UK energy future

[vetran]

"Everyone else is doing it" is not a great argument outside primary school.

how do you know about outside primary school???

[rl4engc]

Get on with fracking and we'd have oodles of gas.

Of course we would, because it's been such a success in the US of A hasn't it, even with an infrastructure that supports it i.e. wide open plains and wide empty highways.

With views like that I'm surprised you're not Energy Minister.. Oh, wait..

[vetran]

Buy everything from ISIS?

[rl4engc]

This Govt. seems hell bent on destroying our basic "strategic" industries i.e. Steel (e.g Redcar), Coal (e.g. Ferrybridge C) and it makes you wonder what's behind it.

Seems to me if in 20, 30, 50 years things ever get very nasty with a Cold War II, we'll be in a brilliant situation to do sweet FA. Can't produce anything, China can remote into our (their) nuclear power plants and shut them down/send them to meltdown.

We should be doing these things ourselves, even if it costs more. Things have a value not just a cost. What happened to the 'Great' in Britain?

[DodgyAgent]

how do you know about outside primary school???

[DodgyAgent]

This Govt. seems hell bent on destroying our basic "strategic" industries i.e. Steel (e.g Redcar), Coal (e.g. Ferrybridge C) and it makes you wonder what's behind it.

Seems to me if in 20, 30, 50 years things ever get very nasty with a Cold War II, we'll be in a brilliant situation to do sweet FA. Can't produce anything, China can remote into our (their) nuclear power plants and shut them down/send them to meltdown.

We should be doing these things ourselves, even if it costs more. Things have a value not just a cost. What happened to the 'Great' in Britain?

Why would the govt be "bent on destroying" UK industries.?

[VectraMan]

Of course we would, because it's been such a success in the US of A hasn't it, even with an infrastructure that supports it i.e. wide open plains and wide empty highways.

They've drastically cut their imports of coal and oil and are on target to become a net exporter. Is that a failure?

[VectraMan]

This Govt. seems hell bent on destroying our basic "strategic" industries i.e. Steel (e.g Redcar), Coal (e.g. Ferrybridge C) and it makes you wonder what's behind it.

What are they doing to destroy these industries exactly?

[MrMarkyMark]

I hear ISIS are selling cheap oil

[MicrosoftBob]

What happened to the 'Great' in Britain?

It got outsourced to Bob Shawadiwadi