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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

Rush to switch to low carbon generation. Slashing gas storage facilities. No new nuclear power plants operational. 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. Right now, production is low in Russia, so the cost has increased.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? The only question is a carbon TAX the kind of change Obama believes in.

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