Re: Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:31:56 +0100
The Dim Reaper wrote:
Every week Christopher Booker declares that there will be, within the next six or seven years, severe electricity shortages as power stations close down due to environmental laws and due to getting too old to function.
He's talking about huge shortfalls as there seems to be little chance of the generating capacity being replaced. OK - he's got his way of seeing the world but he does sound convincing.
Whenever I see the hapless Malcolm Wicks (Energy Minister) on the box I get more convinced that Booker is right.
Brown's trip to see the Saudis is another thing that gets me worried - the idea seems to be either to ask them nicely to stop being horrid to us or, failing that, to ask them to invest in wind generating technology that doesn't exist in a form anywhere near sufficient to keep the lights on or in nuclear power stations which take a loooong time to build. I suppose the idea is to persuade the Saudis that as the world switches away from oil then they'll be making money from their investments in the new forms of power that people are using instead. Mmm. I thought the Saudis had form for buying into new technologies and then ruining their prospects in order to keep the oil profits flowing.
Then there's the "get gas from the Russians / join in with the E.U. to get gas" etc. theory.
Does anyone know what the Government's nuclear policy is and whether it is actually producing anything?
At the moment I'd say we are well on course for Booker's power cuts. Up against the Putins and Sauds of this world and our champions are...Malcolm Wicks and Gordon Brown. Not looking good, is it?
In 6 or 7 years domestic solar electricity will be cheaper than mains, even in Britain. The lights will only go out for industry.
--
Dirk
http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
Remote Viewing classes in London
.
- Follow-Ups:
- Re: Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- From: Gaz
- Re: Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- From: The Dim Reaper
- Re: Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- References:
- Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- From: The Dim Reaper
- Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- Prev by Date: Re: Poll: "Britons doubt cause of climate change"
- Next by Date: Re: Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- Previous by thread: Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- Next by thread: Re: Are there likely to be severe power shortages
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
