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Originally Posted by dellwear
The electorate are exactly the same though, they want results now and if they don;t see them then they slate the government. Seems to be a bit of a mind set really. Why people feel that policies have to be popular to work is beyond me.
I watched a program on Channel 4 the other night where the conclusion was that to halt global warning (or at lease our carbon emission's) we would need to switch to nuclear power. Many scientists are now coming back to this idea but can you imagine a government announcing this to the public? Even if it was the best thing for the world? No because they fear getting voted out. Look how many people protested over the war in Iraq and fox hunting!  Something like a wholesale switch to nuclear power (or the reversal of off shoreing) just isn't going to happen as its not popular enough. 
Oh and don't tell me the other party's would be any different because I we all know they wouldn't.  |
I never thought I'd entertain the idea of supporting a move back to nuclear power, but let's face it, in terms of atmospheric emissions it is a clean energy source. Yes, it produces highly toxic waste but that can be managed. Our technology, in managing the power stations themselves and their effluent, has improved drastically since the 1950s. We have a vast wind and wave energy resource in the British Isles but the infrastructure required in order to harness enough of it to take the place of just one or two conventional (coal/gas/nuke) power stations will be absolutely immense.
Hang on, I completely forgot this is a thread about outsourcing ...
