Manufacturing in the UK
People will no doubt have seen the latest issue of supply of CARBON dIOXIDE CO2 which may have puzzled many people. It is a gas with a lot of uses including food preservation. We used to have ‘seasonal’ food but…
Category ENERGY
Current situation!!
We are all aware that there are issues and the current government just seem to be making things worse. Not content with ignoring what is going on around them they are now reacting to whatever crisis has the highest priority,…
NET ZERO MADNESS
I have posted on my facebook page about the subject of switching to renewables and costs invloved and just want to give more of an explanation. The reason electricity bills went up dramatically is because with the solar farms and…
Work at Long Drax on the river bank
The Environment Agency are doing the much needed repairs on the river bank at Main Rd Long Drax. When the banks were raised (rather than bother dredging lol) they tried to soften the appearance with the introduction of trees and…
Wind farms
Loads of free energy we were told and Labour said they would be slashing energy bills by £300 a year. So today we are told they are pushing up the price cap again despite it going down on the wholesale…
loaves of bread!!
I recently attanded a consultation meeting on a proposed solar farm covering 2,500 acres of farmland for the Selby Area. I spoke with a couple of residents about the loss of wheat production and another lady joined the conversation who…
Drax Power Station
I have had my normal parish liason meeting with the power station and there was quite a lot to discuss:
Energy supply
Below is the response by someone, with knowledge, to the current situation with regards energy supply/security in this country. A, The UK was reliant on fossil fuels for the last 100 years + and outside of two global crises in 1973…
Drax Power Station news
We had our regular parish liason meeting with the power station and I thought it an idea to update you on their situation and some basic facts. Firstly they have received further support from the current government, albeit at a…
Farming in the UK
It would appear that having alientated pensioners the chancellor has now turned attention to farmers with the sole intention of destroying that industry and thousands of families with it. To impose an inheritance tax on the children of the farmers…