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UK power grid situation!!
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: eti on December 06, 2022, 12:55:39 am ---We all KNOW they’re a scam
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Speak for yourself, please. I certainly do not need you telling me what I do and do not know, and while unlike you I don't speak for others, I have strong doubts anyone else here feels differently.
james_s:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on December 05, 2022, 09:57:45 pm ---We need more nuclear.
Storage is a big problem for renewables and there are currently no solutions for the UK.
Heat pumps aren't much of an issue, if they're firstly just uses to replace resistive heating, as that would result in a net reduction in power draw. It might be more of a problem, if everyone had one though.
EVs aren't a problem now, but the grid needs to be expanded for the time when everyone has them. It's true their batteries could be used as storage, but a lot of people wouldn't like the idea of their car's battery being used as a free grid buffer.
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Is there a significant amount of electric resistance heating in the UK still? It's still common in apartmens in the US and there are still older houses around that have it but at least in this region natural gas is more common and heat pumps are rapidly gaining. Given the much higher cost of energy over there I'd have thought resistance heat was largely a thing of the past.
eti:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on December 06, 2022, 01:08:27 am ---
--- Quote from: eti on December 06, 2022, 12:55:39 am ---We all KNOW they’re a scam
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Speak for yourself, please. I certainly do not need you telling me what I do and do not know, and while unlike you I don't speak for others, I have strong doubts anyone else here feels differently.
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As I clarified very firmly, I speak for myself. I’m not “telling” you anything. Be more secure in yourself, you don’t need to justify, defend etc. My views are not yours and vice versa. Don’t lose any sleep over it.
james_s:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on December 05, 2022, 10:28:56 pm ---When was that?
Modern LED Christmas lights hardly use any power.
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Mine use about 900W for the outdoor lights plus about 260W for the tree and another 80W or so for other misc indoor lights. Most LED Christmas flicker and/or have icky monochromatic colors, I have incandescent C9, C7, C6 and miniature lights that look much nicer IMO. It's well worth the ~$35 extra I spend on electricity.
NiHaoMike:
The UK should adopt their own version of Ohmconnect, a program that rewards conserving during peak times.
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