We NEED to Talk About the Energy Crisis!

I wonder if it's possible the rush to renewables is fomenting geo-political tensions. Perhaps the oil giants see the writing on the wall and have grown desperate to create demand for their supply. A bit of soul searching… sorry. Recommendation for future topics: How oil has cheapened the price of food and how now, we are hooked.

Renewables 🤣

Why can’t everyone just admit that unless we fully embrace nuclear power there is no future for us, renewable energy is ‘filtered energy’ that isn’t always available and produces billions of tons of CO2 globally to produce the equipment. Also, I’m with OVO who say if I pay them an extra £6 per month they’ll plant 5 trees a year for me❓what on Earth is that all about❓ Nevermind it being basically a con, there isn’t enough landmass left to make planting trees a solution… even if we planted a tree on all of it… urgh

Great discussion! It is just so frustration how much resistance there still is against sustainable solutions. The two gentlemen are great. Imogen is just amazing!

Fully agree there is a gap between wanting to do something on energy reduction, cost saving and knowing what offers the best ROI

A lot of the problems about getting governments to take energy seriously is all down to the fact that all these politicians are more concerned about not working with each other (even within the same party) for the collective good. Put simply where is the plan to be energy independent using sustainable energy and design that all the politicians back so that the people who have to deliver can get on with it rather than wait for the next U turn in policy. Iam trying to do my bit and also convince others so maybe that doing more actually costs less long term. We, and not some very dubious groups who normally have other agenda, have to do more.

Please could you do a feature on switching a gas hob for an induction one. We need to do it, it’s a lower cost step by itself for many people but never seems to have been covered? So many types and you can need new pans. Would be a good episode.

What ever you think about Boris, his government has put in place plans for a massive increase in offshore wind power (more than quadruple by 2030) and also onshore solar. They've also supported the creation of the battery factory in Blyth and other energy storage methods. Credit where credit's due. They've also steadfastly resisted the siren calls for fracking, to date. Indeed, it could be argued that they've been the greenest government we've ever had. It's too easy target them just because (in some cases) you despise the Tories. It's incredibly disappointing to hear the word "scum" used. To my mind, reducing the debate to that level is totally counterproductive.

The Labour government did a lot to subsidise U.K. household insulation, I know, I benefited. Cameron was “going to be the greenest PM ever” until elected when HE decided to cut Labour’s “green crap” and overnight household insulation take-up dropped by 90%, followed by him cancelling of solar feed-in tariffs and on-shore wind farms and the start of the sale of fracking licences. DON’T pretend Labour are equally to blame and “they are all the same BS”, just to try to sound balanced, you should know better. Credit where it’s due or nothing will ever change.

We collectively Reap what we Sow in a global energy/renewable & conservation/ecology movement/legislation. We must All Act Globally, United as there is no Us & Them… only We the People of the Globe. Those on a Fixed Income will become the most vulnerable to the massive price fluxuations.

The hundred billion would have been better spent a few years ago on insulation, wind turbines, solar panels and so forth.

I saw the EU are talking about reforming the energy market. I think this is the best solution. I would love to hear your views on this.

I'm gonna be an asshole, but someone needs to say it.

This brutality high cost of fuel prices is a really good thing.

Before you burn me at the stake, hear me out. Much of the barrier of adoption of green renewables is cost. People can't afford to switch because the upfront cost is so high, making the switch a difficult proposition. As the price of fuel goes up, this barrier of entry becomes less daunting.

Everyone who supports carbon taxes needs to realize that the main reason these work is because high cost of fuel means people use less and switch over faster. The war in Ukraine has essentially done this for us.

That’s great but what happens to all the people that can’t afford to do all the changes to this new technology and have to use what they have

I have a saying, "There is no silver bullet. Only silver buckshot."

Fully Charged needn't be heavily weighted towards EV reviews. Yes, do continue them. However, please reduce their percentage of the overall mix of videos.

As you have been, please do continue highlighting other areas, such as renewable energy technologies, national and international grids, as well as distributed, smart grids, and energy sectors beyond "light" transport. Speaking of renewable energy, please expand coverage to include marine, hydro, geothermal and biomass, for these are too often ignored, yet a number of them have the potential to meet all of mankind's energy needs.

Please also expand your coverage to include clean, baseload generation, such as Small Modular Reactors, Molten Salt Reactors and even fusion.

The growing cast of presenters are simply stellar. And, while I'm happy to see Robert and Jack, I very much look forward to pieces featuring Helen, Dan, Andy and Imogen. More, please!

Isn't the problem that wind is worthless for providing baseload power? Nuclear would work in UK but solar and wind need batteries which are indescribably toxic and environmentally damaging in production. I guess as long as that happens in China no one cares

Hey Dan, please do know that the climate initiatives included in the recent Inflation Reduction Act represent far too little when compared with that which we must accomplish in a very short period of time. Sady, that's all that could pass a Congress that's controlled by the same party as the White House.

We have literally millions upon millions of climate change deniers in this country…including an over abundance of these morons in Congress.

Potentially the single biggest impediment to meaningful, planet-saving progress is the regulatory environment. We could have all the micro-mobility solutions we need. However, we have the most hostile infrastructure for these types of vehicles. While there are some 145,000 fueling stations in the US, there are fewer than 7,000 public charging stations in the entire country. Moreover, I'm not aware of single municipal project that addresses the issue of high rise residence street charging.

Combined with a climate change ambivalence, there's a huge NIMBY factor. For instance, it's taken 18 years to plan, permit and acquire the land rights to build the TransWest Express transmission line, and wind farms in northwest Texas are curtailing production that's so badly needed in major metropolitan markets. Why? Because there's no transmission facility. So, ERCOT conducts rolling blackouts in the southern part of the state in order to stabilize their grid.

We need consistent, coherent political leadership on climate change and green energy policy. For as improved over Trump as Biden is, we could all too easily undo any gains made this term. There simply aren't any guarantees, and there need to be.