O/T The Gov, Not Fit for Fracking Purpose!!!

[KerrAvon]

Let's not forget that we are surrounded by an Fracking energy source being an island called water, but please someone help me forget that before I go insane.

So I'm guessing that you are talking about tidal lagoons. Very expensive (and despite not being real, money is a necessary evil when it comes to building things), produces spikes of energy rather than a smooth supply and very damaging to the natural environment.

[Amanda_Hugg_n_Kiss]

That you are posting suggests that you are an electricity user. I'm guessing that you heat and light your home too and possibly drive a car. You are an energy user. That energy needs sourcing. Wind is unreliable, solar is great at producing energy in the middle of the summer when demand is at its lowest.

I'm not sure what technology you have in mind. Nuclear is the only reliable alternative to fossil fuels. Greenpeace and people local to proposed nuclear sites get upset about that too.

I believe you're the perfect person to help me. What do I need to do?

[KerrAvon]

It's a tricky one with many answers, our own efficiency also should come into play, to reduce usage of energy, thermal heat pumps, all these small things would vastly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.

Efficiency is certainly an issue. The use of decent insulation on older homes would create significant savings. Heat pumps are expensive and not particularly productive.

[KerrAvon]

I believe you're the perfect person to help me. What do I need to do?

I'd suggest giving up your belief in easy answers and accepting what can be the unpalatable nature of reality, but I suspect that you wouldn't like that.

[lbj]

Sandringham is one of the Queens back yards - so if "frigging" was viable but it wouldn't happen would it ?

Maggie buried a 1000 years of cheap deep mined coal !

And with "Carbon Capture Technology" that would be handy - we are importing 50 - 60 % of the coal we use now - madness - but it killed the power of the unions - maggie's priority !

[Amanda_Hugg_n_Kiss]

I'm up for trying anything, do you think that watching the BBC and Sky news would help?

[millmoormagic]

Sandringham is one of the Queens back yards - so if "frigging" was viable but it wouldn't happen would it ?

Maggie buried a 1000 years of cheap deep mined coal !

And with "Carbon Capture Technology" that would be handy - we are importing 50 - 60 % of the coal we use now - madness - but it killed the power of the unions - maggie's priority !

50-60%???? more like 100%, great country this

[KerrAvon]

Sandringham is one of the Queens back yards - so if "frigging" was viable but it wouldn't happen would it ?

Maggie buried a 1000 years of cheap deep mined coal !

And with "Carbon Capture Technology" that would be handy - we are importing 50 - 60 % of the coal we use now - madness - but it killed the power of the unions - maggie's priority !

I've no idea whether they would frack near Sandringham and neither do you. I'm sure that I've seen onshore oil production in that area.

Maggie Thatcher didn't bury coal. That was done by geological activity. The UK coal industry was brought to an end by economics - productions costs were too high. In addition, there was a cost associated with the highly unionised nature of the industry and the militant nature of the principal union, which resulted in regular acts of economic vandalism that affected the whole country.

Carbon capture is not really viable.

[KerrAvon]

I'm up for trying anything, do you think that watching the BBC and Sky news would help?

Doing a bit of thinking undoubtedly would.

[Amanda_Hugg_n_Kiss]

Ye shipping in the stuff we already have here, far more cost effective for our children's futures environment wise, not to mention the high unemployment and the towns left to rot, that has very little costs.

See I just can't help myself, please tell me what to do.