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Graham Walker
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Previously @ Petrologica
Alum University of Essex

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A screenshot from SimCity with a line of residential zones running north to south
September 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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This is how a blog about nuclear begins, where it neglects to mention what actual experts in this field think: that these nukes were built with minimal oversight, often for dual use with weapons, and were thus massively overpriced and unoptimised for power production.
Blog post titled "Britain is a consultation nation" subtitled "the government is right to rein in consultation." Article begins: Britain used to be good at building nuclear power stations. *Really* good. We built the world's first - and then another ten within a decade for good measure. As late as 1965, Britain had more nuclear power stations than the rest of the world combined.
August 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Indeed. Picking out the para that concludes it "could" damage Socioeconomic matters including Welsh does seem rather selective, though, given others use language like "weigh substantially against". See my pics below.

Full report here:

infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/wp-content/i...
However, and despite the Applicant's commitment to continued dialogue with the UK govt, given the reason provided for the suspension of the Wylfa Newydd project, there remains in the ExA's view, considerable uncertainty regarding the overall funding for the proposal and the extent to which the private sector alone can, or is prepared to accept, the business risk to fund it. The ExA advises that the proposed development does not conform to Article 8 (c) to (e) of the UNEPC on Biological Diversity 1992. The ExA advises that terrestrial ecology and biodiversity are matters which should weigh substantially against the order being made. Key passage: the ExA is of the view that the applicant has not demonstrated that there is no alternative to delivering some aspects of the proposed development Summarising: while "individual elements...and the project overall" meets policy tests, the ExA "cannot, due to the impact upon designated sites, make the conclusion for good design for the project overall. On balance the ExA concludes that the applicant would therefore not follow good deisng principles, and this should be given limited weight against the application"
February 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Yes, Megan, this but unironically, that's exactly what was happening in both those instances.
McArdle: "After all, *they* were participating in an innocent ceremony, while Musk was *obviously* doing something much more sinister."
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Probably this one is worse in that it was out of date years before the report was published in 2019 (exact phrase appears on page 210 of this pdf tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/ark...

and also on this 2006 website:

www.energyandcapital.com/the-worlds-l...
October 27, 2023 at 9:58 AM