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And this misunderstanding leads to ignoring one of the big opportunities brought by renewables: sometimes it gives us really cheap electricity. Such as: today!

There is a huge opportunity here that we should learn to take advantage of...

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Britain’s woes began when natural-gas prices spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine. That put up electricity costs across Europe, but Britain was hit hard. Since it pushed coal off the grid in the 2010s, gas (as the marginal producer) has almost always set the electricity price (see chart 2). In France, nuclear is usually the price-setter; in Germany it is often coal; in some countries hydroelectric dominates. Wind and solar seldom do: their output varies too much with the weather and grids usually need at least some baseload power from elsewhere.

But then we get this telling mistake.
No, it's not because they are variable that wind or solar rarely set the price - it's because their marginal cost is virtually zero!
The marginal price is set by the *highest* cost power source needed. Renewables is almost always the lowest cost source...

Is Britain’s net-zero push to blame for its high energy prices? A mighty rise in electricity costs has complicated the drive for clean power

I want to come back properly on this Economist piece that questions Britain's approach to net zero.

It gets three things wrong imo:

1. Ignoring periods of v cheap renewable energy
2. Misdiagnosing the relative costs of renewables
3. Looking backwards, not forwards.

Edinburgh roads to close for Protestant group parade during busiest time of year A number of Edinburgh road closures and bus diversions will be in place on Saturday, August 9, due to a Protestant group parade.

Same day as the Oasis gig? Edinburgh is going to be absolutely wanker central that day. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Good to see the UK finally see sense..

Trailing 12-month view is a sight to behold
#denmark #alwaysbecharging

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The Greens are not in Govt. I know they are a threat to your Scottish votes in 2026, but stay in reality.

Looking to buy a AFC fan a birthday gift.. why are @afc.co.uk hoodies so dire. AFC have an Adidas supply contract, but zero Adidas hoodies. Man Utd (and others), granted a much bigger team have this design, surely Adidas can adapt and sell them.

When did Scottish Labour put up a viable alternative? When did Scottish Labour last have an FM and Party leading at Holyrood. Similar answer to your question.

Meme of Trump on the WH roof with the meme caption "Diddler on the Roof"

Roads and Ferries.. something that many folk north of the Central belt have been screaming out for, and that your own party has also been calling for ie duelling northern roads for example.

Also the Greens are not in Government, they are now in opposition like Labour, what was the Scottish Labour solution to the budget issues?

Due to funding pressures caused by a dire economy and inflationary spending elsewhere. You can say all you like about specific cuts, but you don’t mention the context as to why.

U.K. Government Likely to Lean on Tax Rises to Avoid Budget Rules Breach, NIESR Says The U.K. government is set to break its fiscal rules unless it raises taxes or cuts spending when it unveils its new budget plans later this year, the U.K.’s National Institute of Economic and Social ...

The Wall Street Journal introduces them
as ‘The U.K.’s leading economic research body’.. yet very little about them anywhere.

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You mean the price paid by the dire UK economy and inflation? Cheers Tories and Brexit..

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There go the goalposts again...

Sadly.

UN chief urges tech sector to power data centers with renewables U.N. Secretary General António Guterres on Tuesday called on tech companies to power the build out of data centers with 100% renewable energy by 2030, even as the industry turns to gas and coal-fired power plants to meet surging demand.

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres called on tech companies to power the build out of data centers with 100% renewable energy by 2030.
"It must be powered by the sun, the wind, and the promise of a better world."
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Drop Miami for a Argentine Grand Prix. Simple.

What’s the group combined figure?

"This has led Tesla to lose the top spot on the best-selling EV makers list in the region, where Volkswagen–the brand, not the group–is now the new king

January to June, Tesla sold 108,878 cars in the region, while Volkswagen moved 133,465 EVs, a massive 78% Y-o-Y increase"
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Scotland is the highest point in the UK.. yet as I speak my whole City is being powered by renewables.

You spelled, "The American people had a $100 billion tax hike" wrong, Charlie.

It’s a manifesto they were voted in on.. the people passed it, your view on it they didn’t. So it is.

Will it? Seeing LAB lost chunks of the youth vote awhile ago & no longer perceived to be that ‘left leaning’. I’d say the Lib Dem’s & Greens + Indys will pick up bigger overal gains than Labour due to it + 🇺🇸 elections show the youth vote like other age groups can be influenced by both sides.

No, that’s a you thing. #projection

Seems a trend downward after the Model Y update..