Climate Swoop

[biffvernon]

Climate Swoop

Vote on whether to go for Drax or Ratcliffe on Soar.

http://www.thegreatclimateswoop.org/

 

[worms]

Biff,

I share your concern about coal burning, but I am not sure that the link you have posted actually gives people sufficient information to make an informed choice.

Yes, I would want both coal-fired stations to close and yes, opting for the bigger to go first would be great, but I think it is reasonable to be given info on the electricity output of the two so that we can compare the electricity output per million tonnes of CO2.

I'm also not entirely clear about the phrase "largest investor owned power company". If the Drax Group is a PLC, then it too is investor-owned. Probably by big investment funds (which might include my employer's pension fund). How does the balance of onwership differ between the two companies? Again more info on this is really needed before anyone can do more than make an uninformed knee-jerk response.

 

[biffvernon]

If you really want to know the answer to all those questions I expect a little Googling will do it - but hey! - this is just a semi-frivolous, publicity-seeking way of deciding where the next high profile climate protest will take place. Nobody is going to actually shut down either power station. The mighty forces of the powers that be will see to that. This is about putting pressure on the government to enable it to fight hard at Copenhgagen in December. The government needs to be able to say "Look at what our public are demanding - we must have a good agreement or there will be trouble".

 

[skier-hughes]

The government needs to be able to say "Look at what our public are demanding - we must have a good agreement or there will be trouble".

This is the best bit.

 

[Lime]

The government needs to be able to say "Look at what our public are demanding - we must have a good agreement or there will be trouble".

This is the best bit.

Or the worst.

The public are not demanding anything.
The demands are that turkeys (the general public) vote for Christmas.