@colinwalker79 All the solar panels are from China. And the wind turbines are imported. The solar & wind industry is owned by foreign companies. Nothing British about Uk renewables, they are all dependent on imports
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Valdis Filks
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Britain's electricity is its 'most British' in over 20 years
Just 46 per cent of the energy was imported, while 53 per cent was generated in the UK
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…
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@ret_ward @TiceRichard Climate change is real but so are the “end of world “ ideologies. If you constantly get sea level rises, climate disasters & end of world prophecies wrong. You lose credibility. So be realistic and sensible. The list of world end due to climate change dates have been so wrong.
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Trust @TiceRichard to be promoting false claims about climate change, such as sea level is not rising around the Maldives. In fact the data shows an average annual rise of 4.48mm between 1989 and 2018. He cannot be trusted to tell the truth: #d1e296" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧@TiceRichard
Useful reminder of the ecozealots nonsense
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In my Mansion House speech, I made clear: the Strait of Hormuz must be fully reopened, without restrictions or tolls.
The blocking of this vital waterway is hitting trade around the world and prices here at home.
Freedom of navigation means navigation must be free.
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@Keir_Starmer It is in the British nation not to be dependent on solar panels & wind turbines from China. The Uk also must not be dependent on oil gas imports. Use local North Sea gas/oil & build new Uk self-sufficient nuclear.
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My focus is, and always will be, the British national interest.
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@Ed_Miliband It will take decades to stop using oil/gas. So until then use local North Sea oil/gas instead of imported oil/gas. Norway is the best example for fossil fuels & France for nuclear. Learn from them. Stop your rollercoaster renewables Russian roulette.
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@ret_ward It is pure fantasy that the Uk can ever be self-sufficient with renewables. So far renewables have proved to be high cost, unreliable & dependent on imports for solar panels & wind industry. Like France We need new nuclear fast.
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It is pure fantasy to pretend the U.K. can ever be self-sufficient in natural gas. The U.K. has been a net importer of natural gas since 2003.
Reform UK@reformparty_uk
Successive Labour and Tory governments have failed to take the cost of living seriously. Only by becoming self-sufficient in natural gas can we bring energy bills down.
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@jonburkeUK Uk is dependent on imports from China for solar panels. This is not sustainable.
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* Solar panels are 90%+ recyclable and their copper components are 100% recyclable.
* Land hosting solar panels can boost biodiversity.
* Land hosting solar can easily be converted back into to land for food production or, indeed, be used concurrently for food production.
Ana Boulter@anaboultertv
Do you know what happens to the land when solar panels are removed? Do you know when we will run out of copper to make them work? Do you know the TRUE cost? @Ed_Miliband would rather you didn’t.
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@Lon82132431 @WulfrunianChris Solar/wind unreliable, so add cost with slave labour unsustainable batteries, which are toxic increase our dependence as they are made in China. So we build another expensive solution to fix the useless batteries. Is there a pattern here of systemic failure. Want to know more.
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This solar farm could basically power the entirety of a large town while still being used as grazing land for animals.
This is a win-win for farmers who get to diversify their income, and residents who get to benefit from energy security.
The Telegraph@Telegraph
☀️ Ed Miliband has approved Britain’s biggest solar farm despite objections from nearby residents who likened it to Chernobyl. It will cover seven square miles of farmland in solar panels, an area 10 times greater than London’s Hyde Park. 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
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@Keir_Starmer So use local North Sea oil/gas and reduce the dependence on imports. Replace imported oil/gas with North Sea oil/gas. Rollercoaster wind/gas creates a Russian roulette electricity generation system. We saw in Spain where renewables killed 180 people.
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The war in Iran must now become a line in the sand, because how we emerge from this crisis will define all of us for a generation.
We will build a Britain that is stronger, more secure and more resilient. That is what this moment demands.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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@TrisOsborneMP It is not happening every day, you just talk about it 2 days per week when it does. Solar works 2 days a week, wind works 3 days per week. There is a climate change scientific CV consensus that renewables are unreliable. From Dec to February renewables were useless.
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It’s happening nearly every day…
Every kWh generated from renewables is less use of oil / gas at a time of anxiety and volatility in the Middle East.
Let’s power ahead⚡️
National Energy System Operator@neso_energy
Yesterday #wind produced 45.3% of British electricity, more than nuclear 17.2%, solar 11.9%, imports 11.3%, gas 9.8%, biomass 4.5%, hydro 0.0%, *excl. non-renewable distributed generation
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First they said ‘new North Sea oil and gas with bring down energy bills’.
That was debunked.
Then they claimed ‘it would generate loads of tax revenue’.
Also debunked.
Then they claimed it would create new jobs.
Yes, debunked.
Now we’re onto tiny new investment claims…🥱
William Clouston SDP@WilliamClouston
Rachel Reeves is deliberately blocking £17.5bn of North Sea oil and gas investment via the punitive windfall tax. All establishment parties have deliberately sabotaged our home oil and gas industry, which results in: ✖️Higher Imports ✖️Increased Debt ✖️De-industrialisation ✖️Poverty End this foolishness...
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@jonburkeUK Delusional, wishful thinking. by drilling local North Sea oil/gas less co2 is produced due to no need for transport of foreign imports. Uk jobs and taxes increase. Please explain why Norway discovers more North Sea/oil gas, reduces dependence on imports, increases jobs & taxes.
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@Ed_Miliband @neso Not sustainable. Solar does not produce electricity when we need it during cold winter nights. Uk solar industry is dependent on foreign solar imports these are fake renewables. They also produce electricity 2 days per week. 180 people died in Spain due to rollercoaster solar.
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1/ Today as we approve Springwell Solar farm, set to be the UK’s largest approved power‑producing solar farm, @NESO have confirmed a new solar record, with over 14.4GW of clean power generated at the peak.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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@DaleVince Lack of wind in winter & no sun at night time for solar exposes dependence on the weather. We do not know how much damage does to the environment, animals & people. We need to use the precautionary principle in regulating renewables.
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Very interesting report this - at 2 degrees of climate warming we’ll be paying the equivalent of an oil war every year - Reform and the Tories need to pay attention - avoiding the worst effects of the climate crisis is in our vital national interest. It would be 'net stupid' to ignore the facts - the climate crisis is an economic crisis.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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@ret_ward @TiceRichard Bob you are wrong and losing credibility. Uk using North Sea oil/gas reduces imported oil/gas plus reducing the co2 created during the transport of the imports. Uk reduces dependence on foreign imports, therefore Uk becomes safer. The exporting country reduces oil/gas drilling.
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I am afraid @TiceRichard is wrong. More North Sea drilling would make global net zero more difficult and would therefore make the U.K. less safe.
GB News@GBNEWS
'It's safe, it's easy, it creates jobs and wealth. It's our patriotic duty.' Deputy Leader of Reform UK Richard Tice, makes the case for drilling in the North Sea to reduce the cost of living for Britons. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604
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@ret_ward @ClaireCoutinho @KemiBadenoch @royalsociety There are poor families in the Uk who suffer because of green experiments, while politicians play net zero games. And use populist policies to virtue signal. Uk emits 1% of global CO2. So Uk net zee is absolutely irrelevant in solving climate change, but it may get votes.
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And for the benefit of @ClaireCoutinho and @KemiBadenoch here is the @royalsociety explaining the importance of the U.K. reaching net zero by 2050 royalsociety.org/current-topics…
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@MikeHudema The Green Party loses trillions of brain cells every month as they kill birds, whales/dolphins and natural forests by allowing the wind & solar industries to destroy the planet.
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The earth has lost 28 trillion tons of ice in just 23 years. We are in a #climatecrisis.
There is no time to wait. Make 2025 the year we #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #ClimateEmergency #GreenNewDeal
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@EngFocus The Uk needs a new grid to distribute North Sea gas in the Uk. Year of underinvestment in North Sea gas/oil has left the Uk dependent on imported gas/oil and rollercoaster renewables.
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The assertion that 'all N Sea gas is pumped directly to UK homes' is easily disproved by a cursery Google. It's so much more complicated than Neil is making out. But he's doubling down on the moronic #drillbabydrill rhetoric. He seems to be getting very agitated.
Andrew Neil@afneil
Your mind is clearly blown because you have no idea what you’re talking about. Let’s just take gas. All of it comes by pipeline into the UK and is used in the UK. Oil is a bit more complicated but I’ll let you grapple with the facts about gas before moving on to that. Let me know if you have any questions about gas. Happy to help.
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@TimesRadio @DaleVince @Peter_Conradi Labour also promised to reduce electricity bills, that did not happen.
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“They were very clear pre-election in the manifesto: no new drilling.”
@DaleVince says it would be “wrong” for Labour to consent to new drilling in the North Sea.
@Peter_Conradi
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