Who are
the CCC – “…It provides independent, expert advice about
reducing greenhouse gas emissions to UK and devolved governments and
parliaments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland…”
In 2017, domestic customers used 309.2 TWh of natural gas.
UK - Natural Gas Flow Chart 2018 [TWh]
Page 2: Average annual household energy bills (based on fixed consumption of……….15,000 kWh per annum for gas). Note: From the 309.2 TWh total use, this works out at 21,280,000 households using natural gas.
Page 13: Average annual domestic bill – Gas: £646
The cost
of manufacturing hydrogen from Natural Gas, with CCuS in Europe is US$2.3/kgH2.
1 kg of
Hydrogen has an Energy Content of 33.33 kWh/kg
15,000 kWh would
use 450 kg of hydrogen. At a manufacturing cost of US$2.3/kg and an exchange
rate of £0.81/US$, – with no profit margin –
The cost of hydrogen would be: £838.00
Compare this to the wholesale price of natural gas:
[Using interactive cursor] 01 June 2018 – 55 p/therm.
29.3 kWh per therm = 1.877p/kWh. With a
profit margin –
£838.00 is a factor of 2.97X greater than
£282.00
It would be perfectly reasonable to apply this factor
to the average domestic bill for natural gas of £646.00
The domestic bill for hydrogen would rise to
£1.916.00
An increase of £1,270.00 per year, FOREVER.
Applying this to 21,280,000 households, for
decarbonising heating, cooking and hot water:
£27 billion would be paid out each year by domestic natural gas customers
CCuS is untried and untested at industrial scale and
substantial doubts exist that it will ever get off the ground.
3,200 MW Sizewell C will cost £16 billion and supply
7% of the UK’s electricity. £27 billion each year would pay for 5,400 MW of
nuclear power plant.
In 8½ years we could pay for 100% of the UK’s electricity from nuclear
power.
Never mind the CCC’s ‘Net Zero’, with its
hydrogen/CCuS; biomass-burning/CCuS; planting millions of trees!
Nuclear power gets the UK as close as any power generation technology can possibly get us, to:
ABSOLUTE ZERO!
Nuclear power gets the UK as close as any power generation technology can possibly get us, to:
ABSOLUTE ZERO!
