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UK is world leader in offshore wind energy production and research
Latest offshore wind statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) confirm that the UK is the European and world leader in the sector, with 1,341MW installed. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“UK is world leader in offshore wind energy production and research” Congratulations hahaha It's like we are en el día de los inocentes? haha I don't know why, but this title remembers me of a song by Rodolfo Zapata, de la novia gorda haha
Feb 01st, 2011 - 01:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0They do generate lots of wind I give them that..
Feb 01st, 2011 - 03:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0haha
Yes Martin, but when our wind blows it actually does something, unlike Argentina's hot air which is powerless!
Feb 01st, 2011 - 11:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Preparing for the shortage of $$$$ to import oil????
Feb 01st, 2011 - 11:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0No Nico, future proofing electricity supply while at the same time emerging as the market leaders in offshore wind power. Most of our oil imports go into the tanks of our vehicles and not on electricity generation.
Feb 01st, 2011 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0To be more accurate, about 4.2 TWh of electricity was generated by burning oil & derivatives in 2004 (the most recent figures that I have), out of a total production of slightly more than 380 TWh.
Feb 01st, 2011 - 12:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Generally speaking, the only places that use oil/diesel generators are either so remote that it's not worth stringing transmission cables to them or they are mobile (river/canal boats being the obvious example).
typical argies bloggers all girls together, whenever great Britain does something good, you lot get jealous and slag us of, at least we are doing something to help,
Feb 01st, 2011 - 03:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you cant even be bothered to help with the LAND MINES you disgustingly put into the ground in the Falklands, so who are you to slag of a great country like us.
But then again the British expect nothing else from a 3rd world country who has not yet learned to grow up ???
To be more precise UK has energy problems long time ago and gordo in 2009 wanted to cut dependence of oil imports and gas to generate electricity.
Feb 01st, 2011 - 03:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The problem is $$$$$$$.
Rufus is funny that you say that in 2004 you have resolved your dependence of import oil or gas to generate W.
You have resorted to use the old coal like in the '70 until MT closed the mines. Are you still importing coal from Colombia?
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/298235/uk_urged_to_triple_nuclear_power.html
# 7 ....stick-up-your junta
Feb 01st, 2011 - 04:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0i guess that power sticks units could be more than UK population !
in the near future...
?9 yul (#)
Feb 01st, 2011 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0VERY VERY CLEVER, what junta [Argentinean]
jealously will get you nowhere, at least we are trying
I wonder what Aiolos has to say about this :c
Feb 01st, 2011 - 05:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 07 briton,
Feb 01st, 2011 - 07:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“you cant even be bothered to help with the LAND MINES you disgustingly put into the ground”
Disgustingly? What are you talking about?? I thought we did a GREAT job!!
Thirty-one years later and they're still active, ready for some greasy Brit to step on them and blow itself to pieces... you guys should form a line and go for a walk singing 'God save the queen'.
Clowns
I don't think people realise how relavent those turbines and the wave power machines that UK is currently building and other UK renewable energies are to the Falklands debate. One of the other major new energy sources we are building is biofuel plants in the long run biofuel has to be sourced from countries where it won't effect food production that's largely but not completely countries with large forests such as UK friends USA Canada and Norway or countries with an over production of food such Argentina and Brazil. Every wind turbine we have lessens the chances of us becoming energy dependent on those countries. It also gives us the chance to develop the technology which is under development in UK and USA to turn rubbish that currently goes to land fill into fuel. So look at it this way Argies every turbine we have turning is less money for you and less chance to get any hold over the UK.
Feb 01st, 2011 - 07:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@Charle
Feb 01st, 2011 - 09:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“It also gives us the chance to develop the technology which is under development in UK and USA to turn rubbish that currently goes to land fill into fuel “
What technology???
Just make a big hole in your backyard, put a dome over it with sealed and make a hole to throw the rubbish and other to put the tubes and valves (Security valve for pressure, etc), gas regulators, reservoir, etc.
Any organic thing you dump into de hole will turn into gas Metano, the bacteria when eating the rubbish will produce the gas.
What development do you need to do such simple thing? You can also use the pop of animals, or bankers from the city of London. Someone told me that they have made a lot of pop in UK to have gas to 30 years.
Biodigestor for a farm in province of Córdoba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJh2ij177kk
: )
@ Nico “Someone told me that they have made a lot of pop in UK to have gas to 30 years.” no podés jajaja troesma jajaja
Feb 01st, 2011 - 09:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nicodin Uk is starting to install those digestors this year sadly we haven't done it before. But when the intention is to run other things such as commercial jet fuel from London rubbish the technology is still being matured http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/1800593/ba-plans-pioneering-east-london-waste-biofuel-plant.
Feb 01st, 2011 - 09:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 16 The biggest digestor is Queen's stomach, it digests lots of pounds ha
Feb 01st, 2011 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0.yes argie bloggers sprout your evil .
Feb 02nd, 2011 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0from a safe distance that’s all you can do, but you will still not get the Falklands back. you lot don’t represent Argentina just your selves
you no more want the Falklands than they want you .
17 cor Xbox blew me away with that joke I simply cannot reply to such genius wittisism....
Feb 04th, 2011 - 08:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0So the fanatics of malvinism have descended for no apparent reason.
So the UK is making great strides in lesssening hydrocarbon dependency...and Argentina looks set to run out of Gas in the next 6 years...
Lol, perhaps we could supply them wind turbines with pictures of the Falklands flag on them....the resulting ranting, raving, nationalist hand wringing and cries of victimhood will keep those turbines going indefinatley...
.......Because the Argies will never have the south Atlantic empire they want lol :)
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