Going green
As this BBC report identifies, the UK energy policy has been thrown into disarray by "clarification" over the need to reduce energy consumption.
This affects every single political party who is signed up to both the EU and the Renewables agenda.
Ask the candidate, Tell us how you are going to achieve this????
This affects every single political party who is signed up to both the EU and the Renewables agenda.
Ask the candidate, Tell us how you are going to achieve this????
6 comments:
Perhaps they are just waiting for things to get so bad that they have to create a nuclear winter of their own! I have often thought it strange that the passages in the bible which seem to indicate a neuclear winter do not also seem to indicate a neuclear war. Perhaps this is the reason!
An addendum to the BBC report also illustrates that the biofuel craze is resulting in accelerated deforestation.
The answer to 'achieving goals' lies in finding genuinely sustainable energy sources--and to maintain a modern civilization, those sources absolutely must be reliable: nuclear above all (esp research into fusion); tidal (absolutely reliable), wave (pretty reliable), and offshore wind (somewhat).
Of them all--if I were in charge of UK policy, hah hah--I'd push through a new generation of reactors on the Franco-Japanese 'pebble bed' model; I'd also provide incentives for tidal electricity, particularly in areas with strong, numerous tidal channels.
I'd also increase the UK's research contribution toward the ITER fusion programme, and work hard to develop a viable hydrogen economy for use in motor vehicles....
But that's just me.
i take it you would also plan to move away!
Dear Anonymous:
No, I'd have no plans to 'move away' were my agenda enacted. Why would I move?
just thought you might like to get out while the market is up!
Dear Anonymous:
If you mean 'the housing market', I'm very prudent, and haven't jumped onto the housing valuation craze. To me, a house is to live in, end of story. I haven't invested in properties with the intention of selling 'em off higher, nor do I plan to sell my own property.
I have a lively and profitable portfolio of stocks that accomplish that task far better--in fact, the whole housing craze will all end in tears, as all fads do--but a well-diversified portfolio is forever.
Frankly, the quickest way to ruin a country is to ensure that its energy supplies are not reliable. No business in its senses will stick around for long; nor will anyone who can move to wherever supplies ARE assured. If the Greens win a substantial share in the upcoming election, Scotland will be in dire trouble should the force through even half of their frankly nutty proposals...
But as I say, a well-diversified (overseas) portfolio is the best hedge against financial loss.
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