tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post3434016109305056424..comments2024-03-29T13:32:22.201+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: This isThe Big OneCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-56862167638904552412008-09-30T13:21:00.000+01:002008-09-30T13:21:00.000+01:00What is the cost of decommissioning a currently ou...What is the cost of decommissioning a currently outdated nuclear power plant, relative to the cost of building a new nuclear power plant?<BR/><BR/>Has the cost of decommissioning been increasing or decreasing in the last decade, and which way is it forecast to go over the next decade?loveandtheplanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607331945944332290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6225931714719506372007-07-04T22:12:00.000+01:002007-07-04T22:12:00.000+01:00Mutley, it is true, I have succumbed to narrow-min...Mutley, it is true, I have succumbed to narrow-mindedness and <I>esprit de cloche</I>, and am duly chastised.<BR/><BR/>On my next visit to Deauville, out of <I>solidarité sociale</I> I shall double my quota of the great Calvados surplus <BR/><BR/>(if my back-axle will bear the load)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-34315167850623116532007-07-04T21:55:00.000+01:002007-07-04T21:55:00.000+01:00There's a very good and relevant piece in the FT t...There's a very good and relevant piece in the FT today by one Adam Posen: for example<BR/><BR/>"<I>Where and when the member states have retained dominance over regulation and enforcement, as in ...state aid to favoured companies in the EU, the results have been illiberal and economically harmful.<BR/><BR/>The alternative to a strong Brussels is not a decentralised free market and minimal government interference. It is greater political capture of economic policymaking and abuse of authority by member states and sub-national governments. Subsidiarity is in many cases an invitation to corruption, entrenchment of incumbents and horse-trading of handouts. Too many political veto points equals too many opportunities for extortion.</I>"<BR/> <BR/>Now whom did he have in mind, I wonder ?<BR/><BR/>It's at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/26022cfa-29c7-11dc-a530-000b5df10621.htmlNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11059854754308544862007-07-04T20:20:00.000+01:002007-07-04T20:20:00.000+01:00Well Spotted. ND. So unlike the French to try on t...Well Spotted. ND. So unlike the French to try on this malarky.<BR/><BR/>Next they will suggest it is only fair that we store of of their nuclear waste....er..have they not tried to do this already too?CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58622049795663234542007-07-04T17:57:00.000+01:002007-07-04T17:57:00.000+01:00...push for exceptions to competition policy in di......push for exceptions to competition policy in discussions with its European partners… the government could seek concessions on energy for example...<BR/><BR/>Ha!James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-61102473714397033052007-07-04T10:16:00.000+01:002007-07-04T10:16:00.000+01:00I think thats only fair Mr Unslicker - do you thin...I think thats only fair Mr Unslicker - do you think you being a trifle mean spirited?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com