spidersandsnakes Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 This tops it all and it just goes to show that NO NUKES IS WORRYING MANY A GOVT, HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA :) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13253876 Six Scottish windfarms were paid up to £300,000 to stop producing energy, it has emerged. The turbines, at a range of sites across Scotland, were stopped because the grid network could not absorb all the energy they generated. Details of the payments emerged following research by the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF). The REF said energy companies were paid £900,000 to halt the turbines for several hours between 5 and 6 April. According to the REF research, the payments made cost up to 20 times the value of the electricity that would have been generated if the turbines had kept running. The largest payment was given to Whitelee windfarm in East Renfrewshire, owned by Scottish Power, which was paid £308,000 in April. The RWE nPower-owned Farr windfarm, south of Inverness, received £265,000 in the same month. 'Very wasteful' Hadyardhill in South Ayrshire, which is owned by SSE Renewables, was given £140,000 to stop producing energy, while Blacklaw windfarm in Lanarkshire - also owned by Scottish Power - was given £130,000. The Millennium windfarm in the Highlands and Beinn Tharsuin, just north of Alness, each received £33,000 and £11,500 respectively. Dr Lee Moroney, planning director for the REF, which has criticised subsidies to the renewable sector in the past, said: "The variability of wind power poses grid management problems for which there are no cheap solutions. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote In future we need greater electrical energy storage facilities and greater interconnection with our EU neighbours so that excess energy supplies can be sold or bought where required” End Quote Spokesman DECC "However, throwing the energy away, and paying wind farms handsomely for doing so, is not only costly but obviously very wasteful. "Government must rethink the scale and pace of wind power development before the costs of managing it become intolerable and the scale of the waste scandalous." The National Grid said the network had overloaded because high winds and heavy rain in Scotland overnight on 5 and 6 April produced more wind energy than it could use. Spokesman Stewart Larque said: "One of our key roles is to balance supply and demand for energy." He added: "On the evening of the 5th into the 6th of April, the wind in Scotland was high, it was raining heavily, which also created more hydro energy than normal." Mr Larque said a transmission fault in the system meant the surplus energy could not be transferred to England and so generation had to be cut. He also confirmed that the National Grid spent £280m balancing supply and demand. A spokesman for the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), described the incident as "unusual" and said more electrical storage was needed. He added: "In future we need greater electrical energy storage facilities and greater interconnection with our EU neighbours so that excess energy supplies can be sold or bought where required." A Scottish government spokesman said electricity generated by renewables accounted for 27.4% of Scotland's electricity use. He added: "National Grid is responsible for balancing the supply of electricity from all sources across the grid to match demand and generators will sometimes be required to reduce output as part of that process. "At the same time, the Scottish and UK governments have been working with the National Grid and others in the industry to strengthen grid capacity and address access constraints." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 They call the wind....BS? http://www.darrylmueller.com/sfcronical99.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 HiBro, They call the wind....BS? http://www.darrylmueller.com/sfcronical99.html "If the wind don't blow,..." Google,failed wind farms,.... boondoggle in Ma. coming,...Cape Wind,... Love ya R! KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 These things can only happen in the place(s) quoted in that silly link, hahahahhahahahahahhahaha:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 A to R: "Oh hello darling, when are we gonna get married luvie?"........I'm having the laughs of my life with some posts, hahahahhahahahahahaha...and so is my GF:):)!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Fills the Air Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Having read a lot on renewable energy, I personally think wind farms are a good direction to go in. They're one of the few options available to 'windy' counrties like the UK, and much better than the nuclear option for obvious reasons. I find the opposition arguments rather weak to be honest. http://www.bwea.com/onshore/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Lots of hot air here. http://www.algore.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 NEVER believe the words uttered by a politician....no matter if it's Gore or Obama or your own brother (if he were a politician!!!:)):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 NEVER believe the words uttered by a politician....no matter if it's Gore or Obama or your own brother (if he were a politician!!!:)):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Hi Bro, Lots of hot air here.http://www.algore.com/ *cough* they don't get it,... Without high/sustainable storage capacity,wind,solar is not a viable alternative energy source.How long has this (W/S) been around??? Hey,all you -greenies- do a Google search,......egad! KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Hi Bro, *cough* they don't get it,... Without high/sustainable storage capacity,wind,solar is not a viable alternative energy source.How long has this (W/S) been around??? Hey,all you -greenies- do a Google search,......egad! KB You "darkies" don't even know where to start talking sense on this matter, hahahahhahah:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 darkies is a racial slur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 darkies is a racial slur Apart from the fact that if I were to follow your logic of thinking, greenie would sound like a racial slur too. But since I woun't fall into that logic, I was referring to you calling some people (not me...I don't really care for the Greens) "greenies":) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 darkies is a racial slur A very off white person once said this to me, "You Honkies make me laugh, You say you are WHITE but you are really PINK (ISH) You get sick and you turn GREEN You get too cold and you turn BLUE You drink too muck for too long and you turn PURPLE You get too much sun and you turn BROWN You get scrred and you turn YELLOW You get embarrassed and you turn RED You get Tangoed and you turn ORANGE You get very ill and you turn GREY And you have the nerve to call ME Coloured?" Racial Slurs? wish I had one. Regards, Danny PS, If I missed out any colour please fill it in for me will you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 A very off white person once said this to me, "You Honkies make me laugh, You say you are WHITE but you are really PINK (ISH) You get sick and you turn GREEN You get too cold and you turn BLUE You drink too muck for too long and you turn PURPLE You get too much sun and you turn BROWN You get scrred and you turn YELLOW You get embarrassed and you turn RED You get Tangoed and you turn ORANGE You get very ill and you turn GREY And you have the nerve to call ME Coloured?" Racial Slurs? wish I had one. Regards, Danny PS, If I missed out any colour please fill it in for me will you? You have a VERy intelligent pal man:):) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Apart from the fact that if I were to follow your logic of thinking, greenie would sound like a racial slur too. But since I woun't fall into that logic, I was referring to you calling some people (not me...I don't really care for the Greens) "greenies":) Not at all, since the reference is to an ideology/philosophy rather than an ethnicity or skin color. In fairness to you, it doesn't seem you were using darkies as a slur, but as an attempt at a clever retort to "greenies" (and I'm giving a lot of latitude with the "clever" description). As in, "in the dark" about this particular issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Hi Bro, *cough* they don't get it,... Without high/sustainable storage capacity,wind,solar is not a viable alternative energy source.How long has this (W/S) been around??? Hey,all you -greenies- do a Google search,......egad! KB Hi Kev, Surely they could catch the wind and put it in to balloons or something to be released later when needed? Right solved the energy crisis in an instant haven't I? Well I'm off to the patten office to register, if you see anyone catching the wind in a balloon let me know will you and I'll issue them with an injunction pronto. Very Kind Regards, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Yeah, yeah......clean and SAFE energy production is laughable isn't it?? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 it doesn't seem you were using darkies as a slur :rolleyes: Now you say this??:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 In the best wind spots on earth, over 14,000 turbines were simply abandoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 :blink: Wind is really not the way forward.,,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 Wind is really not the way forward.,,,,,, ....and NUKE is really the way BACKWARD into oblivion :)!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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