tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post701838724275448002..comments2023-10-16T08:37:22.742+00:00Comments on An incredulous eye on the isles: "Expert" teamElectricCrofterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495260997875836669noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-71802931519280283252009-12-12T12:53:47.222+00:002009-12-12T12:53:47.222+00:0011.09 couldn't have put it better myself (3:02...11.09 couldn't have put it better myself (3:02)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-89405821008030393332009-12-10T13:12:30.924+00:002009-12-10T13:12:30.924+00:00Hmm its a problem isn't it and an interesting ...Hmm its a problem isn't it and an interesting moral issue - that we in Scotland will be relying on stable base-load electricity supplied from nuclear power stations down south but are rejecting the technology up here because of the perceived risks. <br /><br />We will also continue to be reliant on coal and gas, which are similarly associated with primary pollution, deaths and ultimately the imminent crisis of climate change which, if the environmental groups are right is going to kill many hundreds of time more people than the nuclear generation incidents. I don't think bringing bombs into it is useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-428222832065736982009-12-09T23:09:25.127+00:002009-12-09T23:09:25.127+00:004:15
Well, I'm not 3.02 but I do reflect on Ch...4:15<br />Well, I'm not 3.02 but I do reflect on Chernobyl, Three mile island, Hiroshima, Johnson Island, and Muroroa.<br />Oh, and come to think of it, a bit closer to home there is Sandiside beach.<br /><br />There are parts of Wales where it is still forbidden to sell sheep off the hill for human consumption because of the fallout from Chernobyl<br /><br />I also see the massive rise in incidences of cancer in the southern isles which appears to be the cause of most "young' deaths.<br /><br />Push for nuclear anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-46034416225807982482009-12-09T16:15:03.049+00:002009-12-09T16:15:03.049+00:00Could you explain yourself 3.02, you sound a bit r...Could you explain yourself 3.02, you sound a bit reactionary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-20434273316051055402009-12-09T08:12:36.311+00:002009-12-09T08:12:36.311+00:00I agree. Nuclear is the way forward. The jobs it c...I agree. Nuclear is the way forward. The jobs it creares in west Cumbria (Sellafield), Somerset (Hinkley) and Kent (Dungeness for example) is immense.<br /><br />Long gone are the days of scares about dangers etc. All these developments are near major population centres too. <br /><br />Bring on nuclear and cut the flannel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-47716664330008339052009-12-08T18:27:40.411+00:002009-12-08T18:27:40.411+00:00I have a controversial question which strikes me a...I have a controversial question which strikes me as rather important. We are told that the timescale for reducing emissions is critical and short-term, if the world is to avoid catastrophe. But so far a lot of effort has gone into talking and targets and not very much has happened else. <br /><br />Politicians seem to be spending an astounding amount of time, in fact years, arranging incentives and subsidies and fiddling with legislation, and setting up quangos. However despite this and all the grandiose claims about Scotland's and indeed the UK's potential for renewables and clean technology, everyone is in agreement that these are going to take a very long time, way past the critical deadline to achieve. This being mainly due to practical limitations such as the availability of finished working designs, raw materials, components, installation capacity etc, etc. In the meantime we are heading for a burning. <br /><br />As the situation is so critical should we not be considering new nuclear as this would allow us to decimate our emissions in a relatively short and predicable timescale, i.e. a few years. The SNP is totally against this, but inevitably we are all going to be using nuclear generated electricity as we are all party to the same 'national grid'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com