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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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We have closed most of the coal plants and several the aging nuclear plants are moving offline as they close for repair of reach end of life. Or in other words we are reliant on Putin to keep the light on and at his mercy on the cost of the gas. Right now, production is low in Russia, so the cost has increased. Nuclear 15%.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11.

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