On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:34 -0800 (PST), js.b1 wrote:

On Nov 11, 10:20*pm, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:
I'm not "coming out" for any amount of money or any lighting circuit:-)

:-)

Re "unmetered" elec, that always amused me.
1 - Nuclear will just inflate energy company profits & taxation for HM
Treasury
2 - Any incentive for E7 making a substantial comeback must be
eliminated because it would collapse the grid infrastructure, realise
even if just the oil burning people moved to E7 the grid could not
withstand it (never mind the generating plant)
3 - Investment in plant & grid is either non-existent or hopeless,
"The City Does Not Do R&D or Maintenance" - Railways-II
4 - Gov't Investment projects are a blank cheque for the corrupt, paid
by the stupid, monitored by the incompetent, answerable to the next
government which can blame the previous government, providing
employment for innumerable quangos and art journalists too thick to
even spell science without a PR explaining it to them with coloured
bricks and 17 training courses, two marketing consultants, one
advertising consultant and finally their children until
educationalists saw that off.

UK Gov't & Oligarchy long ago decided having Lost The Empire they
would just sponge off the remaining population rather than create the
infrastructure & investment for economic leadership matched to a
portfolio of talents. I always remember one multi-million pound
business owner screaming "it is because of this technology nonsense
that we have to spend money on investment rather than ourselves", then
dumped the clutch with engine screaming in his audi quattro. Summed it
up really, when UK had an empire it appears the idea was no-one
competed - Oligarchy merely assigned it to the appropriate
individuals. Then someone decided to compete, globalisation has little
respect for the hereditary epigeneologists - and likewise the
hereditary can continue until eventually globalisation defeats
nationalism re lost social contract to be replaced of course by
religion (jews want an eye for an eye, koran not far off, christianity
makes you wait until you are dead hence preferred by Bush & Blair).


You are Ian Hislop and I claim my £5!

I'd consider you to be cynical, except that the above is true and I agree
with it. Pity that it can't be repeated as widely and frequently as
GordAlmighty regurgitates his own faeces.

The bailout for a move to nuclear electric would be smart-meters
teleswitching CO2 heatpumps.


--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.