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Originally Posted by Paul
One day in the middle of a heatwave is as good as any other day (perhaps even better).
Averages are great for pretty stats, but in reality, you need to know you can handle maximum demand, not average demand.
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Absolutely, one-day splits are useful for the context you describe. I was discussing the split of electricity generation with Nomad at a strategic level. In this context, one day doesn't give an accurate representation of the different types of power generation as a power station could be offline or a connector down.
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Originally Posted by Paul
No, you cannot "safely" rule it out. The parties may not have supported it when we had plentiful [cheapish] supplies elsewhere, but that situation has changed for the [much] worse - if "needs must", it will start to happen.
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I'm ruling fracking out as:
- It's likely not going to be any cheaper than existing gas
- there are significant concerns about the risk of subsidence so unpopular with the public
- planning consent is problematical.
- it doesn't tick the renewables box
I'm aware that Truss now supports it but she can't change the economics. She's added the rider that local people must support it. Which they've not done to date due to subsidence risks.
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The Tories’ 2019 election manifesto placed a moratorium on fracking following serious warnings it could cause earthquakes.
Mark Menzies, Tory MP for Fylde, where Cuadrilla was forced to halt its shale gas exploration due to seismic activity, said it was unlikely that any community would be willing to allow fracking due to the damage it is capable of doing to properties.
His comments were echoed by Jack Richardson, Climate Spokesman for the Conservative Environment Network, who said: “Several years of attempting to frack in Lancashire shows that communities do not support fracking near them. Lifting the moratorium would be insufficient to scale up a shale industry large enough to shift the dial regarding the cost of gas or energy security. Earthquake limits would have to be relaxed too, at a significant political cost.”
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https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/to...acking-1765010