This is the by the anti net zero and anti renewables stance in the leadership election doesn’t make sense. Most members are pro these measures so who are they trying to appeal to?
Appealing to a tiny number of the membership makes no sense, there’s not enough votes there
So who’s this messaging for?
Perhaps the oil and gas industry and money?
That’s the only way the strategy makes any sense at all.
This is reassuring on the surface… But also people very often say they support things in theory, but then oppose them in practice.
We’re near useful solar capacity already, it’s not where the focus of renewables in the UK should be.
The candidates to be PM were actually going around hustings promising to stop solar panels being used in fields where you could grow food **as if that’s an issue anyone in this country gives a flying fuck about**.
yeah but Truss takes donations from fossil fuel companies and as we know Tories like money.
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…as long as it’s built somewhere else so it doesn’t affect their view or house price.
**One-quarter of Conservative Party members think solar power is black magic witchcraft and turning frogs gay**
Look at their voting records
I agree we do not want our open land filled with solar panels, so change direction, any new builds of any type must be clad in solar panels, more effort made to put panels on any existing building thats suitable and role out insulation projects for old housing stock, that has to be a vote catcher for Conservatives and non Conservatives alike.
Of course they do, they aren’t idiots
They support on land wind too.
It is almost like the conservative party is run for itself and its rich donors and not for the public in anyway. An aristocracy with their lords, ladies and court of the modern day.
Solar is such a great option for subsidising lulls in lapses in our winter peaking wind generation. We literally have 16 hour days during the summer. Granted we don’t have quite the intensity of solar energy that more equatorially aligned geographies have. But it’s still something like 5p per kilowatt hour for solar on average. Against 4p for wind, offshore being slightly cheaper than onshore.
I’m no doctor but I think Truss has pig brains. Imagine being this drunk on power already that you’re falling over yourself to show off to the worst people in the nation. Absolute trash.
> A total of 82% of Sunak’s supporters endorsed “a new generation of solar energy” the survey found, while 71% of Truss supporters did.
Makes sense, Truss is the crackpot’s preferred choice.
It’s not really about what Conservative party members want. It’s about what they think will get them headlines in the likes of the Daily Mail.
I often wonder who really rules this country when our politicians are so keen to pander to the media and what the media represents as public opinion.
Why wouldn’t anyone support it? I don’t see any downsides whatsoever.
Oddly enough a lot of pensioners like to invest in solar panels and other energy saving measures, even if they might not be around long enough to get a return on their investment, so it’s not surprising that the Tory party’s largely well off, elderly membership is in favour of reducing their monthly bills.
Now if only young people would stay off the avocado skinny machiato grande coffee at Starbucks they too could afford a home to put solar panels on.
Of course they do, it doesn’t work so it guarantees more business for their fossil fuel mates. Just look at Germany, since wind and solar they have massively increased coal and gas.
Probably all Silver investors.
Liz Truss doesn’t want them though. It’s strange really as her role model helped destroy the coal mines that these replaced.
The problem with solar is local infrastructure in uk can’t handle it and the night time is also a problem. Any substantial sized solar farm won’t be able to export on to grid without major issues
Pointless if you hide behind your paycheck
Well they would, if they’ve all bought loads of shares in them, it’s fucking obvious, I’d support them too if I had a load of shares in them too, knowing that I’m going to make money from them, if they did have financial interests in them, then you wouldn’t be telling us this. Why didn’t you just say, three quarter of Conservative party members have shares in solar power, or in tend to have share in them.
Excuse me but why on earth would you not support literally free energy?
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Truss u turn incoming.
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This is the by the anti net zero and anti renewables stance in the leadership election doesn’t make sense. Most members are pro these measures so who are they trying to appeal to?
Appealing to a tiny number of the membership makes no sense, there’s not enough votes there
So who’s this messaging for?
Perhaps the oil and gas industry and money?
That’s the only way the strategy makes any sense at all.
This is reassuring on the surface… But also people very often say they support things in theory, but then oppose them in practice.
We’re near useful solar capacity already, it’s not where the focus of renewables in the UK should be.
The candidates to be PM were actually going around hustings promising to stop solar panels being used in fields where you could grow food **as if that’s an issue anyone in this country gives a flying fuck about**.
yeah but Truss takes donations from fossil fuel companies and as we know Tories like money.
​
…as long as it’s built somewhere else so it doesn’t affect their view or house price.
**One-quarter of Conservative Party members think solar power is black magic witchcraft and turning frogs gay**
Look at their voting records
I agree we do not want our open land filled with solar panels, so change direction, any new builds of any type must be clad in solar panels, more effort made to put panels on any existing building thats suitable and role out insulation projects for old housing stock, that has to be a vote catcher for Conservatives and non Conservatives alike.
Of course they do, they aren’t idiots
They support on land wind too.
It is almost like the conservative party is run for itself and its rich donors and not for the public in anyway. An aristocracy with their lords, ladies and court of the modern day.
Solar is such a great option for subsidising lulls in lapses in our winter peaking wind generation. We literally have 16 hour days during the summer. Granted we don’t have quite the intensity of solar energy that more equatorially aligned geographies have. But it’s still something like 5p per kilowatt hour for solar on average. Against 4p for wind, offshore being slightly cheaper than onshore.
I’m no doctor but I think Truss has pig brains. Imagine being this drunk on power already that you’re falling over yourself to show off to the worst people in the nation. Absolute trash.
> A total of 82% of Sunak’s supporters endorsed “a new generation of solar energy” the survey found, while 71% of Truss supporters did.
Makes sense, Truss is the crackpot’s preferred choice.
It’s not really about what Conservative party members want. It’s about what they think will get them headlines in the likes of the Daily Mail.
I often wonder who really rules this country when our politicians are so keen to pander to the media and what the media represents as public opinion.
Why wouldn’t anyone support it? I don’t see any downsides whatsoever.
Oddly enough a lot of pensioners like to invest in solar panels and other energy saving measures, even if they might not be around long enough to get a return on their investment, so it’s not surprising that the Tory party’s largely well off, elderly membership is in favour of reducing their monthly bills.
Now if only young people would stay off the avocado skinny machiato grande coffee at Starbucks they too could afford a home to put solar panels on.
Of course they do, it doesn’t work so it guarantees more business for their fossil fuel mates. Just look at Germany, since wind and solar they have massively increased coal and gas.
Probably all Silver investors.
Liz Truss doesn’t want them though. It’s strange really as her role model helped destroy the coal mines that these replaced.
The problem with solar is local infrastructure in uk can’t handle it and the night time is also a problem. Any substantial sized solar farm won’t be able to export on to grid without major issues
Pointless if you hide behind your paycheck
Well they would, if they’ve all bought loads of shares in them, it’s fucking obvious, I’d support them too if I had a load of shares in them too, knowing that I’m going to make money from them, if they did have financial interests in them, then you wouldn’t be telling us this. Why didn’t you just say, three quarter of Conservative party members have shares in solar power, or in tend to have share in them.
Excuse me but why on earth would you not support literally free energy?
As they should