Building energy grids is slower and more expensive than ever before in British history. New blog.

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Some of the darlings of the British political scene want to blow up nuclear bombs under the earth to capture carbon.

Utterly brilliant piece by Commonwealth
During the energy crisis 51 per cent of profits went to the wealthiest one per cent, while the bottom 50 per cent not only received just one per cent of the total, but ordinary people also bore the higher burden from increased, everyday costs

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When did Britain stop building stuff? Lots of interest in this at the moment. Here is the pattern in energy since 1950. If we are serious about net zero we would the 1950s and 60s are the benchmark.

"Back then people didn't have deal with NIMBY's". I hear that a lot.
The first ever National Grid involved negotiations with 222k landowners and tenants. The Central Electricity Board appointed thousands of officers to persuade. Astonishingly, only 600 cases (0.27%) needed compulsory purchase.

That’s what she said

The history of the French water sector since 1848 suggests: public ownership is good for building assets, private operation good for sweating them.

It is interesting that even now while private sector organisations operate the system the investment is publicly funded. Source in comments.

“BRITAIN HASN’T BUILT A RESERVOIR FOR 30 YEARS!!!!!!

When did we build reservoirs?

Reservoir capacity grew 82% in the 1950s, 45% in the 1960s, 6% in the 70s & 80s, and just 1% in the 90s, 00s, & 10s

Water was under public ownership until 1989. It has been privatized since then.