In reply to Post #116
It's probably more like Berlin in the 50s. Couldn't find a Nazi anywhere.
It's probably more like Berlin in the 50s. Couldn't find a Nazi anywhere.
In reply to Post #113
I'm sparticus
I'm sparticus
In reply to Post #118
Of course, with PR you get representation across the spectrum, which is the point.
With regards to UKIP's 2015 result, I doubt we'd see similar again since the Tories have shifted so far right as to occupy the same ground, on that basis I'd expect most UKIP'ers would be voting Tory these days.
With a much wider range of views in the House Of Commons, and no disproportionate majority such as the one the Tories have now, I'd expect to see far greater stability and policies that benefit the country become the priority as opposed to the sort of culture war stuff (Rwanda, removing the right to protest etc) which is pretty much all we see at the moment, since the Tories are desperate to try to deflect attention away from how badly they've screwed the country, and everyone in it, over the past 12 years, as opposed to actually governing properly.
Of course, with PR you get representation across the spectrum, which is the point.
With regards to UKIP's 2015 result, I doubt we'd see similar again since the Tories have shifted so far right as to occupy the same ground, on that basis I'd expect most UKIP'ers would be voting Tory these days.
With a much wider range of views in the House Of Commons, and no disproportionate majority such as the one the Tories have now, I'd expect to see far greater stability and policies that benefit the country become the priority as opposed to the sort of culture war stuff (Rwanda, removing the right to protest etc) which is pretty much all we see at the moment, since the Tories are desperate to try to deflect attention away from how badly they've screwed the country, and everyone in it, over the past 12 years, as opposed to actually governing properly.
The government (whatever Party) will fleece the ordinary person for as long as possible, this issue has been coming for decades.
Who would have thought you'd need extra capacity on the national grid to replace millions of cars with electric vehicles...go figure
Refusal to grant buiding of reactors, in the last few years reductions to feed in tarriffs for house holds to the point it's barely worth getting solar panels.
I read a article the other day where it stated planning consent for large scale solar farms in the U.K had reached 75% refusal rate last year compared to a previous years of 21% which was high compared to the previous years.
I also read about the large profits being generated by the power companies and yet the 1 I was reading about paid NO corporation tax in the financial year....weren't Amazon all over the news for the same reason...but the energy companies, barely a mention.
What worries me is we rarely see this across so many countris and when it's serious there's usually a war to reset
No one in government takes the public seriously as we have no back bone to act. If this was France the country would be on fire
And then there's the raw sewage being pumped into rivers and the sea...why...because the victorian sewers we have can't cope with modern demand. So the obvious answer is to replace them but even the government has said it would be impossible to pass that cost onto the supplier and it'd have to be met by the consumer...it's coming!
Where's that ruddy router, it needs turning off
Who would have thought you'd need extra capacity on the national grid to replace millions of cars with electric vehicles...go figure
Refusal to grant buiding of reactors, in the last few years reductions to feed in tarriffs for house holds to the point it's barely worth getting solar panels.
I read a article the other day where it stated planning consent for large scale solar farms in the U.K had reached 75% refusal rate last year compared to a previous years of 21% which was high compared to the previous years.
I also read about the large profits being generated by the power companies and yet the 1 I was reading about paid NO corporation tax in the financial year....weren't Amazon all over the news for the same reason...but the energy companies, barely a mention.
What worries me is we rarely see this across so many countris and when it's serious there's usually a war to reset
No one in government takes the public seriously as we have no back bone to act. If this was France the country would be on fire
And then there's the raw sewage being pumped into rivers and the sea...why...because the victorian sewers we have can't cope with modern demand. So the obvious answer is to replace them but even the government has said it would be impossible to pass that cost onto the supplier and it'd have to be met by the consumer...it's coming!
Where's that ruddy router, it needs turning off
In reply to Post #119
They really are not running out Mal.......
The time has come for mass change and it's all related to the CC narrative.......the biggest change is taxing and making as much money as possible from corps far bigger than any government.......we're
Lemmings keeping the wheel turning......
They really are not running out Mal.......
The time has come for mass change and it's all related to the CC narrative.......the biggest change is taxing and making as much money as possible from corps far bigger than any government.......we're
Lemmings keeping the wheel turning......
In reply to Post #125
You don't think it's anything to do with resource rich countries, Russia, Saudi, Iran etc using fossil fuel profits to fund huge war machines. So reducing our reliance becomes a win win?
#119 Mal
You don't think it's anything to do with resource rich countries, Russia, Saudi, Iran etc using fossil fuel profits to fund huge war machines. So reducing our reliance becomes a win win?
#119 Mal
In an office somewhere in the USA...
Mr Dunning: 'Wayne's posted in non-carp again'
Mr Kruger: 'High five!'
Mr Dunning: 'Wayne's posted in non-carp again'
Mr Kruger: 'High five!'
In reply to Post #125
They are a finite resource, so by definition are running out...
However I don't think they are currently in any danger of running out in the next few decades.
They are a finite resource, so by definition are running out...
However I don't think they are currently in any danger of running out in the next few decades.
In reply to Post #125
As baggymouser says, it's a finite resource. There was a finite number of prehistoric material that became fossil fuel. This has been used at an increased rate since the onset of the industrial revolution and it will eventually run out. They're not making any more 250 million year old forests...
Was back in work today. Our business manager gave a simple insight into the effect of energy prices. From an 80k bill p.a. to 200k for the next year. A 120k additional cost with no increase in funding. That equates to 4 teachers. And we're by no means the worst affected as our business manager is very astute and locked in a deal a while back.
We can't 'pass costs on to customers' like big businesses might try to. Cutting VAT isn't going to help the situation. Imagine how this is going to affect hospitals who don't close overnight or the weekend like we do.
Strong government intervention is needed. So - given what we have and what we are likely to get from Monday, were all screwed.
As baggymouser says, it's a finite resource. There was a finite number of prehistoric material that became fossil fuel. This has been used at an increased rate since the onset of the industrial revolution and it will eventually run out. They're not making any more 250 million year old forests...
Was back in work today. Our business manager gave a simple insight into the effect of energy prices. From an 80k bill p.a. to 200k for the next year. A 120k additional cost with no increase in funding. That equates to 4 teachers. And we're by no means the worst affected as our business manager is very astute and locked in a deal a while back.
We can't 'pass costs on to customers' like big businesses might try to. Cutting VAT isn't going to help the situation. Imagine how this is going to affect hospitals who don't close overnight or the weekend like we do.
Strong government intervention is needed. So - given what we have and what we are likely to get from Monday, were all screwed.
In reply to Post #129
We all going to die!
A bit sensationalist but don't worry we are not all going to die all at once though.
No one lives for ever, we will all die one by one, all our lives are finite.
Yes fossil fuels will come to end but only if we decide to use every scrap of them.
But maybe in millions of years new ones will be formed.
What I'm trying to say here let's not nit pick. Baggy is correct in my opinion.
We still have fossil fuels that we can use for some time to come, the question is should we?
With fuel poverty approaching it's not such an easy to question to answer.
We can continue to attempt to make ourselves carbon neutral but what's the point if it means importing energy from non carbon neutral countries?
We all going to die!
A bit sensationalist but don't worry we are not all going to die all at once though.
No one lives for ever, we will all die one by one, all our lives are finite.
Yes fossil fuels will come to end but only if we decide to use every scrap of them.
But maybe in millions of years new ones will be formed.
What I'm trying to say here let's not nit pick. Baggy is correct in my opinion.
We still have fossil fuels that we can use for some time to come, the question is should we?
With fuel poverty approaching it's not such an easy to question to answer.
We can continue to attempt to make ourselves carbon neutral but what's the point if it means importing energy from non carbon neutral countries?
In reply to Post #130
Fuel poverty isn't approaching. It's here. For millions of families.
And I agree that the question is 'should we?' My view is that we have the knowledge that we are rapidly using up this resource and more importantly, that we're capable of making changes for our grandchildren so we bloody well should.
Fuel poverty isn't approaching. It's here. For millions of families.
And I agree that the question is 'should we?' My view is that we have the knowledge that we are rapidly using up this resource and more importantly, that we're capable of making changes for our grandchildren so we bloody well should.
In reply to Post #131
So should we change our thinking, use more of our own fossil fuels in the short term to help those in fuel poverty until more greener alternatives become available at a later date.
Or meet our own carbon neutral by buying energy from other countries who's green credentials may be questionable?
Boris announced Sizewell C, something the LibDems are against.
Who is right when it comes to nuclear?
Overall cost is estimated at £20billion so you can double or triple that. French EDF will build it.
I'm not sure but thankfully we have experts on here who will tell us.
So should we change our thinking, use more of our own fossil fuels in the short term to help those in fuel poverty until more greener alternatives become available at a later date.
Or meet our own carbon neutral by buying energy from other countries who's green credentials may be questionable?
Boris announced Sizewell C, something the LibDems are against.
Who is right when it comes to nuclear?
Overall cost is estimated at £20billion so you can double or triple that. French EDF will build it.
I'm not sure but thankfully we have experts on here who will tell us.
In reply to Post #132
Expert here,
We outsource everything , so we are fooked
No charge
Expert here,
We outsource everything , so we are fooked
No charge
In Johnsons speech yesterday. (I watched it all)
Before he comes out with the much Shared ludicrous buy a new kettle suggestion. He slips in a strong blame at
'Tony and Gordon' for not building any Nuclear Power Station
Obviously omitting that the Conservatives haven't either.
Anyway. If you Google it, Brown signed off on 4.
The Libdems were vocal opponents and jumped in to bed with Cameron and that brought us to this.
The silly kettle bit is just a freebie. Trump did it all the time.
The big lie has already been put out there for the
Base followers and the half listener. Then it'd hidden by some bufoonery.
Before he comes out with the much Shared ludicrous buy a new kettle suggestion. He slips in a strong blame at
'Tony and Gordon' for not building any Nuclear Power Station
Obviously omitting that the Conservatives haven't either.
Anyway. If you Google it, Brown signed off on 4.
The Libdems were vocal opponents and jumped in to bed with Cameron and that brought us to this.
The silly kettle bit is just a freebie. Trump did it all the time.
The big lie has already been put out there for the
Base followers and the half listener. Then it'd hidden by some bufoonery.
In reply to Post #132
The problem with nuclear is public perception.
I'm sure we all remember what what happened in Japan in 2011 to their reactor following an earthquake.
Let's taken Germany the manufacturing superpower of Europe they get a sniffle we get a bad cold. Sadly it looks like they will get a bad cold so the eurozone is screwed.
Before Fukushima 1/4 of Germanys energy came from nuclear reactors they had 17 but public option won in the courts and it was abandoned they close their last reactor this year.
Now with what has is happening in Ukraine and their reliance on Russian gas they are rethinking their position though the problem will be the opposition I'm sure, the financial investment and time to get these reactors online.
This link gives the figures on nuclear energy by country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_by_country
The problem with nuclear is public perception.
I'm sure we all remember what what happened in Japan in 2011 to their reactor following an earthquake.
Let's taken Germany the manufacturing superpower of Europe they get a sniffle we get a bad cold. Sadly it looks like they will get a bad cold so the eurozone is screwed.
Before Fukushima 1/4 of Germanys energy came from nuclear reactors they had 17 but public option won in the courts and it was abandoned they close their last reactor this year.
Now with what has is happening in Ukraine and their reliance on Russian gas they are rethinking their position though the problem will be the opposition I'm sure, the financial investment and time to get these reactors online.
This link gives the figures on nuclear energy by country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_by_country