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Originally Posted by Pierre
My actual complaint is the removal of stable, relatively cheap, energy. That is being replaced by not stable, relatively expensive energy.
Or in the case of biomas, being hoodwinked into thinking that importing wood pellets from North America is any greener that using coal from the UK.
Anyway, I take your point, I'm drifting away from the topic and into general energy policy.
Needless to say, it's obvious what side of that debate I'm on.
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Thank you
The problem is, stable, cheap energy (coal) has raised global temperatures and continues to do so, with as-yet unknown consequences for human civilisation. Already, summer conditions in the UK have become less benign and predictable.
Acidification of rain in Scandinavia used to be a thing, which we were almost single-handedly responsible for, thanks to our industrial-scale burning of coal, but that has become a thing of the past.
It’s like an Asda smart price lasagne. You could eat it every night and thereby live on £5 a week, but should you?