Record British Gas profits

Centrica who own British gas have announced huge profits. This is at a time when costs of food and everything are rising, people are having to choose between heating homes and eating a good meal.

• Too early to discuss bonus, says British Gas boss

Discussions on bonus payments have been delayed, with prices set to rise in April taxpayers are facing fuel price rises and more tax payers money being used to help people pay fuel bills.

Profits before people, this is going to result in a huge backlash at some point, which can't come soon enough.

We can't keep blaming the war in Ukraine for this, it us pure greed, especially as we apparently only get about 3% of our gas from Russia anyway.

#Energy,#Companies,#Profits

Breakthrough in nuclear fusion

Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced

This was on the BBC website, looks like a major breakthrough, not sure if the fossil fuel companies will be happy about this. A major step forward in producing clean energy using nuclear fusion. We can discuss further on either Mastodon or Science forums.

• Article
• Science Forums

#Energy,#Nuclear,#Fusion,#NuclearFusion

UK Nuclear fusion plant

Nuclear fusion plant to be built at West Burton A power station.

This sounds like a really exciting development and should hopefully help the UK take the lead in a clean and sustainable energy resource.

This is also an excellent reason, regardless of where you live to study STEM. While this plant is not due to start until 2040. This is only 18 years away, so if you are heading in to year 7, then by the time you have obtained a post graduate or other hi-tech qualification you should be employable within this industry.

Video : Fuelling Fusion power

Links

• Article
• UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA
  • Jobs and careers
• Science Forums
  • Topic on Science forums

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#UK,#Energy,#NuclearFusion,#Physics,#UKAEA,#AtomicEnergy, #FuturePower

Fracking

The UK Prime minister recently announced that the ban on Fracking will be lifted [1]. I was going to ask about this on Science forums, however I found an existing discussion on Science forums [2]. It should be possible to link this discussion to others to look at the wider topic.

There are clearly several issues surrounding this topic, and arguments for & against, it is important to get a clear picture and seek evidence based facts. I have included a link to Ask for Evidence [3] for completeness and to help people with further research.

I downloaded the paper from the discussion so will read offline.

Links

1. BBC – Fracking ban in England lifted in bid to boost UK gas supply 2 Man-made earthquake risk and Fracking
2. Ask for Evidence

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#Energy,#Fracking,#UK