Rolls Royce mini reactors are not forecast to come on stream before 2029 which probably means much later. There is the new full size reactor at Hinckley which is well underway

Probably would've been better for the replacement power station to be finished before the old one is switched off.

The problems of having a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

It goes back way further than 2010-15. The last Nuclear Power Station in the UK was Sizewell B, commissioned in the eighties and in service c1995.

Useful primer here on the dash for gas etc:

www.imeche.org/policy-and-press/from-our-perspecti...t

Without starting a new topic useful article here on wood chip biomass which replaces fossil fuel. May be not so green after all

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59546278

Everything appears "green" when its buried in a subsidy, you only have to look at electric cars. Wealthy middle-class businessmen running around in £80-£100K Teslas with a nice £5K subsidy and 0% BIK (I know this has changed recently, but BIK is still only 2% IIRC)?

Without starting a new topic useful article here on wood chip biomass which replaces fossil fuel. May be not so green after all

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59546278

The UK government uses it as it reduces the UK's carbon output despite it being no better than using coal. The way countries account for their pollution needs to be changed as it's nonsense how it works now.

<< Politicians and their underlings not planning for future needs, doing a terrible job of it and/or backing the wrong (proverbial) horse - who'd thunk it? >>

Let's all remember that politicians are no better or worse than the rest of us, so we should not realistically expect anything more of them. I can't tell what will happen in 10 years, never mind 25. If they always allowed for unlimited expansion we would all refuse to pay for it.

A proficient politician should realise when their personal'professional knowledge or understanding is lacking and be able to use/find sources who do and be relied upon to be trustworthy, honourable and straight-talking.

That most would rather take 'advice' from people they have either no clue about, they don't trust or worse still, don't care but just want someone to blame if it all goes pear-shaped is a damning indictment of politics, especially that of the last 25-30 years.

Most of us in work can reasonably determine who to trust for advice and who not to (for whatever reason, not just technical competency), and to me, that is one of the main criteria for being a politician - decent delegation and judging the facts to then make credible decisions on policy and stand by them.

That most (of all hues) seemingly cannot, and those that can are often deliberately sidelined preceisely because they speak plainly / honestly and don't bulls*** their way up the greasey pole is also not a great advertisement for modern politics.

Those in power appear to care more about 'playing the game' and short-term hollow victories (often via the media who aren't representative of the wider public, especially now) rather than the final outcome means for important issues like this, we are seemingly doomed unless things change, and very soon.

I think the said could certainly be said of large tracts of the Civil Service (especially at management level), big business and the media, all of which, helped by the public's blase attitude to much of government workings / decision making, has got us in the terrible situation we now find ourselves in as regards a lack of energy security and high prices - not just the pandemic.

There are lots of reasonable things we can do - unfortunately those able to help facilitate this aren't in the position to get it done becuase they don't kow-tow to those in charge or with significant influence, and/or are incorruptable as regards ethics that are seemingly a pre-requisite to modern political, media or business life.