Petrol and diesel: ✅
The new Guinness Zero large advertising placard (Tesco) : ✅
Actual bottles/cans of Guinness Zero: ❌
CO2: ✅ (based on a rum and raisin ice cream eaten in the cause of research)
Wind: ❌
Why wind? Apparently the immediate cause of the UK's current energy problems is a lack of wind. A few calm days and the UK has to fire up dirty coal power stations. In Monday's Times, respected (by me) columnist Edward Lucas wrote that "our current system depends too much on gas (vulnerable to supply shocks) and wind (vulnerable to the weather). This will get worse as we decommission our remaining coal and nuclear power plants." He goes on to propose investment in small nuclear reactors but surely we can find a way to generate more wind.
If the whole population of the UK were to be tasked to undertake a synchronized 'blow' - all of us blowing hard in the direction of the nearest wind farm - every day at 11:00 (just like people used to do to 'clap for the NHS') I'm pretty certain we could generate enough to power the country for the next 24 hours. With me? 1-2-3 blooooooooooooooooooow:
Ha ha. Mind you there’s enough hot air issuing forth from Westminster atm to sort it all out.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, did you know it was your DiL’s#2 Feastday on the 29th? She could have asked all the archangels to pray in aid and blow their trumpets to assist.
I was mustering up a hot air joke in relation to this blog but Jane stole my thunder.
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