Iran are toast

[woody1]

...the alternative is emigration, but where to go that might have us?

That's a good question. Where is easy to move to (get residency) these days? Spain abolished its golden visa last year, and Portugal have shifted theirs away from property to investment. Greece is pretty good - real estate investment over €250,000*. Cyprus - €300,000. Don't know about other countries in Europe.

Our (retired) neighbour is trying to emigrate to New Zealand to be near her daughter and family. It's taking months of jumping through hoops and it's touch and go whether she'll get approval.

* looks like it's been bumped up to €400,000 or €800,000 depending on where the property is

[ladymuck]

Malta looks quite simple: https://residencies.io/residency/mal...-residency/mt3

[Protagoras]

Malta looks quite simple: https://residencies.io/residency/mal...-residency/mt3

I've been to Malta fairly frequently since the mid 90s. The extent of development is astonishing in the Valetta suburban sprawl. Last time I was there I didn't even hire a car, since the congestion was terrible. Property prices have become very high which is another challenge. M'dina is lovely.

[woody1]

Property prices have become very high which is another challenge.

Yes, the €275,000 minimum, to gain residency, in the link provided by ladymuck, would barely you get a 1-bed flat, and certainly nothing in or around Valetta.

[Dorkeaux]

I might have mentioned before that CEGB was planning around six new nuclear power stations at the time of privatisation. That of course was shelved. What was really awful was the loss of nuclear engineering experience and the associated manufacturing so that when UK wanted to build new nuclear power stations, overseas suppliers and skills are required.

Of course no one has solved the nuclear waste problem, so it just keeps piling up in Cumbria.

<snippo>

Indeed on both counts.
Canada used to be a world leader in nuclear technology with the Candu reactor programme.
Like all the other world-beating technological advances to originate in Canada, we managed to neglect and otherwise screw it up.
It's still going, but it is a shadow of what it was in the 60s.

Regarding the waste, the UK does pile it up on site mostly.
Back when breeder reactors were being designed, the idea was that the waste from conventional reactors would be reprocessed as fuel.
But there are almost none of those. More uranium was found, so we dug that up instead,

[sadkingbilly]

My gas supplier agrees the price a year in advance. I've time to save up for the increases.

What do we want?
More nukes.
When do we want them?
About 30 years ago...

is there room in Swizzy for more nukes?

[NotAllThere]

is there room in Swizzy for more nukes?

Of course. We have rivers. On borders.

[xoggoth]

My latest quote for heating oil is already double what I paid in January.

[woody1]

My latest quote for heating oil is already double what I paid in January.

Yes, that's what I'm expecting, at least double. Usually I just get them to fill the tank but last week I reduced the order to the minimum amount - 500L.

I was thinking about cancelling it but who knows how long this will go on.