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Worldwide Blackouts
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A rather large blackout affected the US east coast in August. London had a blackout a few weeks later. Now Italy lost power throughout the better part of the country.
Fantastic coincidence or is there foul goings on in these incidents?
Could this be terrorism or simply the work of bungling bureaucrats. Then again maybe Klaatu is about the planet again!;)
Fantastic coincidence or is there foul goings on in these incidents?
Could this be terrorism or simply the work of bungling bureaucrats. Then again maybe Klaatu is about the planet again!;)
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The big example being that because some tube trains stopped in the tunnells people were taken out over the track. So before the powered up again they had to make sure that there was no-one around. This took way longer than it should have, thus big delays.
I'd say the biggest potencial problem that Europe has is that so many countries seem to rely on France for their power.
On a side note, we are getting rid of out nuclear sites because people dont like them, insted we buy our power from France who has shit loads of nuclear sites. Whats the difference?
then again maybe it was just the trees:D
Toadborg; Nuclear power could last us a LONG time, granted not forever but long enough not to be a serious concern. Hopefully fusion power will be viable soon anyway.
Nuclear power does not seem to be the future for Britain.........
waves and wind
I'd rather have a wind farm close by than a nuclear power plant
Unfortunately we do not need terrorism to black out a country, or stop its trains.
but if the big bad camel jockeys have some kind of device ...shudder.
The future of Britain is that we buy in most of our power from France and basicaly pay them to manage nuclear power stations for us.
And those offshore wind farms seem to be working very well, and stay out of the landscape.
Wave power stations are still pretty much untapped, and like all new technology the initial costs would be high. But that applies to pretty much all new technology- you have to start somewhere.
Besides, the point should not be how much it costs to set up, but to ensure we use renewable, non-polluting sources.
I have heard better things about off-shore wind farms, but they still kill lots of birds. However where they are fishing cant take place and fish stocks can increase so its a bit of a trade off.
Carbon neutral power stations using charcoal from coppice might well be an answer too. Although getting farmer to swap to this is hard.
It really doesn't wash to complain about animals being killed either given the negative environmantal effects of all sources of power........
As with all things though I do think a mix is the best idea, wind isnt going to be able to provide all our power. A mix of coppice charcoal, wind, wave, nuclear, imported and others would be the best option.
I would agree with that. Even simple things like getting double glazing or turning off the lights/heater when you leave a room can reduce the amount of energy you use.
As the advert says; Be good. Be energy efficient.
Perhaps they are unaware of a device called a timer, or perphaps they haven't worked out that shoppers are usually in bed at 3 am.
I am not sure how it works..........