UK Power supplies Winter 2022/2023. Are you prepared ?

[unclebulgaria67]

@tobyjugg2

 

Increased costs in transportation ? Cost of shipping have increased quite a lot I believe and then you have the road transport costs of getting it to the pumps.

 

There is definitely profiteering involved, but I am guessing those involved in the accounting for this industry would point to increased costs, so the additional profits are disputed.

[tobyjugg2]

2 minutes ago, unclebulgaria67 said:

@tobyjugg2

 

Increased costs in transportation ? Cost of shipping have increased quite a lot I believe and then you have the road transport costs of getting it to the pumps.

 

 

Mainly due to the increased price of the fuel are using to transport it - a symptom not a cause

 

[tobyjugg2]

.. well apart from the UK where the loss of EU truckers has also hit transport costs and availability  - acknowledged, but strangely I've seen constantly lower fuel prices in the more isolated areas  along the Lincolnshire  coastal areas

but thats probably 'other factors like supermarket subsidy driving prices down where its a fair trip to the nearest superstore for many

 

[tobyjugg2]

Pretty basic

 

 

[unclebulgaria67]

LNG processing issue will need to be dealt with urgently.

 

Dozens of LNG-laden ships queue off Europe's coasts unable to unload

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Dozens of ships carrying LNG circling off the coasts of Spain unable to secure slots to unload have prompted grid operators for the...

 

[honeybee13]

The BEIS can't support Rees-Mogg's claim about Putin and anti-fracking groups. Matt Ridley made the same claim in the Lords and in the Daily Mail.

 

No evidence for Rees-Mogg’s ‘Putin’ claim, government admits

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The former energy secretary had claimed anti-fracking groups were funded by the Russian president

 

[tobyjugg2]

On 19/10/2022 at 07:40, unclebulgaria67 said:

LNG processing issue will need to be dealt with urgently.

 

Dozens of LNG-laden ships queue off Europe's coasts unable to unload

WWW.EURACTIV.COM

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Dozens of ships carrying LNG circling off the coasts of Spain unable to secure slots to unload have prompted grid operators for the...

 

 

 

Looks like they are doing something

 

German LNG terminals will be able to supply European neighbours from 2023 - Scholz

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Germany is building up its liquefied natural gas (LNG) capacities and its terminals will be able to supply European neighbours as well from 2023...

 

and despite the mild weather, and reduced consumption, BP and Shell and suchlike still making massive excess record profits

(Germany figures used as I dont trust anything from our tosspot lying ****** guv)

 

German gas consumption last week 30% below average - regulator

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German gas consumption last week was about 30% lower than the 2018-2021 average due to warmer-than-usual weather, the energy...

 

 

Energy company Shell reports profits of $9.5bn for Q3 of 2022 but not at record levels seen in first half of year

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The London-listed oil and gas company had reported record profits in the first half of the year amid soaring oil and gas prices.

 

 

 

 

 

[tobyjugg2]

Difficult to say the same (No Russian support) about smog farage and Johnson though eh?

Edited October 27, 2022 by tobyjugg2

[tobyjugg2]

Shell reported its second highest quarterly earning on record yesterday. Despite global profits soaring to $9.5bn between July and September:

 

Shell paid £0 – zero – in the UK windfall tax because of a loophole inserted into the plan by Sunak when he was chancellor under Boris Johnson.

[honeybee13]

That's crazy. I hope he works out some sort of windfall tax before they return billions to shareholders.

[tobyjugg2]

You seem to be mistaking who the windfall is for HB

 

its windfall tax relief for the companies very carefully dressed up in a bit of a party frock

always has been

Theres ONLY the UK tax payer paying here

 

 

What there needs to be is a tax on EVERY bit of oil and gas extracted by ANYONE from the UK's resources,

preferably with a cost+ price to all of such used by the UK - with priority of use/availability to the UK

 

[tobyjugg2]

Not just no windfall tax :

 

Energy UK, a lobby group that represents energy firms other than oil and gas producers, says Sunaks tax breaks will be worth £25bn a year for extractors (NOT green energy suppliers).

It argued that the same sum would help to fund the infrastructure for enough windfarms to power 7m homes in the UK.

[brassnecked]

One from Thursday, some good points here regarding what Energy Companes will do when people don't or can't pay.  Self Disconnection is convenient as it is kept from the figures.

Energy: making poverty worse | Turbulent Times

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From the high politics of yesterday’s blogpost to the concerns of mere mortals takes us to a couple of pieces in the Guardian on prepayment...

 

[tobyjugg2]

Yes, to at least some of that

 

Similarly the technique/scam some GP surgeries are running where thousands and thousands are getting:

'we haven't got any appointments, ring up tomorrow at 8am when some more will be released'

- and if you cant get through then, or are 'too late', try again tomorrow

none of those are flagged as failing to give an appointment.

so also massaging atrocious stats into something far less bad

Edited October 29, 2022 by tobyjugg2

[tobyjugg2]

This looks good - but isnt really

'emerald hydrogen' FFS

and if the plant is tied in to that 'propitiatory' methane etc to hydrogen technology, its NOT a step forwards

 

Centrica and Hiiroc to Inject Hydrogen at Brigg Gas-fired Power Station in UK First Project - Hydrogen Central

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Centrica and HiiROC to inject hydrogen at Brigg gas-fired power station in UK first project. Centrica Business Solutions is set to start

 

 

Also see here

 

Mitsubishi Power Completes Largest Hydrogen Fuel Blending Project - Hydrogen Central

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Mitsubishi Power completes largest hydrogen fuel blending project. Mitsubishi Power and Georgia Power, alongside the Electric Power

 

 

 

[brassnecked]

Meanwhile a Climate Denier diatribe?  posted for comment.

Eco-extremists are leading the world towards despair, poverty, and starvation

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Utopian solutions for saving the planet are doomed to failure - and worse. We must wake up before it is too late

 

[honeybee13]

Jordan Peterson the psychologist and provocateur. This is a wind up, yes?

[tobyjugg2]

1 hour ago, brassnecked said:

Meanwhile a Climate Denier diatribe?  posted for comment.

Eco-extremists are leading the world towards despair, poverty, and starvation

WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK

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Utopian solutions for saving the planet are doomed to failure - and worse. We must wake up before it is too late

 

 

 

So wheres your comment?

 

... on the dragon of grandiosity

(got that somewhere)

Edited October 30, 2022 by tobyjugg2

[tobyjugg2]

Come on @brassnecked

Its your link, start the discussion

 

Some of his arguments are actually very good, as should be expected, but a lot of his presented and implied conclusions certainly aren't. (IMO)

Edited October 30, 2022 by tobyjugg2

[tobyjugg2]

While we wait for what could be an interesting discussion on peterson - the sometimes misused hero of incels who claim to be aphas

(i would suggest a separate thread for @brassneckedthoughts and challenges on the subject)

 

 

So, seems these record profits we keep seeing are from 20-30% lower gas usage (see higher in the thread)

and gas prices are expected to remain high for at least a couple of years (until significant alternatives go online) per market analysis

[tobyjugg2]

prod prod

 

" Peterson is was not just another troll, narcissist or blowhard whose arguments are fatally compromised by bad faith, petulance, intellectual laziness and blatant bigotry."

 

- unlike many of his proponents and fans (and i would amend the above .. as amended

 

on the positive side, some of the work he did before he seemed to implode up his own backside; eg maps of meaning; is excellent and should be required reading - as should Moore's dragon of grandiosity which should be read while considering peterson.

Both are on youtube.

 

 

 

How Jordan Peterson Canceled Himself

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Jordan Peterson has become a popular Twitter meme, despite being suspended from the platform.

 

Edited October 30, 2022 by tobyjugg2

[tobyjugg2]

22 hours ago, brassnecked said:

Meanwhile a Climate Denier diatribe

 

As you refuse to comment,discuss or debate these q-anon/anti-vax/climate science denial supporting topics you repeatedly post claiming 'for discussion/comment/debate,

 

It Certainly present as what you are doing

[unclebulgaria67]

Smart meter or mostly just an Energy company remote control ?

 

BBC News - Rise in energy firms remotely switching homes to prepay meters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63554879

[honeybee13]

I think we said before [me, possibly] that they kept quiet about this side of smart meters when people were encouraged to have them.

 

In France it's very difficult not to have one of EdF's Linky meters. It turned out since the threat to electricity supplies that a Linky can turn off your electric water heater remotely if it's on between 12-2 or other peak hours, to reduce demand on the grid.

[unclebulgaria67]

Had most people been aware of why smart meters were being installed, they would not have had one.

 

In the UK, there was no compulsion, and they were sold on saving money.  

 

I don't have a smart meter, as each time I was contacted, I was just about to change suppliers.

 

I bet that those meters that are not working correctly enough to allow a switch of suppliers, will still work, when the suppliers want to cut off or restrict supplies.