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Alistair Carmichael memo leak and inquiry: should he resign?
paulb replied to jjnuk's topic in National & International News
Maybe you should look at the skeletons in your own closet before making a statement like that!!!! im not a mp. im not in public office. ive not lied. ive not any skeletons. a skeleton is something your trying to hide. if you believe ive skeletons you had better publish and be damned. -
Alistair Carmichael memo leak and inquiry: should he resign?
paulb replied to jjnuk's topic in National & International News
man was a minister of state he lied about a dishonest act. if our ministers will not be Honorable and admit misconduct then we cant ever trust them. if for a moment you think he is sorry over his actions your mistaken. he is just upset that he was caught. -
unless its banning dog walking then he cant stop folks. you could always ask why.
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Alistair Carmichael memo leak and inquiry: should he resign?
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totally. man is an admitted lier. even judges say so. -
just more reason to use coop or local stores. i dont understand Tesco polices seems a little confused up here. it really would be nice if aldi or lidl opened.
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buildbase and jewsons. im sure there maybe others. if possible buy in summer its a little lower in price.
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frances just ignore. i was on the last plane back on tuesday and it was pretty bad. first time ive flown in 24 years. very different than the larger jets. landing was bouncy. i feel sorry for the cabin staff is there really need to serve a drink on a 45/50 minute trip. frances you drive how you want to. its the drivers responsibility to drive at a safe speed for themselves. if some one wants to pass they can. i suspect we know who know Shetlands weather conditions better. and over your fear it normal when you see weeks of reports on safety faults to be concerned over your loved ones. on a positive note airstaff were wonderful.
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transport cost to fetlar would cost a fair bit. maybe better to see if you can find a local peat bank for next year. consider a ton of coal it works out a little cheaper.
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a 16 year old can pay tax so should be able to vote.
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nuclear is when you factor in all costs is the most expensive source of power. being a job comforter a accident like we've seen else were will depopulate a massive bit of the uk. build gas if you want cheap power or frack for fuel. onshore wind power is one of the cheaper sources just a little more expensive than gas and coal. what no system can cope with is a government that completely alters its thinking every few years. this latest wobble is costing 1000s of jobs if you want a planned power supply you need to be thinking at least 50 years ahead. why buy from china and pay over the odds for power borrow at near 0% and build it ourselves.
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scotland the only place in europe a 16 year old is treated as an adult.
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How to prevent pain and ignore illnesses in the NHS
paulb replied to bresail's topic in Shetland News
if you explain your memory problem record the visit. ask for details. make a list of questions. im suspecting they mean your relatively stable but as cranky says take someone with you. if your not sure about anything speak to your district nurse. he will be willing to assist. your very lucky to have a very skilled nurse on your island. as with anything else connected with your health its yours and if you dont understand or not happy say so. -
its plod. even if it cant be acted on. a record will exist. and plod will speak to the person with the weapon. if your expecting trouble try and record it. it may mean a problem or 2 trying to renew its licence/cert.
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yup you must report it. a threat is a threat. if they do own a weapon it needs to be removed, so do it. as i said dont be bullied they want you to be quite.
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investment. nowt. we receve the power for free. it would have cost about 10k to buy and install. so a payback of 4 years. cost well its 2 prices power we use is at 14.45 export at 4.85 per kw
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im bitter really. your little bird was incorrect. our little turbine is not messing up our broadband. its old wire between us and the junction is in a poor state and the speed s affected by the distance. indeed it was offline for a few months due to the supply company messing up on shipping the incorrect turbine. even so its produced 5k in power. no not in subsidies in power. it would have been a lot more if they had not messed up. your just lucky your near a decent internet connection. in fact calm sunny days seem to cause the worst problems.
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ive seen a little turbine run and produce power for over 2 years i may just know a little more about it than a typist from london. but wait i see i missed your degree in electrical generation. lets see Whitelee Wind Farm cost 300 mil to factor in its most likely production its at about 33% stated max capacity. so 765/3=255mw/h = 12.55 Whitelee Wind Farms to produce the same power out put as Hinkley C now im clearly dumb as 12.55x 300million does not equal 18 billion. it is 3.75 billion. in fact you could build 62 Whitelee turbine farms. now wind does not always blow. but nuclear plants dont always produce power. if my maths are out i bow to your genius after all your an expert in buildings and sound engineering in fact your construction skills could be offered to VE as your an expert in wildlife and peat to.
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maybe you need to stop using Google for your anti everything crap. . re your question its all dependent on 1. size of nuclear power plant. 2. on size of wind turbines. 3. wind load. Hinkley C will produce at maximum 3,200mw at £92.50mw/H. at a cost of £18 billion to build and £201,000/m3 to remove it after its life span. this is not counting the cost of the spent fuel. plus security. Whitelee Wind Farm produces at maximum 539 mw plus an extension of another 217mw so 765mw at £82mw/h at a cost of 300 million to build so in answer to your question on maximum power out put it would take 4.2 at a more realistic 33% your needing 12 at a total cost of £3.6 billion. wind construction prices are decreasing nuclear power is increasing. dont forget your radioactive power will cost an extra £10.50 per mw/h. Shetlands new power station will cost £150 million to build and an extra 50 - 60 million to pipe gas in.
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nuclear subsidy is way more than any renewables. https://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/artsandhumanities/documents/Tony%20Roulstone.pdf carbon fuels http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2015/06/10/drax-the-uks-dirtiest-power-station-gets-hundreds-of-millions-of-pounds-in-green-subsidies/bet you did not know a dirty power station earned 365 million in subsidies by burning straw/wood. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/24/growth-climate-change-fossil-fuel-subsidies-treasury-uk-oil-gas-renewable-energy. but no matter what we say you will waffle on. simply put ALL POWER is being fed loads of public money. and thats not even mentioning tax breaks oil/gas receive
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obviously. a gas turbine meets that need. i wonder if we could use the flare off from sullom. or find a nice valley to flood. back up could also be a tidal barrage across yell sound or even to bressay . increased use of solar would reduce some demand. and we do now see a storage system developing.
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no reason why it wont. wind is one of the cheaper methods to produce power.
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LCOE in AUD per MWh (2006) Technology Cost Coal 28–38 Coal: IGCC + CCS 53–98 Coal: supercritical pulverized + CCS 64–106 Open-cycle Gas Turbine 101 Hot fractured rocks 89 Gas: combined cycle 37–54 Gas: combined cycle + CCS 53–93 Small Hydro power 55 Wind power: high capacity factor 63 Solar thermal 85 Biomass 88 Photovoltaics 120 Table 1. Estimated levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for new generation resources, 2020 U.S. average levelized costs (2013 $/MWh) for plants entering service in 20201 Plant type Capacity factor (%) Levelized capital cost Fixed O&M Variable O&M (including fuel) Transmission investment Total system LCOE Subsidy2 Total LCOE including Subsidy Dispatchable Technologies Conventional Coal 85 60.4 4.2 29.4 1.2 95.1 Advanced Coal 85 76.9 6.9 30.7 1.2 115.7 Advanced Coal with CCS 85 97.3 9.8 36.1 1.2 144.4 Natural Gas-fired ConventionalCombined Cycle 87 14.4 1.7 57.8 1.2 75.2 Advanced Combined Cycle 87 15.9 2.0 53.6 1.2 72.6 Advanced CC with CCS 87 30.1 4.2 64.7 1.2 100.2 Conventional Combustion Turbine 30 40.7 2.8 94.6 3.5 141.5 Advanced Combustion Turbine 30 27.8 2.7 79.6 3.5 113.5 Advanced Nuclear 90 70.1 11.8 12.2 1.1 95.2 Geothermal 92 34.1 12.3 0.0 1.4 47.8 -3.4 44.4 Biomass 83 47.1 14.5 37.6 1.2 100.5 Non-Dispatchable Technologies Wind 36 57.7 12.8 0.0 3.1 73.6 Wind – Offshore 38 168.6 22.5 0.0 5.8 196.9 Solar PV3 25 109.8 11.4 0.0 4.1 125.3 -11.0 114.3 Solar Thermal 20 191.6 42.1 0.0 6.0 239.7 -19.2 220.6 Hydroelectric4 54 70.7 3.9 7.0 2.0 83.5 1Costs for the advanced nuclear technology reflect an online date of 2022. 2The subsidy component is based on targeted tax credits such as the production or investment tax credit available for some technologies. It only reflects subsidies available in 2020, which include a permanent 10% investment tax credit for geothermal and solar technologies. EIA models tax credit expiration as follows: new solar thermal and PV plants are eligible to receive a 30% investment tax credit on capital expenditures if placed in service before the end of 2016, and 10% thereafter. New wind, geothermal, biomass, hydroelectric, and landfill gas plants are eligible to receive either: (1) a $23.0/MWh ($11.0/MWh for technologies other than wind, geothermal and closed-loop biomass) inflation-adjusted production tax credit over the plant's first ten years of service or (2) a 30% investment tax credit, if they are under construction before the end of 2013. Up to 6 GW of new nuclear plants are eligible to receive an $18/MWh production tax credit if in service by 2020; nuclear plants shown in this table have an in-service date of 2022. 3Costs are expressed in terms of net AC power available to the grid for the installed capacity. 4As modeled, hydroelectric is assumed to have seasonal storage so that it can be dispatched within a season, but overall operation is limited by resources available by site and season. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2015, April 2015, DOE/EIA-0383(2015). As mentioned above, the LCOE values shown in Table 1 are national averages. However, as shown in Table 2, there is significant regional variation in LCOE values based on local labor markets and the cost and availability of fuel or energy resources such as windy sites. For example, LCOE for incremental wind capacity coming online in 2020 ranges from $65.6/MWh in the region with the best available resources in 2020 to $81.6/MWh in regions where LCOE values are highest due to lower quality wind resources and/or higher capital costs for the best sites that can accommodate additional wind capacity. Costs shown for wind may include additional costs associated with transmission upgrades needed to access remote resources, as well as other factors that markets may or may not internalize into the market price for wind power. As previously indicated, LACE provides an estimate of the cost of generation and capacity resources displaced by a marginal unit of new capacity of a particular type, thus providing an estimate of the value of building such new capacity. This is especially important to consider for intermittent resources, such as wind or solar, that have substantially different duty cycles than the baseload, intermediate and peaking duty cycles of conventional generators. Table 3 provides the range of LACE estimates for different capacity types. The LACE estimates in this table have been calculated assuming the same maximum capacity factor as in the LCOE. A subset of the full list of technologies in Table 1 is shown because the LACE value for similar technologies with the same capacity factor would have the same value (for example, conventional and advanced combined cycle plants will have the same avoided cost of electricity). Values are not shown for combustion turbines, because turbines are more often built for their capacity value to meet a reserve margin rather than to meet generation requirements and avoid energy costs. Table 2. Regional variation in levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for new generation resources, 20201 Range for total system LCOE (2013 $/MWh) Range for total LCOE with subsidies2 (2013 $/MWh) Plant type Minimum Average Maximum Minimum Average Maximum Dispatchable Technologies Conventional Coal 87.1 95.1 119.0 Advanced Coal 106.1 115.7 136.1 Advanced Coal with CCS 132.9 144.4 160.4 Natural Gas-fired Conventional Combined Cycle 70.4 75.2 85.5 Advanced Combined Cycle 68.6 72.6 81.7 Advanced CC with CCS 93.3 100.2 110.8 Conventional Combustion Turbine 107.3 141.5 156.4 Advanced Combustion Turbine 94.6 113.5 126.8 Advanced Nuclear 91.8 95.2 101 Geothermal 43.8 47.8 52.1 41.0 44.4 48.0 Biomass 90.0 100.5 117.4 Non-Dispatchable Technologies Wind 65.6 73.6 81.6 Wind – Offshore 169.5 196.9 269.8 Solar PV3 97.8 125.3 193.3 89.3 114.3 175.8 Solar Thermal 174.4 239.7 382.5 160.4 220.6 351.7 Hydroelectric4 69.3 83.5 107.2 1Costs for the advanced nuclear technology reflect an online date of 2022. 2Levelized cost with subsidies reflects subsidies available in 2020, which include a permanent 10% investment tax credit for geothermal and solar technologies. 3Costs are expressed in terms of net AC power available to the grid for the installed capacity. 4As modeled, hydroelectric is assumed to have seasonal storage so that it can be dispatched within a season, but overall operation is limited by resources available by site and season. Note: The levelized costs for non-dispatchable technologies are calculated based on the capacity factor for the marginal site modeled in each region, which can vary significantly by region. The capacity factor ranges for these technologies are as follows: Wind – 31% to 40%, Wind Offshore – 33% to 42%, Solar PV – 22% to 32%, Solar Thermal – 11% to 26%, and Hydroelectric – 35% to 65%. The levelized costs are also affected by regional variations in construction labor rates and capital costs as well as resource availability. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2015, April 2015, DOE/EIA-0383(2015). When the LACE of a particular technology exceeds its LCOE at a given time and place, that technology would generally be economically attractive to build. While the build decisions in the real world, and as modeled in the AEO, are somewhat more complex than a simple LACE to LCOE comparison, including such factors as policy and non-economic drivers, the net economic value (LACE minus LCOE, including subsidy, for a given technology, region and year) shown in Table 4 provides a reasonable point of comparison of first-order economic competitiveness among a wider variety of technologies than is possible using either the LCOE or LACE tables individually. In Table 4, a negative difference indicates that the cost of the marginal new unit of capacity exceeds its value to the system, as measured by LACE; a positive difference indicates that the marginal new unit brings in value in excess of its cost by displacing more expensive generation and capacity options. The range of differences columns represent the variation in the calculation of the difference for each region. For example, in the region where the advanced combined cycle appears most economic in 2020, the LCOE is $74.6/MWh and the LACE is $75.8/MWh, resulting in a net difference of $1.2/MWh. This range of differences is not based on the difference between the minimum values shown in Table 2 and Table 3, but represents the lower and upper bound resulting from the LACE minus LCOE calculations for each of the 22 regions. Table 3. Regional variation in levelized avoided costs of electricity (LACE) for new generation resources, 20201 Range for LACE (2013 $/MWh) Plant type Minimum Average Maximum Dispatchable Technologies Coal without CCS 65.9 70.9 80.8 IGCC with CCS2 65.9 71.0 80.8 Natural Gas-fired Combined Cycle 65.8 71.4 80.7 Advanced Nuclear 68.4 72.1 82.0 Geothermal 70.7 70.9 71.0 Biomass 66.0 71.7 80.9 Non-Dispatchable Technologies Wind 60.6 64.6 69.0 Wind – Offshore 64.6 71.5 78.1 Solar PV 61.6 80.4 92.3 Solar Thermal 59.4 83.0 89.4 Hydroelectric 64.8 69.5 80.0 1Costs for the advanced nuclear technology reflect an online date of 2022. 2Coal without CCS cannot be built in California, therefore the average LACE for coal technologies without CCS is computed over fewer regions than the LACE for IGCC with CCS. Otherwise, the LACE for any given region is the same across coal technologies, with or without CCS. The average net differences shown in Table 4 are for plants coming online in 2020, consistent with Tables 1-3, as well as for plants that could come online in 2040, to show how the relative competitiveness changes over the projection period. Additional tables showing the LCOE cost components and regional variation in LCOE and LACE for 2040 can be found in the Appendix. In 2020, the average net differences are negative for all technologies except geothermal, reflecting the fact that on average, new capacity is not needed in 2020. However, the upper value for the advanced combined cycle technology is above zero, indicating competiveness in a particular region. Geothermal cost data is site-specific, and the relatively large positive value for that technology results because there may be individual sites that are very cost competitive, leading to new builds, but there is a limited amount of capacity available at that cost. By 2040, the LCOE values for most technologies are lower, typically reflecting declining capital costs over time. All technologies receive cost reductions from learning over time, with newer, advanced technologies receiving larger cost reductions, while conventional technologies will see smaller learning effects. Capital costs are also adjusted over time based on commodity prices, through a factor based on the metals and metal products index, which declines in real terms over the projection. However, the LCOE for natural gas-fired technologies rises over time, because rising fuel costs more than offset any decline in capital costs. The LACE values for all technologies increase by 2040 relative to 2020, reflecting higher energy costs and a greater value for new capacity. As a result, the difference between LACE and LCOE for almost all technologies gets closer to a net positive value in 2040, and there are several technologies (advanced combined cycle, wind, solar PV, and geothermal) that have regions with positive net differences. Table 4. Difference between levelized avoided costs of electricity (LACE) and levelized costs of electricity (LCOE), 20201 and 2040 Comparison of LACE - LCOE (2013 /$MWh) Range of Differences Plant type Average LCOE Average LACE Average Difference Minimum of Range Maximum of range 2020 Dispatchable Technologies Conventional Coal 95.1 70.9 -24.1 -43.0 -15.5 Advanced Coal 115.7 70.9 -44.7 -60.0 -34.6 Advanced Coal with CCS 144.4 71.0 -73.4 -88.9 -61.4 Natural Gas-fired Conventional Combined Cycle 75.2 71.4 -3.8 -10.8 -1.8 Advanced Combined Cycle 72.6 71.4 -1.2 -7.6 1.2 Advanced CC with CCS 100.2 71.4 -28.8 -35.9 -22.5 Advanced Nuclear 95.2 72.1 -23.2 -31.4 -10.6 Geothermal 44.4 70.9 26.5 22.7 30.0 Biomass 100.5 71.7 -28.8 -44.4 -16.9 Non-Dispatchable Technologies Wind 73.6 64.6 -9.0 -19.6 0.1 Wind – Offshore 196.9 71.5 -125.5 -191.6 -98.3 Solar PV 114.3 80.4 -33.9 -83.5 -10.5 Solar Thermal 220.6 83.0 -137.5 -266 -74.3 Hydroelectric 83.5 69.5 -14 -33.9 -1.4 2040 Dispatchable Technologies Conventional Coal 91.7 78.9 -12.8 -34.6 -3.5 Advanced Coal 105.5 78.9 -26.6 -43.3 -17.1 Advanced Coal with CCS 127.6 79.2 -48.4 -58.9 -38.7 Natural Gas-fired Conventional Combined Cycle 82.6 79.3 -3.3 -9.9 -1.2 Advanced Combined Cycle 79.3 79.3 -0.1 -5.6 2.1 Advanced CC with CCS 106.3 79.3 -27.0 -32.8 -21.9 Advanced Nuclear 88.9 78.7 -10.3 -19.3 -0.2 Geothermal 56.9 80.6 23.7 -2.8 50.2 Biomass 93.5 79.6 -13.9 -34.0 -1.6 Non-Dispatchable Technologies Wind 75.1 71.7 -3.4 -47.9 8.6 Wind – Offshore 175.6 79.3 -96.3 -155.6 -69.9 Solar PV 107.1 91 -16.1 -70.1 3 Solar Thermal 197.1 95.6 -101.5 -210.9 -49.1 Hydroelectric 89.9 77.7 -12.2 -30.4 -0.5 1Costs for the advanced nuclear technology reflect an online date of 2022. Footnotes1 2020 is shown for all technologies except for the advanced nuclear plant type. Because of additional licensing requirements for new, unplanned nuclear units, the AEO2015 assumes 2022 is the first year a new nuclear plant, not already under construction, could come online and the LCOE/LACE in tables 1-4 represent data consistent with the 2022 online date. 2 The full report is available at http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/index.cfm. 3 The specific assumptions for each of these factors are given in the Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook, available at http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/assumptions/. 4 Further discussion of the levelized avoided cost concept and its use in assessing economic competitiveness can be found in this article: http://www.eia.gov/renewable/workshop/gencosts/. 5 The real WACC for plants entering service in 2020 is 6.1%; nuclear plants are assumed to enter service in 2022 and have a real WACC of 6.2%. The real WACC corresponds to a nominal after tax rate of 8.1% for both plants entering service in 2020 and 2022. An overview of the WACC assumptions and methodology can be found in the Electricity Market Module of the National Energy Modeling System: Model Documentation. This report can be found athttp://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/nems/documentation/electricity/pdf/m068(2014).pdf. 6 Morgan Stanley, "Leading Wall Street Banks Establish The Carbon Principles" (Press Release, February 4, 2008),www.morganstanley.com/about/press/articles/6017.html.
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ve is just a company. just one share holder is a charity.
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again wrong. http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/02/wind-power-is-making-electricity-cheaper-exxon-wind-to-be-cheapest-source-of-electricity/
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probably best system to achieve local supply would be a scattering of medium sized farms tied in with a solar and hydro system. we would need to take over the supply system as well im guessing it would cost a fair bit to buy and upgrade. we do need to consider a community owed oil system to fund reduced cost heating fuel/petrol. as far as im aware the sic cant be involved in power supply. just remember you need any system to make profit. you can operate at cost because it would not fund future improvements. a local carbon tax could assist in funding improvements.
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