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"Goldman Sachs said a month-long halt to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz could cause European gas prices to more than double."
Better get on with the verduurzaming.
It's expensive, yes.
But in the long run you're better off not dealing with these unexpected spikes in heating costs.@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social luckily the european automotive industry has decided to renew and strengthen its focus on internal combustion engines, so there's absolutely no doubt we'll all be screwed by this.
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"Decentralised systems are harder to manipulate through supply chokepoints. Solar panels, once installed, generate energy locally. The vulnerability shifts from ongoing fuel imports to upfront manufacturing dependence.
Reducing oil dependence is often framed as climate policy. But it is also vital to energy security and national security."
@CelloMomOnCars "Solar panels, once installed, generate energy locally."
True, but the overall system quite likely can be controlled over the internet, and who knows what the average non-techie punter could do about that.
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@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social luckily the european automotive industry has decided to renew and strengthen its focus on internal combustion engines, so there's absolutely no doubt we'll all be screwed by this.
#mannaggiaThis is a peculiar flavour of denial on the part of German car manufacturers. Chinese e-cars are already making in-roads.
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@CelloMomOnCars "Solar panels, once installed, generate energy locally."
True, but the overall system quite likely can be controlled over the internet, and who knows what the average non-techie punter could do about that.
True. But also, honestly, the current grid is vulnerable to cyberattacks. I hear some of the crucial parts still have factory-set passwords, and they are not managed by non-techies.
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"Decentralised systems are harder to manipulate through supply chokepoints. Solar panels, once installed, generate energy locally. The vulnerability shifts from ongoing fuel imports to upfront manufacturing dependence.
Reducing oil dependence is often framed as climate policy. But it is also vital to energy security and national security."
"The strait is a key shipping route. Not only does a fifth of the global seaborne oil pass through it, so does a fifth of worldwide LNG shipments and about a third of global trade in urea – the most widely used fertiliser.
European wholesale gas prices could triple to US$100 per megawatt hour were the strait to close entirely for three months, or operate at half capacity for six months."
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"The strait is a key shipping route. Not only does a fifth of the global seaborne oil pass through it, so does a fifth of worldwide LNG shipments and about a third of global trade in urea – the most widely used fertiliser.
European wholesale gas prices could triple to US$100 per megawatt hour were the strait to close entirely for three months, or operate at half capacity for six months."
The Strait of Hormuz is an energy chokepoint. A world running on renewable energy has far fewer such prominent chokepoints. Even with the same war scenario,
"Governments would be less exposed to sudden demands to subsidise fuels and an inflationary shock.
Energy security would become less about controlling distant shipping lanes, and more about building a distributed and resilient domestic electricity grid, more storage capacity and diversified supply chains."
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The Strait of Hormuz is an energy chokepoint. A world running on renewable energy has far fewer such prominent chokepoints. Even with the same war scenario,
"Governments would be less exposed to sudden demands to subsidise fuels and an inflationary shock.
Energy security would become less about controlling distant shipping lanes, and more about building a distributed and resilient domestic electricity grid, more storage capacity and diversified supply chains."
But what would all The Pimps of the Pumps do? All those fossil fools without their revenue? They couldn't poison enough people fast enough with microplastics and CO2 pollution if we get off of oil
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The Strait of Hormuz is an energy chokepoint. A world running on renewable energy has far fewer such prominent chokepoints. Even with the same war scenario,
"Governments would be less exposed to sudden demands to subsidise fuels and an inflationary shock.
Energy security would become less about controlling distant shipping lanes, and more about building a distributed and resilient domestic electricity grid, more storage capacity and diversified supply chains."
"As the war in Iran sends global fuel prices soaring, the U.S. Dept. of Justice has released a legal opinion claiming that Trump has the authority to override California laws and regulations that have blocked a controversial offshore oil operation by invoking the Defense Production Act.
Sable’s proposal has generated intense resistance, particularly because it seeks to restart a pipeline that ruptured in 2015, causing one of the biggest oil spills in state history."
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"As the war in Iran sends global fuel prices soaring, the U.S. Dept. of Justice has released a legal opinion claiming that Trump has the authority to override California laws and regulations that have blocked a controversial offshore oil operation by invoking the Defense Production Act.
Sable’s proposal has generated intense resistance, particularly because it seeks to restart a pipeline that ruptured in 2015, causing one of the biggest oil spills in state history."
@CelloMomOnCars
It's good that it's not the middle of winter now! Even more incentive to completely move away from fossil fuels. -
"As the war in Iran sends global fuel prices soaring, the U.S. Dept. of Justice has released a legal opinion claiming that Trump has the authority to override California laws and regulations that have blocked a controversial offshore oil operation by invoking the Defense Production Act.
Sable’s proposal has generated intense resistance, particularly because it seeks to restart a pipeline that ruptured in 2015, causing one of the biggest oil spills in state history."
"Saudi Arabia has joined Kuwait and Iraq in beginning the process of drawing down oil production, a response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a shortage of storage options."
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"Saudi Arabia has joined Kuwait and Iraq in beginning the process of drawing down oil production, a response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a shortage of storage options."
Electricity prices are spiking in the UK because they are determined by gas prices, and those are spiking.
"By far the cheapest component of our energy supply is the electricity produced by renewables, principally wind and solar.
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation."
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Electricity prices are spiking in the UK because they are determined by gas prices, and those are spiking.
"By far the cheapest component of our energy supply is the electricity produced by renewables, principally wind and solar.
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation."
@CelloMomOnCars UK generation just now.
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@CelloMomOnCars UK generation just now.
COOL!
But it's that small blue bar that determines the price for all of it.
Difficult to think of a more insane scheme to set electricity rates, if you ask me.
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@CelloMomOnCars UK generation just now.
@TimWardCam @CelloMomOnCars Was that chart designed to look like a finger up to the UK consumer?
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Preparing to Fire Up a 90-Year-Old Boiler After Half a Century
Continuing the restoration of the #1 Lancashire boiler at the Claymills Pumping Station in the UK, the volunteers are putting on the final touches after previously passing the boiler inspection. Although it may seem that things are basically ready to start laying down a fire after the boiler is proven to hold 120 PSI with all safeties fully operating, they first had to reassemble the surrounding brickwork, free up a seized damper shaft and give a lot of TLC to mechanisms that were brand new in the 1930s and last operated in 1971.
Removing the ashes from a Lancashire boiler. (Credit: Claymills pumping station, YouTube)
The damper shaft is part of the damper mechanism which controls doors that affect the burn rate, acting as a kind of throttle for the boilers. Unfortunately the shaft’s bearings had seized up completely, and no amount of heat and kinetic maintenance could loosen it up again. This forced them to pull it out and manufacture a replacement, but did provide a good look at how it’s put together. The original dial indicator was salvaged, along with some other bits that were still good.Next was to fit the cast-iron ash boxes that sit below the boiler and from where ash can be scraped out and deposited into wheelbarrows. The automatic sprinkler stokers are fitted above these, with a good look at their mechanism. The operator is given a lot of control over how much coal is being fed into the boiler, as part of the early 20th-century automation.
The missing furnace doors on the #1 boiler were replaced with replicas based on the ones from the other boilers, and some piping around the boiler was refurbished. Even after all that work, it’ll still take a few weeks and a lot more work to fully reassemble the boiler, showing just how complex these systems are. With some luck it’ll fire right back up after fifty years of slumbering and decades of suffering the elements.
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