Thank goodness for fossil fuels

HUGH Griffiths (Letters, February 2), whom I know to be an accomplished physics graduate, is quite correct in questioning government policy on renewable energy.

Whilst we talk of a “carbon-free UK“, other countries are investing heavily in fossil fuel energy.

For example, if readers check the German energy website, energy-charts. info, they will find that at noon on February 4, Germany generated 5970MW from hard black coal and 15070MW from lignite... filthy brown coal! Germany uses it to power its plethora of factories and car plants.

Any reader driving a German car, I wonder?

Readers should be aware of the truth on electricity generation. I have been preaching about the dangers of a Scandinavian high pressure in winter for years, because it draws in bitter easterly winds from Siberia.

Well, we have just had a week of such weather, with snow in many areas following the coldest January/early February for 10 years and the lowest recorded UK temperature, -23C, in Braemar, Scotland, for 25 years! Not much global warming about!

Thank goodness for fossil fuels! There would be widespread hypothermia in completely unheated, dark homes without them!

Imagine the lockdown without electricity... No heating! No lighting! And No TV, of course! At 7.30pm on February 10, the wind only provided 4150MW according to Gridwatch.co.uk, whilst UK demand was 45,000MW!

Do readers think that wind and solar energy can power the whole UK, heat our homes and drive all our cars? No chance! Dim gobaith canari!

We will just destroy UK manufacturing and jobs... and import far more petrol/diesel engine cars to meet massive, essential demand! L J Jenkins

Gwbert Cardigan

THERE are calls for urgent action to be taken after parts of Carmarthen flooded for the third time in two months, leading one business to declare “enough is enough”. Here are your views . . .

MICHELLE STAPLEFORD

Perhaps Welsh Government should be investing in tidal barrages to stop flooding and to save people’s homes and businesses. It’ll stop the flow of the tide from the sea and they could also be used to produce energy.

JANE DAVIES All the money wasted on cycle paths should have been used for flood defences. Cyclists don’t use the paths as they are constantly dodging dogs and people ambling along.

ADAM CRAWLEY Can we now start dredging the river again? From my understanding the EU regulations meant the silt had to be treated as waste and was expensive to dispose of. Surely things are different now?