tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post4188169480077726858..comments2023-08-22T16:18:38.393+01:00Comments on Rail Thing - Friends of the S&D: templecombe shedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-15884674009044182602011-10-23T18:53:57.704+01:002011-10-23T18:53:57.704+01:00I think we all need to learn the technical terms u...I think we all need to learn the technical terms used by the oil industry and the watered down versions presented by politicians (who are convinced that we are all thick!) David Cameron was up in Scotland last week talking about these 'huge' finds in the North Sea which in reality amount to about 40 days' world useage (at today's rate!) yet extrapoloting from it a golden future for oil in the UK stretching out 2 or 3 generations forward! And even that's all spin if he's working on dodgy figures. He'd be better off investing those few billion pounds in new railways or at the very least promising the tax profits from this 'new' oil is spent on sustainable transport projects.<br /><br />As I said, politicians think we are thick!Steve Sainsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024394243500109831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-29451906176306033732011-10-23T18:31:56.677+01:002011-10-23T18:31:56.677+01:00I really like the idea of a transport engineering ...I really like the idea of a transport engineering centre - once you have a line that isnt electrified, there is not much choice in the carbon free transport market, or for tram-trains that are allowed to run on streets.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-15415218<br />Scotland energy minister says that we (maybe 'they' soon?) are halfway through north sea oil reserves. Read past the headline and first two paragraphs to see he is totally out - the industry thinks it is four-fiths gone, and the minister counts ALL reserves, not just extractablewillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298414522236556914noreply@blogger.com