Neil, et al, Thanks for your comments. You give a whole stack of good reasons why nuclear is unattractive, but still the establishment pursues it, at vast costs in environment, security, cash, credibility and so on, and have ignored many of these costs. So why do they still do it. Do they not see history […]
Bath Trams follow up meeting, Raven Pub / Bath Science Cafe, 13 April, 8.30 pm
Tram meeting report Zero cost to Bath Council tram proposal Meeting well attended by 37 persons in all. Chairman and ex chairman of council, leader of conservative group, also Lib Dem party rep and green party rep. David Andrews who called the meeting explained that he had no financial interest in trams but was promoting […]
The extensive tram network in Bath up to 1939
CLICK TO ENLARGE – THE PROPOSED NEW SYSTEM WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR
Trams in Bath’s narrow streets
See full article on re introducing trams into Bath: http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/trams-work-Bath/story-26246819-detail/story.html#comments… ” Could trams be the answer to our transport and traffic problems in Bath? It has worked in other cities across the UK and Europe, and campaigners feel they would be ideal for our city. Two talks on trams in Bath, both by Professor Lesley, […]
Costs of nuclear combined heat and power and district heating
Marko, See a paper where we have had a stab at what the actual cost for piping from Nuclear CHP will be in practice. It ties in with Estimates made in the 1980s and evidence given at the Sizewell enquiry by John Macadam and Orchard Partners on behalf of the GLC who were making the […]
Road capacity, safety, Infrastructure Bill, DECC spin
Written on a phone waiting for a train, but it’s highly relevant to the discussion at hand. Roads have a finite capacity. A single lane A-road is notionally 40 mph plus 2 second following distance. In practice the police treat the 40 mph HGV speed limit with the contempt it deserves, and will not prosecute […]
UK Capacity Auction – Blinded by the lights?
Blinded by the lights? So, the presents have been opened and the over-eating survived. What now remains of your ‘spirit of Christmas’? For me, the answer is always the same – it’s the lights. Since childhood, they have fascinated me. I would wander the streets, marvelling at efforts people made to light up their houses […]
Karl-Heinz Tetzlaff 1938-2014
From: Bill Powell, 11/2014. Karl-Heinz Tetzlaff had a vision for a sustainable economy based on hydrogen produced from biomass which he and his former boss Dr Wolfgang Wendel at Hoechst Chemicals preached wherever they could get an audience. In retirement their roles were reversed with K-H leading with ideas and enthusiasm. I first knew him […]
List of proposed scenarios and technologies for de-carbonizing Europe
This is a work in progress article on wikipedia [hide] 1 Introduction 2 Nuclear energy 3 District heating and combined heat and power 4 Super energy conservation 5 Use of individual heat pumps for heating 6 Increased use of wind energy 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Introduction[edit] There are a large number […]
Look at the list of Labour Party politicians (and their spouses) who are open to the susupicion of having been corrupted by nuclear industry
. These are from Donnachadh McCarthy’s new book The Prostitute State – How Britain’s Democracy Has Been Bought, http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2587477/nuclear_power_trumps_democracy.html Former Energy Minister Brian Wilson became a non-executive director of Amec Nuclear, a client of BNFL. Former Energy Minister Helen Liddell was hired to provide “strategic advice” by the former nuclear corporation British Energy. […]