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  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    I will never use nuclear

    No company offering green tariffs is 100% additional renewable supply, its simply a trading scheme. All leccy that comes down the grid is a mix of everything including nuclear. You pay an extra premium price for your leccy and they give some to companies that contribute to a fund that will be used to support new renewable energy developments.
    I will never use nuclear

    - you as you read this are using 23.88% of today's nuclear generated electricity of 6.87GW
    - you are using nuclear and will continue to do so unless as 'macman' says you are not connected to the National Grid
    - you would need a substantial sized wind and solar farm and a dirty carbon based diesel backup generation system
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • lstar337
    lstar337 Posts: 3,443 Forumite
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    macman wrote: »
    Your supply comes via the DNO and Grid, probably from the nearest power station. So if you happen to live near Sizewell or Hinkley Point, you'll be getting power from nuclear generation regardless of who your billing supplier is.
    Dont forget the French Inter Connector. ;)
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    lstar337 wrote: »
    Dont forget the French Inter Connector. ;)

    Good point-of which a full 75% is nuclear-generated.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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