My neighbour fell for the solar scam, has panels and a battery... His house looks fugly luckily it's 1/2 mile away, so I can't see it. His panels at the mo cannot even run the led lights for his home. He's getting 3% of what it can theoretically produce. In the summer. It tops out at 60% because when the panels get hot in the sun, they don't work as well.

[@davidcartlich6491]

The INDEPENDANT body which he is in charge of

[@whitehart11]

Why are all the wind farms subsidised?

[@tassitelevision]

Because it's so ridiculously inefficient and expensive.

[@malph9216]

Why all this negativity around the temperature going up a few degrees? Here's a thought.......if we adapt to the climate warming a few degrees, we would need less energy to heat our homes in the Winter, fewer people would die of the cold and get ill in Winter, helping the NHS, warmer weather helps with growing crops so fewer imports. It's also a fact that higher CO2 levels have a 'greening' effect on the Planet and more food is being produced across the World now than has ever been. And these are just a few of the proven benefits ......But maybe all this positivity wouldn't make as much money, or give as much control for the globalists to enjoy.

[@tidtidy4159]

That's bollocks mate. You need to check the science.

[@richiedd4119]

@@tidtidy4159 The science, I bet you never studied science.

[@MartinGleeson-b1z]

Spot on mate.

[@MartinGleeson-b1z]

Who's science? The scientist's being paid to push the big lie of , so called, climate change bollocks.

[@RichardMorgan-im8wx]

More Carbon , More Trees. ! That's a good thing for the Planet.

[@JenniferBartlett-xi3tq]

Don't worry folks ED is cleaning up

[@tommix6016]

The governing class seem over excited about pleasing Greta and, of course, the salaries and expenses to be claimed.

[@photoisca7386]

"Up to..." and "Can" are the kinds of words used by marketing people trying to sell a product marginally different from what already exists.

[@MartinGleeson-b1z]

We need MORE carbon.

[@hear.no.evil.]

Strange, with all this green energy, my home energy bill increased from £800 to £3000pa. The UK is committing economic suicide.

[@Jimmy-ew2xe]

Prices are all manipulated to their mad ideas!

[@jamesb2876]

Considering they want everyone to be driving electric vehicles where is all this electricity supposed to be generated. The man lives on another planet.

[@user-wb8jr9hr8q]

That man should be locked up his a traitor

[@tomtd]

Or sent back to,Ireland rather than monetisation of a false fear. Exactly what ir wrong with being warmer when we’re exiting an ice age! Let’s forget the maunder minima for the moment too.

[@daveramm4330]

Need to say which man? Hope you refer to Macarthy! - on the left,

[@markpownall6967]

Anything based on modelling is utter total bollocks. If you believe Siliband then here is an handcart.

[@patrob1258]

Why is it always across agricultural land?

[@user-007g8li9f]

Surely, he was hypnotised by teletubbies ?.

[@rogerfleet4422]

So why are you slapping us with a green energy tax on our bill

[@brundelfly1]

Even if I agreed with the approach they're taking to their energy policy (I most definitely don't), I still wouldn't accept a thoroughly inadequate zealot like Milliband to be entrusted with delivering it.

[@chrisalexander4611]

Look up "strike price" with regard to renewable energy prices and see how badly we're being screwed.😠 Also, no one talks about resources required to MAKE turbines, or how long they last (15-20 yrs max). "Free electricity". Bollox. I hate this man and the delusional crap he spreads.🤬

[@MadAntz970]

The next price "shock" will be when Hinkley Point C comes on line. Previous government agreed a strike price of £100 per mega watt. That's double what the contracted price is typically for offshore generated electricity. I believe in Nuclear as part of our energy mix, but it's been deliberately kicked into the long grass for far too long.

[@MR_THINQ]

@TalkTV : Porsche has invented a new fuel that has zero emissions and can be put in all ICE cars. Please do a video on this!

[@MsMuffin52]

Why has the Labour government taken the price cap off the energy bills? Why are we already paying extra green tax on our energy and seeing our bills go UP all the time. We are paying the highest price for our energy bills in Europe. That is because of government control or lack of.

[@hughmuir3063]

Why are Labour ministers all like robots.

[@ossianx8752]

What we all know is that whilst net zero has gathered momentum our bills have gone through the roof - in 2010 my energy bill was about £30 a month - now it £140 - and was over £200 at the worst of it. To fill up our gas tank was about £500 now it is nearly £2000 ..... so where is all this cheap energy they keep talking about ? Don't they realise that expensive energy hurts the poorest and most vulnerable the most -- where is that cost in their rush to get this done ??

[@odette8905]

Net zero on UK's less-than-1% carbon 'emissions'... at what cost? Where are the impact studies? There is NO CLIMATE EMERGENCY. Even the IPC states that. All based on modelling and selective data.

[@moleyrusselswart]

The models are rigged by paid stooges

[@happynogod1646]

Nice attempt to appear human never has anybody worn a yellow jacket and seemed so unbelievable.

[@waynekerrr9027]

Milliband should not be in this job..its a job for adults only

[@ChrisBNisbet]

That guy doesn't seem to understand that 'renewables' aren’t always generating, and often aren't rhere when it's needed. It's no surprise that reliable generation charges more when it's called upon because it has to make up for the times when it's sitting there waiting to go.

[@kennuff2]

It will lower bills .....WHEN ED ????????? A load of old codswollop

[@puffins4007]

If it is so important to secure our energy why dont we reverse the governments policy of not drilling for oil, gas, fracking etc.

[@Landseaandair2024]

I'm a joiner and making new windows for our house. I was told to put trickle vents into every window to allow for air changes or they won't get passed. I said why now and not before? Building control said because houses are insulated to death now and so tight that its causing condensation and mould growth! So this irish guy is advocating for one thing and its causing other problems. I'm not against renewables, but do this in a sensible way, and also do this in a steady timescale rather than a 100m sprint.

[@andrewmthomson0191]

Building battery sites that are powered from the grid and so from coal gas nuclear sources and then calling it green.

[@tidtidy4159]

There is no coal in the uk energy system.

[@andrewmthomson0191]

We share energy with ireland and they have a coal site. The point is that the energy in batteries is only as green as the whole power grid there is no reason to suppose energy in them comes from a green source.

[@thebiglebowski4309]

McCarthy talks complete balls

[@michaelwhiting3282]

If private investors are putting 40bn in they must be getting 60bn from us in return otherwise why invest. How much will Milaband be getting via the back door. MPs don't promote anything unless their pockets are getting filled from it!

[@robinburn4974]

He's not called Mad Milliband for nothing 😂

[@kaywaters7478]

I love Ian. Still giggle about him saying “she looked at me as if I was a bit of dirt and she was Vim.” Just brilliant! 😂😂😂

[@brianwhatmough4582]

We import and use electricity from the Netherlands produced by coal powered power stations at the same time we are closing down our own coal powered plants. Is this really going green?

[@adienowed6366]

'Completely and utterly insane' method of generating long term electricity-just like Millipratt,completely and utterly insane.

[@Tonypoolebcfc]

Everybody please go on National Grid Live ,see what we are using in energy , 2030 not a chance

[@ronwoodronwood661]

We know all about independent modelling , it said 60000 peoplecwould die of covid every day . What a load of crap .

[@anitastaveley9187]

If we're following global prices why is our electricity up to 4 times more than other countries..I might have the maths wrong on this but why did the interviewer not ask why our energy costs are so much higher than other countries ? It feels like we're being scammed

[@johnstonstewart9683]

Absolute total and utter madness! Mr Ed has a vested interest in all this net zero nonsense

[@rupjak355]

Real debate is how long do we put up with this? Is the time for politeness over?

[@TheMishka11]

A madman in charge of a limitless budget, what can go wrong

[@janethart123]

government was supposed to build another's dame and dragged the water, making sure drainage was clean, we have solar panels, and we have not saved that much, as we don't have enough sun

[@6haybay]

Ed Milliband got £34,000 pound of tax payers money to refurbish his office even though there was nothig wrong with it when asked what he done with it his answer was I dont know he was asked did you get a new chair he laughed and said lets talk about the green energy i am doing bla bla ..So where has that money gone ?

[@grhaffdd]

it's cheaper when you increase the price of the alternatives.

[@blackdotkiller1]

Just clueless

[@gherkamum]

ONE WORD FOR HIM......................Joke🤡

[@keegan773]

A stupid idea based on wishful thinking and not facts. He shouldn’t be allowed out without a minder.

[@markpownall6967]

That guy is a looney NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE. FFS WAKE UP.

[@johnbeggs9669]

Anyone that believes their bills will be lower needs their head reading😅

[@melvynwoodman5787]

The cheaper this renewable energy gets the more our industry disappears and the poorer we get. Please explain.

[@GeoffHome-u6r]

Renewable Energy has always been uncompetitive. One of the first wind farms at Mersey Docks relied on Government subsidies to be built. It wasn’t possible to build any more because they weren’t competitive after tax payer priming was removed. In any case, unless you live in a sunny climate it can only typically supply 10% of demand. Leave it to the market to make the decisions, if it’s possible to build economically industries will respond. What do Labour politicians and Net Zero zealots know about engineering? They just have an empty space above their mouths. All they are doing increasing costs and impoverishing our country.

[@georgeharrison5362]

No running costs. Every single turbine requires MAINTENANCE. So expensive is that M that in the USA when a farm starts to wear out in bulk the whole site gets abandoned!!!!!!! Blades wear....at the joints....in the fatigue of thier construction ....and unexpectedly very heavy wear on their surfaces, chipping and thining. Friction on the air and particulate in the air like birds, insects and grit/ sand/dust. For a blade to work it requires an aerofoil section.And the more that section becomes warn it loses laminar flow across it and the ability to turn in the wind productively. So gangs of men are out risking their lives on the end of ropes, abseiling down 80foot blades...filling holes and making patches. In an ordinary power station sealed bearings are accessible and need no serviceing , lubrication is simple and easily applied. Etc. In 15 to 25 years turbines are gone, worn out ,kupputt, defunct. And at the end of life of an enormous blade where does it go????? Covered over by being buried in the group....what an env disaster!!!!!

[@raymondmclean8478]

I have to say private investor's want payback this guy is absolutely thick.??

[@RichardEastwood-c3d]

Oh not independant modelling modled by the independant company he's a director of it stinks

[@tonyupton8980]

All this energy is broken and splintered on the ground in wales

[@DeanoMacDeanoMac]

So net zero by 2030.. is this also going to be pushed back 10 years like everything else gets pushed back ?

[@davidweaver9373]

Utter Madnes..Utter Madness......Question...Over the last few weeks the uk has been blanketed by rain and clouds How have the solar panels performed

[@chrisrichardson774]

Renewables only provided around 7% of our energy needs this week due to no wind. Over 60% was provided by fossil fuels

[@moriwaki1105]

Welcome to 2028....The Year of Candle and Paraffin Shortages.

[@garywilson1235]

Why didn’t we retain our own fossil fuel power generation capacity until green technology was at a stage to transition to?

[@margaretmacmurray658]

Net zero cash grab for them to waste on hair brained ideas.