[SPUGGIE J]

With the amount of hours I am doing at work I might as well take my bed there. Not so long ago I worked out how much electric I was using and cost wise ove the year it was about £6 odds a week and about half that for gas.
Now I dont have a clue about how many megawatt hours, cubic metres or therms that is but it shocked many people I know as some were 3 to four time that and they stayed on their own.

To losing powerstations I would lose the belchers before the nukes dispite the problems with nukes are there the coal fired ones are worse. Before people take a shot over this it seems its easier to hit nukes because of the waste they produce and the danger of radiation, yet apart from the smoke from a coal fired who else has had the joys of being around the other waste products from these places? Having spent in the 90's 5 years in a belcher I have an idea.

[quote] Before anyone thinks it, I am not hankering for the days of steam. The steam engine is notoriously inefficient, although it could be improved but sadly not enough to justify bringing the powerful stream engine back into service. Mind you it does have a character all of its own.[quote]
Very true but what about the coal polution from heating the water to make steam to run it? Gas powered maybe the boiler then? The d.e's would be poluting as well as they rely on an int comb motor to get the running juice.

Cant comment on the loss part but suspect it could be more.