No One Mentions The Losses Do They

Ships Becalmed on a Rock Coast

The following is a comment left by Apogee on this post. I thought it worth posting in case anyone missed it.

'Hi SR. Al Gore again. How I wish that I had thought of that scam, I'd be rich.

This will never work because to work it needs a means of storing electric power in BULK INDUSTRIAL QUANTITIES. There IS NO large Industrial Storage means for electricity, about the largest batteries commonly used are for BACKUP POWER for telephone exchanges, and they can cover the area of a tennis court,and that's for a couple of hours until they get the diesel generators on line.

Why do you think commerce is in steam or diesel powered ships, because of reliability and you can drive a much bigger ship. Ever seen a 50000 ton sail powered cargo ship? and you won't. Wind power is inherently unreliable, read about the old clipper ships, look at the life on them for the crews,it was hard. And that was the best that could be done with wind power. As soon as the wind stopped, you stopped.

Handbook of Homemade Power. Get a copy from the library or buy a copy, read it fully and you will understand why alternative power can be used for a farm or even a big property, but look at the amount of power your house uses, and then tell me how you would power it by alternatives, and then scale it up to power a small town and tell me how THAT would work. And cost. And remember that all large scale storage is direct current and all your houses use alternating current. Any one with ideas I would like to hear, because I think before long we may need some!

I am not going into the losses on transmission lines, typically 30% on a long line, but would you run your car if it lost that, remember you car loses at least 10 % when you use air conditioning and another 10 % with an automatic gearbox. No one mentions losses, do they.'

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A Disappointing Scene

Last week it was disappointing to see Alex Salmond welcome to Scotland the former US vice-president, in his capacity as the world's climate change guru.

Obviously environmental issues need to be discussed, but to invite Al Gore to talk at the Scottish low-carbon investment conference merely shows the Scottish government need to progress with their environmental policies rather than listen to a somewhat discredited Yesterday's Man.

There's little doubt Mr Gore has become a multi-millionaire on the back of the carbon scam and he continues to produce his false science to the world.  Thank goodness there are those who are prepared to examine his claims with a fine toothed comb. (The link is a lengthy read but very worthwhile).

How I wish the Scottish government would withdraw from the carbon scam, stop filling our lovely countryside with giant turbines which produce little long-term employment and begin to use our expertise in the renewables field for the benefit of the people.  The only 'benefit' bestowed on us at present are ever increasing utility bills - and we are the only oil producing country in Europe.

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A Letter To David Cameron

Contributed by Edward Spalton with a foreward from me.


Emailed to Edward by one of his Australian colleagues.  I can't agree more with the sentiment but I have to ask why AGW or climate change has dropped from the political agenda here in the UK. 


Now that most of the foreign owned utility companies have given notification of our increased costs for heating our homes, all seems quiet since politicians - when the first company declare excessive increases - were showing their faux disgust and insisted they would be taking action.  Where's the action? 

Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP
Prime Minister
10 Downing Street

London  SW1A 2AA
UNITED KINGDOM
     
Dear Mr Cameron,
     
It is reported that you have written to the Prime Minister of Australia Hon. Julia Gillard MP to give support to her government's proposals to implement a carbon tax.
    
It is strange that you have felt it to be your business to interfere in the internal politics of another country, particularly as the matter is yet to be debated in our parliament and is a proposal that polls indicate to be very unpopular with the Australian people.
     
You should be aware that Australia is a completely independent and sovereign nation and that it has been around a hundred years since Britain dictated policy in this country. Furthermore, you must know that the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy requires a government, particularly a minority one, to have a mandate to introduce any law which has the potential to dramatically increase our cost of living. In your words as quoted: an 'ambitious package'. In fact, because of the specific promise made by Ms Gillard at the 2010 election, it can be said that the Australian government has a mandate NOT to implement a carbon tax.
     
You, yourself, sought a mandate by way of a referendum by the British people before implementing change to your electoral Act. If you did feel yourself compelled to meddle in our politics surely it should have been to suggest that the Australian government follow your own example in seeking the will of the people on major change?
     
Yours sincerely
             
Philip Benwell
National Chair Australian Monarchist League
          

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An Australian View Of The EU And The Carbon Tax

One of my readers (you know who you are) spent many years in Australia and keeps a close eye on national issues there.  He sent this link in which one of Australia's respected journalists wrote a a persuasive article for the National Affairs this weekend.

It highlights the EU and the carbon tax from an Australian perspective. Here are a couple of quotes to whet your interest:

In foreign policy we are much closer to the US, hard-headed, pragmatic, jealous of our national sovereignty, much less interested than Europeans in pooling sovereignty in supra-national organisations such as the EU. The UN has a better name in Australia than it does in the US, but it has nothing like the legitimacy and normative power that it has in Europe.


Europe plays a role in our carbon tax debate in several ways. Bizarrely, it is the government's model. The latest report by Ross Garnaut constantly extols Europe's emissions trading scheme.

Europe also sends us a steady stream of sanctimonious officials and busybodies to tell us our climate change policies are inadequate.

Even more important, perhaps unconsciously, the culture of European politics has seeped into the Gillard government's management of the carbon tax debate.

Such a pity we have so few journalists who will criticise our government so articulately.  It's an intriguing read.

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