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Re: Britain 'faces power cuts threat'.         

Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Tony Dragon
Date: Sep 18, 2008 00:34

Doug wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> UK Radical Campaigns
> www.zing.icom43.net
> Travel broadens the damage.

So you have given the answers for the short time, how about long term?

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Tony the Dragon
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