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This is Why Electricity Costs Twice as Much in Britain as in the USA

by Dr John Fernley
19 July 2024 8:55 AM

The peak electricity demand in Britain is in the winter when we need to heat our homes, offices, shops, warehouses, factories etc. But in the winter solar farms produce almost no electricity in Britain. This is because it is dark for around 16 hours a day and when the Sun does appear it is weak and usually hidden behind thick cloud. Solar energy may make sense in some countries, for example the countries of North Africa, but building solar farms in Britain is completely brainless.

The new Energy Secretary Ed Milliband has just given the green light to the biggest solar farm in the U.K. He claims that building the Sunnica solar farm in East Anglia will “cut bills for families”. As is often the case with politicians, the opposite is true. Because solar farms produce almost no electricity in the winter there will need to be back-up electricity generation. So essentially two electricity generation facilities will have to be built and operated, one for the summer and one for the winter. This will increase electricity bills for families not cut them.

Subsidies to companies operating solar farms and wind farms is one of the reasons electricity bills in Britain are already amongst the highest in the world. We pay five times as much for our electricity as China and twice as much as the USA. The pain that these high bills cause British families is of no concern to the small group of eco-zealots in Government and the TV news who peddle scare stories about global warming and tell half-truths about the cost of renewables. They want Britain to be a world leader in Net Zero and don’t care about the price the rest of us have to pay for this utterly pointless ambition. Britain is responsible for only 1% of global CO2 emissions so even if we achieved Net Zero tomorrow it would have no measurable impact on global temperatures.

Household electricity prices worldwide in December 2023, by select country (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt-hour). Source: Statista

Meanwhile the big CO2 emitters, like China (30% of global CO2 emissions) and the USA (10% of global CO2 emissions), move far more slowly towards Net Zero. They continue to build and operate fossil-fuel power stations. Unlike solar farms and wind farms, these power stations are both cheap and reliable, they work every hour of every day summer and winter. This is why the electricity bills for Chinese and American families are so much lower than the bills for British families.

Dr. John Fernley is a retired scientist.

Tags: Ed MilibandEnergy BillsEnergy CostsLabour PartyNet ZeroRenewable energySolar PanelsSolar PowerUnited States

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Bill H
Bill H
4 years ago

Unbelievable hypocrisy, Yet they seem to just get away with it.

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RickH
RickH
4 years ago

I’m afraid that even the charitable diagnosis of ignorance or mental illness doesn’t work as an excuse for child abuse. Munchausan’s Syndrome or simple abuse by proxy – same thing. There needs to be protection against it.

Safeguarding requires that both Scottish and UK governments are stripped of their powers to abuse minors, and parents and teachers need to be de-programmed.

There also needs to be awareness that this is far more widespread and affects far more children than the traditional images of abuse that (allegedly) horrifies people.

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The Dark Lord
The Dark Lord
4 years ago

in 3 … 2 …. 1 …. “you just want kids to die I guess” ….

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Jo Starlin
Jo Starlin
4 years ago

“It’s estimated that 500,000 people in the UK have long covid” according to Channel 4 Dispatches.

Who the fuck by? Is there no end to the utter, utter shit these people will spout?

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RickH
RickH
4 years ago
Reply to  Jo Starlin

“Is there no end to the utter, utter shit these people will spout?”

If there is, it’s nowhere in sight yet. Mass hypochondria rules!

There was a time when Dispatches challenged the establishment rather than acted as another arm of propaganda.

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ScepticSteve
ScepticSteve
4 years ago

I support mandatory masks, handcuffs, ball and chains, and a dungeon.

For Johnson, Hancock, Whitty, Vallance, Ferguson, etc., after their televised trials.

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LockScep
LockScep
4 years ago

The article says this is mandatory – is there a link to that law? Believe the guidance might imply that it is, but last secondary legislation specifically exempted schools.

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Marmalade
Marmalade
4 years ago

Face masks are not mandatory anywhere, there are exemptions that apply, no proof required.

I do hope at least some young people have the backbone to make a stand against this. Set yourself free!

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