Comments by "Greg Greg" (@SlowhandGreg) on "“They Think They Know Better Than ORDINARY People!” | Isabel Oakeshott Condemns Net Zero" video.

  1. net zero policies reduce energy costs why do you want to pay more?
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  2. uprating a public building when its refurbished to A+ insulation standards reduces energy consumption and will cost +10% in capital but pay itself back in reduced heating and electricity costs in around 2 years saving the taxpayer billions if adopted as policy throughout the public sector There are loads of examples some small some big some connected to new tech some just insulate your home properly @mrade5321 
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  3. That's because the system is tied to Fossil fuel Gas in particular net zero policies reduce energy costs and decouple the economy from world energy commodity prices so we wouldn't have had the economic shock we got with more renewables in the system
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  4. she is as thick as mince capital investment in infrastructure will reduce reliance on fossil fuel if you haven't noticed its being tied to fossil that is causing the cost of living crisis
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  5. net zero policies reduce energy costs why do you want to pay more?
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  6. net zero policies reduce energy costs why do you want to pay more?
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  7. Net zero also means fully insulated to A+ standard homes, offices and public buildings so are they going to charge you for NOT putting the heating on as well? @dungareesareforfools 
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  8. There hiked to bail out the energy suppliers that went bankrupt in the failed Tory energy market system Quote biggest part of the increase is from the “supplier of last resort” scheme – every household is expected to pay the billions that have gone into rescuing customers from failed companies. @dungareesareforfools 
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  9. @roccoparks  it costs +10% on build costs to uprate insulation to A+ standards in new builds back in 2019 the savings were calculated to be 10 years on capital cost, since then energy prices have doubled and we've had record inflation I refurbished the old part of my house when I built an extension the ground floor and all the windows are up to A+ standard the price tag was around 20k that includes labour a new door and materials for underfloor heating. Heating came on in the TV room this week 1st time any heating has been on since April So yes net zero = cheaper energy you've just got to pony up the capital cost
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  10. @dungareesareforfools  how do you know that? At the moment the Tories couldn't give a fk if we get screwed, Labour on the other hand have already said they would beef up regulations
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  11. Gas sets the price of electricity, because the electricity price in every half hour period is set by the marginal cost of the last generating unit to be turned off to meet demand – which is invariably a gas power plant with high marginal costs. So along with renewables you need to move away from the GAS peak delivery plants and I'd also comment 38% of generation is still GAS We have been well and truly caught with our pants down, Cameron's getting rid of the green crap has cost customers 10's of billions. To replace PEAK delivery in a renewable ecosystem you use these Quote ‘Europe’s biggest’ battery in East Yorkshire opens The project has the capacity to store enough energy to power around 300,000 homes in Yorkshire for two hours EndQuote In California they have a much larger version it costs 750 million and saved 1 Billion in marginal costs in its 1st year All of this is down to privatisation, penny pinching a complete ideological blindness to the GOD Private = Good, Public = Bad that the Cons have followed There Visionless ideology is now crushing 170 billion in EXCESS profits out of UK consumers  @dungareesareforfools 
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  12.  @clivemarriott7749  Our prices are tied to Gas It comprises of 38% at peak
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  13. Quote With the energy price cap below £1,300 throughout 2021, UK households spent around £30 billion on energy during the year. In 2023 the projected spend is around £170 billion. This is equivalent to more than doubling the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 45% or almost doubling VAT from 20% to 38%. Just over 6% of GDP. Quote The OBR concludes: the debt impact of future volatility in gas prices is at 13% of the UK gross domestic product (GDP) to 2050. This dwarfs the debt impact of 6% of GDP for investing in net zero. Second, it investigates the potential of new, growing energy solutions to cushion price volatility.  @clivemarriott7749 
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  14. no she's not net zero = lower energy costs
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  15. Improving insulation is a net zero labour policy using subsidies. Insulation is one of the cheapest easiest ways of saving your average family money @dungareesareforfools 
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  16. net zero policies reduce energy costs why do you want to pay more? There literally convincing you to continue using fossil which is screwing you rigid with eye watering excess profits
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  17. changing to renewables is an economic strategy where doing it because its economically cheaper to go that way the countries that do will have a huge advantage in terms of cheap energy
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  18.  @iknowyoureright8564  how out of date are you? Its 2023 Not 2017 Renewables haven't been subsidised in years and even Tidal is more viable than Nuclear Hinckley C is late costs have shot up build time is nearly a decade
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  19. We have unique topography in the world for Tidal Cost of Hinkley C 33 Billion so far 3 years late + 35 Billion in subsidies over 35 years. Cost of a Tidal system based on Swansea Bay for the equivalent output 50 billion + it could be staggered (as in not 1 big system) which would have the lifetime of 50-100 years Renewables aren't subsidised haven't been for years. Generation is built on a guaranteed forward contract price for a minimum number of UNITS. Hinkley C is currently expected at 110p, Dogger Bank is expected at 40-42p both have inflation built into their contracts. Dogger Bank OffShore has a Capital cost of 9 Billion as opposed to Hinkley C's 68 billion total over 35 years (so far)  @iknowyoureright8564 
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