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[sbbefc]

Was riding in Wales last weekend around Trawsfyndd nuclear power station - first gen magnox and I think the only one in the UK on a lake. Decommissioning proceeds apace - should be complete 2083.
Was reading that the second gen AGR design is now considered one of the most expensive failures of UK infrastructure spend / planning ever. Set back the UK nuclear industry a decade, before the mass hysteria of the 80s killed it for good (in terms of UK being a technical and engineering leader in nuclear, which it should have been given the start it had).

Off topic. The Llanuwchllyn /Trawsfynydd road is a great route.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Off topic. The Llanuwchllyn /Trawsfynydd road is a great route.

I was on the MTB at Coed y Brenin down the road, but yeah lovely road riding round there. Saw a lot of roadies doing the dam climb above Blaenau Ffestiniog - pretty hard pitch for the UK. 300m and steep in parts.

 

[sbbefc]

I was on the MTB at Coed y Brenin down the road, but yeah lovely road riding round there. Saw a lot of roadies doing the dam climb above Blaenau Ffestiniog - pretty hard pitch for the UK. 300m and steep in parts.

Yeah done the dam climb. Epic scenery up there.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

United Utilities have basically poisoned an area near Stockport which has prevented tree planting and creation / reclaiming green space for public use:

Sewage-soaked field stops creation of new woodland in Greater Manchester

Plans to create green space cancelled because soil contamination levels pose risk to human health

www.theguardian.com

Shocking. Unbelievable that these utilities companies are given license to do this sort of thing.

 

[dublinbluenose]

This years storms will be scary and frequent

 

[Walken]

This years storms will be scary and frequent

Quite simply, we have shifted several planetary cycles and there is now more energy within earth. It has to go somewhere.

 

[orchard]

@wm02

Any chance of a low-down on the implications for the graph above and the other recent NOAA reports, especially regarding AMOC for the UK/Europe and US please?

 

[dublinbluenose]

@wm02

Any chance of a low-down on the implications for the graph above and the other recent NOAA reports, especially regarding AMOC for the UK/Europe and US please?

It'd be impossible to be specific, all you can be sure of is there will be a lot more energy in the atmosphere due to heat and in turn moisture.

 

[orchard]

It'd be impossible to be specific, all you can be sure of is there will be a lot more energy in the atmosphere due to heat and in turn moisture.

Cheers. I'm just wondering what NOAA modelling is currently predicting. Obviously nothing will happen until 2100.....

 

[wm02]

@wm02

Any chance of a low-down on the implications for the graph above and the other recent NOAA reports, especially regarding AMOC for the UK/Europe and US please?

Let me ask around. Currently, I’m working with finance/systems people within NOAA rather than scientists

 

[orchard]

Let me ask around. Currently, I’m working with finance/systems people within NOAA rather than scientists

Please. An analysis for simpletons would be great, I still haven't gotten over trying to digest the European extreme weather event explanation of mid February.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Apparently there's been a contractor death on the HS2 delivery - not made the press yet. H&SE investigating.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Huge oil and gas field absolutely going ahead (rosebank) and sadly in the main for export. Funny that.

 

[Walken]

Huge oil and gas field absolutely going ahead (rosebank) and sadly in the main for export. Funny that.

That an island nation cannot become a net provider of energy to itself is such a failure of policy.

 

[Rita_Poon]

That an island nation cannot become a net provider of energy to itself is such a failure of policy.

I see it as a success for the embarrassing greed of the spivs and cheats that have facilitated this harm across the entirety of the nation. "there's no such thing as society".