Kate Morley6h ago
The sun is shining, the wind is blowing a gale, and just 2.4% of British electricity is coming from fossil fuels. See the live data at https://grid.iamkate.com.
Show threadFardels Bear5h ago

@katemorley

What a very useful website. Thanks. Politicians bang on about the UK needing fossil fuels and nuclear, but it seems to me that we could repace them both with renewables, given a strong lead from the government.

Show threadJuffo-Wup

@riggbeck @katemorley

Can't build nukes without nuke-lear. 🤷

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Show threadHenry III3h ago
@mndflayr @riggbeck @katemorley We can't store electricity at the moment so nuclear is the only carbon free back-up power. We will need to invest in alternative storage solutions. Batteries are the obvious alternative or pumping water up into hydro dams during over production of energy for example.
Show threadJuffo-Wup2h ago

@johnhenrythe3rd @riggbeck @katemorley

Building storage is faster and cheaper than building nuclear power plants. 🤷