It would be nice, therefore, if we had a coherent energy policy.
Unfortunately, the main driving force, for this, is provided by the Green activists, who have plenty of passion but little understanding.
The people in charge of our energy policy are (sic!) the politicians.
They, too, lack understanding, being motivated by popularity polls and the funds to maintain that popularity.
In turn the politicians look to the Energy Companies to implement policy decisions, whilst they, in turn, are motivated by profit.
The energy companies will cover the land with Wind Turbines, so long as the Taxpayer makes it profitable through subsidies and high tariff’s. The Energy Companies know that Wind Energy is unreliable and can’t, at present, supply our energy needs and wouldn’t look at them twice, without Political bribery.
At present, the only convenient means of supplying energy is through fossil fuels and Nuclear Energy.
None of the Green alternatives can provide a steady supply of energy, at a national level and until we have a Global Grid Structure, or, a viable and economic means of storing such energy, we will have to rely on Nuclear Energy.
Despite the latest situation in Japan, we need to look at the newer style of nuclear reactors, which are purportedly fail-safe, and bear in mind that the Radio-Activity released at Fukushima is, according to official figures, not especially dangerous to the population as a whole.
The radiation levels in Tokyo are, apparently, lower than those in Edinburgh, which, unlike those in Tokyo, will never drop.
The number of deaths, directly attributable to the accident at Fukushima, is likely to be lower than that recorded for pit deaths in this Country, or in the countries from which we are at present importing the coal, which we still heavily rely on.
It’s time that Government made policy based on what their Scientific Civil Service advisors are, we would hope, telling them.
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It would be nice, therefore, if we had a coherent energy policy.
Unfortunately, the main driving force, for this, is provided by the Green activists, who have plenty of passion but little understanding.
The people in charge of our energy policy are (sic!) the politicians.
They, too, lack understanding, being motivated by popularity polls and the funds to maintain that popularity.
In turn the politicians look to the Energy Companies to implement policy decisions, whilst they, in turn, are motivated by profit.
The energy companies will cover the land with Wind Turbines, so long as the Taxpayer makes it profitable through subsidies and high tariff’s. The Energy Companies know that Wind Energy is unreliable and can’t, at present, supply our energy needs and wouldn’t look at them twice, without Political bribery.
At present, the only convenient means of supplying energy is through fossil fuels and Nuclear Energy.
None of the Green alternatives can provide a steady supply of energy, at a national level and until we have a Global Grid Structure, or, a viable and economic means of storing such energy, we will have to rely on Nuclear Energy.
Despite the latest situation in Japan, we need to look at the newer style of nuclear reactors, which are purportedly fail-safe, and bear in mind that the Radio-Activity released at Fukushima is, according to official figures, not especially dangerous to the population as a whole.
The radiation levels in Tokyo are, apparently, lower than those in Edinburgh, which, unlike those in Tokyo, will never drop.
The number of deaths, directly attributable to the accident at Fukushima, is likely to be lower than that recorded for pit deaths in this Country, or in the countries from which we are at present importing the coal, which we still heavily rely on.
It’s time that Government made policy based on what their Scientific Civil Service advisors are, we would hope, telling them.
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Tags: Alternative energy, Coal, energy policy, fossil fuels, Fukushima, gas, green activists, Nuclear Energy, oil, wind turbines
This entry was posted on April 7, 2011 at 10:18 am and is filed under comments, politics, whingey book. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.