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Old 31-08-2022, 13:21   #467
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Re: Rising cost of living

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
I read "IC Irl" as being from Ireland. It may still be, but the link is from NI to Scotland.
There's one from the Republic of Ireland to Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E...Interconnector

Pumped storage needs 2 reservoirs.

At the moment, Pumped Hydro: 0GW, Hydro 0.09GW. Not exactly even a small contribution.[/QUOTE]
We need more investment here, then. Not something we've invested in, but as you know, we've not invested in energy infrastructure much in the last 20 years.

---------- Post added at 13:21 ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 ----------

A small morsel of good news for those of you like me, car owners who live near Co-op petrol stations. Generally these are quite pricey for petrol.

However, the chain has now been sold to Asda so hopefully we'll be seeing lower prices under Asda's ownership by the end of the year.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...nvenience-push
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