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Post by notanimby on Mar 29, 2012 21:17:11 GMT -1
our wind farms are heavily subsidised both for constrauction and for cost of production to enable them to compete with our coal and oil fired power stations. Height of madness in this economic climate when we are trying as a country to compete in a very competitive world. I was wondering if UK wind farms were the same Read that Balfour Beatty was laying off workers. I rather thought it was a Scottish outfit They have their fingers in many pies nowadays Here's their history www.balfourbeatty.com/index.asp?pageid=68
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2012 21:31:47 GMT -1
Pardon my ignorance, Oz but do you have any nuclear powered powering station type things?
I don't believe here in Scotland we intend to do away with oil or coal powered fuel but I do think we'd all be mighty happy to invest in renewable sources and get the nuclear plants tae.
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Post by ozneil on Mar 29, 2012 21:45:22 GMT -1
Pardon my ignorance, Oz but do you have any nuclear powered powering station type things? I don't believe here in Scotland we intend to do away with oil or coal powered fuel but I do think we'd all be mighty happy to invest in renewable sources and get the nuclear plants tae. No nuclear power plants though we have oodles of Uranium. They will be considered again when we boot out Juliar and her incompetent cronies. We have fantastic amount of cheap coal so hard to beat coal fired power on price as well as lots of natural gas and oil. There are big Hydro schemes in the Snowy's & Tasmania. To my mind building wind farms here would be for ideological reasons only with no economical benefit. I was just wondering if it was same in UK
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2012 23:07:00 GMT -1
Just wondering how people over by would feel if a nuclear power plant was sited in their backyard? That's the reality for tens of thousands of Scots.
Or maybe the odd nuclear submarine base? I wonder if the Australian people would accept that without question, Oz?
Like yourselves, Scotland's uber-rich in oil and gas, and sources of hydro, wind and wave power. It'd seem only right to utilise them to the max and, in time, ditch the nuclear option.
The long term plan is that we'll generate a surplus of power from all sources--except nuclear---then sell off the excess to other parts of the UKE less blessed with natural resources.
It also makes mega-sense to me to use our MOST plentiful resource--rainwater ;D--to supply drier countries. No brainer!
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Post by ozneil on Mar 29, 2012 23:38:26 GMT -1
Just wondering how people over by would feel if a nuclear power plant was sited in their backyard? That's the reality for tens of thousands of Scots. Or maybe the odd nuclear submarine base? I wonder if the Australian people would accept that without question, Oz? We dont have nuclear power (uneconomical) but we have nuclear plants. The nearest being at Lucas Heights a Southern Sydney suburb ... been there for yonks. Since UK abandoned an East of Suez presence we have had no foreign warships based here though I'm sure some of the Yanks visiting here carry nuclear weapons. The Americans are always welcome.
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Post by notanimby on Mar 30, 2012 11:04:50 GMT -1
Just wondering how people over by would feel if a nuclear power plant was sited in their backyard? That's the reality for tens of thousands of Scots. Or maybe the odd nuclear submarine base? I wonder if the Australian people would accept that without question, Oz? We dont have nuclear power (uneconomical) but we have nuclear plants. The nearest being at Lucas Heights a Southern Sydney suburb ... been there for yonks. Since UK abandoned an East of Suez presence we have had no foreign warships based here though I'm sure some of the Yanks visiting here carry nuclear weapons. The Americans are always welcome. Whit do the nuclear plants do? (apart from sounding like an aspidistra that glows in the dark that is)
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Post by ozneil on Mar 30, 2012 19:40:19 GMT -1
Ours mostly do isotopes & other medical stuff as well as research.
BTW Lucas Heights was built long before the surrounding houses
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2012 18:39:24 GMT -1
Scotland continues to buck the UKE trend in terms of the economy, good figures for export again this quarter. So much work going on behind the scenes to attract international businesses to buy Scottish goods ;D Today the wean was @ Cameron House at Loch Lomond to promote Harris Tweed to a delegation of US business leaders, flown up by the Scottish Govt from their week at the Olympics. We all have a part to play to promote the very best of Scotland whether it be arts and culture, fashion, engineering, technology, medical, sporting, academia.. whatever. We Scots are, and always have been, more than the sum of our not inconsiderable parts. And we're welcomed everywhere on the globe. Let's play to our strengths and leave the Scottish Cringers in our wake.
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Post by bormes on Aug 5, 2012 7:39:46 GMT -1
Well said rolo.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2012 20:57:08 GMT -1
Just another reason why Westminster wants to keep Scotland in the Union? www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20859496Despite the scaremongering tactics, the fact is that Scotland pays more into the UKE economy than it takes out. Who's subsidising who? Our products are in demand globally, from whisky to food to water to ships, arts, culture and music, hydro power and technology-- and most of all our skilled, talented people. Roll on October 2014 when we can finally start to take control of our own destiny and our own decisions on what's best for the Scottish people
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