Posted on 12/11/2009 7:45:32 PM PST by Lorianne
Part of the problem is that, as in many areas, old single-family houses have been torn down and turned into multiple blocks of flats and new homes have been built in back gardens as part of Two Jags' plan to concrete over the green belt in the 'snobby' Tory south. Electricity capacity has struggled to keep up with demand and the National Grid is held together with chewing gum. With Labour's open-door immigration policy putting Britain's burgeoning population on course for a Black-Hole-Of-Calcutta nightmare of 70 million, things can only get worse. Already, the electricity watchdog, Ofgem, is warning that we can expect Seventies-style rolling power cuts in the next four years. We face a 40 per cent capacity shortfall as eight out of our remaining nine nuclear power stations and a further nine coal and gasfired plants are due to close imminently. Britain urgently needs at least 22 new power stations. Only nuclear can plug the gap, but the Government - in thrall to the juvenile green lobby - is dragging its feet. Meanwhile, the ludicrous Miliband Minor plans instead to litter the countryside with another 7,000 War-Of-The-Worlds wind turbines at up to £3 million a pop, even though there is not a snowball's chance in hell of these generating enough electricity to meet our demand. This is the reality behind the 'Flat Earth' posturing of the self-righteous carbon warriors in Copenhagen this week. If all the demands of the eco-mentalists are met, the consequences will be disastrous, both for the global economy and modern life as we know it. Now we understand why Call Me Dave stuck a windmill on his roof. He knew something we didn't. Well, we do now. I have seen the future. It is dark and goes beep.
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Dear UK: you actually have people who are named Call Me Dave?
Weird
I`ve seen the future, I can`t afford it
Tell me the truth sir, someone just bought it
Say mr. whispers! Here come the click of dice
Roulette and blackjacks - gonna build us a paradise
Larger than life and twice as ugly
If we have to live there, you`ll have to drug me
Maybe these luxuries can only compensate
For all the cards you were dealt at the hands of fate
So tell me
Tell me! tell me! How to be a millionaire
Tell me! tell me! How to be a millionaire!
Millionaire! Billionaire! Trillionaire!
Hardly surprising if you might consider
Loyalties go to the highest of bidders
What`s my opinion? I`d give you ten to one
Give me a million, a franchise on fun
But there are millions who often get nowhere
And there`s just one secret I think you should share
Maybe these luxuries can only compensate
For all the cards you were dealt at the hands of fate
So tell me
Tell me! tell me! How to be a millionaire
Tell me! tell me! How to be a millionaire!
Who wants to be millionaire?
I do! - I don`t! - I do!
Who wants to be millionaire?
I do! - I don`t!
I`ve seen the future and I can`t afford it
Why not? We have a Some Call Me Tim...
When the SHTF he needs to either bug out or fort up, big time.
When the SHTF he needs to either bug out or fort up, big time.
The Brits may have their issues, but any culture that uses words like “knackered” isn’t all bad...
Littlejohn is right up there with Steyn. Both fantastic writers.
David Cameron, British Conservative.
He reminds me of Steyn as well. Great wits both of them.
Civil strife will solve any Malthusian issues, just give it some time. (And arm yourself!)
I’ve seen the future and seems to be just like the present only longer
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