tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post4061308836508562372..comments2024-03-29T11:36:35.692+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Endgame for Drax?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-35253974724873612452017-02-25T12:11:38.252+00:002017-02-25T12:11:38.252+00:00Blunders in the days of central planning? Surely n...Blunders in the days of central planning? Surely not.Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-28867064714643435952017-02-25T11:30:38.967+00:002017-02-25T11:30:38.967+00:00This shambles has been coming for a long while. We...This shambles has been coming for a long while. We lived in mid Yorkshire for many years and saw it all unfold around us. We are paying now for all the shoddy deals, quick fix compromises and blunders of the 70's and 80's. In this time I was saying this lot is bust, it is staying bust and if not sorted out will go even more bust.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-74788513034813586952017-02-24T21:25:26.660+00:002017-02-24T21:25:26.660+00:00All Drax needed was a rather long conveyor belt fr...All Drax needed was a rather long conveyor belt from Kellingley and it could have been a goer under coal!barnacle billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375356036844289964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69664273668691056482017-02-24T15:26:18.904+00:002017-02-24T15:26:18.904+00:00Or a cannabis farm? I hear domestic supplies have ...Or a cannabis farm? I hear domestic supplies have been dented recently.Flagwavernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-84304918734978117852017-02-24T15:01:49.982+00:002017-02-24T15:01:49.982+00:00You could almost be forgiven for thinking 'the...You could almost be forgiven for thinking 'they' are trying to cause more global warming. Actually, that makes for quite a good conspiracy theory.<br /><br /><i>Could not touch it as their was no viable way for it under the coal scheme.</i><br /><br />Couldn't you just have converted it into a massive warehouse / hangar style nightclub at a couple of million? Easy driving distance from Leeds and Sheffield and no neighbours to annoy? I think you missed a chance to do the public a massive service there CU!Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-89094523071744726182017-02-24T13:08:20.815+00:002017-02-24T13:08:20.815+00:00I saw the Beeb article yesterday and had a good ch...I saw the Beeb article yesterday and had a good chuckle. I wondered how long it would take the Energy Editor to do a post! :-)<br /><br />The Beeb explains quite nicely why this is such a nonsense, to those of us with pinko liberal arts backgrounds. It might be carbon efficient if we didn't burn more than we replace and have to ship so much around the globe.....<br /><br />If we couldn't keep replacing as fast as we burnt it in the middle ages before kettles and iPods were invented, how could we possibly do it now?!<br /><br />Our Lords and masters have apparently been saying that the whole electricity market is a mess because of government intervention. Maybe this is a good opportunity for the PM to make a break with the past/stand up for ordinaryhardworkingpeople/release our entrepreneurial spirits?Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-13676543358814501412017-02-24T11:08:20.178+00:002017-02-24T11:08:20.178+00:00I recall Drax was bust, twice over. I should know,...I recall Drax was bust, twice over. I should know, it was offered to me to buy for a couple of million during its insolvency(http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/drax-can-go-it-alone-insists-new-chairman-99329.html). Could not touch it as their was no viable way for it under the coal scheme.<br /><br />Amazingly they came up with this bullshit instead and saved themselves!CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5755254809683251912017-02-24T10:35:05.156+00:002017-02-24T10:35:05.156+00:00The word 'Green' gets the jowls wobbling o...The word 'Green' gets the jowls wobbling of many a C@W reader with the excitement reminiscent of a C17th Puritan ranting against the Devil. This however looks like a classic case of a poorly defined domain knowledge and regulatory framework - not much different to elsewhere really.<br /><br />Should Drax recieve subsidy no, but personally I would argue the focus on CO2 is wrongheaded and only put in place to allow tax and subsidy, rather than for any enironmental reasons. There are a ton of things that are justifiable for environmental good that do cost money (but then nothing is costless*). This isnt one of them.<br /><br />*Even if not charged <br />hovisnoreply@blogger.com