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brooksby wrote:

GMBasix wrote:

Agree with you.

It's a bit like George Monbiot defending nuclear power:  a bad day with nuclear power is better than a good day of coal power (DYOR; it's a metaphor not an EIA).

Similarly, Auntie's bad day is a whole lot better than the Daily Fail's g... does the DF have a good day?

IAF, a bad day with nuclear power leads to everyone being told to duck and cover, and cities being abandoned...

Would make them better to ride in, nuclear fallout is probably safer than Britain's drivers!

brooksby wrote:

GMBasix wrote:

Agree with you.

It's a bit like George Monbiot defending nuclear power:  a bad day with nuclear power is better than a good day of coal power (DYOR; it's a metaphor not an EIA).

Similarly, Auntie's bad day is a whole lot better than the Daily Fail's g... does the DF have a good day?

IAF, a bad day with nuclear power leads to everyone being told to duck and cover, and cities being abandoned...

not something that has happened on any nuclear plant in the UK or France. Something which could theoretically happen if you conduct experiments on a live power station as per Chernobyl.

Not even in the USA with low regulation.

Then there was the Fukishima incident caused by a tsuanmi flooding the deisel generators which were required to cool the reactor (even after shutting down)

Generally nuclear power has provided clean power safely to many millions of people, while coal power has caused climate warming which has impacted on the lives of hundreds of millions of people, without anything happening that was not intended.

Nuclear power is going to be part of the required energy mix unless we can significantly reduce our appetite for power

wycombewheeler wrote:

Nuclear power is going to be part of the required energy mix unless we can significantly reduce our appetite for power

Problem with nuclear power is storing all the waste - think about Gilgamesh storing his nuclear waste and it still be sitting there dangerously now...

brooksby wrote:

wycombewheeler wrote:

Nuclear power is going to be part of the required energy mix unless we can significantly reduce our appetite for power

Problem with nuclear power is storing all the waste - think about Gilgamesh storing his nuclear waste and it still be sitting there dangerously now...

Don't remember him using nuclear power in his battles with the smurfs.

Better to make it subscription only, so that them as wants it can 'ave it, and them as doesn't are not forced to pay for it or risk going to prison.

Secret_squirrel wrote:

Much water under the bridge since then unfortunately.  I do get why the Beeb behaves the way it does, and frankly its a good 100% better than the rest of the MSM in general, if only because it doesnt tend generate outrage for eyeballs.

Aren't you forgetting the recent incident of their environment reporter criticising low traffic neighbourhoods?  And there are plenty of other examples.

Secret_squirrel wrote:

It does score some spectacular own goals though, and currently suffers from too much fear of its political masters.   I dont think appeasement works in the current culture war climate.  I dont believe preserving the BBC at all costs until its Pravda should be their current mission.  Better to call them out head on whilst the Beeb is still thought of relatively fondly and has allies.

I've called them out head on for something like forty years, but it doesn't matter how much evidence that unequivocally shows their bias and lack of honesty, they are judge and jury in their own cases and always find for themselves.  Time their complaints process was scrapped and the whole thing was done by Ofcom.

Yep, Shaun on Youtube has picked the original article, and the complaint replies apart for the story above.

Secret_squirrel wrote:

Unfortunately the BBC rarely admits they were wrong - even when they are gratuitiously biased and half their own organisation objects.

I've never heard the like! I'll have you know that aside from virtually defining public service broadcasting they follow the highest standards of accountability and transparency!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57189371

I too have voiced my concern about the standard of their 'reporting'