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Default OT - More on generation (sigh) but what is the alternative to coal?


"Another Dave" wrote in message
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I can't believe I'm saying this but the only manifesto I'd vote for is
UKIP's. Not a chance in hell of their getting in though.

http://www.ukip.org/content/ukip-pol...nt-ukip-policy

"Increase nuclear power generation to provide up to 50% of our electricity
needs. Because Britain’s domestic energy plants are ageing and renewable
energy sources have been shown to be unreliable, UKIP will pass hybrid
Acts of Parliament to accelerate the planning process and allow old
reactors to be replaced

· Support the efficient extraction of indigenous coal for use in cleaner,
coal-fired electricity generation plants

· Oppose wind farms in general and require large new wind power schemes to
be funded by the market. Most current schemes have proved uneconomic,
often operating at less than a third of capacity - sometimes less than a
tenth *- thereby producing a derisory amount of power

· Ensure any large new wind farms are constructed offshore. UKIP regards
onshore wind turbines and the accompanying power lines as eyesores in
beautiful countryside

· Repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act and return to a Department of Energy

· Immediately repeal disastrous EU Directives such as the Large Combustion
Plant Directive. This Directive threatens to put the lights out by closing
a quarter of the UK’s domestic coal and energy plants by 2015 without
providing any realistic, working alternatives. UKIP will pull out of EU
Carbon Trading Schemes, the proposed EU Carbon Tax and binding targets on
renewable and bio fuels"

Another Dave



I seem to recall another far right party that made sure the trains ran on
time.
However I don't think their full manifesto was completely acceptable ;-)

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