Letters to the Editor – The Conservative Woman

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Letter of the week

Dear Editor

A perfect example of the subtle brainwashing by the BBC:

‘Parts of UK bracing for hottest day of year as temperatures forecast to hit 29C’

A while ago, it would have been ‘looking forward to’, not ‘bracing’. People pay good money to go abroad precisely to enjoy temperatures like these. 

Margaret Ashworth

A cup of breakfast TCW

Dear Kathy

An excellent article. I have just read this out to my husband. It is a sort of morning ritual. 

I’m still reading TCW and passing on as much as I can to our awake friends. 

I hope you enjoyed your holiday with your family too.  

Nicola Probert

An accurate papal appraisal

Dear Editor 

When I heard of the death of Pope Francis, I prayed for the repose of his soul; I wish Hell on no man. Immediately, the news made me think about how it would be reported. It was not long before I read this: Pope Francis led the church through a period of crisis. No: sadly, but definitely, he led the church into a period of crisis. So, I do praise the piece by Simon Caldwell in TCW: brilliant, much needed and accurate in every detail. Do, please, beware of what you see or hear, especially anything to do with Catholic tradition.

Max Byford

The UK will follow Spanish suit

Dear Editor

The Spanish episode will be the first of many. The civilised world’s electricity is designed to be created and distributed with built-in resilience from continuity of generation. With wind, this is clearly not possible.

All kinds of other problems will emerge in the UK as well, as our dependence on wind and sun increases.

The very idea of it all is madness. 

Malcolm Parkin

Westminster must reprioritise its spending

Dear Editor

It would be reasonable to spend £49million on investigations which prevented a major terrorist atrocity such as the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre or the Bataclan massacre in Paris. Similarly, it might be reasonable to spend such a sum to catch a prolific serial killer such as the Yorkshire Ripper.

Is it, however, reasonable to spend £49million and counting on a public inquiry to determine whether race was a factor in the death of one man, Sheku Bayoh, in the town of Kirkcaldy? That is £24million for the inquiry itself, and £25million by Police Scotland in connection with the inquiry.

To ask the question is to answer it: no, of course not. The public sector does not have unlimited resources. Westminster, in this case Holyrood and local councils, need to start using the taxpayers’ money prudently.

Otto Inglis

When will politicians ever learn?

Dear Editor

With more than 50million EU electricity consumers suffering blackouts on April 28, Net Zero Watch has repeated previous warnings that the UK power grid is also becoming increasingly unstable. Grid analysts have suggested a high likelihood that this was the result of the Spanish grid operating almost entirely on renewables at that time. The stability of power grids depends on so-called ‘inertia’, a resistance to rapid change that is an inherent feature of large spinning turbines, such as gas-fired power stations, but not of wind and solar farms. Too much capacity of renewables on a grid can therefore mean inadequate inertia. As a result, in grids dominated by wind and solar, faults can propagate almost instantaneously across grids, leading to blackouts. To misquote Peter Seeger in his 1955 poignant song ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone?’: ;Where has all the electricity gone, long time passing?/ When will politicians ever learn?’. We all know the answer to that.

Clark Cross 

Linlithgow

The Twelve Commandments of Net Zero fallibility

Dear Editor

Here are some key reasons why Net Zero is unworkable and its aims are unattainable:

1. At the current rate of mining, it will take >100 years to get the materials needed.
2. It will cost well over £100,000 per family and will more than double the national debt.
3. We don’t have the skilled resources, and it will take 15 years to connect new wind and solar farms to the grid.
4. 30GW of nuclear and gas power stations are due to retire, while grid maximum demand (MD) is due to increase by a similar amount. 
5. Ordering more wind farms will not fill the 60GW gap, without backup.
6. Batteries will only provide backup for hours, whereas wind and solar power can be negligible for several days.
7. When wind velocity exceeds 58mph, wind turbine output plummets to zero. 
8. Many wind and solar farms can’t contribute to black starting the grid, which means extended recovery.
9. The rotational inertial inherent in conventional turbine generators is reducing along with system stability. 
10. Conventional generators incorporate means to vary reactive (MVAr) power output which helps system stability.
11. That also helps rapid short circuit fault clearance, reducing the risk of damage and needless power loss.
12. The unpredictability of solar and wind will make it increasingly difficult to match generation capacity with demand.

As the ratio of renewable to conventional power increases. the probability of power failure and extended revolution dry times will only increase.

You won’t hear much of that from the MSM or from MiliWatt.

Roger Arthur