Andy Wade wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

we need at least 300GW (peak) to run this country in winter.

What is this 300 GW figure you keep mentioning? If you're talking about
electricity you're out by a large margin: 50-60 GW [1, 2] is nearer the
mark, and it's been about that for decades now.


Triple that for ALL power, including transport and industrial heating
and domestic heating.

Double it for PEAK capacity..

I am talking *total annual power consumption of the whole country* -
around 160GW average..

Basially the total thermal energy ion all te fossill fuel we consume,
divided by about a 40% average efficiency of use.

(cars worse, combis better , power statonns about that etc)

[1]
http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Elect...nd/Demand8.htm

[2] Right now: Demand: 49805MW, Frequency: 50.00Hz, 20:47:45 GMT


Indeed, true, but not relevant to the scenarios I am talking about.

Even replacing the total grid with non fossil fuels, would only reduce
CO2 emissions by at best 30%.

We need to go further than that. Much further.