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    Britain Freezes to death

    oh dear.

    Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Britain is freezing to death

    Looks like the severe winters will get worse over the next 10 years.

    ...anyway the government is planning a massive investment in wind turbines so that should help.
    I'm alright Jack

    #2
    What about homeless people, or aren't they including in the mortality figures? They must be pretty tough, as I see them sitting on the cold pavement in -10 C weather. Where do they go at night?

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      #3
      Surely the turbines can be used to blow the cold weather back to Siberia.
      Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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        #4
        Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
        Surely the turbines can be used to blow the cold weather back to Siberia.
        Only 20% of the time. The other 80% will have to be done by Combined Cycle Gas Turbines. Oh yes, and a load of your taxes.
        If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.

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          #5
          Countries like India and China are putting fast breeder and Thorium reactors on-line currently, and if that comes off we will be laughing for hundreds or perhaps thousands of years. Except when it comes to buying Thorium off India maybe. I do hope our next generation of nuclear reactors will be of a type that can be easily converted to using Thorium.

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            #6
            Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
            Countries like India and China are putting fast breeder and Thorium reactors on-line currently, and if that comes off we will be laughing for hundreds or perhaps thousands of years. Except when it comes to buying Thorium off India maybe. I do hope our next generation of nuclear reactors will be of a type that can be easily converted to using Thorium.
            Agreed. Maybe the ~£1b we gave India might be better spent if we decided to follow the Thorium route instead of turning the country into a glorified hairdressing saloon.
            Last edited by hyperD; 6 December 2010, 15:51. Reason: Looked up true cost of donation
            If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.

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              #7
              There's no demand for nuclear power stations in the UK. We've got more than enough weapons grade material.

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                #8
                Originally posted by hyperD View Post
                Agreed. Maybe the £8m we gave India might be better spent if we decided to follow the Thorium route instead of turning the country into a glorified hairdressing saloon.
                £8m? A good fraction of a £billion over a few years isn't it?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                  £8m? A good fraction of a £billion over a few years isn't it?
                  Yes I changed it because I thought it was too much, but I quickly checked up and it's about a billion over 3 years...
                  If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by hyperD View Post
                    Yes I changed it because I thought it was too much, but I quickly checked up and it's about a billion over 3 years...
                    To be fair that's a drop in the ocean compared to the billions we took off them over the centuries. Not for nothing did all the aristocracy go to India to "make their fortune".
                    I sometimes think if we had been like Germany, who didn't have much of an empire and therefore a captive market, perhaps we'd be less lazy, have made better stuff and be more able to pay our way in the world now.
                    Hard Brexit now!
                    #prayfornodeal

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