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"We should all have solar panels where possible, i agree. Every new build should have them. Car parks should be covered in them. So should supermarkets and industrial units. I won’t change the climate unless every other country gets on board but at least it will break our reliance on imported gas " If car parks are covered in soler panels where would you park? The problem is cost and repayment time against life. If it lasts 10 years but takes 10 years to pay for its not a good investment. On say £15k | |||
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"We should all have solar panels where possible, i agree. Every new build should have them. Car parks should be covered in them. So should supermarkets and industrial units. I won’t change the climate unless every other country gets on board but at least it will break our reliance on imported gas If car parks are covered in soler panels where would you park? The problem is cost and repayment time against life. If it lasts 10 years but takes 10 years to pay for its not a good investment. On say £15k" Under the solar panels. I’m not against the use of fossil fuels, but we’re gonna run out sooner or later. We’re never gonna run out of sunlight. | |||
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"600 people are expected to die in the current heatwave. Mostly in the over 65 age group." Whereas about 5,000 people die every year from being cold. | |||
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"If car parks are covered in soler panels where would you park? The problem is cost and repayment time against life. If it lasts 10 years but takes 10 years to pay for its not a good investment. On say £15k" The car park panels would be on car port type arrangements so you park under them. Our panels are now 11 years old and output has dropped by about 15% since new. Payback would have been about 10 years (on the £7k investment) on the feed in tariffs alone however we use most of the power generated so payback was about 6 or 7 years. The biggest issues are the stupid rules regarding how many panels you can have. Our system is 4kw but due to the shape of the roof not all panels can face the sun at the same time. We could fit another 2kw and therefore generate closer to 4kw for longer but we are not allowed to. | |||
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"The biggest issues are the stupid rules regarding how many panels you can have. Our system is 4kw but due to the shape of the roof not all panels can face the sun at the same time. We could fit another 2kw and therefore generate closer to 4kw for longer but we are not allowed to." The 4kW limit isn't as strict as many people think. You can have more if you get permission from your DNO, and for most houses it's granted. That's even more likely if you have a battery system, and therefore won't be feeding too much power into the grid. | |||
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"The biggest issues are the stupid rules regarding how many panels you can have. Our system is 4kw but due to the shape of the roof not all panels can face the sun at the same time. We could fit another 2kw and therefore generate closer to 4kw for longer but we are not allowed to. The 4kW limit isn't as strict as many people think. You can have more if you get permission from your DNO, and for most houses it's granted. That's even more likely if you have a battery system, and therefore won't be feeding too much power into the grid." I know, however at the time of installation the cost of the assessment was £1000 and our feed in tariff went to the commercial rate which was about half of what we are getting. So not viable. | |||
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"We should all have solar panels where possible, i agree. Every new build should have them. Car parks should be covered in them. So should supermarkets and industrial units. I won’t change the climate unless every other country gets on board but at least it will break our reliance on imported gas " Why should we all have solar panels? | |||
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"600 people are expected to die in the current heatwave. Mostly in the over 65 age group. Researchers are claiming the surge in deaths would not be occurring without human caused global heating, with temperatures boosted by 2C-4C by the pollution from fossil fuels. The climate crisis drove the annual global temperature in 2024 to a new record and carbon dioxide emissions from coal, oil and gas are still rising. That means heatwaves will get ever more intense and frequent. A recent report by the UK climate change committee estimated that heat-related deaths could rise to more than 10,000 a year by 2050 if global temperatures rise to 2C above preindustrial levels. Ed Milliband says we should all have solar panels to reduce the use of fossil fuels, but that is unlikely to prevent this apparent global climate disaster. " Any reason why this ever so obvious climate disaster, driven by the equally tangible global warming is considered as ‘apparent’? | |||
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"We should all have solar panels where possible, i agree. Every new build should have them. Car parks should be covered in them. So should supermarkets and industrial units. I won’t change the climate unless every other country gets on board but at least it will break our reliance on imported gas " No it won't. 5 of the last 12 months saw what the Germans call "dunkelflaute" - no sunshine and calm, still air. And we don't need to import gas, there is still plenty to be tapped in UK waters of onlu Milipede would allow it. | |||
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"We do need to be preparing our country better for increasing temperatures, than we are today. " Today’s news; Britain’s largest retailers are warning that food prices are being driven up by hot weather hitting harvest yields, as the latest UK heatwave pushes temperatures close to record levels. Food inflation +3.7% in June Netherlands covered with hundreds of acres of greenhouses growing food, and with it less use of pesticides. This needs addressing, huge opportunities for growing food in the face of rising temperatures. (Thanet Earth in south east est 2005 producing 400 million tonnes of tomatoes annually) | |||
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"We do need to be preparing our country better for increasing temperatures, than we are today. Today’s news; Britain’s largest retailers are warning that food prices are being driven up by hot weather hitting harvest yields, as the latest UK heatwave pushes temperatures close to record levels. Food inflation +3.7% in June Netherlands covered with hundreds of acres of greenhouses growing food, and with it less use of pesticides. This needs addressing, huge opportunities for growing food in the face of rising temperatures. (Thanet Earth in south east est 2005 producing 400 million tonnes of tomatoes annually) " Producing in the UK at a price point the supermarkets and ultimately the public are willing to pay is the challenge. | |||
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"600 people are expected to die in the current heatwave. Mostly in the over 65 age group. Researchers are claiming the surge in deaths would not be occurring without human caused global heating, with temperatures boosted by 2C-4C by the pollution from fossil fuels. The climate crisis drove the annual global temperature in 2024 to a new record and carbon dioxide emissions from coal, oil and gas are still rising. That means heatwaves will get ever more intense and frequent. A recent report by the UK climate change committee estimated that heat-related deaths could rise to more than 10,000 a year by 2050 if global temperatures rise to 2C above preindustrial levels. Ed Milliband says we should all have solar panels to reduce the use of fossil fuels, but that is unlikely to prevent this apparent global climate disaster. " Climate change cult grasping at straws, suckin tog the left, right in to doom and gloom. We have had waves before, with no such dire predictions. | |||
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