Dave's dance was either Bob Hope Road to Strictly with Dorothy Lamour or Eric Morecambe!
My vote was for Abbey - why no standing ovation?
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Showing posts with label Dave. Show all posts
Saturday, 26 October 2013
Monday, 21 October 2013
Hooray for New Nuclear Power Station at Hinkley Point - No to Asserby Windfarm
I'm against Windfarms and Nuclear but in this case I think we've got a good deal for the New Hinkley point Power station from EDF and the Chinese.
Forget for now my anti- Nuclear stance for another day. In this case I think the £92.50 per Megawatt hour they will get. Remember this is not until 2023. Quite probably the price of electricity will have doubled by then. the wholesale price is£50 per MWH right now. It has doubled in the last 10 years and this power station is about 10years late due to the last Governments dithering and the Dash-for-gas - which is why we're in a pickle now.
WE NEED THE POWER.
IT WILL ONLY GIVE US 7% (Less than a tenth what we need). What else will they build?
Compared to Wind Energy which is unreliable at least this will give us a reliable decent chunk.
Don;t forget that £92.50 per MWH
WINDFARMS already get £100 per MWH and £155 per MWH if they're at sea. This payment is index linked until 2037. No wonder all these wind turbines are going up. Its not to power Britain just to make the Landowners very rich.
Who's complaining about that?
Not to forget that Windfarms get paid for NOT Generating electricity - now what about that!
Who's is complaining that they get over £200 per MWH when NOT generating electricity. these are known as Constraint payments and are perfectly legal under current (daft) rules.
Windfarms get the wholesale price for selling their electricity plus 1 ROC on land, 2 ROCs at sea.
When the Grid doesn't want their electricity, for example when its WINDY and WARM in summer they CHARGE compensation to the GRID but can get £220 per MWH.
Is this not JUST PLAIN STUPID?
Complain to Dave about this. Tell him to cut the ROCS and build proper power stations. Or does he just like to be plain sCameron?
We're not fooled.
Forget for now my anti- Nuclear stance for another day. In this case I think the £92.50 per Megawatt hour they will get. Remember this is not until 2023. Quite probably the price of electricity will have doubled by then. the wholesale price is£50 per MWH right now. It has doubled in the last 10 years and this power station is about 10years late due to the last Governments dithering and the Dash-for-gas - which is why we're in a pickle now.
WE NEED THE POWER.
IT WILL ONLY GIVE US 7% (Less than a tenth what we need). What else will they build?
Compared to Wind Energy which is unreliable at least this will give us a reliable decent chunk.
Don;t forget that £92.50 per MWH
WINDFARMS already get £100 per MWH and £155 per MWH if they're at sea. This payment is index linked until 2037. No wonder all these wind turbines are going up. Its not to power Britain just to make the Landowners very rich.
Who's complaining about that?
Not to forget that Windfarms get paid for NOT Generating electricity - now what about that!
Who's is complaining that they get over £200 per MWH when NOT generating electricity. these are known as Constraint payments and are perfectly legal under current (daft) rules.
Windfarms get the wholesale price for selling their electricity plus 1 ROC on land, 2 ROCs at sea.
When the Grid doesn't want their electricity, for example when its WINDY and WARM in summer they CHARGE compensation to the GRID but can get £220 per MWH.
Is this not JUST PLAIN STUPID?
Complain to Dave about this. Tell him to cut the ROCS and build proper power stations. Or does he just like to be plain sCameron?
We're not fooled.
Monday, 29 October 2012
Scrap Child Benefit?
All this fuss over Child Benefit? Why should folk on over £50k get ANY benefits? Come to that surely only the poorest should get any benefits. We seem to have unlimited benefits in this country, why? Surely we shouldn't just keep paying out for unlimited children?
child Benefit
My answer? Limit child Benefit to the first 3 children. We do need children for society to develop. After all as we get older and retire who do you think works and generates the wealth to keep us in our old age?
Conversely why should people get used to living on handouts? If the Government is paying you to live then just like those who work to live - ALL INCOME SHOULD BE TAXED!
So if you're on a low income you pay less or no tax. The more you get the more you pay in TAX. Seems fair?
What makes me cross is where has the commitment to help married couples? If only one works then he/she should share their Tax allowances since its a JOINT income. One person not working allows someone else to have a job opportunity instead of everyone working putting kids in care.Better to have mum or dad looking after them?
child Benefit
My answer? Limit child Benefit to the first 3 children. We do need children for society to develop. After all as we get older and retire who do you think works and generates the wealth to keep us in our old age?
Conversely why should people get used to living on handouts? If the Government is paying you to live then just like those who work to live - ALL INCOME SHOULD BE TAXED!
So if you're on a low income you pay less or no tax. The more you get the more you pay in TAX. Seems fair?
What makes me cross is where has the commitment to help married couples? If only one works then he/she should share their Tax allowances since its a JOINT income. One person not working allows someone else to have a job opportunity instead of everyone working putting kids in care.Better to have mum or dad looking after them?
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Gay Marriage again
Why do we have keep going on and on about Gay Marriage? There are much more important issues for the Government to consider. For example when is someone (Government) going to challenge Syria about its Human Rights vioaltions? The UN seem impotent, merely forever draing lines in the sand.
Anyway, I suport Gay Marriage mainly because if Gay people can marry and why not? it strenghthens MARRIAGE surely?
The Government should consider spending half the time it does on Gay Marriage on traditional Marriage! If they dod this and brought in the promised Tax advantages to marriage (Gay as well) we would perhaps end up with a better society.
2 people who commit to each other and make a legal contract must be supported. In the end why should non-married people have rights that Married people get? Surely that's the point of Marriage. To get the rights you have to have a contract. That is how law works in all areas.
So if they allow Gay marriage it must follow that they support traditional Marriage. So lets go for it.
Come on David, stop discriminating against non-Gay people.
Anyway, I suport Gay Marriage mainly because if Gay people can marry and why not? it strenghthens MARRIAGE surely?
The Government should consider spending half the time it does on Gay Marriage on traditional Marriage! If they dod this and brought in the promised Tax advantages to marriage (Gay as well) we would perhaps end up with a better society.
2 people who commit to each other and make a legal contract must be supported. In the end why should non-married people have rights that Married people get? Surely that's the point of Marriage. To get the rights you have to have a contract. That is how law works in all areas.
So if they allow Gay marriage it must follow that they support traditional Marriage. So lets go for it.
Come on David, stop discriminating against non-Gay people.
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