Comments by "Greg Greg" (@SlowhandGreg) on "Just Ed Miliband schooling Reform MPs on basics of renewable energy" video.

  1. Lets get some stuff out shall we Last year the government gave out 72 billion in domestic energy subsidies, our main issue is spot price energy which is generated from gas. Replacing peak demand Generation with Peak Demand storage such as MegaPacks, Hydro and pumped storage will save around 30% at a stroke if not more if you also switch to renewables. Gas it's exploration and transport are affected by world commodity prices wind and solar last time I looked were free once you built the infrastructure So A wind turbine with a 25 year lifespan becomes progressively cheaper in it's generation costs over time, Fossil fuel and Nuclear becomes progressively more expensive over time
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