LOL at Greta Thunbeg without a pre-prepared speech.

Cheers Droog

Masonmart is a cunt and probably drinks creme de menthe 

My young brother has Aspergers. Wasn't diagnosed until he was 40. Poor cunt spent his entire life getting criticised and mocked for saying and doing ostensibly stupid things that he couldn't control.

We can have a grown-up discussion about whether it's okay to criticise someone in that position for something that's more than likely a result of their condition, like failing to answer a question. Personally I don't think it's okay and I have some knowledge of the condition. However, criticism is one thing, taking the piss out of someone for having a disability is cretinous behaviour.

And I'd go for a pint with Mason. I'd have a 1952 Macallan when it was his round though. A fucking double.

Like her or not, she attracted a lot of followers.

We didn't see much in that clip, what went on before? Was she 'interrogated' by the journos? None of the other 5 sitting there chipped in with anything, positive or negative.

Why has BJ announced that new petrol/diesel vehicles wont be on sale 2030 onwards?
Why has BJ announced wind farms are the way forward? Not so long ago the Tories said if anyone objected about a wind farm on the landscape they could shout it down.
Are they after the green/younger supporters vote?

Is Greta the catalyst?

During spring lockdown, in many countries air pollution dropped, skies were clearer, the pictures from space showed that up. The world didnt cool down. Too little for too shorter time? Global warming is happening, I believe its a natural variation in temperature which we are adding heat to.
Lockdown in winter when Europe turns on the gas fired central heating wont do much for pollution levels.

I use methanol fuel cells on site. They're horrifically expensive and you don't get that much power out of them. The fuel cell itself costs £7k and will last around a year before its output starts to degrade. They're quite fragile too. Methanol will cost around £300 per month if you deploy it without PV. All this for a constant output around 80W.

Storage is the key. Maybe not batteries but pumped storage is a decent option. If you want to develop offshore wind to massive levels then you need to be able to access that energy when wind speeds are low. You also need to control over-capacity while reducing the need to compensate generators for having to shut down.

Nuclear isn't the answer. It's far too expensive and the pollution is unacceptable. Hinkley Point C is now estimated at £22bn and will likely continue to rise. It has a strike price of £92.50/MWh guaranteed for 35 years. In comparison, the latest round of offshore wind came in at around £40/MWh guaranteed for only 15 years.

The money being spunked on Hinkley would go a very long way to developing storage technology and infrastructure for a future of renewable generation.

The problem with wave and tidal is massive investment for little return. Yes the energy is more constant but there's not a lot of it. This is the same for all new technology however and investment/production will drive down costs as it has for wind and solar. Wind and solar are here now though and are cheap.

If you see any new builds they've all got PV panels on the roof (by law in Scotland) but they're just not big enough. Ground source heat pumps would be a better idea but let's not get too carried away. If cunts rely less on the big national energy providers I'll be out of a fucking job.

Agree on your opinion wrt global warming.

Not sure about the BJ announcement v reality....but tech is moving quick so you never know.

Just think about all the future bikers who will have to ride characterless electric motorcycles...

I'd have an electric car or motorcycle tomorrow if I could afford them. Nothing to do with being green, I like the torque of an electric motor. If there was a good goverment subsidy to pay for converting my old (or some sort of trade in for a secondhand EV) petrol car, I'd be all over it.