The tracks for wind turbines are far worse than for pylons too. It's a complex issue - there's not much in the way of ecological value in our grouse moors, but they are cultural icons. Some… (View Post)

They won't need to. The market will work its magic via the spot price of electricity. (View Post)

I don't think people can grasp just how much hydro and batteries we'd need to store this excess electricity. We currently have 3GWh of pumped hydro - we'd fill that in less than 6 minu… (View Post)

No, of course not. But I'm pointing out that the kind of person who tends to be very worried about that effect also wants to expand the size of the army. That requires a society that facilitates… (View Post)

And you can get the inverse, where you have a publicly owned company that is constituted to work like an arms-length private company. That tends to work for bus services, which are vulnerable to both… (View Post)