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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: omegod on 16 October 2013, 21:00:53
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A very good friend who works in the nuclear power generation industry has warned me that there are very serious talks going on and it is definite that there will be planned switch offs coming our way.....first I have heard about this and WTF is going on???? Have I been living under a stone or something :-\
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A very good friend who works in the nuclear power generation industry has warned me that there are very serious talks going on and it is definite that there will be planned switch offs coming our way.....first I have heard about this and WTF is going on???? Have I been living under a stone or something :-\
Liverpool...under a stone... :-\
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I'll bet the next government will have lots of these types of wheezes. Power cuts, savings tax, eating the disabled...whatever next?
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Just think of the money we'll save on our leccy bills!! :)
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Just think of the money we'll save on our leccy bills!! :)
You don't think they'll let you get away with that. They'll just put the price up beforehand.
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Just think of the money we'll save on our leccy bills!! :)
You don't think they'll let you get away with that. They'll just put the price up beforehand.
Hmmm yes and I expect they'll introduce a candle tax.... :-\
Right I'm off out to buy 4 candles! ;D
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Handles....for forks??????????? :D :D :D :D
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Just think of the money we'll save on our leccy bills!! :)
You don't think they'll let you get away with that. They'll just put the price up beforehand.
Hmmm yes and I expect they'll introduce a candle tax.... :-\
Right I'm off out to buy 4 candles! ;D
Get some stamps while you're there.
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A very good friend who works in the nuclear power generation industry has warned me that there are very serious talks going on and it is definite that there will be planned switch offs coming our way.....first I have heard about this and WTF is going on???? Have I been living under a stone or something :-\
It was speculated earlier in the year , prices of candles have rocketed >:(
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A very good friend who works in the nuclear power generation industry has warned me that there are very serious talks going on and it is definite that there will be planned switch offs coming our way.....first I have heard about this and WTF is going on???? Have I been living under a stone or something :-\
It was speculated earlier in the year , prices of candles have rocketed >:(
Speculation and (accidentally-on purpose) memo leaks are a great way of gauging opinion.
'It's unlikely to happen, we're just thinking about what would happen if it did'. Yeah, right.
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I'm harvesting the families ear wax just in case!
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I'm harvesting the families ear wax just in case!
;D ;D ;D
Yer dirty bastud. :o
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I'm harvesting the families ear wax just in case!
Dont forget the dog/cat and rabbits ears ;D
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I'm harvesting the families ear wax just in case!
Dont forget the dog/cat and rabbits ears ;D
Do rabbit's ears burn then? :-\
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This'll be the excuse they need for more "green" taxes >:(
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I'm harvesting the families ear wax just in case!
Dont forget the dog/cat and rabbits ears ;D
Do rabbit's ears burn then? :-\
Only if your talking about him
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I'm harvesting the families ear wax just in case!
Dont forget the dog/cat and rabbits ears ;D
Do rabbit's ears burn then? :-\
Only if your talking about him
You've been drinking, haven't you? You should do it more often. Or get some drugs from your 'service users'. ;D
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Coal fires and candle lights , this is the future ... soon they will be saying petrol's running out :P
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I'm harvesting the families ear wax just in case!
Dont forget the dog/cat and rabbits ears ;D
Do rabbit's ears burn then? :-\
Only if your talking about him
You've been drinking, haven't you? You should do it more often. Or get some drugs from your 'service users'. ;D
Not a drop and I doubt I could handle the genetically modified stuff they are smoking these days!
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Coal fires and candle lights , this is the future ... soon they will be saying petrol's running out :P
Don't start that rumour ffs ::)
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On a serious note, I believe what the OP said. We are heading for an energy crisis. A hard winter could have tremendous political fallout if the lights go out as a result.
We're closing our coal-fired stations – Germany's building loads of new ones. ::) ::)
We're putting our economy in the hands of windmills. ::)
It's all very quaint to talk about making do with candles and wood-burning fireplaces, but the truth is that we are totally reliant on the microchip — for food, transport, health services, banking, policing, etc.
Significant outages would cause severe problems for our society as a whole. A chilling prospect. :(
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How timely! ;) ;D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24560196 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24560196)
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All the energy suppliers know that we need to build more capacity, but they are sitting on their hands waiting for the kind of subsidies that the windmill peddlers are getting. The government are starting to cave in, too, as they start to get desperate. Chinese sniffing round Hinckley point with a view to building a new reactor, with a 30 year guarantee on the price per MWH @ 3 x wholesale price IIRC. Chinese reactor.. Hmm. :o Give me a candle any day. :y
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new gas stations and new nuclear stations that you're going to hear about very shortly."
Remind me, how long does it take to build a nuclear power station?......ffs stop with all the rather windmills................ :-X As someone said, we rely so much on electricity for almost all of our services and activities, that power cuts would hit harder than ever in history, and bring everything to a stop..................... >:( Must pop to the bank and get some cash out..... ;) ;)
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All the energy suppliers know that we need to build more capacity, but they are sitting on their hands waiting for the kind of subsidies that the windmill peddlers are getting. The government are starting to cave in, too, as they start to get desperate. Chinese sniffing round Hinckley point with a view to building a new reactor, with a 30 year guarantee on the price per MWH @ 3 x wholesale price IIRC. Chinese reactor.. Hmm. :o Give me a candle any day. :y
Yes the Chinese are renowned for building quality products arn't they? :-\
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Goods job I've got a few UPS units around, and a generator :)
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Electric cars are the way forward :-X
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Electric cars are the way forward :-X
And how do you charge an electric car if there's no power coming through the socket? ::)
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The more electric cars we get the worse it will get........so its actualy Guffers fault!
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Electric cars are the way forward :-X
And how do you charge an electric car if there's no power coming through the socket? ::)
I think there was a hint of irony in hoody's post ;) ;)
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Electric cars are the way forward :-X
And how do you charge an electric car if there's no power coming through the socket? ::)
I think there was a hint of irony in hoody's post ;) ;)
Indeed, on second reading, I would agree. ;) :-[
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Electric cars are the way forward :-X
And how do you charge an electric car if there's no power coming through the socket? ::)
I think there was a hint of irony in hoody's post ;) ;)
Indeed, on second reading, I would agree. ;) :-[
Well, yes and no. There is a train of thought that says lots of vehicle batteries connected up to the grid for long periods of time could provide energy storage to allow our unreliable renewables to be slightly less pointless.
Then again, an EV battery is very expensive and a wear item. If I were to allow the grid to give and take from mine at will, I'd want to be rewarded to compensate for the extra cycling it would suffer, and I'd also want to know that it'd be full any time I want to drive it. :-\
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All the energy suppliers know that we need to build more capacity, but they are sitting on their hands waiting for the kind of subsidies that the windmill peddlers are getting. The government are starting to cave in, too, as they start to get desperate. Chinese sniffing round Hinckley point with a view to building a new reactor, with a 30 year guarantee on the price per MWH @ 3 x wholesale price IIRC. Chinese reactor.. Hmm. :o Give me a candle any day. :y
You couldn't make it up.
Osborne. The Chinese are going to invest in building our nuclear power stations. Small amount to start with ,big amount later. That leaves us(Britain) free to invest in more schools and hospitals.
If we are all still on the forum in thirty years time it will be very interesting to see how much electricity costs by then!!
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Yes because those nice Chinese people will be happy to invest their money for very little return..... ::)
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Goods job I've got a few UPS units around, and a generator :)
Anybody any good with 2 strokes? ;D
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All the energy suppliers know that we need to build more capacity, but they are sitting on their hands waiting for the kind of subsidies that the windmill peddlers are getting. The government are starting to cave in, too, as they start to get desperate. Chinese sniffing round Hinckley point with a view to building a new reactor, with a 30 year guarantee on the price per MWH @ 3 x wholesale price IIRC. Chinese reactor.. Hmm. :o Give me a candle any day. :y
You couldn't make it up.
Osborne. The Chinese are going to invest in building our nuclear power stations. Small amount to start with ,big amount later. That leaves us(Britain) free to invest in more schools and hospitals.
If we are all still on the forum in thirty years time it will be very interesting to see how much electricity costs by then!!
Assuming we can still get some tizzy here to power it ;D
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In 1956 we open the first nuclear power station where we were world leaders at Calder Hall, no we have to get the Chinese to build them for us, how the world and our place in it has changed. >:( >:( >:( >:(
The only positive is the deal that the Government did almost 2 years ago on financial services. About 90% of global Chinese currency trading is now done in London.
The biggest problem we have is that the Dim Lems are in charge at the energy department, so it is all renewables, renewables, renewables. The Green fool in charge, that replaced the dishonest fool that went to prison, could apply to the EU for a exception and extension to our keep the old coal fired power stations open for a few more years, but he refuses to do so. This is stupidity and party politics at its worst, where when the lights go out the real causes are Liebour as they committed us to these EU energy policies and Dim Lems who are in charge of current policies, but it will probably cost the Conservatives the most votes as they are seen as being in charge. >:( >:( >:( >:(
Apparently, blackout this winter are a distinct possibility, but much more likely in the winter of 2014 /15, after that they expect things to ease a bit.
If you want to see what electricity is going to cost in a few years, just look at Germany with their dash for renewals, grid instability, a nuclear shutdown, oh and 21p/kwh, the most expensive in Europe. Make the most of your 12-14p/kwh as we are currently going the German route. The French with their nuclear are paying about 8p/kwh.
To stop German industry rebelling there have been a series of measures so they can buy eclusively non-renewables electricity at a cheaper price and they are also exempt from some energy green taxes. The EU has just started an investigation into what could possibly be an illegal subsidy. If it goes against Germany, it will be good for the Polish economy. One to keep an eye on.