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Re: Britain 'faces power cuts threat'.         

Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Doug
Date: Sep 18, 2008 00:02

On 17 Sep, 22:17, "nightjar" .me.uk>
wrote:
> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
>
> news:0ede53bc-b979-4413-a3cb-a08c813ac167@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>> For all those with electric cars and battery chargers or who use
>> trains. Of course, the obvious solution,
>
> ... is to stop protesters from trying to interfere with plans for new power
> stations.
>
Nope because carbon capture is unproven and expensive and is being
used merely as an excuse to build more heavily polluting coal power
stations. Protesters have helped to publicise this scam.

While renewables look attractive they cannot meet demand and are in
some cases uneconomic. Nuclear is extremely hazardous and costly.

The only sensible solution in the short term is to decrease energy
consumption and its attendant pollution by cutting waste and by
conserving energy. Such measures as smaller and fewer cars, less
travel and home insulation, etc., are needed immediately.

Hopefully the credit crunch will help to reduce some travel,
particularly frivolous flying to distant lands but weven greater
disincentives are called for. Unfortunately the profit motives of a
few directly conflicts with sensible conservation and there will
always be some who want to profit from the misfortunes of others by
harming people and the planet.

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