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Title: Green Stuff
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 February 2022, 19:59:36
So they say that oil and gas production will have to stop to meet climate change targets like Net Zero in 2050. Indeed already government support for North Sea oil and gas is lukewarm to say the least, and it's been said that is why Shell walked away from the Cambo oilfields off of the Shetland Islands.  :-\

You might find it surprising then that it turns out that a useful by product of refining crude oil is a key component of batteries and the UK is at the cutting edge of producing this stuff!  :y

Interesting read here (https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the-arms-race-to-build-the-batteries-which-will-power-britain-12537246) and video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDkOaHV3qU) here.  :)
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: STEMO on 18 February 2022, 20:03:15
That was on telly last week, I forgot to post it up for you.....and Al.....and Opti  ;D
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 February 2022, 20:16:55
That was on telly last week, I forgot to post it up for you.....and Al.....and Opti  ;D

Not everyone's glued to the telly all day like you old timer!  :P  :D
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: STEMO on 18 February 2022, 20:22:45
That was on telly last week, I forgot to post it up for you.....and Al.....and Opti  ;D

Not everyone's glued to the telly all day like you old timer!  :P  :D
Sky news is on 24 hours, I might have watched it in the evening.....or morning. :P
Not during the day, though....bargain hunt is on then  ;D
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 February 2022, 20:34:49
That was on telly last week, I forgot to post it up for you.....and Al.....and Opti  ;D

Not everyone's glued to the telly all day like you old timer!  :P  :D
Sky news is on 24 hours, I might have watched it in the evening.....or morning. :P
Not during the day, though....bargain hunt is on then  ;D

I'm too tight poor to have Sky.  :(
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: TheBoy on 18 February 2022, 20:37:26
I'm too tight poor to have Sky.  :(
I suspect Sky is always full of crap like all over TV platforms.  It certainly was when I last had it ;D
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 February 2022, 20:40:38
I'm too tight poor to have Sky.  :(
I suspect Sky is always full of crap like all over TV platforms.  It certainly was when I last had it ;D

Speck so and that's why Uncle STEMO is so well informed!  ;D
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 18 February 2022, 21:03:13
I don't suppose Sky showed Trudy crying about the truckers, sorry, terrorists last week...

Anyhoo, here's a question...

Why are we hell bent on being reliant on batteries to bolster traditional renewable? Why not accept them for what they are? I mean, for example, if people had to choose between Faceachebook and Loveless island or cooking tea and heating, wouldn't everyone be better off? :-\

On a positive note, should Scotland ever return to France, we get to keep Orkney and Shetland and the oil fields. Just in case.
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: STEMO on 18 February 2022, 21:04:58
I don't suppose Sky showed Trudy crying about the truckers, sorry, terrorists last week...

Anyhoo, here's a question...

Why are we hell bent on being reliant on batteries to bolster traditional renewable? Why not accept them for what they are? I mean, for example, if people had to choose between Faceachebook and Loveless island or cooking tea and heating, wouldn't everyone be better off? :-\

On a positive note, should Scotland ever return to France, we get to keep Orkney and Shetland and the oil fields. Just in case.
Have you seen the price of cheddar?
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 February 2022, 21:08:36
I don't suppose Sky showed Trudy crying about the truckers, sorry, terrorists last week...

Anyhoo, here's a question...

Why are we hell bent on being reliant on batteries to bolster traditional renewable? Why not accept them for what they are? I mean, for example, if people had to choose between Faceachebook and Loveless island or cooking tea and heating, wouldn't everyone be better off? :-\

On a positive note, should Scotland ever return to France, we get to keep Orkney and Shetland and the oil fields. Just in case.
Have you seen the price of cheddar?

That's yellow stuff, not green stuff!  :P
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: STEMO on 18 February 2022, 21:09:41
I don't suppose Sky showed Trudy crying about the truckers, sorry, terrorists last week...

Anyhoo, here's a question...

Why are we hell bent on being reliant on batteries to bolster traditional renewable? Why not accept them for what they are? I mean, for example, if people had to choose between Faceachebook and Loveless island or cooking tea and heating, wouldn't everyone be better off? :-\

On a positive note, should Scotland ever return to France, we get to keep Orkney and Shetland and the oil fields. Just in case.
Have you seen the price of cheddar?

That's yellow stuff, not green stuff!  :P
Try leaving it at the back of the fridge for six months.
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 February 2022, 21:37:50
I don't suppose Sky showed Trudy crying about the truckers, sorry, terrorists last week...

Anyhoo, here's a question...

Why are we hell bent on being reliant on batteries to bolster traditional renewable? Why not accept them for what they are? I mean, for example, if people had to choose between Faceachebook and Loveless island or cooking tea and heating, wouldn't everyone be better off? :-\

On a positive note, should Scotland ever return to France, we get to keep Orkney and Shetland and the oil fields. Just in case.
Have you seen the price of cheddar?

That's yellow stuff, not green stuff!  :P
Try leaving it at the back of the fridge for six months.

Funny you should say that!  ;D

(https://i.postimg.cc/zvzqKw35/P-20220218-211216.jpg)
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: STEMO on 18 February 2022, 21:56:06
I don't suppose Sky showed Trudy crying about the truckers, sorry, terrorists last week...

Anyhoo, here's a question...

Why are we hell bent on being reliant on batteries to bolster traditional renewable? Why not accept them for what they are? I mean, for example, if people had to choose between Faceachebook and Loveless island or cooking tea and heating, wouldn't everyone be better off? :-\

On a positive note, should Scotland ever return to France, we get to keep Orkney and Shetland and the oil fields. Just in case.
Have you seen the price of cheddar?

That's yellow stuff, not green stuff!  :P
Try leaving it at the back of the fridge for six months.

Funny you should say that!  ;D

(https://i.postimg.cc/zvzqKw35/P-20220218-211216.jpg)
Looks like a Quatermass experiment  :o
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 February 2022, 22:20:48
Homemade penicillin.  :D
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 18 February 2022, 22:21:49
I can smell that from here :o
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: ronnyd on 18 February 2022, 22:36:40
I can smell that from here :o
Put ya shoes back on. :)
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 18 February 2022, 23:06:31
Us younger folk can reach our feet to clean them... No cheeses here :P
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: ronnyd on 19 February 2022, 14:04:15
Us younger folk can reach our feet to clean them... No cheeses here :P
I've bought a longer brush. ;)
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 19 February 2022, 14:18:57
Us younger folk can reach our feet to clean them... No cheeses here :P
I've bought a longer brush. ;)
;D

 :y
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 19 February 2022, 14:23:34
That was on telly last week, I forgot to post it up for you.....and Al.....and Opti  ;D

Not everyone's glued to the telly all day like you old timer!  :P  :D
Sky news is on 24 hours, I might have watched it in the evening.....or morning. :P
Not during the day, though....bargain hunt is on then ;D

You live an exciting lifestyle similar to James Bond..... :)
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: STEMO on 19 February 2022, 14:25:27
That was on telly last week, I forgot to post it up for you.....and Al.....and Opti  ;D

Not everyone's glued to the telly all day like you old timer!  :P  :D
Sky news is on 24 hours, I might have watched it in the evening.....or morning. :P
Not during the day, though....bargain hunt is on then ;D

You live an exciting lifestyle similar to James Bond..... :)
I see your Saturday afternoon is full of excitement too. Or are you off to Monte Carlo after you've finished posting on the old man's car forum?  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: STEMO on 19 February 2022, 14:28:13
You could drive there in your Vauxhall Signum to impress the ladies  ;D
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 19 February 2022, 14:34:43
You could drive there in your Vauxhall Signum to impress the ladies  ;D

If they have cataracts the mighty Signum will pass for an Aston, and I can pass for James Bond.

This deception won't work with a derv Astra sounding like a cement mixer while belching out black smoke. ::) ::) :)
Title: Re: Green Stuff
Post by: STEMO on 19 February 2022, 15:13:40
You could drive there in your Vauxhall Signum to impress the ladies  ;D

If they have cataracts the mighty Signum will pass for an Aston, and I can pass for James Bond.

This deception won't work with a derv Astra sounding like a cement mixer while belching out black smoke. ::) ::) :)
I'll stick with my derv astra and leave the ladies with cataracts to you  :-*