Jeremy Clarkson

[DodgyAgent]

Actually most of Denmarks power is nuclear. Although Denmark being Denmark they are nuclear free (although they do have a little one). If you cannot get your head around such concepts then you'll never understand the environmentalists position.

threaded in "sound of one hand clapping" mode

What an earth are you on about threaded?

First of all you say "most of denmarks power is nuclear" and then you say"they are nuclear free" which is it?

[sasguru]

What an earth are you on about threaded?

First of all you say "most of denmarks power is nuclear" and then you say"they are nuclear free" which is it?

I think he means Denmark buys its power from a nuclear equipped neighbour.

It's called having your cake and eating it.

HTH

[DodgyAgent]

I think he means Denmark buys its power from a nuclear equipped neighbour.

It's called having your cake and eating it.

HTH

as in "Danish Pastry"?

[lukemg]

As with all technologies, nuclear power production has progressed hugely since the 1950's. France leads the world in this area due to continuous policy of nuclear power usage, central to energy policy.
Why do we have to re-invent the wheel, buy the technology in and train up the next generation of British nuclear experts.
As a safety precaution, I suggest siting all plants on the East coast to take advantage of the generally westerly wind in the event of any problems !!
That goes for the awesome trains the French have too, buy them in, it can't be more than designing from scratch and will be a lot quicker to implement !

[shaunbhoy]

That goes for the awesome trains the French have too, buy them in, it can't be more than designing from scratch and will be a lot quicker to implement !

The trains are not the problem, it is the lack of french lines that is the stumbling block!

[tim123]

It's all about the price of oil - once it hits the $ 100 mark, then other options become available, like coal which was previously deemed uneconomical. It will also open up other potentially viable oil fields (eg in the North Sea/Norway and even in the Med/Cyprus-Egypt triangle).
I agree with the turbines - load of hot air! The nuclear issue is another thing though, as it will certainly provide cheaper energy but at what cost too? To build and maintain nuclear reactors to the highest safety standards is not cheap and the main players like EDF, E.ON, etc have said they are willing to invest if the Gov't is willing to guarante their loans, a bit like NR. Nuclear industry is so far state-owned for that reason.

Nuclear industry is state owned because it used to be a cover for weapons fuel development.

Now that this is not longer necessary, the state (rightly) has no desire to own power stations.

And I don't agree about the Turbines. It's perfectly possible to build stored energy power stations (we already have some) which are used when the wind drops and recharged as necessary. Of course we can't have 100% turbines (but no-one has said that we should) but to say that they can't make a positive contribution is silly.

tim

[NotAllThere]

How much as released by Chernobyl?

Russian official statistics say 90,000,000 curies. So that's equivalent to 1.8 tonnes of Co-60, or 30 kg of Po-192. Apparently the fall-out was equivalent to a mid-yield nuclear blast.

As it's an official government (and Russian government at that), it might be sensible to multiply by 10.

[hyperD]

Actually this is quite a good read about Chernobyl today if you have some time.

Soon to be dead of radiation poisoning biker girl

A chilling read...

[threaded]

What an earth are you on about threaded?

First of all you say "most of denmarks power is nuclear" and then you say"they are nuclear free" which is it?

Well, it's simple really, most of the power in Denmark comes from several nuclear power stations, although Denmark only has one small one which doesn't produce electricity anyway. Denmark incidentally declares itself nuclear free.

Is it really so hard to understand?

Much like Denmark is the happiest place on Earth to live.

threaded in "has the congregation had a lobotomy or what" mode.

[BrilloPad]

I signed a petition to make clarkson prime minister - here is the response :-

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "Make Jeremy ClarksonPrime Minister." The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can viewit here: http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16590 Prime Minister's Office Petition information - http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/PMClarkson/ If you would like to opt out of receiving further mail on this or any otherpetitions you signed, please email optout@petitions.pm.gov.uk

===========================

We thought long and hard about the request to make Jeremy Clarkson the Prime Minister and in the end we put our thoughts down in a short film on YouTube. You can take a look here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNy1w4DV5Hw

============================

Most boring ever youtube?