> And no, I could not just leave instead. My first company, Freshflow, is valuable enough that walking out of Germany would trigger a massive six-figure exit tax
Something is wrong here if you will be liable for at least a hundred grand of exit but balk over 25k to start a new company.
>All sorts of congratulatory posts about AR7...the £94 /MWh being roughly the level of today's wholesale power price is being used as some sort of positive signal
So here are some facts:
* The average wholesale power price
in 2025 was £80 /MWh
* The carbon price was £35 /t a year ago
and £73 /t today
* Carbon was c11-12% of the wholesale
power price a year ago
* It's c28% today
* AR7 contracts are for 20 years vs 15
years in AR1-6
* AR7 is the highest price since the
first auction
* We started subsidising wind in 1990!!
How anyone can think this is good news is beyond me. It's obviously good news for the subsidy farmers who will enjoy 20 year contracts at inflated prices, unless Reform wins the next General Election and rips them up in which case it will be pretty bad news
It is terrible news for consumers, embedding high prices for decades to come
Just put it in the hold. I can’t stand waiting for the cheapskate to find somewhere to put their 45kg “rucksack” in the over head bins just to save a tenner.
>One day, after "seeing" some good shots in my head and totally missing them due to phone camera limitations, I decided I had to fix it.
That was my problem. Went to an air show and used my iPhone 13 and got some good pictures.
iPhone 16 comes out and it’s got a 5x zoom and the best camera ever. You’re gonna love it. And the pictures were better but still ok.
So I’ve gone all in and bought a proper Canon mirrorless and a selection of lenses including a 100mm to 400mm and it’s miles better.
I tell the camera what to focus on , I set everything and I control what it does no software second guessing me and taking a lovely picture of a tree and not the eurofighrer in the background.
I love that it’s got one job and it does it brilliantly.
Something is wrong here if you will be liable for at least a hundred grand of exit but balk over 25k to start a new company.