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Michael Shanks mocked for renewables boast as Labour eye new North Sea oil fields

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9d ago Among the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958 were humanists Bertrand Russell, J.B. Priestley, Ritchie Calder, Michael Foot, and Alex Comfort. Russell was the organisation's fi… +2.5
10d ago Review of National Policy Statements for Nuclear Energy Infrastructure. Statement made by Michael Shanks on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero https://questions-statements.pa… ×2 +1.0
10d ago On his podcast Inside Trump’s Brain, NY Times bestselling author Michael Wolff claimed that Trump did not understand what was inside the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal signed under Obama. Wolff said … -3.0
9d ago Will former Modern Studies teacher and Labour Junior Minister for Energy now accept this final demolition of the case for nuclear energy from the London-based top medical journal in the world and a… -3.0
9d ago I remember when Chernobyl happened. I had a newly weaned little baby and worrying about the cow’s milk that I was now giving her. I was in CND at the time and we were all hoping that our then Tory … -5.5
9d ago The Labour WM government also wants to bypass the Scottish government refusal of building/updating nuclear power plants in Scotland where more electricity is produced by green, renewable energy sou… -1.0
9d ago Vulnerable Minorities: We need money for welfare, the disabled and pensioners to be able to live Labour: Sorry we have to cut those because there's not enough money. Department of Defence: We nee… -5.0
9d ago Love em or hate em, & I can see why both ways from the Left, Labour are already getting more useful stuff done in 2 years, than the European Research Group quasi-Mafia did in 14. While dealing w… +2.0
10d ago Though we still make "big stuff" like ships, nuclear reactors, aeroplanes, etc. Just not using so many people as we once had to. Pining for the days of manual labour we once had is not realistic. … +1.0
8d ago 🧵 1/2 · Gadi Eisenkot warns that Israel must do everything possible to prevent Iran from becoming another North Korea, calling it a massive failure for the region and the world. He believes Iran is… -6.0
8d ago If we ever went to war with North Korea for example, the smartest thing they could do is launch nukes into space to destroy military sats. But that'll also destroy or fry a lot of other sats and we… -6.0
9d ago One fact about US nukes. Only three are in unaccounted for. One is buried deep in North Carolina protected by federal law with no amount of digging finding it. Second Western Pacific, an A4 on aler… -4.0
9d ago [Q] Should we attack North Korea? A lot of bad things are happening there. ( Also said about Iraq by a person here on the board ) [A] The prickly problem of North Korea probably having nukes could… -7.0
9d ago The war in Korea never got resolved. South & North Korea are still at war today, just with a mined-to-heck DMZ separating the two and both sides bristling with nuclear weapons in an uneasy stand-of… -4.0
9d ago Prof Andy Blowers: "What drilling in the North Sea and building a few nuclear power stations does do is divert attention and resources from the pressing and fundamental need to press ahead with the… -3.5
9d ago Moral bankruptcy How abuse of UN Security Council veto powers prevents collective global action against pariah destroyers (possessing nuclear arms): While the USA protects Israel, Russia and Chin… -6.0
9d ago The US Navy detonated an "experimental explosion" today near Florida that registered as a 3.9M on the earthquake scales. I don't know what it was, but by comparison North Korea's first nuclear test… -1.5
9d ago The US Navy detonated an "experimental explosion" today that registered as a 3.9M on the earthquake sales. I don't know what it was, but by comparison North Korea's first nuclear test registered as… -1.5
9d ago I don't. But it registered 3.9M, which is pretty darn big. By comparison, North Korea's first nuke test was 4.3M. +0.5
9d ago 🇷🇺🗞️📰📌Across the thousand-year-old ice of the Arctic Ocean. The icebreaker "Arctic" can handle even five-meter ice blocks. The other day, a nuclear-powered vessel rescued the trapped scientific ve… +4.0
9d ago Ben, I told you, I didn't have time to hack the launch instructions from ChatGPT. We have to push nuclear annihilation until August unless you can get Tim to have North Korea lend him some. -9.5
9d ago The one built by North Anna Nuclear Station wanted a direct feed from the plant. That was shut down. But now that campus wants to dump its waste heat from cooling into the lake. North Anna 3 requir… -1.5
9d ago Is North Korea Pursuing a "Juche-Oriented" Nuclear Triad? - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea www.38north.org/2026/07/is-n... -2.0
9d ago After Iran war, North Korea’s nukes are an asset, not a burden, for China, says expert english.hani.co.kr/arti/english... -2.0
9d ago - Early CfDs did that. Recent CfDs do something different : they enable you to fund ~zero marginal cost, high capital cost generation - Agree that would have been a good choice in 2000, but we can’… -1.5
10d ago thats why i say north america. china has completely different market and cost concepts. i agree that china, SK have cheap nukes. we dont. until i see one in service, on budget.. they will remain s… -2.0
10d ago At least France's nukes doing better than north american wind turbines in this heat, which admittedly is a low bar drive.google.com/file/d/1tfGw... +1.5
10d ago first of all. .again with the substack. also Cold Air is NOTORIOUSLY unreliable. that dude hasnt found a wind/solar system he doesnt like. you still cant point to a cost effective nuke. because the… -4.5
10d ago fine. again.. you are welcome to show me a cost effective nuclear plant in North America. we both know the current outlook is awful. they have been hideously expensive for utilities and rate payers. -6.0
10d ago because of the cost? show me a cost effective nuclear power plant in north america? -2.5

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