tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post7933660113508356486..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Might as well still be HuhneCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-37345532247858415122012-05-22T19:09:13.793+01:002012-05-22T19:09:13.793+01:00Fukushima did really well, actually.
Thanks for ...Fukushima did really well, actually. <br /><br />Thanks for the reply.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-4294929940773870022012-05-22T10:34:48.165+01:002012-05-22T10:34:48.165+01:00EK, I think the credit ratings agencies are doing ...EK, I think the credit ratings agencies are doing as good an anti-nuclear job now as the green lobby - telling EDF if they invest <a href="http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2126499/UK-nuclear-programme-risk-Moody-s-credit-alert.html" rel="nofollow">loads-of-money in UK nucs they'll get a downgrade</a>.<br /><br />If this new 'contract for difference' + higher carbon pricing in regime is in place for at least a decade, I suspect the Chinese will benefit more than the French. The Chinese will likely have tested Generation III reactors for sale internationally in about 10 years time, a lot cheaper than the French EPR I should think.<br /><br />Basically the French home market is more than saturated, but the Chinese have a large home market to provide the volume to bring unit prices down, + the technological skills and heavy industry base. Strategically you have to bet on the Chinese winning this market, unless we properly recognise the nuclear risks. Fukushima should be a big clue to us all of the risks we are taking.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-81853548797953821522012-05-21T22:14:48.918+01:002012-05-21T22:14:48.918+01:00Nick - P'raps he wanted to save the joke for h...Nick - P'raps he wanted to save the joke for himself.<br /><br />Budgie - I would have understood being censored for that one.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-27015726242707035842012-05-21T18:54:27.989+01:002012-05-21T18:54:27.989+01:00E-K, it's a good job you didn't pick on Si...E-K, it's a good job you didn't pick on Siemens, then.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-14629480345227388142012-05-21T18:20:04.707+01:002012-05-21T18:20:04.707+01:00excellent ! why does Redwood censor that ??
of c...excellent ! why does Redwood censor that ??<br /><br />of course you are wasted around here as we are very straight-faced and prone to missing the jokeNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6405388055783926382012-05-21T17:57:37.619+01:002012-05-21T17:57:37.619+01:00Nick - I tried getting a comment posted on John Re...Nick - I tried getting a comment posted on John Redwood's but it was so heavily censored that the point was lost. <br /><br />The Germans invaded Greece in WW2 and appropriated a lot of their gold. <br /><br />Boris Johnson was quoted by one contributor as having said "If the Germans want the Greeks to buy their washing machines then they really ought to start giving them some money."<br /><br />I responded thus:<br /><br />"It wouldn't be the first time the Bosch have cleaned up in Greece."<br /><br />Now I don't know if you've gathered this already but I'm not always serious when I make my comments.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-3300234527975633622012-05-21T16:21:06.397+01:002012-05-21T16:21:06.397+01:00Kev - I'd dispute that in detail, but best don...<b>Kev</b> - I'd dispute that in detail, but best done over a beer<br /><br />suffice to say, there was a decent energy policy in place circa 2000<br /><br />only problem then was lack of balls in enforcement of competition law, with some mergers of co's in the electricity sector being allowed that never should have beenNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-67423920398230962782012-05-21T14:37:21.383+01:002012-05-21T14:37:21.383+01:00"An astonishing tale of half a decade of bung..."An astonishing tale of half a decade of bungling."<br /><br />Decades, Nick. When did we last have an energy policy at all, never mind one that made sense. I sometimes wonder whether we would do better without politicians at all...Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-38447425766729072602012-05-21T14:27:46.847+01:002012-05-21T14:27:46.847+01:00and so it continues. Sadly, the government in many...and so it continues. Sadly, the government in many areas is far too happy to continue the New Labout policies.CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-3375188418882780562012-05-21T11:14:02.885+01:002012-05-21T11:14:02.885+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.rahulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076722351666645674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-43165324463901664942012-05-21T10:56:10.733+01:002012-05-21T10:56:10.733+01:00For Hunite substitute Cameronite.
Perhaps we shou...For Hunite substitute Cameronite.<br /><br />Perhaps we should go to the Iranians for nuclear power. If they can do it under the onslaught of Mossad then they should have no problem with greenists.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.com