Patch to UK PoliticsEnglish · 11 months agoStarmer says Sunak’s lack of investment in wind power is ‘gift to Putin’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11
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minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoWind, nuclear, tidal, solar, geothermal and even biogas if deployed correctly — the combination can get us off fossil gas. I’m pro-nuclear myself, which I think is where Labour is leaning, too.
minus-squareSyldonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThe key lies in energy storage. Create more than you need during the peak times and store it by other means.
minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIndeed, but more research and development is needed to scale up storage to that level, and that R&D will itself take time and money.
Wind, nuclear, tidal, solar, geothermal and even biogas if deployed correctly — the combination can get us off fossil gas. I’m pro-nuclear myself, which I think is where Labour is leaning, too.
The key lies in energy storage. Create more than you need during the peak times and store it by other means.
Indeed, but more research and development is needed to scale up storage to that level, and that R&D will itself take time and money.