Re: Virgin-Stagecoach seek passenger views on IC East Coast railfranchise

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From: Ian Johnston
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:14

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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:58:12 UTC, David Marsh 
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: [Outlook Express bug: message invisible. See http://viewport.co.uk/outlook ]
: begin  Ian Johnston's quote in uk.railway 
:
: > That would be a nice idea, but it would need some massive investment 
: > in pumped storage. Remember, Dinorwig empties in about twenty minutes 
: > - it's only there to take the load while spinning reserve is brought 
: > on-line. Does Cruachan do any better?
: 
: We've got no shortage of glens to spare. :-)

Indeed. I get very pissed off with environmental types who would 
rather burn fossil fuel than have the places they like to drive to for
holidays despoiled by hydroelectric schemes or wind turbines.

: > I do think, though, that we should be building much, much more nuclear
: > capacity.
: 
: I'm not entirely convinced by that, for as long as we haven't really
: devised a safe waste disposal and decommissioning strategy (although I'm
: not going to scream against nuclear power per se like a luddite), but
: nuclear power is certainly going to be in the picture for the
: medium-term, as it would take at least a decade to bring any other
: alternatives up to suitable generating capacity.

If there is scope for more hydro I'd say "bash it in" but I'm afraid 
we are going to need quite a few more fission reactors, even if just 
for a few decades...

Ian

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