Quote from: Oi you! on September 17, 2022, 08:51:31 AMThe reporting is poor but it doesn't alter the fact that the electricity grid will need a big uplift to cope with the extra demand. HMG are currently hoping against hope that demand for electricity will fall to avoid the lights going out this winte

Quote from: Ashy on September 17, 2022, 12:13:22 PMWith electricity, switchgear, cables and transformers in the supply lines, it's not just the kWh that matters but also the kW rate of demand, because it's the current that trips circuit breakers.

Correct, well pointed out.

In fact electrical over-draw could well become more of an issue than electrical under-supply in terms of the lights going out.

Quote from: Michael Rolls on September 17, 2022, 04:23:51 PMand it won't 'save the planet' anyway!

No, of course it won't.
All this talk of increasing CO2 is completely unfounded.  Trees and other vegetation NEED CO2, and in return they produce Oxygen.