Right, I've got a @nestauk.bsky.socialwww.nesta.org.uk/blog/to-make...

To make energy cheaper, we need to raise levies on gas

To make energy cheaper, we need to raise levies on gas

This is so true. The UK's post-industrial landscape is deeply scarred by damage done by long-gone companies, who might never have thrived if they'd had to budget for the costs of clean up...

As it's End of Coal Day, why not read @antonhowes.bsky.socialwww.nesta.org.uk/feature/what...

What the history of energy tells us about the age of renewables

The transition to using coal and water power can give us some clues about how the switch to clean energy could play out

Sorry, confusing! If I were the AI start up, I’d bet on batteries. If I were the nuclear regulator, I’d mandate big contributions to a decommissioning fund

That’s a good point - not sure I love the idea of nuclear products being under the control of individuals with few limits on their actions

Fwiw, if I was starting a very energy-hungry business, I’m probably make my big bet on massive batteries (alongside solar)

Companies with a high chance of failure + nuclear fuel = a potential nightmare. You see it time and time again that industries go bust and leave the state to pick up the huge costs of environmental clean up

The AI companies’ focus on nuclear is interesting. If they succeed, it wouldn’t be a bad thing to look after their own energy demands rather than adding pressure to the grid. But if I was regulating them, I’d be building a big decommissioning fund upfront… on.ft.com/3N3yQWO

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund backs nuclear fuel start-up

Incubation effort comes as Big Tech looks to atomic energy to meet soaring power demand for AI race

Oooh I like the sound of that. We don’t really do seasonal food properly in England

Sort of. You definitely feel it more there, but still get a decent sense of it in a city I think