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From: 'Hog on 6 Dec 2009 15:54 Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 19:51:16 -0000, "'Hog" > <sm911SPAM(a)hotmailCHIPS.co.uk> wrote: > > snip> > >> I think the UK still has the ability to design, build and run a safe >> industry. I don't say that based on the current UK nuclear sector, >> but on the offshore oil industry. Britain pretty much leads and if >> anything those have been tougher nuts to crack. > > I think it was last week the preliminary designs were approved for the > next generation of reactors but it might have been the week before. I > don't think we'll be seeing the unemployed figures dropping in the uk. Depressing isn't it. One thing the red^H^H^Greens are right about is that building a few massive stations and loosing 60% of the generated capacity in transmission losses is a ludicrous idea. And also huge stations are much harder to maintain and inevitably have more weaknesses. Years ago small reactor designs were evolved which are safe by shape and rather maintenance Lite. Well, you should be happy! -- 'Hog CO2 - Just hot air
From: Stupendous Man on 6 Dec 2009 16:56 >To be fair their (french) reactors seem safe and reliable compared to others... I wouldn't know about that, but French contributions to automotive technology are numerous. Pioneers like Panhard and Michelin. Cars like Minerva, Hispano, Citroen, (although the famous 2CV was based on Posche's designs when he was interned for war reparations). The French contributions to science include many names still used today as measurement systems, like Curie, Volta, Joule, etc. Alll of this was erased by Renault's "contribitions" to the Jeep Cherokee. -- Stupendous Man, Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
From: Adrian on 6 Dec 2009 16:59 "Stupendous Man" <spam(a)trap.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Citroen, (although the famous 2CV was based on Posche's designs when he > was interned for war reparations) ....? First I've heard of that.
From: Adrian on 6 Dec 2009 17:00 Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Citroen, (although the famous 2CV was based on Posche's designs when he >> was interned for war reparations) > ...? > > First I've heard of that. A quick google suggests those rumours are strongest around the Renault 4cv.
From: platypus on 6 Dec 2009 17:50
Adrian wrote: > "Stupendous Man" <spam(a)trap.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >> Citroen, (although the famous 2CV was based on Posche's designs when >> he was interned for war reparations) > > ...? > > First I've heard of that. It's bollocks. The 2CV was a pre-war design, as any fule kno. |