Posted on 01/07/2008 7:36:07 PM PST by Stoat
THE eye-watering hike in gas and electricity prices should tell us all that cheap energy is already a distant memory.
Britain is at the wrong end of a long and unreliable gas pipeline which starts in Russia and flows through countries which will put their own customers first.
Nuclear power is our only independent option.
We have already wasted too much precious time.
Unless we act fast, we may soon have to think twice before boiling a kettle or switching on the lights.
Looks like the ole Brits are smarter than us, or at least more realistic.
Now, if only we could get started ASAP in the USA.
This is what happens when one threatens a Brit's tea.
“We must not rely on other nations”
There is a message here.......
Good for the UK! Screw the Enviroweenie Luddites.
Good for them. I’ve already gotten to the point I turn off all the lights in the house. The kids are trained to never leave a room with the light on. I think the majority of my electric bill comes from running FreeRepublic =P
Maybe one day we’ll wake up and start doing the same. I have no problem charging an electric car if it costs me practically nothing to do so.
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Who’d have thought that the U.K. under Gordon Brown would have more sense about solving the power crisis than America?
Not really. They need the power to light up all the MOSQUES being proposed.
Well, if the British socialists are okay with nuclear power plants, the American left will be following like sheep soon after. And thats a good thing, I think.
Are the Germans still planning to shut down all their plants?
That was a really good one!!!LOL
But for the Radical lefty anti-nukers of the 1980’s — now ranting about global warming — we would be energy independent today and the Arab oilers would be far, far less strategically powerful.
Amazing none of the Republicans have hammered this point ....
This comes out on the same day that Gov. Corzine in New Jersey has his spokesmen come out and say that NJ will reach our greenhouse gas reduction goals by building one, if not two new nuclear power plants.
As reported by AP on Oct 30 from Lisbon, Portugal[NJs] Governor Corzine dashed across the Atlantic on Monday to join an international coalition that is waging a battle against global warming and to vault New Jersey into the forefront of the fight. Corzine signed onto a pact with Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain that supporters say confronts head-on the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. Other members of the new International Carbon Action Partnership are California, New York and British Columbia.
Agreed, but I urge caution. These proposals strike at the heart of the Left's dogma, and they will not likely go down without a fight. Regardless of the obvious clarity and commonsense nature of this new vision, there will be untold caterwauling over this and the weaker politicians may lose what little backbone they might be able to muster.
Hopefully the sane majority in Great Britain will give the embattled ministers a good amount of support, and we Yanks can help too.
Just as we can contact our American politicians and let them know how we feel (the immigration war of last summer proves that we CAN make a difference) we can also contact politicians across the Pond. I have done so in times past, and have found the office staff of UK Government power brokers to be extremely polite and courteous, and oftentimes delighted to get a call or an email from an American. They all know that the world is watching them on issues such as this, and even if we can't help with a vote or a campaign contribution, they are still appreciative of the moral support during times of animosity and political squabbling.
It's in our best interest for our British Friends to succeed on this, as that will give our weak-kneed politicians over here some extra courage to institute similar plans.
I will be delighted to support any such effort.
I think that Duncan Hunter has made some great pro-nuclear statements, or am I mistaken?
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