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Post by wapentake on Feb 2, 2023 17:56:49 GMT
The French own most of my energy provider,its privatisation gone mad,like many other things you deny reality,no essential utility should be anywhere near private hands. Even less in the hands of a foreign country. ScotPower is owned by the Spanish, EDF is French and the French have nationalised EDF, we need to take these back into British ownership. ASAP. And there’s good old Centrica/British gas forcing prepaid meters on the old,sick and vulnerable against what should happen,they along with others were told by Raab this was not on. They and others ignored it all,now they’re saying”this is not who we are” yes it is and only back tracking because it appears in the media. apple.news/AOUgfdAdVSEq6RGMyWpMYSw |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2023 10:30:45 GMT
Deluded.
"Something you would rather expect from Marxist Labour whose principles are to screw the worker so the elite can live in luxury".
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Post by jonksy on Feb 6, 2023 13:58:51 GMT
Nuclear fusion breakthrough as major step brings UK closer to 'cheap, abundant' energy The UK has announced a new delivery body to accelerate the development of nuclear fusion, which could one-day provide Britain with a near-limitless source of clean energy. Science Minister George Freeman has announced the creation of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd, the body that will deliver Britain's nuclear fusion programme. Nuclear fusion is the same process used by stars like our sun, in which atoms of hydrogen are fused together to generate vast amounts of energy. Once harnessed down on Earth, experts say it would provide a 'holy grail' source of energy with continuous flows with the potential to solve the world's energy problems. Currently, the UK still relies on polluting and expensive fossil fuels to power its homes and industries, leaving it exposed to volatile global markets. While a range of renewable technologies can help to wean the country off oil and gas further down the line, fusion might just be the pick of the bunch. Britain plans for the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) plant to be constructed by 2040 to demonstrate the ability to use nuclear fusion energy to deliver electricity to the UK energy grid. The plant will be built at West Burton, in Nottinghamshire, which the Science Minister visited on Monday. He urged energy firms and investors to recognise the significant potential fusion energy could have for the country.
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Post by bancroft on Feb 6, 2023 20:18:26 GMT
When these energy companies collapse the taxpayer ends up paying for their customers to have cheap energy, up until the time their accounts are compulsorily transferred. I don't think it is fair. The only policy of Labour's I like the look of is their GB Energy idea which would cut out so many middle profit takers. Labour's problem is that they think renewables are the only way forward. We need reliable as well as renewable. If we can't provide our own energy at peak times we are at the mercy of international links to keep our power on. During these periods France, Belgium, Norway can pretty much charge what they like per MWh which increases average consumer prices. Gas is being offloaded at Isle of Grain from America (fracked) and even Angola. A third world country sends us gas to keep our power grid up. You could not make it up. Energy prices will come down as the weather warms up, but I hope the government get serious about providing more nuclear power and stops closing down coal power stations, as they are necessary for reliable power when it is cold, cloudy and calm. Nuclear comes with risks and we are a small overpopulated island and CMEs thrown from the Sun can cause melt-downs with nuclear contamination. Oil spills, eltrical sub-station failures can all be rectified, nuclear radiation takes millenia to be safe. Because of being sued no government that has had this will go public, France had two incidents recently and one was not explained adequately and Germany has stopped using nuclear as judges it as too risky. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 21:59:41 GMT
When these energy companies collapse the taxpayer ends up paying for their customers to have cheap energy, up until the time their accounts are compulsorily transferred. I don't think it is fair. The only policy of Labour's I like the look of is their GB Energy idea which would cut out so many middle profit takers. Labour's problem is that they think renewables are the only way forward. We need reliable as well as renewable. If we can't provide our own energy at peak times we are at the mercy of international links to keep our power on. During these periods France, Belgium, Norway can pretty much charge what they like per MWh which increases average consumer prices. Gas is being offloaded at Isle of Grain from America (fracked) and even Angola. A third world country sends us gas to keep our power grid up. You could not make it up. Energy prices will come down as the weather warms up, but I hope the government get serious about providing more nuclear power and stops closing down coal power stations, as they are necessary for reliable power when it is cold, cloudy and calm. Nuclear comes with risks and we are a small overpopulated island and CMEs thrown from the Sun can cause melt-downs with nuclear contamination. That sounds really dangerous. When did that last happen? Nuclear radiation is as safe as the procedures to contain the nuclear material. France have many nuclear reactors, they have kept France in reliable energy for decades. I think you are exaggerating your perceived problem No energy system is without risk. People have died in wind turbine accidents. Does that make wind energy unsafe? |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 6, 2023 22:30:25 GMT
Nuclear comes with risks and we are a small overpopulated island and CMEs thrown from the Sun can cause melt-downs with nuclear contamination. fair enough - how many people have died over the last 70 years due to accidents in nuclear power stations? |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 7, 2023 3:42:08 GMT
Nuclear comes with risks and we are a small overpopulated island and CMEs thrown from the Sun can cause melt-downs with nuclear contamination. fair enough - how many people have died over the last 70 years due to accidents in nuclear power stations? Hard to put a figure on it.....They have had major incidents in Japan the USA and of course Chernobyl with Nuke plants. Even after dropping two Nukes on Japan in WW2 there are no accurate figures of how many there were who died instantly or how many have died since over the last decades since the use of those Nukes.....How many died or how many deaths were caused by the Nuke tests in the Bikini Islands? We will never ever know the true figure. |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 7, 2023 8:12:04 GMT
BP profits more than doubled to £23billion last year as households struggled with soaring energy bills Ministers today faced demands to make BP subject to 'proper' windfall tax BP profits more than doubled to £23billion last year as the oil major benefitted from runaway gas prices caused by the war in Ukraine. The results, which come as households continue to struggle with high gas and electricity bills, prompted fresh calls for a higher windfall tax on energy firms. BP's profit was as slightly lower in the last three months of the year compared to previous quarters at 4.8billion dollars (£4billion).
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Post by bancroft on Feb 7, 2023 12:49:16 GMT
Nuclear comes with risks and we are a small overpopulated island and CMEs thrown from the Sun can cause melt-downs with nuclear contamination. fair enough - how many people have died over the last 70 years due to accidents in nuclear power stations? The talk is of mini-nuke reactors in cities if a CME hits = melt down with nuclear contamination for kms around. In 1987 this type of thing happened in Canada we called it Black Wednesday yet in Canada they lost a third of their electrical grid now they did not have nuclear reactors. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2023 17:29:53 GMT
The talk is of mini-nuke reactors in cities if a CME hits = melt down with nuclear contamination for kms around. In 1987 this type of thing happened in Canada we called it Black Wednesday yet in Canada they lost a third of their electrical grid now they did not have nuclear reactors. Oh, you're a crocodile are you? You didn't read my post and continue to post rubbish about coronal mass ejections causing meltdowns. You need ears as well as a mouth, Bancroft. |
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Post by bancroft on Feb 8, 2023 12:23:58 GMT
Nuclear comes with risks and we are a small overpopulated island and CMEs thrown from the Sun can cause melt-downs with nuclear contamination. fair enough - how many people have died over the last 70 years due to accidents in nuclear power stations? They won't cover it as too many people would claim for radiation poisoning. I saw yesterday a power blackout in LA on BBC news sight as power station fails no explanation though yet not nuclear so no long term damage once power restored. |
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Post by jonksy on Feb 8, 2023 12:40:34 GMT
fair enough - how many people have died over the last 70 years due to accidents in nuclear power stations? I saw yesterday a power blackout in LA on BBC news sight as power station fails no explanation though yet not nuclear so no long term damage once power restored. Including many of our ex armed forces who got contaminated by nuke testing…..And there are shed loads in the USA who were contaminated in their armed forces by nuke tests… |
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Post by johnofgwent on Feb 17, 2023 13:09:50 GMT
Nuclear comes with risks and we are a small overpopulated island and CMEs thrown from the Sun can cause melt-downs with nuclear contamination. fair enough - how many people have died over the last 70 years due to accidents in nuclear power stations? I don't know that many that died IN them Nuclear regulations require a means of emergency disposal of irradiated materials such that a bystander at the site boundary gets no more than one tenth above background That was the requirement in the licenses moira typed up for establishments in wales when the nuclear inspectorate ran admin for them from Cathays Park The problem of course was the airborne contamination a hundred feet above their head spread to cardiff by the prevailing wind A 1982 incident at Fforest Farm Radiochemical centre has ensured archaeologists carbon dating Cardiffs civic centre will be very puzzled. The escape saturated my experimental samples and screwed six months work on liver metabolism of compound sugars And after dad opened the emergency release valves at Calder Hall, any half decent border guard could detect an irish terrorist bomber with a geiger counter …. |
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Post by Toreador on Feb 17, 2023 15:51:09 GMT
Nuclear fusion breakthrough as major step brings UK closer to 'cheap, abundant' energy The UK has announced a new delivery body to accelerate the development of nuclear fusion, which could one-day provide Britain with a near-limitless source of clean energy. Science Minister George Freeman has announced the creation of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd, the body that will deliver Britain's nuclear fusion programme. Nuclear fusion is the same process used by stars like our sun, in which atoms of hydrogen are fused together to generate vast amounts of energy. Once harnessed down on Earth, experts say it would provide a 'holy grail' source of energy with continuous flows with the potential to solve the world's energy problems. Currently, the UK still relies on polluting and expensive fossil fuels to power its homes and industries, leaving it exposed to volatile global markets. While a range of renewable technologies can help to wean the country off oil and gas further down the line, fusion might just be the pick of the bunch. Britain plans for the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) plant to be constructed by 2040 to demonstrate the ability to use nuclear fusion energy to deliver electricity to the UK energy grid. The plant will be built at West Burton, in Nottinghamshire, which the Science Minister visited on Monday. He urged energy firms and investors to recognise the significant potential fusion energy could have for the country.
www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-as-major-step-brings-uk-closer-to-cheap-abundant-energy/ar-AA17anyK?cvid=ef673d17ab6e41dedcfc4427893a77e1&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverGood to hear and I may take a trip to West Burton to see the site if I make a trip to Leyburn. |
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Post by Vinny on Feb 18, 2023 11:19:07 GMT
We need to build more power stations, either privately, or via the state.
And we need to build them now.
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