Every Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advises

[T. A. Gardner]

You "think" that based on your irrational hate of all new technologies and that hate forced you to ignore the very real case study of Texas, doing one of the biggest Renewable build outs at the time Trump and the Federal govt are providing no support and actually paying tax payer money out to shut such programs down and roll them back.

I don't hate new technology. I want new technology to be workable and cost effective. What works for generating clean, cheap, electrical power in mass quantities is nuclear backed by natural gas. Hydrogen or aqueous ammonia can replace gasoline. These are portable, storable, and really no more dangerous than gasoline is.

You IGNORE what the very Conservative State of Republican says is their success both in generation, storage and tax payer savings on the cost of energy. You IGNORE what the STUDIES show. You IGNORE the actual RESULTS of the grid now more stable and able to rapid deal with energy spiking needs. You ignore the INVESTORS putting in massive amounts of money for great profitable returns.

Everywhere--EVERYWHERE--solar and wind have been heavily pushed, worldwide, the cost of energy has risen and shortages start to appear. That's a fact, your cherry-picked exceptions notwithstanding.

Solar and wind are also not very profitable in operation. Companies that operate such plants have had a high bankruptcy rate as a result.

Solar Company Bankruptcies 2026: Who Went Out of Business

Every solar installer and lender that filed or shut down since 2022, from SunPower and Sunnova to Freedom Forever, with who services your loan now.

solarpanelexit.com

The Complete List of Solar Bankruptcies and Business Closures

2023 has brought immense challenges, with higher interest rates, tighter financing, and adverse policy shifts which have contributed to solar bankruptcies.

www.solarinsure.com

Neither can survive without continuous government subsidy.

https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/wind-and-solar-energy-subsidies-vs-oil-and-gas-tax-deductions/

How Much Does the U.S. Government Subsidize Electricity Generating Technologies?

When considering only the portion of fossil fuel support that relates to electric power, renewables receive far more federal help

spectrum.ieee.org

Even sites that favorably wants solar and wind grudgingly admits they need subsidization.

Does Wind ‘Work’ Without Subsidies? - FactCheck.org

President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the economics of wind energy, saying that wind "doesn't work" without subsidies. Experts have differing assessments of that. By some metrics, wind power is already competitive with fossil fuels without subsidies. But other measures don’t come to...

www.factcheck.org

Do renewable energy technologies need government subsidies? - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

To what extent are different energy sources subsidised around the world? Renewable energy comes from sources that are not depleted...

www.lse.ac.uk

And instead you quote old data and you do so wrongly from a time when everything was more expensive.

Texas is the model that answers all your questions and proves everything you say wrong at each stage.

Unreliable Energy Fails to Deliver for Texans, Again

But despite their failure, Texas taxpayers have been forced to subsidize these failing energy generators.

texasscorecard.com

Gaps in Texas Law Leave Texans Exposed to Billions in Wind, Solar, and Battery Cleanup Costs

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has made meaningful progress on rules for decommissioning and disposing of wind, solar, and energy storage facilities, but gaps remain that could leave Texans facing billions of dollars in future unfunded liabilities. That is a central finding of Addressing the...

www.texaspolicy.com

https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/wind-solar-and-the-great-texas-blackout-guilty-as-charged/

That Texas' grid had difficulty coping with unusually cold weather for a short period of time doesn't make a good argument that solar and wind are the answer. On the whole, day-to-day, solar and wind are problematic as generation sources and that's true everywhere, not just Texas.

 

[Into the Night]

You "think" that based on your irrational hate of all new technologies and that hate forced you to ignore the very real case study of Texas, doing one of the biggest Renewable build outs at the time Trump and the Federal govt are providing no support and actually paying tax payer money out to shut such programs down and roll them back.

You IGNORE what the very Conservative State of Republican says is their success both in generation, storage and tax payer savings on the cost of energy. You IGNORE what the STUDIES show. You IGNORE the actual RESULTS of the grid now more stable and able to rapid deal with energy spiking needs. You ignore the INVESTORS putting in massive amounts of money for great profitable returns.

And instead you quote old data and you do so wrongly from a time when everything was more expensive.

Texas is the model that answers all your questions and proves everything you say wrong at each stage.

Texas only implemented wind generators for political reasons, dope.

 

[Into the Night]

Never said it wasn't, Larry.

Think about it.

Hard.

I'll wait.

DON'T TRY TO DENY YOUR OWN POSTS!

 

[Into the Night]

What worries me is the push for military bases to become wholly independent of the national grid.

There is no national grid.
Why are you worried? The military already has a good supply of generators for use in the field.

 

[Into the Night]

That Texas' grid had difficulty coping with unusually cold weather for a short period of time doesn't make a good argument that solar and wind are the answer. On the whole, day-to-day, solar and wind are problematic as generation sources and that's true everywhere, not just Texas.

Texas is making imprpvements in the natural gas supply lines and in handling power plant maintenance scheduling. The Winter of 2025 rather educated them that they too should not be so careless in laying natural gas plumbing.

They've fixed a fair amount of it already.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Every Briton is being urged to stock up to nine litres of bottled water and three days’ worth of food in new government guidance designed to ensure that households can survive a weather, cyber or other serious emergency.

The Be Ready campaign is aimed at persuading people to stock up with supplies to last 72 hours, amid growing official concern about the impact of the climate crisis, technological dependency and hostile state threats.


Dan Jarvis, the security minister, said that “those who can follow this advice should follow this advice”. It amounted to “simple steps to be ready for everyday emergencies” as part of a wider, community-oriented effort “to improve our resilience as a nation”, he said.

Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, added that Britain also needed to prepare for the threat of “state-sponsored terrorism” by Russia or other hostile powers targeting everyday infrastructure.

“Terms like ‘hybrid warfare’ and ‘grey zone threats’ do not accurately capture or convey to the general public what I prefer to describe as ‘state-sponsored terrorism’,” he said.

“So in the face of those threats, which are not hypothetical but real, and not somewhere else but increasingly here, we have to step up and take seriously our national resilience as well as our national defence.

“It’s really important that we ask households and businesses, are they prepared? Are they ready? Do they know how they would respond in the event of everyday challenges that might manifest themselves?”

Every Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advises

Be Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state

www.theguardian.com

It’s always good to be prepared for both a natural or manmade disaster. Cyber-attacks are a very real possibility in this day and age. Same goes for a terrorist attack against a major electrical or water facility.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Sorry but nobody will believe any of that when you cannot help but say the most absurd and stupid things when it comes to all technology here.

I just imagine you saying at those meeting that there has been no improvement to any of these technologies (green energy, ev's, drones) since the early 1900's, etc and people just laughing at you as 'the nut' and moving on.


Even as Trump and magats like you try to cut off all subsidies to Renewable Energy while doubling down on fossil fuel subsidies Texas Republicans SEEING MEASURABLE RESULTS are plowing on and leading the way.

Texas grid thrives on renewables as Trump targets clean energy subsidies​

How Renewables and Battery Tech saved the Texas grid in 2025!
Battery energy storage systems and massive expansions in renewable and storage capacity helped stabilize the Texas ERCOT grid during subsequent severe winter cold snaps (such as in January 2026), preventing the widespread blackouts seen during the 2021 Great Ice Storm (Winter Storm Uri). [1, 2, 3]

246 Texans died due to the Big Freeze of 2021. Texas leaders would be remiss if they didn’t take corrective action.

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/sites/default/files/news/updates/SMOC_FebWinterStorm_MortalitySurvReport_12-30-21.pdf

The 246 confirmed winter storm-related deaths occurred across 77 Texas counties.
Among the 244 (99.2%) decedents with available state residency information, 229
(93.9%) were Texas residents, and 15 (6.1%) resided in other states or countries.…

… By circumstance and cause of death, 161 (65.4%) winter storm-related deaths
were extreme cold exposure-related injuries comprising 158 (64.2%) deaths from
hypothermia and three (1.2%) from frostbite. Among decedents succumbing to
hypothermia, 107 (67.7%) were aged 60 years or older, 22 (13.9%) had a history
of alcohol abuse or were actively drinking during the winter storm, eight (5.0%)
had illicit drug use cause or contribute to death, and three (1.9%) had both alcohol
and drug abuse. Other behavior or risk factors associated with increased risk of
hypothermia among decedents included engaging in outdoor repair activity during
the storm, not wearing appropriate clothing or enough layering, experiencing
homelessness or returning to homelessness during the storm, and refusing to
evacuate to heated sheltering or warming centers.

There were 25 (10.2%) winter storm deaths from exacerbation of pre-existing
illness. These were related to disruptions to dialysis or oxygen treatment, the
freezing of medical devices and medication, disruption of hospice care, engaging in
outdoor repair activity, or loss of power while on electricity dependent equipment
required to sustain life. Hazardous road conditions during the storm gave rise to
many motor vehicle accidents resulting in 22 (8.9%) fatalities. The loss of
electricity and resulting loss of regular heating sources during the winter storm also
led many to use alternate sources of heat. Nineteen (7.7%) fatal carbon monoxide
poisonings resulted from inappropriate use of generators, grills, heaters, vehicles
running in enclosed spaces, and ice obstructing vents in gas powered heating
equipment. Ten (4.1%) winter storm-related deaths were from fire-related injuries
sustained during house fires or while space heaters were in close proximity to
ignitable materials. The remaining nine (3.7%) winter storm-related deaths were
from trauma or fractures sustained during falls and slips on ice, a fall-through ice
resulting in drowning, and injury complications that developed after a fall, such as
pulmonary embolism from deep vein thrombosis or hemorrhagic stroke from head
trauma.