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Ash Burton wrote:
On 08/09/2015 08:24, tony sayer wrote:


The shape of things to come to the UK?....


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34176571

Probably it is.


But it's nothing new really, remember the 3 day week in the 70's?


But can't be blamed on the unions this time? ;-)

There a more sophisticated methods of load shedding these days but if we
persist in closing coal fired power stations and not replacing the time
expired nuclear plants, it could become a reality for us.


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Seems to be better to spend vast sums on headline grabbing new projects
like HS2. Rather than invest in making sure a system which has worked well
in the past continues to work well.

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