10-05-2011, 05:09 PM
(10-03-2011, 05:57 AM)abu nuwas Wrote: It occurs to me, Billy, that while the oil majors might find it profitable to transform themselves into 'energy companies', other vested interests could not, and will do what they can to deter this. I am thinking in particular of EDF, still, I believe, largely owned by the French State. As you know, France is mainly nuclear, and this company has been campaigning with a deal of success to build nuclear power stations. Gordon Brown's brother popped up as Director of Public Affairs for the company, another got to work for the BBC. The Labour Government which had once been anti-nuclear power, changed course. So for EDF, that is all good; but people floating about in hydrogen cars would be a complete no-no. Just as nuclear energy is now paraded as 'clean' (tell that to the Japanese!), so I should expect to hear that hydrogen cars are, in some way, worse than any known fossil-fuel....all true but we'll fair no better with the likes of osbourne stating;
Quote:George Osborne has pledged that if he has his way in the coalition government, the UK will cut "carbon emissions no slower but also no faster than our fellow countries in Europe", causing dismay in the green business sector.he also backs the old tory policy of business being more safe and workers being more put out,
Quote:“So we are now going to make it much less risky for businesses to hire people. We will double to two years the amount of time you can employ someone before the risk of an unfair dismissal claim.”non of this crap is helping the country move away from nuke power, it's not helping us from moving away from fossil power either.
one of the people at the conference said, (i don't remember who) that we should be leading in alternative energy research so that we can generate jobs in it and sell the technology once we have it. sadly it doesn't look like it. i think hydrogen cars will take off, but not any time soon with the sheep we have in all three parties who steer the ship.