tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post2597927758048864894..comments2024-03-27T06:42:31.956+00:00Comments on Mark Brinkley (aka House 2.0): Pathways to Darkness?Mark Brinkleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-73662558865611093682012-05-29T08:07:34.509+01:002012-05-29T08:07:34.509+01:00Robert,
I understand the gist of what LIM is call...Robert,<br /><br />I understand the gist of what LIM is calling for. All I am really saying is that it's going to be ten times easier if we have a large number of nukes to power it. Nuclear doesn't lack resilience. Renewables do.Mark Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-64137569663296975652012-05-28T20:41:23.461+01:002012-05-28T20:41:23.461+01:00Mark,
Apologies for picking up this thread late in...Mark,<br />Apologies for picking up this thread late in the day. I read LIM a few weeks ago, all the way through – it’s worth the effort, I recommend it to the House, even as I so agree with the second paragraph of your review. <br /><br />That said, I think your review rather missed the key point in LIM, that the all-electric DECC 2050 pathways lack resilience, to put it kindly. Their Achilles Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-26436993208848575902012-02-22T15:35:55.717+00:002012-02-22T15:35:55.717+00:00Hi Mike, its my belief that elements within every ...Hi Mike, its my belief that elements within every strategy will figure in some way in the move towards 2050,the developments currently underway by the likes of Microcontinuum in the USA with their revolutionary work on thin film solar nantenna with laboratory achieved generation levels over 92% are, once they have achieved mass production, going to revolutionise alternative energy production. TheJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343659490264777516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-54738003952563223552012-02-19T15:19:05.055+00:002012-02-19T15:19:05.055+00:00Hi Mark,
You might like to look at this report fr...Hi Mark,<br /><br />You might like to look at this report from the RAE titled Generating the Future:<br /><br />http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/Generating_the_future_report.pdf<br /><br />Essentially, the engineers are saying we, everyone of us, need to get off our backsides and get on with deploying energy efficiency measures and all existing types of renewable and low Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658956458147420429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-18424003607892278022012-02-18T18:46:55.166+00:002012-02-18T18:46:55.166+00:00Mike,
I hadn't seen this Royal Academy of Eng...Mike,<br /><br />I hadn't seen this Royal Academy of Engineering report before. I've just had a trawl and, bugger me, if it's not another pathway, or at least a draft for a possible pathway. I liked the piece by the lady author in Wales who had teething troubles with her heat pump: I have heard other similar stories over the years by disgruntled visitors at the Homebuilding & Mark Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-58771358285695962832012-02-18T18:28:37.666+00:002012-02-18T18:28:37.666+00:00I'm not sure this isn't a red herring but ...I'm not sure this isn't a red herring but the maths is pretty simple. It depends on how many new houses (not replacements) we build by 2050. We have around 25 million now. If we build at current rates of 100k/annum, we will have another 4 million by 2050, which would mean we have 86% in existence now. If we built 250k/annum, like we did 5 years ago, then it's 71% in existence now. <brMark Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-65116373227462163492012-02-18T18:10:41.467+00:002012-02-18T18:10:41.467+00:00I have it noted somewhere that the now defunct Sus...I have it noted somewhere that the now defunct Sustainable Development Commission predicted 70%, but I definitely saw one ~80% too. Now I've googled it and the BRE says 75%.<br /><br />Either way it is a large majority.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033674814953833036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-23761258056659833402012-02-18T14:35:58.124+00:002012-02-18T14:35:58.124+00:00Hi Mark,
I had a brief trawl through Less is More...Hi Mark,<br /><br />I had a brief trawl through Less is More and came to a similar conclusion as you. I cannot now recall where I read that approximately 84% of the housing stock for 2050 is already in existence.<br /><br />Not sure whether you have seen this report from the Royal Academy of Engineering:<br /><br />http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/RAE_Heat_Booklet.pdf<br />Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658956458147420429noreply@blogger.com