ShadesWolf
07-12-2006, 20:19
You will all be pleased to hear that due to my change of job I now buy the Daily Mail everyday. Where I now work I arrive approx 45 minutes early due to the travelling, so I need something to do and as they wont pay me overtime (YET) I dont see why I should start work.
so what better than to start the day off with reading my fav newspaper.
I find this an interesting article, maybe if Labour hadnt stuck its head in the sand 10 years ago we might well have been on the way to seeing these actual up and running quite soon.
I also seem to recall that I created a thread on this a little while back.
Anyway enjoy.......
Labour plans six nuclear plants
By TIM SHIPMAN, Daily Mail
09:29am 10th July 2006
Six new nuclear power stations and a fivefold increase in electricity from wind, solar and tidal sources will be key planks of an Energy Review unveiled by the Government tomorrow.
Labour will also order a crackdown on power usage at home - with manufacturers told to phase out the standby buttons on TVs and stereos which cost £740million a year in wasted electricity.
Fridges, washing machines and cookers that are not energy efficient may no longer be sold.
Another key proposal will be to build a 10mile-wide tidal barrier across the River Severn, costing £15billion. It could produce as much energy as three nuclear power plants over the next 200 years by funnelling water through 200 turbines.
The plan will form the centrepiece of the Government's pledge to increase the amount of energy produced from renewable sources from four per cent to 20 per cent, which it hopes will placate opponents of nuclear power.
In a reversal of Labour's last energy review in 2003, the 120-page document concludes nuclear power is now a key component of electricity generation.
A leaked draft says: 'Based on a range of possible scenarios, the economics of nuclear now look more positive.'
It adds: 'Government considers that nuclear should have a role to play in the future of the UK generating mix, alongside other low carbon-generating options.'
The review will rule out subsidies for nuclear power and say market forces will determine the stations. But Whitehall sources say planning law will be simplified to make it easier to build them.
The review says Britain must plug a 30 per cent shortfall in energy needs caused by the impending closure of coal, gas and nuclear power plants.
A former Government adviser denounced the review as a 'sham'. Stephen Hale, who was special adviser to Margaret Beckett when she was Environment Secretary, said Mr Blair 'refused to consider the alternatives' to nuclear energy.
A survey of more than 1,000 adults suggests it will be a struggle to win the public over to nuclear power. Only 16 per cent call it 'very safe', the GMTV poll found and almost three-quarters would be worried if a nuclear plant was built near them.
so what better than to start the day off with reading my fav newspaper.
I find this an interesting article, maybe if Labour hadnt stuck its head in the sand 10 years ago we might well have been on the way to seeing these actual up and running quite soon.
I also seem to recall that I created a thread on this a little while back.
Anyway enjoy.......
Labour plans six nuclear plants
By TIM SHIPMAN, Daily Mail
09:29am 10th July 2006
Six new nuclear power stations and a fivefold increase in electricity from wind, solar and tidal sources will be key planks of an Energy Review unveiled by the Government tomorrow.
Labour will also order a crackdown on power usage at home - with manufacturers told to phase out the standby buttons on TVs and stereos which cost £740million a year in wasted electricity.
Fridges, washing machines and cookers that are not energy efficient may no longer be sold.
Another key proposal will be to build a 10mile-wide tidal barrier across the River Severn, costing £15billion. It could produce as much energy as three nuclear power plants over the next 200 years by funnelling water through 200 turbines.
The plan will form the centrepiece of the Government's pledge to increase the amount of energy produced from renewable sources from four per cent to 20 per cent, which it hopes will placate opponents of nuclear power.
In a reversal of Labour's last energy review in 2003, the 120-page document concludes nuclear power is now a key component of electricity generation.
A leaked draft says: 'Based on a range of possible scenarios, the economics of nuclear now look more positive.'
It adds: 'Government considers that nuclear should have a role to play in the future of the UK generating mix, alongside other low carbon-generating options.'
The review will rule out subsidies for nuclear power and say market forces will determine the stations. But Whitehall sources say planning law will be simplified to make it easier to build them.
The review says Britain must plug a 30 per cent shortfall in energy needs caused by the impending closure of coal, gas and nuclear power plants.
A former Government adviser denounced the review as a 'sham'. Stephen Hale, who was special adviser to Margaret Beckett when she was Environment Secretary, said Mr Blair 'refused to consider the alternatives' to nuclear energy.
A survey of more than 1,000 adults suggests it will be a struggle to win the public over to nuclear power. Only 16 per cent call it 'very safe', the GMTV poll found and almost three-quarters would be worried if a nuclear plant was built near them.