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Sadiq Khan has an office. What temperature is considered to be the minimum for him and his staff to work in, that he wants to make unaffordable for the people of London, who have to pay his heating bill?
golf charlie
"What happens when you stop people burning coal ?"
Well, if Aussie Labour bully boy Jay Weatherill's South Australia is an example (and it's clear that it is...) - electricity prices likely double....
tomo
I predict a future in running illicit "biomass", late at night to the shivering people!! Might be worth investing in trees...I mean biomass structures eh?
Mailman
Its not wood, its biomass.
Mailman
What happens when you stop people burning coal ?
Do you think that makes them burn more wood instead...
stewgreen
We know how they work
They fire up the outrage bus on one topic
..then move on to another topic
Times : Now coal fires are Gove's enemy Sales of coal .. could be banned
" About 40 per cent of particulates in 2015 came from burning coal and wood in homes, more than double the proportion from diesel cars. A wood-burning stove can produce more particulates than an HGV. The stoves are increasingly popular in middle-class homes and hotels, with 1.5 million already fitted, and 200,000 sold annually. Old fireplaces have also been opened up in many houses and can cause greater pollution than stoves. During a smog episode in London last January, half the toxic emissions in some areas came from domestic wood burning. Mr Gove will call for evidence today on the use of house coal, smokeless coal, manufactured solid fuels and wood used for heating. He is considering banning the sale of house coal and only allowing low-sulphur smokeless alternatives.
... He may also encourage people to burn only dried wood. screenshot
..will reject demands for wood stoves to be banned
..This is partly a response to a plea from Sadiq Khan, the Labour mayor of London, for powers to prohibit all wood burning in areas of poor air quality. He is publishing it on the day Britain and eight other EU member states tell the European Commission why they continue to breach air quality rules. //
Yes 9 of the EU countries ..not just UK
..so diesel wasn't that bad then ?
stewgreen
The multiple company wheeze is being used by loads of companies and even councils. It stops all sorts of problems for the crooks. Limited liability, no massive pension scheme, no bulk of employees who can unionise or attract the interest of the media if they're mistreated. Money is filtered where the parent company wants it by selling services to the front end. If the front end gets sued or go bust the money has long since moved to a company or person who is separated from the fallout. No bad press, no public investigation.
TinyCO2
Tomo; those multiple company registrations by windfarmers....my immediate suspicion is of an accounting dodge, as you say. It might be a cynical dodge to keep liabilities and claims away from the parent company by setting up a little stand-alone outfit for each project whose only asset is the windfarm itself. A hefty debt burden and a lifetime service contract tied to the supplier at fat rates might be part of the structure. Colour me cynical.
Philip Bratby knows a lot about these projects: it would be interesting to hear his views.
mikeh
The EU today demanded that Britain signs up to Brussel's laws and free movement rules. .Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Barnier? here
Kleinefeldmaus
@tomo, Jan 29, 2018 at 12:53 PM
Isn't that the equivalent of illegal state aid?