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Warning that energy prices will rise
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There's only one reason energy prices are going up and that is the disastrous policy decisions that were made resulting in the Climate Change Act. I think people are only just beginning to have a inkling as to the consequences of this policy but we'll certainly be well aware in 5 years time.
http://www.repealtheact.org.uk/
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/427840 -
Is there some reason why we can't burn household rubbish to kill 2 birds with 1 stone? Also, I'm sure I read that dried poo makes decent burning fuel.0
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Is there some reason why we can't burn household rubbish to kill 2 birds with 1 stone? Also, I'm sure I read that dried poo makes decent burning fuel.
NIMBY and isn't their CO2 locked in poo?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »What about a register of properties that have been insulated and had all reasonable measures adopted and those properties on it getting a discount against their energy tariff?
Good point there is a system in place to measure insulation/energy the EPC (energy performance certificate), and it is on a national register.0 -
No you can thank the tories and Thatcher.This is the fruits of Labour's inaction: 13 years where no additional power generative capacity was added. Add to that we still have politicians procrastinating on our energy needs and dilly-dallying over shale gas and other sources of energy.
Of course this will have an impact on energy prices!
You can thank Labour principally and the coalition as well.
Once we start getting blackouts, coal will be used no matter what agreements were made at climate conferences. All and any fuel which can be burned will be utilised. The decision made in the late 70s and 80s to shift our reliance from domestic coal to overseas supplies as well as joining the dash for gas has made it much more difficult to reuse mothballed coal mines. All this just because of their political ideology to teach the mining unions a lesson.
Well thank you Thatcher for giving in to the vested interests(again). I'm sure your cronies pocketed a nice sum as a result of your actions selling us down the river.
Same old radio Tories.0 -
The moment you see (or hear) the words 'Thatcher' and 'Tories' you can see the foam flecked spittle.
It's as if Dave Spart was created in vain.
In a perverse way she did us a big favour leaving all tha black gold in place. It will be very useful in years to come."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »In a perverse way she did us a big favour leaving all tha black gold in place. It will be very useful in years to come.
Ironically, a Wesh woman I once knew praised Mrs Thatcher to the heavens. As far as she was concerned all mining had done for her family down the generations was deliver a succession of prematurely dead menfolk.
There's not much 'dignity of labour' in pneumoconiosis.0 -
No you can thank the tories and Thatcher.
Once we start getting blackouts, coal will be used no matter what agreements were made at climate conferences. All and any fuel which can be burned will be utilised. The decision made in the late 70s and 80s to shift our reliance from domestic coal to overseas supplies as well as joining the dash for gas has made it much more difficult to reuse mothballed coal mines. All this just because of their political ideology to teach the mining unions a lesson.
Well thank you Thatcher for giving in to the vested interests(again). I'm sure your cronies pocketed a nice sum as a result of your actions selling us down the river.
Same old radio Tories.
Actually, it makes sense from a long term perspective to import coal now, while it's still cheap, and save our own coal for the future when resources dwindle and prices rise.Faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.0 -
Actually, it makes sense from a long term perspective to import coal now, while it's still cheap, and save our own coal for the future when resources dwindle and prices rise.
"It is estimated that more than 95% of all the [STRIKE]silver[/STRIKE] coal ever mined throughout history has already been used and is gone forever and unrecoverable at any price."
People should get hoarding coal before it's gone forever!0
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