From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
By Paul Homewood
This is a wonderful new tool from Richard Lyon, author of The Energy Trap which will be published in September.
The new tool is chock full of drill-down data, sources and methodology. It is also continuously updated.
I remember when climate alarmists said that renewable energy would save Britain billions. Then they admitted that renewable energy would cost millions, then billions, then tens of billions and now hundreds of billions. I expect the final bill to be in the trillions at which point Britain will be bankrupt.
The INDIRECT COSTS ARE 220 BILLION British pounds.
They are larger than the subsidies
They cover costs from windmill to landfill, grid extension/reinforcement, inefficiently operating other power plants to cover DUNKELFLAUTE,, curtailment payments, dismantling, storing in hazardous waste sites.
No wonder, Germany, and the UK, and Spain are going bankrupt and have become uncompetitive.
DRILL BABY DRILL
FRACK FOR GAS ASAP
The INDIRECT COSTS ARE 220 BILLION British pounds.
They are larger than the subsidies
No, the indirect costs are estimated to be £95B bringing the total to £220B
The estimates are explicitly listed as
Climate Change Levy £30.0bn
Grid upgrades for renewables (TNUoS) £29.4bn
Balancing the grid (BSUoS) £14.7bn
Emissions trading £12.3bn
Capacity Market £9.5bn
Quite a few line items were left out, meaning the 95 BILLION British pounds is grossly underestimated.
Also the time period is not given, and future costs are also not given.
Plus to double the wind and solar MW existing now, the costs per MW installed will increase exponentially, due to increased complexity and redundancy.
Operating and maintaining such a Rube Goldberg system will put you in the poor house, as Germany, Spain and UK have found out.
It also only tells us the cost per MWh — but not the one from an alternative system they would want. The 45.03 / MWh seem tame compared to
…the operator receives a guaranteed strike price of £92.50 per MWh in 2012 prices, indexed to inflation, for 35 years
https://www.theenergytribune.com/energy-power/2026/02/20/252626
From the site:
or 4 Hinkley Point C-scale nuclear stations
In their fairy tale land the UK is actually able to build a new reactor without investors running away and assurances from the government that make your head spin.
Amazing
A year of this pays the salaries of 315,000NHS nurses, in today’s money
I thought they swim in money after brexit? /s
This is so sad. And I am thinking that the UK is getting more and more like Cuba. Crumbling infrastructure, no borders, and a useless Defence force. A ruling class utterly unable to see reality. Cuba is now desperately hoping that Chinese solar power might provide a small relief for their appalling situation. Solar panels that provide diffuse, intermittent power that has to be stored. And yet the UK spends money that it doesn’t have on renewables they don’t need. In Cuba, the best and brightest have left – is this happening with the UK?
Or how many rockets the impoverished UK could send to corrupt, NAZI-adoring Ukraine to further damage Russia, and further extinguish the Ukraine people in the process.
That population was 52 million in 1990, a year before independence, and now, in 2026, it is at most 25 million still under Kiev control, of which 10.5 million are retired on pension, whose children and grandchildren went abroad. The death rate is high, the birth rate is near zero.
Ukraine stretches from Boston to Chicago, about 1371 km. Not many people in such a large country.
Think you are quoting the Russian loses, Ukraine loses are nothing like that because they have evolved to drone warfare. If the loses were at your claim Ukraine would have run out of soldiers by now.
As you note Ukraine became an independent country in 1991, the history before that doesn’t matter it was a legal process decided by the people of Ukraine. They are clearly willing to fight for that legal right and are not asking for troops from us, so provide them arms.
All you are really upset about is they are kicking Russia in the ass and at the end of the day it’s a matter for the Ukraine people not me.
I will say the images of burning oil tanks around Moscow was a little unexpected but Ukraine drones have come a long way.
Story tip – killing the garden trade
The boss of Britain’s biggest garden centre chain has warned that Ed Miliband’s rush to hit net zero risks saddling it with millions of pounds in extra costs…
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/06/23/milibands-net-zero-zealotry-cost-millions-garden-centre/
Starmer told the Media to cover up, told police not to investigate and arrest the cases related to the beastly and immoral behavior of some of the millions of degenerate Muslims, the dregs from Third world countries, that were encouraged to illegally enter Britain. The “immoral relaxed” attitude of authorities enabled those degenerates to continue to carry out the sexual atrocities related to the tens of thousands of gang rapes of many young women and school-age girls in Britain. All of the media refuse to report on these heinous crimes, because they were told not to. How low can leaders go?
We are not communist countries everyone pays for the subsidies via there taxes. Communism/Socialism all the money goes to the state and then they decide how much to give the citizens.
Either way you are paying for the politicians subsidies, just the order of who gets the money first differs.
The difference really is in a Western Economy we get to see how much money we are paying to the politicians. No-one would have a clue how much money Putin or Xi are putting in there pockets. Western politicians may line there pockets in other dubious ways but that is a whole other story.
Vladimir Putin’s exact net worth is unknown, but investigators estimate his wealth ranges anywhere from $100 billion to $200 billion. All that money is being ripped off from the Russia economy and people.
No income no taxes. No expenses no taxes.
China’s youth: Let it rot. It’s not worth the sacrifice.
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-youth-unemployment-bai-lan-tang-ping-economic-shift-xi-jinping-125030500829_1.html
There is no point in fighting for the insignificant.
Insignificant people do insignificant things.
Significant people do significant things.
Insignificant leaders decide on insignificant things.
Significant leaders decide on significant things.
Do you support and fight for insignificant or significant leaders?
People who know the meaning of life know the difference between the insignificant and the significant.
Who sits and watches people doing insignificant things and thinks it is significant?
Most countries have some form of tax on property ownership. Ownership rights are being eroded more and more. Freedom is being stifled and the oppression of citizens is increasing.
Most countries worldwide have some form of annual property tax (often called a house or real estate tax) levied on the ownership or value of a property. Rates, calculation methods, and exemptions vary widely depending on the country, and there are a few exceptions that do not charge this tax.
Countries with Property Tax
Virtually all developed nations and the majority of developing countries levy an annual tax on real estate.
Common examples include:
The Americas:
United States (typically 1–2.5%), Canada, Chile, and Mexico.
European:
Sweden, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Spain. In Europe, property taxes make up a substantial share of total taxation and GDP, particularly in France, the UK, and Belgium.
Asia & Oceania:
Japan, Australia, China, and India.
Countries with No or Minimal Property Tax
Some nations have no percentage-based property tax or maintain rates so low (e.g., under 0.5%) that they are practically negligible. These countries typically fund their governments through other means, such as corporate taxes, oil revenues, or tourism:
Zero Percentage Property Tax:
Countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Malta, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands.
Fixed or Minimal Fees:
Some countries do not charge a value-based tax, but instead charge very small fixed square-footage fees or fractional-percentage rates, such as Greece or Thailand.
The Global Debate
There is ongoing discussion regarding whether true home ownership exists anywhere in the world, as governments universally retain the right to collect taxes or impose regulations on all properties.
Subsidies for the Energy Transition
The “Energy Transition” is only an “Electricity Transition”.
To start with, there is no such thing as “renewable” energy, as it violates the First Law of Thermodynamics. Electricity from wind turbines and solar panels are 100% dependent on favorable weather conditions offered by free wind and sunshine.
Wind turbines and solar panels ONLY generate electricity but CANNOT make any products or transportation fuels for life as we know it.
Crude oil by itself is useless black tar, unless you build a multi-billion-dollar refinery to break it down to produce various types of transportation fuels like, jet fuel for planes, diesel fuel for trucks, gasoline fuel for cars, and bunker fuel for ships, and the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil that are the basis of more than 6,000 products in our materialistic world.
Wind turbines and solar panels ONLY generate electricity but CANNOT make any products or transportation fuels for planes, trucks, cars, or ships.
