Why is UK Energy SO expensive?
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This channel seeks to understand the issues that face our civilisation in the 21st Century and focusses on the potential solutions that will save as many lives as possible and hopefully bring about a greater level of equality in the world. The channel is not a debating forum about whether Human Induced Climate Change is a real phenomenon or not. If that's what you're after then I can highly recommend chat forums on Social Media, where people on both sides of the argument go round and round in circles achieving precisely nothing at all. That is a mug's game. And it's not my game. Anyway, outside of those caveats, I do try to keep it light and humorous wherever possible, so I hope you enjoy the content. Oh..and me... Dave Borlace. Born 1969. BSc in Technology from the Open University in the UK. After a 30 year career in People and Project Management, I now work full time on the channel thanks to the amazing folks who support me on Patreon at patreon.com/justhaveathink
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Critics of the 'green transition' argue it is imposing an unacceptable cost on ordinary working people. But is it really renewable technologies that are causing our bills to go up, or are there other forces involved? We scratch the surface and take a look. Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com Reference Links: Carbon Brief article https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-why-expensive-gas-not-net-zero-is-keeping-uk-electricity-prices-so-high/ Visual Capitalist - Renewables in the US https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-renewable-energy-capacity-in-the-u-s-2014-2024/?utm PV Magazine - US adds 30GW of PV Capacity https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/28/us-added-34-gw-of-pv-capacity-in-2024/ PV Magazine - Anti-solar bill dies in Texas https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/05/28/anti-solar-bills-die-in-texas-house/ PV Tech - China PV additions in 2025 https://www.pv-tech.org/china-adds-record-105gw-solar-pv-in-first-four-months-of-2025/ EIA data on US renewables https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64586 EIA calls Peak Shale https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/EIA-Calls-Peak-Shale-as-Drilling-Activity-Declines.html Earth.org article on carbon footprint of LNG https://earth.org/lng-33-worse-for-climate-than-coal-over-20-year-period-groundbreaking-research-reveals/ Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ
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