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derriz

I think you miss the point a bit. It's a simple statement of fact that the transition away from fossil fuels for electricity generation is happening right now and at great pace. Hydrogen isn't part of this transition. It may have a role in the future but it's certainly not necessary at the moment. ...

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In case it wasn't obvious, that's not what I was talking about at all - in some places in the US, you can agree to pay wholesale+margin for your electricity and your meter is updated with current prices constantly. You can set up triggers to switch stuff on and off based on the current price - char...

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Talking HVDC cables utilise renewables in one place to feed another might work in say Europe where countries are close together and aligned within the Eurozone with good trade alliances, etc. That's true - dense grids are cheaper in more densely populated regions. And places like Australia transmis...

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The reason for this is that households are reluctant to accept variable pricing unlike industry. Like fixed rate mortgages - it costs a lot to lock in a price for consumers in a market that sees swings where peak price is 4 or 5 times that of the trough. But smart-meters and variable pricing are su...

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At the end of the day this also needs to be paid by the consumers - it is just seen as "renewable energy fee" or something like that. The additional energy storage costs, RES curtailment compensation, grid balancing costs, grid investments etc. go to the "grid fees" part of the bill. Is it really t...

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shanky wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:39 pm I love how Derriz is so dismissive of other opinions, when at least 30% of his/her opinions are guesswork and another 20% are only partially informed

Chill out buddy.

Eh? I am cool, bud.

But feel free to step up to the plate and point out where I'm wrong.

derriz

Again - i am certainly not saying we should not do it. But I am interested to hear what your solutions for that would be. BTW I am actually scared that its not going to be any euro crisis or immigration crisis but its going to be skyrocketing costs of energy that will break the EU. :( If you look a...

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On the general idea I can certainly agree with you that our primary strategy should be: build as many renewables as possible as fast as possible and at the same time electrify the shit out of everything as much as possible. :thumbup: I guess where we disagree on is the “possible” bit - especially w...

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Ok but the EU are going for a 55% reduction in less than 10 (2030), the UK target is 78% by 2035. I think we might need to be integrating some of these new technologies by the end of the decade, no? Particularly because areas like the construction industry or political hot potatoes like agriculture...

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While I appreciate your argument for 70% RE (being that gas can fill the void and gas will substantially reduce the carbon footprint against what coal does), I think that we need to go 100%. I've absolutely no doubt that we'll get to 100%. But before that we need to get to 80% and I think that's ab...

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I'd need to see some links to credible articles to back this up. Not necessarily that I don't believe it but there is so much bollox spouted and printed about this subject - thanks to fierce lobbying and "research funding" by fossil fuel industry. An older paper - see pages 9-10 in particular. http...

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Again - its not even close. I dont know who told you that you can go to 100% Renewable energy scenario with electrification only. But its clearly not going to happen. Who said anything about 100% - I've clearly said the aim should be 70%/80%. And you're still an idiot if you think it's cheaper to m...

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Fair enough, but it seems we can decarbonize most of electricity production without a huge amount of BESS, for example, nor do we need to depend on some tech breakthrough with hydrogen/nuclear/bio/etc to keep going on the wind/solar path - for the next 10 years anyway. I think there's too much pessi...

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I think I understand the issues of different sources of power being used to meet demand which is all over the place, better than most… Now, there are stability issues in Australia that started appearing at around the 30% penetration point. That is what led to the installation of the Hornsdale Power...

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So which is easier to transport? Hydrogen (pressurising, liquifying or dissolving in ammonia), transporting on ships, storage in vast tanks and then further transport then burning in oxygen to generate useful energy. Or just allowing electrons to flow along a conducting wire? The latter has an effi...

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Mate no significant grid has hit high levels of VRae penetration. In fact, many grids are facing stability issues with VRE in the 30% range. Could you list these grids or countries? Because all the "instability" arguments regarding wind/solar are about a decade stale. Many countries - in Europe par...

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I think Merlin you are missing one of the big advantages of hydrogen in the energy generation space. Hydrogen can be transported, and that means exported. Hydrogen can only be transported expensively and inefficiently. Meanwhile, all over the world connections between electricity grids are being bu...

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I think Merlin you are missing one of the big advantages of hydrogen in the energy generation space. Hydrogen can be transported, and that means exported. Hydrogen can only be transported expensively and inefficiently. Meanwhile, all over the world connections between electricity grids are being bu...

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Is long covid what used to be known as post-viral fatigue? Not really. You generally don't die from fatigue. From ovalball's link: Certainly, hospitalized COVID-19 patients have been particularly hard hit by the long-term effects of infection. Roughly 12% of these patients die within months of bein...

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I don't get the hydrogen hype at all. Hate Musk as much as the next man but he's right about hydrogen. People have been pushing it for nearly a century and the same old problem resurface every time. It's the idea that just won't die despite a history of failure. Basically the stuff is impossible to ...

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Mick Mannock wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 2:33 pm I wish I had not even responded to you, as you are clearly a cunt

- love it. Being called a cunt by someone like you is a wonderful compliment.

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This isn’t meant to be rude, but don’t understand the problems I’m describing or why blockchain may be a solution. Mining is like a factory except your understanding of the billions of ingredients changes as it all moves through the value chain. It’s easy to know what a truck is doing, but it’s wha...

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You are right. My bad. Blockchain is important because it makes many systems more efficient and reduces the chances of error, duplication and fraud, which makes it very effective. I’ve worked for arguably the world’s most advanced mining operations, and yet hundreds of people spent hours and even d...

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I believe that blockchain is going to be significant in everyday lives in the future. I’m not sure which or any of the ‘coins’ will or won’t make it - no idea. This belief is on the basis of what exactly? When in the future will this happen? Blockchain has been around for 15 years and still has no ...

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I am still buying Me too. You know what would be really cool? If people claiming to have purchased or sold BTC actually posted the price and size of their trades at the time they actually make the trade. That way you wouldn't look like a pump n' dump merchant blindly boosting an asset you've invest...

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I am still buying Me too. You know what would be really cool? If people claiming to have purchased or sold BTC actually posted the price and size of their trades at the time they actually make the trade. That way you wouldn't look like a pump n' dump merchant blindly boosting an asset you've invest...

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I believe that blockchain is going to be significant in everyday lives in the future. I’m not sure which or any of the ‘coins’ will or won’t make it - no idea. This belief is on the basis of what exactly? When in the future will this happen? Blockchain has been around for 15 years and still has no ...

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I am (naively perhaps ) presuming that one MUST exist somewhere. Even if it has been decided to bury it. It is needed. Because seems to me that a call at some stage was made that closing the country down was preferable to ramping up health service capacity - or at very least was made to do so in pa...

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I am (naively perhaps ) presuming that one MUST exist somewhere. Even if it has been decided to bury it. It is needed. Because seems to me that a call at some stage was made that closing the country down was preferable to ramping up health service capacity - or at very least was made to do so in pa...

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I am (naively perhaps ) presuming that one MUST exist somewhere. Even if it has been decided to bury it. It is needed. Because seems to me that a call at some stage was made that closing the country down was preferable to ramping up health service capacity - or at very least was made to do so in pa...

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Casablanca

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Nobody is proposing opening the restaurants like in the US. Well I would because I am not a lady garden fanny man. They have loads of measures in place like washing the dishes and masks and mad shit like that. They also pay people money and they then buy their family food and presents. It's a mad s...

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I think restaurants will open. Looks like Government will ignore NPHET Indoor restaurant dining has been found to be the number one cause of covid spread in the US - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-10/covid-superspreader-risk-is-linked-to-restaurants-gyms-hotels I really hope Irelan...

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Derriz he isn't worth it horse I know man but he's wrecking my buzz - came here to have a giggle at the trump cock suckers and brexiteers as their worlds fall apart only to find our own version of a clique of expert deniers and innumerates. On the upside, have to say Mick Mannock is providing super...

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GNI* is a fact, it was created by the Central Bank for this distortion. This has finally been admitted by Derritz. :lol: :lol: I did what? You're away with f**king fairies. GDP projections 2020: 2.3% GDP contraction in Ireland, 10.1% contraction for the UK, 7.4% contraction for the rest of the EU l...

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That's like Sweden contracting by twice that though apparently Yeah you need special kind of maths to convince yourself that Ireland has f**ked up compared to the rest of Europe. I was a bit previous with my 2.5% contraction - actually the latest projections are even a bit better - a -2.3% contract...

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https://twitter.com/docjamesw/status/1328433601025695744?s=21 Restaurant owner says it's not the lockdowns, it's the virus that's crucifying them .... I'd imagine the tourism sector generally would share that opinion Food for thought for some on here Yeah loads of small businesses here in "sure let...

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From what data we have on the effects of covid on economies globally, there is NO health vs economy trade off - https://ourworldindata.org/covid-health-economy - countries which have take a looser approach to handling covid have generally not seen any economic benefit - if anything so far the data ...

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A "fixation" on the virus has led to "the worst cost-benefit of a public health intervention in living memory", the group claims, with lockdown "significantly undermining" elements of public health and increasing the gap between rich and poor. The paper proposes the "safe reopening" of colleges, th...

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So, how does the average age of covid 19 victims being the same or slightly higher than average life expectancy square with your 7 month old study findings? What gives? Life expectancy for an individual increases as they get older. Those numbers were most likely life expectancy at birth. For exampl...

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