How's Those Renewables Working Out This Winter?

 Here is the graph:

Courtesy of GridWatch: Go look at their website

See that big swath of Orange? All Day? That's gas fired generation plants. 

At the top of the graph is a sliver of black. Guess what? That's coal, baby!

See that little streak of Yellow that lasts about 4 hours? That's winter solar in the UK. Fucking Useless.

At least the Turquioise band representing wind is contributing something. But only about 15% of the daily total.

That's why our energy costs are so high. 

It started with Thatcher, but the governments after her did this. They made us hostage to world energy prices. They made us reliant in a big way on gas.

Way to go.