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.

 

[QP!]

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.


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

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.

Except what you say is all factually wrong and proven so upthread.

You keep citing old data that is not relevant any more and citing consumer stats and pricing instead of utility scale.

Texas and California ARE NOT cherry picked examples to be disregarded as you bring up and use older German and other cases wrongly.

You have been thoroughly discredited in everything you say here. Texas, it's investors, it's university research, is not some woke leftist. These are results and profit driven entities and they ALL say Terry is wrong and spewing shit.

Terry has one reply and that is 'nuh huh... believe me and not their data '.

 

[QP!]

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.

Yup but Terry says using Texas should not be done as it cherry picking as he ignores that CURRENT data and presents out of date older data that he gets wrong.

There could not be a better case study than Texas. A hard core republican fossil fuel leader, with strong natural gas also who is stating unequivocally how renewable saved their grid but also saved the state and citizens money.

Terry has no reply to WHY they would say that if not true when Trump is paying projects to shut down

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Yup but Terry says using Texas should not be done as it cherry picking as he ignores that CURRENT data and presents out of date older data that he gets wrong.

There could not be a better case study than Texas. A hard core republican fossil fuel leader, with strong natural gas also who is stating unequivocally how renewable saved their grid but also saved the state and citizens money.

Terry has no reply to WHY they would say that if not true when Trump is paying projects to shut down

MAGAts and other demented and/or evil people only see what they want to see. They don’t need facts because they use the Alternative Facts fed to them by Satan and his minions, Trump and Elon Musk.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Yup but Terry says using Texas should not be done as it cherry picking as he ignores that CURRENT data and presents out of date older data that he gets wrong.

There could not be a better case study than Texas. A hard core republican fossil fuel leader, with strong natural gas also who is stating unequivocally how renewable saved their grid but also saved the state and citizens money.

Terry has no reply to WHY they would say that if not true when Trump is paying projects to shut down

One year ago, and this hasn't changed since:

How Wind and Solar Variability Drives Up Texas Electricity

Many Texans have been led to believe that adding more wind and solar to the electric grid is the cheapest way to meet the state’s rising energy demand. However, this belief overlooks a crucial reality: the hidden costs of managing the variability of these resources. While wind and solar have low...

www.texaspolicy.com

Texas leads the nation in high electricity prices, a trend amplified by renewable energy growth, recent policy shifts under the Biden administration, and decisions by the Texas Legislature. With wholesale prices spiking 208% over the past three years, a growing population, and an aging infrastructure, Texans face unique challenges with the need for affordable, reliable energy.

New Research Shows Texas Has the Highest Electricity Costs in the Nation

Texas leads the nation in high electricity prices, a trend amplified by the growth of renewable energy and recent policy shifts under the Biden administration. With wholesale prices spiking 208% in the past three years, Texans face unique challenges in balancing the benefits of renewables with...

www.texaspolicyresearch.com

Two years ago, and those haven't come down one bit to present.

Current:

A Dallas household using 1,200 kWh/month on a 100% renewable plan from Rhythm Energy pays about 0.3¢/kWh more than the same household on the same provider's conventional plan.

Renewable Energy in Texas — The Honest Guide | TexasPowerCost

Wind, solar, batteries, EVs, and rooftop solar in Texas — the real share of generation, payback periods, and whether green plans are worth it.

www.texaspowercost.com

One year ago. Published academic study on this

Despite these claims of cost savings, average retail electricity prices for residential consumers in Texas are on the rise, increasing almost 20% over the past three years

https://lifepowered.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-02-LP-Cost-of-Wind-and-Solar-ReedBennett.pdf

Everywhere solar and wind have been pushed as the go to for large scale energy production, prices for electricity have skyrocketed. EVERYWHERE. Australia, Germany, Spain, Britain, California, and yes, Texas too.

 

[Crepitus]

DON'T TRY TO DENY YOUR OWN POSTS!

 

[Taichiliberal]

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.

In the 1980's you they were called survivalists. Recently they're peppers. Now its called responsible citizens?

 

[Hawkeye10]

In the 1980's you they were called survivalists. Recently they're peppers. Now its called responsible citizens?

Yes, civilization is breaking down (being dismantled?) and governments barely even pretend that they want to protect us.....look at the yearning for WW3 and the promoting of mass migration by the elites.

 

[QP!]

One year ago, and this hasn't changed since:

How Wind and Solar Variability Drives Up Texas Electricity

Many Texans have been led to believe that adding more wind and solar to the electric grid is the cheapest way to meet the state’s rising energy demand. However, this belief overlooks a crucial reality: the hidden costs of managing the variability of these resources. While wind and solar have low...

www.texaspolicy.com

Texas leads the nation in high electricity prices, a trend amplified by renewable energy growth, recent policy shifts under the Biden administration, and decisions by the Texas Legislature. With wholesale prices spiking 208% over the past three years, a growing population, and an aging infrastructure, Texans face unique challenges with the need for affordable, reliable energy.

New Research Shows Texas Has the Highest Electricity Costs in the Nation

Texas leads the nation in high electricity prices, a trend amplified by the growth of renewable energy and recent policy shifts under the Biden administration. With wholesale prices spiking 208% in the past three years, Texans face unique challenges in balancing the benefits of renewables with...

www.texaspolicyresearch.com

Two years ago, and those haven't come down one bit to present.

Current:

A Dallas household using 1,200 kWh/month on a 100% renewable plan from Rhythm Energy pays about 0.3¢/kWh more than the same household on the same provider's conventional plan.

Renewable Energy in Texas — The Honest Guide | TexasPowerCost

Wind, solar, batteries, EVs, and rooftop solar in Texas — the real share of generation, payback periods, and whether green plans are worth it.

www.texaspowercost.com

One year ago. Published academic study on this

Despite these claims of cost savings, average retail electricity prices for residential consumers in Texas are on the rise, increasing almost 20% over the past three years

https://lifepowered.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-02-LP-Cost-of-Wind-and-Solar-ReedBennett.pdf

Everywhere solar and wind have been pushed as the go to for large scale energy production, prices for electricity have skyrocketed. EVERYWHERE. Australia, Germany, Spain, Britain, California, and yes, Texas too.

Fact check :

Virtually all of the poster's claims rely on material published by the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and its offshoots (The Energy Alliance / Lifepowered). This is an advocacy group openly funded by fossil-fuel interests, and independent energy economists have repeatedly debunked their math. [1] These are cherry-picked reports that fundamentally misrepresent how the electricity market works.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Fact check :

Virtually all of the poster's claims rely on material published by the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and its offshoots (The Energy Alliance / Lifepowered). This is an advocacy group openly funded by fossil-fuel interests, and independent energy economists have repeatedly debunked their math. [1] These are cherry-picked reports that fundamentally misrepresent how the electricity market works.

Ad hominem in the form of an irrelevant appeal to authority.

But there's more:

https://brattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Value-of-Lost-Load-Study-for-the-ERCOT-Region.pdf

https://thecannononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-LP-Transmission-Costs-BennettPiracci.pdf

 

[QP!]

Ad hominem in the form of an irrelevant appeal to authority.

But there's more:

https://brattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Value-of-Lost-Load-Study-for-the-ERCOT-Region.pdf

https://thecannononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-LP-Transmission-Costs-BennettPiracci.pdf

oh no. I have all the debunked material if you want it. this is just not about the bad source, which is relevant here. Picking an advocacy group with the mission to provide fake and bad material to try and lobby against Renewables matters and this is what is key there...

"...energy economists have repeatedly debunked their math. [1] These are cherry-picked reports that fundamentally misrepresent how the electricity market works...."


You are posting made up garbage Terry.