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Climate Change Motion for BANES – Bath and North East Somerset Council

Bath and North East Somerset Council Full Council meeting 15 September 2022 Green Party Motion on the impact of increasing taxation on the inhabitants of B&NES as a result of the Government’s continued support and funding of nuclear power in preference to renewable energy generation. To be proposed by Cllr Joanna Wright   Council Notes: […]

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Vast uninsurable cost of nuclear energy – 8.71 Euros per kWh

Hello David and All, I had a quick look at David’s ‘100% Renewable’ site. The politicians are being badly briefed, so are lying. They are omitting the two infinite subsidies provided only to nuclear power. The first is that npps worldwide are indemnified by states because the insurance industry won’t. See: 2012-04-11 The Real Lessons […]

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Weak link between civil nuclear and nuclear weapons?

Hi Steve, I don’t think anyone involved in a submarine-inclusive nuclear exchange would be returning to port to re-stock the missile tubes on Day 3…. though the submariners would have lots of time to watch films like The Bedford Incident and On the Beach, and read nuclear warfare aftermath reports like : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00139157.2017.1325300?cookieSet=1 I don’t […]

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Le Canard Enchaine reports on Sizewell C costs being higher than renewables

Link to research on which this article is based – https://claverton-energy.com/baseload-power-generators-such-as-nuclear-power-plant-are-not-needed-in-an-all-renewable-future-and-their-use-would-simply-increase-costs.html English gentlemen…This comes from England. On July 20, the British government gave the green light to the construction of two EPRs in Suffolk, The Sizewell C power plant – if it sees the light of day – would have EDF as prime contractor ( […]

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How do govts and academics financially analyze infrastructure projects

What is the correct method for govts and academics to financially analyze infrastructure projects, and why is this analysis method different from the way an investor or merchant banker would analyze it but without this creating a conflict or incongruity? What we are talking about here is long-term infrastructure projects such as railways, district heat, […]

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Trams remove cars from Amsterdam’s streets

Trams remove cars from Amsterdam’s streets   See also  for similar pictures: https://www.google.com/search?q=amsterdam+street+traffic+before+after&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7wYDW9cj5AhXOhc4BHXoYDiYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1389&bih=650&dpr=1#imgrc=r5XQmYqzgB10oM

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High thermal mass, lower summer overheating and low energy demand housing

The architect Stephen Reyburn built a high-mass house in London SW13 ~35 years ago. Mid-terrace, infill. Cavity external walls, concrete floors & stairs. Not dissimilar to Blandford Avenue, possibly a slightly higher thermal capacity. It had MVHR but was designed mostly for lower space heating bills. Summer comfort as good as an air-conditioned building was […]

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Cold weather COP of air source heat pumps is about 3.1

The COP of air source heat pumps during cold weather is still about 3.1 even allowing for defrosting energy? Jez BRE, BrendanUys – Heacol   Dear Clavertons – what is the cold day COP of a heat pump including all defrosting energy? Dave Andrews Dave In my experience it is not the defrosting energy that […]

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