Nuclear Madness
May 18th 2017, 7:18 am
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Re: Nuclear Madness
https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en...76/Agorameter/
Jun 9th 2017, 8:37 am
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Re: Nuclear Madness
"[On 7th June 2017] Renewables alone – wind, solar, biomass and hydro – also set another record for generation, reaching about 18.7 gigawatts at the same time. This represented about 50.7 per cent of demand, and is enough to supply about 13.5 million homes with electricity."
National Grid Control Room
That was at 1pm. On a weekday.
Solar, wind and nuclear power each provide more electricity than gas and coal combined for first time | The Independent
National Grid Control Room
That was at 1pm. On a weekday.
Solar, wind and nuclear power each provide more electricity than gas and coal combined for first time | The Independent
Jun 11th 2017, 12:53 pm
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Re: Nuclear Madness
Doesn't matter now, the UK is locked in to a contract to guarantee future prices.
Jul 17th 2017, 8:02 am
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Re: Nuclear Madness
Re the new Hinkley Point, well I've just watched The Simpsons and realised it's a load of bollocks. Who would put a load of funny yellow people in charge of running a nuclear power station?
Jul 17th 2017, 9:53 am
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Re: Nuclear Madness
Well done, you've combined abject racism with fake facts. Whilst admittedly your post is in The Sand Pit, racist and inaccurate posts add ****-all to the debate, and say nothing about the situation but a lot about you.
Jul 17th 2017, 9:54 am
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Jul 17th 2017, 10:00 am
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Re: Nuclear Madness
The whole world will break a contract. Except the UK.
We could learn a thing or two from the Chinese. Wiggle our way out of the contract no matter how blatant it is and if they protest just point at what they're doing with the HK treaty....
We could learn a thing or two from the Chinese. Wiggle our way out of the contract no matter how blatant it is and if they protest just point at what they're doing with the HK treaty....
Jul 17th 2017, 2:06 pm
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It's meant to be a humorous anecdote don'tcha know.
Jul 19th 2017, 10:26 am
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Jul 19th 2017, 3:00 pm
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Jul 19th 2017, 4:50 pm
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Re: Nuclear Madness
Usual script in the construction industry: Contractor underprices several projects in order to survive, things go horribly wrong, goes into administration, quickly followed by liquidation, quickly followed by a fire sale of any assets, which are bought by a new company with a similar sounding name and a similar senior management team, who then tender to complete the original projects, which are now massively over budget and two years late.
Clients realise that they are left holding the bag, once that the lawyers for the Administrator point out that the Performance Bonds that said Clients paid for, and the Parent Company Guarantees that they thought were in place, are not worth the paper that they are written on.
Clients realise that they are left holding the bag, once that the lawyers for the Administrator point out that the Performance Bonds that said Clients paid for, and the Parent Company Guarantees that they thought were in place, are not worth the paper that they are written on.
Jul 20th 2017, 3:09 am
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Re: Nuclear Madness
Usual script in the construction industry: Contractor underprices several projects in order to survive, things go horribly wrong, goes into administration, quickly followed by liquidation, quickly followed by a fire sale of any assets, which are bought by a new company with a similar sounding name and a similar senior management team, who then tender to complete the original projects, which are now massively over budget and two years late.
Clients realise that they are left holding the bag, once that the lawyers for the Administrator point out that the Performance Bonds that said Clients paid for, and the Parent Company Guarantees that they thought were in place, are not worth the paper that they are written on.
Clients realise that they are left holding the bag, once that the lawyers for the Administrator point out that the Performance Bonds that said Clients paid for, and the Parent Company Guarantees that they thought were in place, are not worth the paper that they are written on.
Jul 20th 2017, 9:16 am
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Jul 20th 2017, 5:19 pm
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Jul 21st 2017, 3:02 am
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Re: Nuclear Madness
I cite Carillion and HS2 as a prime example, your honour.
In all my time in construction I have never experienced an instruction to under-price fixed price contracts, perhaps in re-measurable works with the scope for variations there are guys going in on zero margin for turnover but certainly not under any fixed circumstances.
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