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[Nickbat]

Michael Fallon: "I can assure you, the lights are not going to go out"

Says a career politician educated in Classics and Ancient history. What do the engineers know, after all?

Spot on Kev! 

[SIR Philbutt]

Michael Fallon: "I can assure you, the lights are not going to go out"

Says a career politician educated in Classics and Ancient history. What do the engineers know, after all?

Thing is that most will actually believe him and think everything will be alright - until the lights go out 

[albitz]

Thank you, and, thats the very reason that this forum was created ( now that is going back a bit )

Ah, yes Mike, the old times when we could happily discuss anything. These days we're not allowed to air any opinions on our government or society for fear of upsetting the non-political.

On topic, though, that wretched Greenpeace banner across the front of the stage makes me want to switch off straightaway. You're quite right to point out the hypocrisy, though. The message they give out is that it's OK to waste energy as long as it's "renewable".

Cobblers.

Like this example ?...........how times/attitudes/atmosphere have changed in the interim.

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=35681.0

From what Ive read recently and heard on the radio today,it seems that some kind of power restrictions will happen in the next three or four years unless something drastic happens.How the hell will we ever be an internationally competitive country again when we are hamstrung by this type of thing ?
Of course we know where this all came from,but that's gong back to the elephant in the room.

[Vamps]

So, how long does it take to 'fire up' a mothballed power station? surely it can't be 'very' mothballed if is has to say in a state of readiness.......

[albitz]

Im pretty sure it would be illegal to fire them up again Mike.

[Nickbat]

Thank you, and, thats the very reason that this forum was created ( now that is going back a bit )

Ah, yes Mike, the old times when we could happily discuss anything. These days we're not allowed to air any opinions on our government or society for fear of upsetting the non-political.

On topic, though, that wretched Greenpeace banner across the front of the stage makes me want to switch off straightaway. You're quite right to point out the hypocrisy, though. The message they give out is that it's OK to waste energy as long as it's "renewable".

Cobblers.

Like this example ?...........how times/attitudes.atmosphere have changed in the interim.

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=35681.0

Good spot, Albitz!

The good old days, when we could post such threads in the knowledge that we would have incisive, witty, intellectual, apposite, contradictory (and sarcastic) responses.

These days, we get the "Don't post whingeing threads response".

Ho hum.

Tempora mutantur.

      

[Nickbat]

Im pretty sure it would be illegal to fire them up again Mike.

Only against EU laws.

[albitz]

Ah,that elephant in the room I mentioned.

[chrisgixer]

Yeah, took a while to find, and the humour input came from elsewhere

All for Nuclear me.

[Vamps]

Watching it now, looks like a lot of energy being used to me, I do hope it is balancing its carbon footprint - there is no way all that energy is being provided by some wood and old cooking oil; surely, if they can do that then why have we a problem?......

[SIR Philbutt]

What ever happened about that guy who was building some kind of efficient hydrogen power generators in what looked like a container. Thought I had a link but cant find it. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

He was probably snuffed out by Big oil/gas/Russians/Saudis/Qataris/Texans....    Take your pick... 

Just thought I'd add a little conspiracy into the mix...   

[SIR Philbutt]

He was probably snuffed out by Big oil/gas/Russians/Saudis/Qataris/Texans....    Take your pick... 

Just thought I'd add a little conspiracy into the mix...   

I guessed the same - and I think they removed my link as well 

[cnj]

the guy building/playing with the hydrogen was probably taken out by hmrc for not paying enough taxes. anyway for a renewable source of energy, how about trying to tap all the excess energy that comes from school playgrounds, also if they put turbines in Westminster, just think of all the hot air that would create enough electricity to at least bolster the national grid !!

[bigboykarl]

the guy building/playing with the hydrogen was probably taken out by hmrc for not paying enough taxes. anyway for a renewable source of energy, how about trying to tap all the excess energy that comes from school playgrounds, also if they put turbines in Westminster, just think of all the hot air that would create enough electricity to at least bolster the national grid !!

well thats rubbish because everybody knows if you own a power company you can make £1.7 billion and pay no tax