Power point (From York Press)
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Power point
3:01pm Thursday 1st November 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
HEARTENING news on how Britain may stave off our rapidly approaching power-production problems. But is it too little, too late?
Russia and Japan are involved in plans to build nuclear power stations here. This appears to be good news, but Britain, with its incredibly complex laws, may still in power terms be a third-world country in the not too distant future.
All Governments of recent years have known about our lack of energy policy and have chosen to bury their heads in the sand.
At the same time, they have blithely gone ahead with the diktat from the EU that all conventional coal, oil and gas-fired power stations must be shut down.
Why? To cut down on the heat-trapping release of CO2. No scientific evidence backs up the ludicrous “man-made CO2 problem”, yet our Governments believe it all and, rather than building nuclear power stations, they have invested billions in Heath Robinson ideas like wind and tide-powered electricity.
The French have nearly 60 nuclear power stations, only eclipsed by the US with 104.
Surprisingly the Germans are pulling back from nuclear-power and going back to coal-fired power stations.
There really is only one answer to our looming power problems. Go nuclear – you know it makes sense.
Philip Roe, Roman Avenue South, Stamford Bridge.
Comments(2)
ColdAsChristmas
says...
1:58pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Next March I believe five coal powered generating stations are to be closed down. These provide us with our cheapest electricity, no wonder bills are set to rise further. What a waste of energy.
Philip is quite correct in his statement that there is no evidence that man made CO2 or indeed all of the vital Earth CO2 causes Global Warming.
Man made CO2 only represents around 16 parts per million and historically total CO2 concentrations have been many times higher than now, without causing warming. But CO2 is a convenient vehicle for taxation and people waking up to the fact is long overdue.
95% of Earth's greenhouse gas is water vapour and nearly all of that occurs naturally, (No tax) further, water vapour is around 850 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than CO2. If you want to mention Methane, around 22 times CO2's potency, just remember that this gas is so atmospherically rare that it is measured in parts per BILLION!
Magicman! says...
1:38am Fri 2 Nov 12
There is another way to generate electricity: put water turbines at the outlet of every single reservoir, wier, or barrage on our water network (even naburn lock where the ouse becomes tidal could have water turbines fitted)... you'd have constant power, increased in winter as more water flows over and thus meets the demand as people have their lights on for longer due to longer nights... it just makes sense.