The smart operator has dried out and rebooted his smartphone. ;):D

Ooh, Linc – there’s a question. I think you’ll find a good cross-section in the film thread but a very wide range of films from comedy, to serious drama. I have loved film all my life so my taste is broad – I suppose anything which is well produced and well acted and that includes dozens of foreign, mainly European films. I would probably have a limited interest in the swashbuckling hero type of film, especially if it romanticised a true story, which I suppose brings us neatly back to Braveheart.:)

As I said it’s wandered off in so many directions that there is no real debate. You could say 7 I could say 10. So what? No one knows………so no tail just bored.
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Good man, Ringo. The reason I am sure that it will end up in Mr Huhne’s lap is firstly because the government has too much at stake in its binding commitments to the EU emission targets which are set in stone, to risk losing a project and secondly the energy companies make so much money out of them that they will keep appealing. It is certainly a David and Goliath fight, that’s for sure.

I am no longer affected so hold no brief either way but I cannot find fault with Skymonster’s logic. There should surely be a check for everyone, as there already is, and it should be a proper check. If it is not what is the point of it?

The random check, by its very nature and statistical probability will let someone through who should have been stopped. How is the risk assessment calculated?Is it calculated? What are the weaknesses of the normal checks?

It all seems very hit and miss and highly unsatisfactory for everyone, I should have thought. So there is clearly a statistical chance that the passenger next to you, who was not randomly checked, is a risk. How does that make any sense?

I would just add a footnote to that last point. There will certainly be no statistics available but I could guarantee that there is a far greater energy wastage in the public sector and the industrial sector than by domestic users. At least in the public sector regulations can and should be enforced to minimise wastage.

Propstrike – I understand and wholly endorse your comments. From what ozplane’s friend is saying there will be much more posting to this thread as the weeks go by. I will await developments with great interest.

Isn’t the Secretary of Sate the final arbiter? In Mr Huhne you have none other Mr Wind himself, so the chances of rejection are slim indeed. But do your homework, Ringo, the more facts as to the inefficiency of turbines and the hidden costs of subsidy, added to the arguments I am sure you are accumulating will at least make nit more difficult for the proposal to be given the go-ahead.