{"id":34646,"date":"2014-06-18T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxforditrc.wpengine.com\/?post_type=itrcpublications&#038;p=34646"},"modified":"2020-02-15T20:49:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T20:49:41","slug":"energy-trilemma-can-power-be-cheap-clean-and-secure","status":"publish","type":"itrcpublications","link":"https:\/\/www.itrc.org.uk\/itrcpublications\/energy-trilemma-can-power-be-cheap-clean-and-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy trilemma: Can power be cheap, clean and secure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to electricity supply, we\u2019re caught in a vicious triangle. A bold scheme that pays big business to switch off could be part of the solution<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever played rock-paper-scissors, you\u2019ll know the frustration of having no sure winning strategy. Whip out a perfect pair of sharp scissors, and the rock might blunt them. Then again, paper smothers rock, and scissors cut paper. There\u2019s no win-win.<\/p>\n<p>So pity those pitting their wits against our energy demands. As consumers, we want energy to be affordable. As a society, we want our supplies to be secure and reliable. And as responsible global citizens, we want power to be clean, green and low-carbon, too. But these demands trump each other in different ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to electricity supply, we\u2019re caught in a vicious triangle. A bold scheme that pays big business to switch off could be part of the solution If you have ever played rock-paper-scissors, you\u2019ll know the frustration of having no sure winning strategy. Whip out a perfect pair of sharp scissors, and the rock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"areas":[41],"class_list":["post-34646","itrcpublications","type-itrcpublications","status-publish","hentry","areas-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itrc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itrcpublications\/34646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itrc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itrcpublications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itrc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/itrcpublications"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.itrc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itrcpublications\/34646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34647,"href":"https:\/\/www.itrc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/itrcpublications\/34646\/revisions\/34647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itrc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itrc.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas?post=34646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}