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In france and it reduced our options during a period of very low wind generation. we are facing increased burning of gas power stations when the cost of gas is very high. electricity prices have gone up several fold electricity prices have gone up severalfold in electricity prices have gone up several fold in the last few months. thank you for talking us through that. lets read some of the tweets you have sent. i am with bulb, the uks sixth largest energy company, and have not had any update fro...

How has this happened? effectively it is the compound _ how has this happened? effectively it is the compound impact - how has this happened? effectively it is the compound impact of- how has this happened? effectively it is the compound impact of lots i how has this happened? effectively it is the compound impact of lots of things happening, both on the demand side, so as using more as an economy, and also the supply side. we are recovering from the pandemic and the economy is bouncing back. we...

Coming in from russia. actually, our gas stock levels in the uk are relatively low, so when you put that in on top of that the additional interconnect issue, we effectively compound those impacts and create a significant challenge for ourselves. people might be surprised to learn that a single fire on a single cable causes such potential disruption and such potential rising of prices! 0ther such potential rising of prices! other proper contingencies that you have in place? other proper contingen...

Level of price protection for these types of events, in the short term, but yes, it is inevitable over time, given the wholesale prices, actually they were high even before this fire happened, that yes, bills are likely to increase in the uk. mine happened, that yes, bills are likely to increase in the uk.— to increase in the uk. nine days to re air so to increase in the uk. nine days to repair so what _ to increase in the uk. nine days to repair so what -- _ to increase in the uk. nine days t...

Young voters need a better showing With our 2021 City Council election just around the corner, I’ve been ruminating on a statistic lately. In 2019, only 25% of registered voters in the City of Grand Junction aged 50 and under voted in our local municipal election. It’s a frightening statistic, and one our young families and working people should be electrified to change if we want representation in our community. Full disclosure, understanding local politics is a part of my profession...

How does your climate plan create opportunity for people whose economies have relied on fossil fuels like oil towns in texas and coal towns in west virginia? what do you say to people who think green energy threatens their way of life and financial future and how will you get them on board with your plan? >> great question. i come from an oil and gas-rich state. i come from a wind and sun-rich state. we lead the country in the amount of wind generation that we produce. we will soon lead the coun...

Theyre doing their own assessment of how theyre going to deal with that. montana is a coal state. governor jay inslee from washington, also another popular democratic governor, he is running this year, he is running on a climate change form will platform. he has oopsaid the two of you fundamentally disagree on what the science demands in terms of climate. how do you compete for a democratic elector and for a country that really wants climate to be tackled head-on. >> as i do. were outdoors. i ha...

>> as i do. were outdoors. people. i had any second worst fire season two years ago, 1.3 million acres burned. come to glacier park soon because the glaciers will be gone. ive doubled our wind generation just in my six years, quadrupled our solar, and i know we need to do things. scientist says ultimately weve got to get carbon neutral by 2050. i think we can do it before that. i think we can do it by 2040. and there are steps we can take. we have to be getting rid of a billion tons of co2 globa...

The first phase was about generation, harnessing the awesome power of the sun and wind. theres been lots of progress on that front as cheap chinese solar panels flooded markets, increased more than 25,000%. wind generation grew by more than 2,500%. thats good news in terms of limiting depend again ens on fossil fuels but now we need storage. solar and wind are so-called intermet ent sources. that means they are here one minute and gone the next. as they scale up, they start causing problems. tak...

State of texas history, will be the secretary of energy. of course, you think, well, you know, that makes sense because texas is a big energy producer. you know, the department of energy is busy. theyre involved not only in energy research but managing our nations stockpile of nuclear weapons and environmental cleanup. it does sound like some of the green groups not crazy about him, said hes unfit to run the department. however, when he was governor of texas, he led the country, texas did, in wi...