With the push for alternative energy sources, the price of commercial electricity is skyrocketing (here and here), especially in Europe. From the UK Telegraph:
Sainsbury's builds its own power plants amid energy shortage fears
Sainsbury’s has cast doubt on the UK’s ability to keep the lights on, revealing it has built a string of new power plants for its supermarkets in part due to fears of a looming energy crunch.
Paul Crewe, a senior executive at the supermarket giant, said he had sleepless nights over energy security and feared UK electricity demand could soon outstrip supply.
The new gas-fired power generators – already supplying electricity for 10 supermarkets, and due to be built at a further six this year - would enable the stores to keep trading even in the event of a blackout, he said.
“It gives us energy security,” Mr Crewe said. “Energy security is extremely important, it keeps me awake at night if I’m honest thinking about it - especially as we use just under one per cent of power in the UK. We know UK grid infrastructure is at an extremely stretching period of time.”
All in the name of climate change - talk about stupidity and hubris. We could not change the climate if we wanted to - the natural variations swamp any minute effect we have.
For a good look at EU electric costs check this out:
All the emphasis on stupid unreliable energy sources and nothing for clean reliable nuclear power. No wonder Sainsbury's is rolling their own. Makes a lot of sense...