Comments by "Greg Greg" (@SlowhandGreg) on "🚨 Net Zero Plans To Cause Winter BLACKOUTS" video.

  1. I double insulated my downstairs at the same time as I put in an extension mineral fibre for cavity and under floors with a superfoil as a secondary layer. You can staple superfoil to your rafters cover the seams with foil tape and there are a range of product price points for even more insulation put a batten over it and plasterboard over it to create an additional cavity
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  2. Agreed its more about energy independence and cheaper energy after my extension and house refurbishment to double insulation and thermal and standard solar I pay next to net zero for my energy
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  3. Wind is currently the cheapest power source on the grid we only have 17% of it you can run a mixed energy grid with as much as 60% What happens when the wind doesn't blow we need to invest in storage and Tidal and During lull periods the wind produced has gone down to 10% what people don't appreciate is the huge range of locations round the UK and also the modern turbine will start turning at wind speed 8 mph Also your not subsidising renewables your subsidising Fossil with 10's of billions in tax breaks which contribute nothing to the economy
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  4. why would we have energy rationing if the policy is targeted correctly large numbers of homes could be grid independent You can run your house electrics off an EV or battery already
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  5. you have a smart meter, if you had an ev you'd know that your smart plug turns on and off when its most cost effective to charge What is the average distance traveled by car in the UK? Average Car Mileage UK (2023) Average Mileage per Day, Week, Month and Year On a daily basis, cars in the UK drive an average of 20 miles a day, 142 miles a week, 617 miles a month and 7,400 miles a year.
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  6. these aren't OUR fuel reserves the Tories sell them off and they go onto the world commodity market where the Privatised energy companies buy them back at a huge markup passing the cost onto the punter
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  7. yet the forward cost of their electric is 42p per kilowatt hour as opposed to the current price of gas at over 100p and has been as high as 600p per kilowatt hour Wind forward contract prices for onshore reached parity with Gas back in 2019 and has been getting more expensive ever since
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  8.  @rjones6219  The OffGem price is 142p currently this is based on the most expensive form of generation which is currently Gas its been as high as 500+p One of the problems renewable energy and having millions of EV's plugged into the grid with active technology should resolve is balance loading so you don't need expensive Gas stations on standby when everyone plugs in their kettle quote from Octopus The energy network of the future Powerloop is a revolutionary way of taking green energy in the middle of the night and storing it in the battery of a Nissan LEAF. Using a bi-directional charger, the Nissan LEAF connects back into your home to provide your house energy during peak times when energy demand is at its highest. Using car batteries as energy storage devices enables us to keep intermittent renewable energy for when we need it most. This makes our energy system more efficient and moves us to a green economy faster.
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  9. Wind is currently the cheapest power source on the grid we only have 17% of it you can run a mixed energy grid with as much as 60% What happens when the wind doesn't blow we need to invest in storage and Tidal and During lull periods the wind produced has gone down to 10% what people don't appreciate is the huge range of locations round the UK and also the modern turbine will start turning at wind speed 8 mph Also your not subsidising renewables your subsidising Fossil with 10's of billions in tax breaks which contribute nothing to the economy
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  10. where not currently its a scare story to get you to keep burning fossil which became more expensive than wind energy back in 2019 before the energy crisis started.
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  11. there won't be blackouts its a scare story by the fossil lobby and there enablers so the gravy train doesn't stop Renewable energy became the cheapest on the Grid back in 2019 I've just had some renovations done and an extension and double insulated my house I can run it of solar and thermal solar for most of the time my energy footprint has gone way down The current barriers to it are lack of government long term commitment so the grid hasn't kept pace with innovation
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  12. what like not teaching them insulation saves money
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  13. we won't its scare stories from the fossil lobby More renewables means cheaper energy and a more distributed energy market rather than big multinational players dictating policy and price Wind forward contract prices for onshore reached parity with Gas back in 2019 and Gas has been getting more expensive ever since
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  14.  @mariafuccio5237  why would anyone use spray foam? I went into this in great detail the biggest heat savings where from the innovative superfoil materials which look like the stuff you'd make a space suit out of. Not only that there cheap to install and last lot I bought for the floor was £100 per 10m roll. You'd basically save what it cost in heating within a year or so
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  15. The scare stories are from the Fossil lobby they have been near on printing money recently A tilt to renewables makes the grid a lot more distributed its also cheaper but has higher capital costs against say a gas generator which is capital cost cheaper but way more expensive over time and is also a cash cow for the owners.
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  16. China also has half the world's offshore wind capacity
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  17. who doesn't want fracking on their doorstep instead of a wind turbine?
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  18. Its a fossil scare story so the gravy train doesn't dry up quote from octopus The energy network of the future Powerloop is a revolutionary way of taking green energy in the middle of the night and storing it in the battery of a Nissan LEAF. Using a bi-directional charger, the Nissan LEAF connects back into your home to provide your house energy during peak times when energy demand is at its highest. Using car batteries as energy storage devices enables us to keep intermittent renewable energy for when we need it most. This makes our energy system more efficient and moves us to a green economy faster.
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  19. No its not I've recently double insulated my house through an extension and refurbishment it uses way less energy to heat and is on average 5 degrees cooler indoors on a really hot day. I've thermal solar and will get solar when my roof is replaced in a couple of years The air con issue in California you can put down to progressively hot weather and bad building design + if I wanted a cooling system over there I'd go with underfloor cooling and a reversible heat pump double insulation and run it off solar panels
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  20.  @jackaubrey8614  superfoil or its equivalent is around £100 for a 10 square metre roll you can price battens up for the air gap yourself mineral wool insulation is fairly cheap and I used safety netting to sling across the joists in the floor. The big heat saving is from the multifoil it appears to cut heat transfer to a really low level
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  21. you can use your EV bidirectional as a power source for your home Heat pumps are expensive I went for gas would recommend a bidirectional one though if you need air con as they can run underfloor heating as a cooling system. Our underfloor is heat only and our hot water is thermal solar for around 75% coverage
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  22. just upgrade your insulation as part of an extension and renovations I double insulated most of the house and could generate enough heat from my log stove at a pinch on the other hand I could just run the house of the solar and EV battery
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