Bob Cushing
Practitioner voice on green energy, heat pumps, and data‑center siting/cooling tradeoffs; grid and policy commentary.
Is It Time to Decouple Electricity Prices From Gas?
Maybe I don’t understand the mechanism fully but is now not the perfect time to decouple the price of electricity from the wholesale costs of gas? Have we reached a break point where renewables are enough of our main electricity source to form the basis of pricing? As we move into spring doesn’t the demand for gas drop enormously?
Iran's Potential Straits Ban Targets Only US, Israel
It’s rumoured that Iran will let any other country’s ships through the Straits apart from the US or Israel. Now THAT would be a boss move
Decouple Electricity Pricing From Gas to Stabilize Power
We need to restructure the pricing of electricity in this country. Time to break the tie between wholesale gas prices and electricity. It would help stabilise the price of power in the current oil and gas crisis
Miliband Vows Zero Tolerance for Oil Profiteering
Taking action on fuel prices Oil price profiteering will not be tolerated, says Miliband https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk83e2g65no
Renewables Cut Fossil Dependence; Petrol Becomes Luxury
The Iranian conflict highlights another reason why Net Xero is critical. Ramping up renewables reduces our dependency on global fossil fuel markets. Pretty simple really. Petrol will become a luxury purchase
Abandoned Churches Find New Purpose Amid Decline
Churches around the country are being left to go to rack and ruin. Good news that they are being used
EV Charging Costs a Fraction of Diesel Fuel
I pay 7ppkwh at home. That’s 10% of the cost of an equivalent diesel vehicle on a like for like consumption cost comparison. Yesterday I paid 40ppkwh at a public charger. That’s still a lot cheaper than running an ICE
Green Energy Needed to Break Rising Oil‑Gas Dependency
The price of energy is tied to the international price of gas. Since we sold off our oil and gas in the 80s we don’t control the price of our “own” gas and oil. One of the reasons for pushing...
Insulation First: Heat Pumps Fail Without Proper Home Sealing
Air source heat pumps without well insulated homes are a waste or time. Insulation should always come first. And we need to get a grip on cowboy operators
Urgent Shift to Solar and Wind Over Gas
Forget climate change for the moment. One of the main reasons for supporting green energy is to reduce our reliance on gas for electricity generation. The Ukraine war has compromised access to Russian gas and this has had a massive...