Recent content by Joshua McAnaney

Yeah, that's the average baseline according to the National Grid. I do of course understand that you'd have to factor in distribution and maintenance costs, etc. on top of that but it's still a very lucrative sector (at least until fusion comes along and puts them all out of business). As an...

Yes, but bearing in mind that the current power demand in the UK alone is 30.57GW right now, spread out over that amount, that's a huge amount of money.

WOW, just realized how much the energy companies are ripping us off. Not that I blame them, that's capitalism at it's finest, but seriously, that's a huge profit per kWh, especially when you consider just the baseline amount of energy required at any given time for, say, the US or the UK. That's...

Ok, so before I begin, I'd like to point out that I'm a 16-year-old GCSE student from the UK. Therefore all of my physics knowledge above high school level is self-taught, so I am by no means an expert. Anyway, I plan on building a deuterium reactor this Summer as a personal project, and I've...

Without trying to sound condescending, as long as you can have somewhat intellectual conversations with them I see no issue. It can be a drawback when one person in a relationship is very much an intellectual, and the other is not, as conversations can be pretty limited, but as long as they can...

So, I'm new around here and I'm not entirely sure if this is in the right section, but today I noticed something which I found thought-provoking. Before I go into this, I should point out that I'm 16, so all of my physics knowledge above high-school level is entirely self-taught, so I still have...

HI! :) I'm new here too, and I love physics as well. In fact, I used to hate physics when I first started out (didn't help that I had the world's most boring teacher, either), but now that I've moved on from basic forces, and I'm looking into quantum and theoretical physics, I can see how...

Hi, everyone! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Josh, a student from the UK, and I hope to better my understanding of physics by joining the forums. I'm currently about halfway through my GCSEs, with the remaining few exams in the next couple of weeks, and I plan on taking maths, further maths...