http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Future energy source(s) - (I have no idea) en Sun, 31 May 2026 08:40:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20842#post-358384 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:06:33 +0000 chdot 358384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Energy” is once again BIG NEWS. </p> <p>Well the price/cost is. </p> <p>Expect more misinformation about Net Zero targets being the real problem - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/09/costs-going-green-tories-energy-bills-environmental-levies-tax" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/09/costs-going-green-tories-energy-bills-environmental-levies-tax</a></p> <p>Once upon a time ‘nuclear electricity will be so cheap it won’t be necessary to meter it - new buildings can save money by not having light switches’. </p> <p>Recently -</p> <p>‘The future is renewables - wind, solar etc. Biomass seems to have receded as a serious option due to question marks about how reduced/neutral carbon it is/could be. </p> <p>Except ‘it seems climate change will mean less reliable wind’(?)</p> <p>Tidal remains ‘the next big thing’ (maybe?)</p> <p>Hydrogen to replace ‘natural gas’(?)</p> <p>And now</p> <p>Some progress on the other, long promised, technical fix -</p> <p>“</p> <p>Prof Ian Fells, the emeritus professor of energy conversion at the University of Newcastle, said the record-breaking release of fusion energy was “a landmark” in fusion research. “Now it is up to the engineers to translate this into carbon-free electricity and mitigate the problem of climate change,” he added. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/nuclear-fusion-heat-record-a-huge-step-in-quest-for-new-energy-source" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/nuclear-fusion-heat-record-a-huge-step-in-quest-for-new-energy-source</a></p> <p>Anyone any wiser than me?</p> <p>(Well obviously that goes without saying, but you know what I mean. There are CCEers with genuine knowledge/expertise in this area.) </p>