11-09-2022, 05:12 PM
(11-09-2022, 03:07 PM)Pedalo_menders Wrote:(11-09-2022, 12:29 PM)exterminator Wrote:(11-09-2022, 09:21 AM)Tufnell_Chimes Wrote: How many sections did your walk take Scouse? I’d like to walk it before Cuadrilla drill the shit out of it.
I agree with you on this one Tuffers - should never be allowed in a small country like ours. We can be self sufficient and more sell to other ciuntries eventually using solar, wind & mini nuclear reactors, so no need to destroy the environment.
The water supply contamination caused by the toxix chemicals they use & mini earthquakes that fracking can cause to both human & wildlife & the countryside far outweighs any benefits.
Agreed
Although I also think mini nuclear is a terrible idea. We can barely maintain the plants we have, there is no workable plan to cope with the nuclear waste (which is lethal for 100,000 years), and what happens when someone tries to blow one up or cut off the power to one of them? And that's before mentioning that they cost about 300%-500% more than renewables.
Lots of things wrong there Pedalo. I’ve worked closely with the Nuclear industry for the last 15 yrs or so until i retired. We can maintain our nuclear power stations as we have a very skilled, young and ambitious work force. What we can’t do is replace the many ageing reactors we have( ( Dungeness etc). The problem is getting someone to build the new stations . Hinckley and Sizewell have had to cap in hand to the French , Japanese, Saudis etc but it was only the Chinese who could come up with money. It will take the UK over 20 yrs to see a profit on these as the KW price we’ve agreed with China goes to them.
Nuclear energy is very very clean it’s just the spent fuel half life that’s a problem. Regarding nuclear waste , we do it well imo and if we learn the lessons from Fukushima then we’ll improve even more.
IMO we need more Solar power stations , Biofuel stations and small nuclear power