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Beezerk said:
He’s such a hypocritical prat…imo of course ?
I read an article yesterday that mentioned he slags off Camilla in the book for using the media to improve her profile.
Couldn’t make it up ?
Guy has little class.
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totally agree. He started digging a hole 3 years ago and what he and the Dutchess of Montecito have done to the Royal family, with no proof or facts whatsoever, is shocking and there is no way back for hypocritical narcissistical privilidged idiots like this.
 
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PNWokingham said:
totally agree. He started digging a hole 3 years ago and what he and the Dutchess of Montecito have done to the Royal family, with no proof or facts whatsoever, is shocking and there is no way back for hypocritical narcissistical privilidged idiots like this.
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I get the impression you’re not a fan of them ?
 
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pauljames87 said:
There are no fixed rates ATM unfortunately. Because of the price cap it has to be variable or the gov won't fund the energy companies

34p electric 10p gas is it ATM

Will rise about 20% in April by looks to 40p and 12p

Help ends march 2024 and then the fixed will return , because they can then hedge prices again
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Why does the war in Ukraine cause increased electricity prices when it's produced in local wind farms and offshore etc
 
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Why does the war in Ukraine cause increased electricity prices when it's produced in local wind farms and offshore etc
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This has been explained a few times by those in the energy market

It needs updating and changing the way the price of electric is worked out

Green energy costs less but is charged at same rate because the price of wholesale gas sets the rate for electric

Where do renewables stand? Why are green prices rising too?
Octopus Energy: “An outdated energy system means the price of renewables is tied to the price of gas, so rising gas prices also impact renewable prices.”

GEUK: “No matter the source of energy, if there is more demand than supply, the price goes up.

“As a country, we still rely heavily on gas for the generation of electricity (nearly 50 per cent) so the increase in worldwide gas prices does have an impact on the commodity price of electricity; so, until renewables command the highest per cent of generation in the UK, gas will be a determinant of price.”

https://greenworld.org.uk/article/e...green prices rising,supply, the price goes up.
 
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williamalex1 said:
Why does the war in Ukraine cause increased electricity prices when it's produced in local wind farms and offshore etc
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We use quite a lot of gas for UK electricity production. also we import a lot of elec from France, Belgium, Norway, NL. Not sure of their production methods (therefore their costs). Even on a day like today, right now 36GW (Blowing winds!!!) Here is a snapshot of the UK electric supply:

Wind 44%
Nuclear 14%
Gas 10% so 3.6GW of electricity is from Gas right now.
France 10%
Biomass 5%
Norway 3%
NL 3%
Belgium 3%
Solar 2%
plus odds and sods...
 
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pauljames87 said:
This has been explained a few times by those in the energy market

It needs updating and changing the way the price of electric is worked out

Green energy costs less but is charged at same rate because the price of wholesale gas sets the rate for electric

Where do renewables stand? Why are green prices rising too?
Octopus Energy: “An outdated energy system means the price of renewables is tied to the price of gas, so rising gas prices also impact renewable prices.”

GEUK: “No matter the source of energy, if there is more demand than supply, the price goes up.

“As a country, we still rely heavily on gas for the generation of electricity (nearly 50 per cent) so the increase in worldwide gas prices does have an impact on the commodity price of electricity; so, until renewables command the highest per cent of generation in the UK, gas will be a determinant of price.”

https://greenworld.org.uk/article/energy-crisis-why-are-renewable-prices-rising-too#:~:text=Why are green prices rising,supply, the price goes up.
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Fundamentally it suits those providing renewable energy to tie their price to gas which has nothing to do with their own costs at all. I assume if gas prices sank through the floor they would find a way of ’untying’ them pretty quickly.
 
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pauljames87 said:
So to just prove the point here is word for word what is said about Xbox

Birthdays were always a huge deal at Ludgrove, because every boy, and most teachers, had a ravenous sweet tooth. There was often a violent struggle for the seat next to the birthday boy: that’s where you’d be assured of the first and biggest slice. I don’t remember who managed to win the seat beside me. Make a wish, Harry! You want a wish? All right, I wish my mother was— Then, out of nowhere— Aunt Sarah? Holding a box. Open it, Harry. I tore at the wrapping paper, the ribbon. I peered inside. What…? Mummy bought it for you. Shortly before… You mean in Paris? Yes. Paris. It was an Xbox. I was pleased. I loved video games. That’s the story, anyway. It’s appeared in many accounts of my life, as gospel, and I have no idea if it’s true. Pa said Mummy hurt her head, but perhaps I was the one with brain damage? As a defense mechanism, most likely, my memory was no longer recording things quite as it once did.

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So even he is saying thats what's been told in accounts of his life.. he doesn't even remember it
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Be careful what you copy and paste into a public forum. If you read the front of any book there is a copyright warning about this very thing.
 
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Rooter said:
We use quite a lot of gas for UK electricity production. also we import a lot of elec from France, Belgium, Norway, NL. Not sure of their production methods (therefore their costs). Even on a day like today, right now 36GW (Blowing winds!!!) Here is a snapshot of the UK electric supply:

Wind 44%
Nuclear 14%
Gas 10% so 3.6GW of electricity is from Gas right now.
France 10%
Biomass 5%
Norway 3%
NL 3%
Belgium 3%
Solar 2%
plus odds and sods...
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So what would happen if we produced 100% of our own electricity and gas,
 
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chellie said:
Don't think there is any guarantee that anything produced here would be used here anyway. They would sell it to the highest bidder no doubt. They said that about anything produced by fracking.
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There is also the situation of storing it

ATM octopus pay their customers on agile to use excess energy as it encourages them to use it when there is a surplus

Normally we just export it to another country that could use less gas because of it

We need some hefty battery storage facilities
 
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