SteamyTea

Just some economic data to back up what I said about high energy prices adversly affecting a small part of our economy. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8353/

Nothing to see there.

Wish that were true down here.

I would enjoy driving a car with 0-60MPH times below 5 seconds. Would also enjoy the quietness, and the self parking.

On some industries. Not sure how much of an impact is is having on the service sector. Not heard anything on the radio that our banking, insurance and legal side is in trouble. Our energy sector is doing well.

Common practice in hospitality to send people home if it is quiet. Part of the reason for the very high staff turnover.

There is a market for secondhand turbines. https://wind-turbine.co.uk/second-hand-wind-turbines-marketplace/?swoof=1&orderby=price-desc

That is how we end up with golf courses claiming good environmental and sustainable credentials when compared to a farmed field. I want a farmed field to have low biodiversity, I don't want slugs, rabbit's feet and deadly nightshades in my cornflakes. There is an economic model to help value nature, been a while since I used it, but was interesting research.

I still find this a harrowing scene.

Did you have a hearty breakfast to start the day.

Possibly because when a windfarm is retooled, they put larger turbines on them. Or it is just made up, like the 'million pounds of concrete needed'. Offshore turbines use a lot less concrete and they drill a large hole and grout a steel base in (there is a company down here that makes the rigs to do this). Maybe @Gus Potter can give some insight as to the design. I get a bit stuck when converting the forces for, say, a 5MW turbine that is 125m heigh. I think 1 Nm.s-1 = 1W. The diameter of the base will make a difference.

No idea, but probably pay for it twice, at least. Hinckley C has still not generated anything.

You sold cars I seem to remember. There must have been times during the day that you did not close a sale. But you still got paid at the end of the month. There are many different business models, the energy market is not the same as secondhand car sales. Work it out and come back and tell us all. Hinkley Point C uses 49,000 tonnes per reactor. The Three Gorges Dam is around 30 million m³. That is close to 100 million tonnes.

I think by the nature of high energy particles, and the need to contain them safely outside of normal operating conditions, planned replace is almost a new reactor core. Going back to my car analogy, it is like @Onoff's Capris. While old, they are mothballed till they get rebuilt. Very hard to mothball a glowing nuclear reactor till it is safe to send they boys in. They are still making Chernobyl safe after 40 years. It had only been running 9 years. I really do not see the need for nuclear in the UK, we have wind, solar, hydro and tidal resources that can meet our needs without the ridiculous expense of nuclear, let alone the risks. No new infrastructure is going to be cheap, so better off picking the cheaper ones that have the lowest environmental risks. Wind turbines and solar panels can be relatively easily relocated, with little lasting effects on the local environment, can't say the same for large thermal plants. I live in an ex mining town (ok, it's not coal), but even after 150 years since mining was the main industry down here, the land is still scared and polluted.

You have been lied to.

I am sure some economists, accountants, engineers etc go through all this at the initial stages. 30 years ago, no one bought a car thinking it would last 20 years, let alone 30. But we have a lot of 20 year old cars on the roads these days (mine is 16 years old). But then, 30 years ago, no one would have thought a Ford Escort, no Focus, would be a £30k car. Or that PV would come in at 10p/W.

Honestly surprised by this They extend the life of them, at great expense. https://www.imeche.org/policy-and-press/from-our-perspective/energy-theme/nuclear-power/about-nuclear-power/the-future-of-nuclear/plant-life-extension

Was a while back, and things have changed, but when we were doing MCD PV, we got asked to do an ASHP and the MCS paperwork was quite minor as we already had most of it.

Half hour till The Archers.

Good, need more arms to pay our pensions. They the (expletive deleted)ers down the fishmines.

Not at night though, and that is quite long in the wintertime. Roof Integrated PV is so unobtrusive, and cheap to fit at build time, I don't understand why it is not done more. Might be ignorance as a lot of people still think that PV costs many, many thousands. (When I go and see our old mate Jeremy Harris, I never notice the PV on his roof, and his place is only 1 1/2 the height of a bungalow)

I think @Gone West's kids can sort that. What kids are for. I once defaulted my browser (Brave), stopped me looking at just about everything.

Always narks me a bit when people say that want PV, then don't fit it because of cost. I suspect very few fit it later.

I have not followed your build, but goes to show that it is, I assume, just a case of solid and sensible engineering.

Can you get an indemnity policy to cover WBS? My house purchased was held up because there was no FENSA certificate. Total waste of 100 quid. Better still, rip it out.