At least two people on PB did. (View Post)

Let's split this into broadly two forms of intermittency: 1) Over 24 hours. We can cover this by installing loads of turbines and solar, and smoothing demand by charging car batteries (and runni… (View Post)

They are already unlinked to an extent - when the cost of wholesale electricity is very high due to increased demand, the fixed contracts we have with renewable/nuclear generators save us lots of mon… (View Post)

I think the key thing to understand is the oil you pull out if the ground is different around the world, so there is a huge amount of trade between countries to make sure everyone gets what they need… (View Post)

We're a net exporter of crude oil overall though*. We send our stuff to the Netherlands, China, Germany etc, while importing it from Norway and the US. *Things might have changed from 2022. (View Post)