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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (64695)	6/28/2006 12:08:32 AM
From: NOW	Respond to of 110194

agreed.

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (64695)	6/28/2006 2:53:46 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

Blair: UK Needs Nuclear Pwr LONDON (AP)--U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday he would need "a lot of convincing" to rule out nuclear power as part of the U.K.'s energy future. Giving his strongest hint yet that his government will embrace nuclear power, Blair told members of the British Society of Magazine Editors that the country needed a balanced energy program. "To take out of that nuclear power...is a very, very big step for us to take and I would need a lot of convincing that renewables are going to fill the gap," Blair said. Campaigners against nuclear power have accused Blair of prejudging the results of the government's review of energy policy. "There are some decisions on which I feel a really deep sense of responsibility as prime minister and I don't want a situation where people turn around in 15 to 20 years' time and say, 'What on Earth were they thinking of?"' Blair said. He said the country might end up in a position of running down its existing nuclear capacity hoping to rely on renewable energy but ending up depending "on very, very expensive imports of gas and oil." About 20% of the U.K.'s electricity is supplied by nuclear power. The government estimates that by 2020, one-third of the country's nuclear and coal-fired power stations will have to be shut down either because they will be too old to continue operating or they won't meet environmental standards. The government's review of energy policy, which began in November, is scheduled to be presented to Parliament next month. One part will recommend what the private energy sector should do to replace the power stations that are to be replaced. Building new nuclear power plants is one option. (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 27, 2006 12:27 ET (16:27 GMT)

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (64695)	6/28/2006 10:28:19 AM
From: ild	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

Patron, from Heinz: well, the truth is , i ALSO like to read Kuenstler, but i'm put off by the implicit demands for intervention. his colorful language is one of the reasons i like to read him now and then, but the totally apocalyptic vision is also a bit off-putting. imo if we're fated to go under due to peak oil (imo geological arguments for peak oil are very persuasive), then we should go under with dignity, and not under the jackboots of a police state. otoh, it seems far more likely to me that the market will come up with solutions to the problem. if we let it work, that is.