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    Posted: 17 February 2023 at 10:35am
I see this governments policy to sell off everything , so out of work ministers can have some meaningless made up position and earn a huge amount of cash on the side ....imagine someone who comes to your house and then starts to sell off or give away all your belongings 
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If it were up to me I'd have every building in Wales assessed for microgeneration and install whatever kind of renewable electricity generator is appropriate AND insulate as much as possible off the back of government grants as far as possible. On top of that I'd look at initially any lithium mining/processing we can do here in Wales but look to move beyond that by developing better battery tech - sodium ion and iron-air batteries might offer what we need in the future. Put a domestic scale battery in every home and scale up for businesses/industry. One thing we could also do here in Wales is managed forestry coupled with hydrogen generation from surplus supply to create synthetic hydrocarbons via the Fischer Tropsch process. Could run our public transport on it.

We could be entirely energy self sufficient in Wales with no reliance on fossil fuels or nuclear. What an advantage that would be! There's enough resource here to generate a surplus.

Right - independence and make me Tywysog Cymru! LOL
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Originally posted by dr_martinov dr_martinov wrote:

Weird how EDF run 5 UK nuclear power plants (and will own Hinkley point C) and they're 84% owned by the French Government, soon to be 100%. 

Let's hope we don't piss them off, eh?

Yes another totally mindless decision. Why would anyone compromise National security in such a way? The French have some form on this of course threatening to cut Jersey's energy supply during the fishing quota debate. 
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Weird how EDF run 5 UK nuclear power plants (and will own Hinkley point C) and they're 84% owned by the French Government, soon to be 100%. 

Let's hope we don't piss them off, eh?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Eastern outpost Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 February 2023 at 8:54am
Which B word are we talking about? Boris?
In a world where you can be anything – Be Kind.
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Originally posted by Oracle Oracle wrote:

I'm not saying the B word in February..Val had a dry January and my challenge is no ranting on line anywhere about the B word ......it's killing me Cry

I feel your pain Oracle but admire your fortitude. March will be with us soon enough then you can fill your boots.LOL
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Your taunting is worse than dry January LOL
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Originally posted by Oracle Oracle wrote:

I'm not saying the B word in February..Val had a dry January and my challenge is no ranting on line anywhere about the B word ......it's killing me Cry

LOL  I was thinking it's because we have an economy and politics riddled with vested interests bleeding us dry ... but I guess that has a neat symmetry with the B word in itself!
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I'm not saying the B word in February..Val had a dry January and my challenge is no ranting on line anywhere about the B word ......it's killing me Cry
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Originally posted by Oracle Oracle wrote:

https://twitter.com/davesumnersmith/status/1625041382514499584?t=cLui0KZdydK1ac1wdzzeXA&s=19

This is what I don't understand , there is no reason for us not to be paying the same as the rest Europe 

Come on now Oracle you know the reason Wink 
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Originally posted by Legendinmybathroom Legendinmybathroom wrote:

This £3.3 billion profit during a period of time where people are having to decide where they eat of turn on their heating is just sickening.  These profits are on the back of not having to do anything other than cashing in on the war in Ukraine and subsequent gas oil and energy crisis.
The CEO is now in line to receive a £1.6 million pound bonus on top of his already substantial salary.
Centrica is in essence the previously government owned British Gas.  If it was still in the hands of the government then we would have had more control over the unit cost of gas and as a result millions of people wouldn’t be in the situation that they find themselves in.  Instead, we have private companies making sickening profits and paying out more in dividends to shareholders than they do in tax and investment in renewable energy sources etc.
They were saying on the news this morning that due to the stupid competition rules of business (agreed by the government), British Gas is not allowed to sell its gas off cheaper to their customers or other gas suppliers (as it breaks competition rules).  Just by changes the rules, gas prices (to the public) could reduce, easing the pressure ever so slightly.

100% a consequence of the way the UK's political & electoral systems work, giving a majoritarian government on the largest minority of votes, whereby that particular constituency is dominated by the wealthiest classes that live in the south eastern corner of Britain and so dominate the political agenda. This has been going on a very long time. It skews Welsh politics enormously. The vast majority of us look at the way things work and we think to ourselves "not the Tories". So we think "What's the alternative?" And the answer usually comes back "Labour". I don't believe that if Wales were a State in its' own right that Labour would have enjoyed a 100 year majority here. They're not particularly great. Would we have nationalised public services in an independent Wales? Seems like there's more appetite for it here than elsewhere. AFAIC the UK does not work. But I have been persuaded of the benefits of countries forming unions in light of the Brexit vote and the nature of the Welsh border so I am open to replacing the UK with a new British Union. Surely we cannot continue as we are?
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https://twitter.com/davesumnersmith/status/1625041382514499584?t=cLui0KZdydK1ac1wdzzeXA&s=19

This is what I don't understand , there is no reason for us not to be paying the same as the rest Europe 
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This £3.3 billion profit during a period of time where people are having to decide where they eat of turn on their heating is just sickening.  These profits are on the back of not having to do anything other than cashing in on the war in Ukraine and subsequent gas oil and energy crisis.
The CEO is now in line to receive a £1.6 million pound bonus on top of his already substantial salary.
Centrica is in essence the previously government owned British Gas.  If it was still in the hands of the government then we would have had more control over the unit cost of gas and as a result millions of people wouldn’t be in the situation that they find themselves in.  Instead, we have private companies making sickening profits and paying out more in dividends to shareholders than they do in tax and investment in renewable energy sources etc.
They were saying on the news this morning that due to the stupid competition rules of business (agreed by the government), British Gas is not allowed to sell its gas off cheaper to their customers or other gas suppliers (as it breaks competition rules).  Just by changes the rules, gas prices (to the public) could reduce, easing the pressure ever so slightly.
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does anyone really understand how this windfall tax works and for how long? Their profits are obscene
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Oracle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 February 2023 at 10:54am
I don't think my mate was looking to make a profit as such , his attitude was ..I'm not giving those thieving bastards any of my hard earned money , which is ironic has he has just spent 14 months under his majesty's control for tax avoidance ....
Btw don't mention some ex Tory minister who had a bad memory to him 
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