Power cuts?

I hope so but what worries me is the iffy nature of solar and wind and the possibility of not being able to rely of foreign imports. I hope that any possible cuts would be in daylight hours but just in case the worst happens and we have cuts during the late afternoon and onwards I think it's worthwhile making little plans for those who might need some help remembering that it's dark from what? Indoors, 16:00 or so onwards at this time of year.

On the subject of planning and helping the locals... As well as radios I suppose torches could be an idea. I have some wind up ones and about 4 of them are the same type and they're wonderful because once wound they retain their power for a very long time whilst just sat in a drawer, others when wound have no power days later when I go to use them. Anyway. I think battery powered torches will be best as some people could have issues winding up a device, either radio or torch.

The best place for me to help is church as the church is in touch with more than just people who attend. I think a few radios and torches to hand out might be an idea. Just in case.
 
I had a wind up radio once.

It didn’t work.
 
Pound Coin said:
I had a wind up radio once.

It didn’t work.
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I had an early one. It didn't work very well at all. It could hardly pick anything up. I had to go over a load of dry joints and it then worked well for years. One wind lasted about half an hour or more depending upon volume and I thought that was ok. These days they're readily available and reasonably priced although a lot are just Chinese tat that frankly shouldn't be on sale. For me batteries are a better option as I can afford them and as I mentioned above some people may have problems winding a device up.
 
vintageman said:
The government have a plan to ensure we will have plenty of electricity in the future!

The only flaw is that we will be hungry as massive solar farms will take over huge areas of farmland and destroy tenanted farms

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/environm...-taken-out-of-food-production-for-solar-sites
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Only one thing to say to that: Golf courses!

Both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have warned of solar panels “filling” the UK’s highest quality farmland, joining a chorus of their fellow Conservative MPs who have recently described solar projects as hazards for rural communities and food supply.

There has been some pushback to the view being promoted by Truss and Sunak. For example, in the Times, chief reporter Sean O’Neill wrote that the pair are “displaying staggering ignorance” and “pandering to the whingeing nimbys in their tiny electorate”. In the Daily Telegraph, the paper’s chief city commentator Ben Marlow wrote that “Britain’s culture wars have reached such epically absurd proportions that even the sun is now the enemy”.

Despite the claims, ground-mounted solar panels currently cover just 0.1% of all land in the UK.

Even government plans to significantly scale up solar in line with its net-zero target are expected to bring this up to just 0.3% of the UK land area. This is the equivalent to around 0.5% of the land currently used for farming – and roughly half of the space taken up by golf courses.
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To avoid any electricity distribution problems, I suggest that all the people who were given tax payers' money towards their cars and who haven't been paying fuel duty, should pay back that money now to fund the deployment of emergency generators in areas at risk.

After all, they only accepted the bribes out of a sense of duty to the environment, so they will get a warm glow of satisfaction at helping to keep the lights on, while the rest of us continue to destroy the environment with our gas gazzlers.

This is a win-win option... :naughty:
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
To avoid any electricity distribution problems, I suggest that all the people who were given tax payers' money towards their cars and who haven't been paying fuel duty, should pay back that money now to fund the deployment of emergency generators in areas at risk.

After all, they only accepted the bribes out of a sense of duty to the environment, so they will get a warm glow of satisfaction at helping to keep the lights on, while the rest of us continue to destroy the environment with our gas gazzlers.

This is a win-win option... :naughty:
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Alternatively, those that have been damaging the world more pay more...
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
To avoid any electricity distribution problems, I suggest that all the people who were given tax payers' money towards their cars and who haven't been paying fuel duty, should pay back that money now to fund the deployment of emergency generators in areas at risk.

After all, they only accepted the bribes out of a sense of duty to the environment, so they will get a warm glow of satisfaction at helping to keep the lights on, while the rest of us continue to destroy the environment with our gas gazzlers.

This is a win-win option... :naughty:
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Offset with the fact that for a long while EV cost more than ICE equivalent so more VAT paid - maybe those with ISAs could pay back the tax on interest they avoided too?
 
The power going off for any length of time could be life threatening for many when you consider dialysis machines at home, potential for food poisoning if people risk it after 4+ hours, of the fridge being off, risk to babies because modern gas boilers would switch off, no internet for online gaming...:eek::D I can't see it happening, something catastrophic would have to happen...


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gman said:
The power going off for any length of time could be life threatening for many when you consider dialysis machines at home, potential for food poisoning if people risk it after 4+ hours, of the fridge being off, risk to babies because modern gas boilers would switch off, no internet for online gaming...:eek::D I can't see it happening, something catastrophic would have to happen...


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Forgot about that - my son would riot of his xbox went down :D
 
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