Comments for http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/2009/06/plugged_in_to_green_targets.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/2009/06/plugged_in_to_green_targets.html en-gb 30 Wed 23 Dec 2009 07:45:49 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/2009/06/plugged_in_to_green_targets.html Chattermac http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/2009/06/plugged_in_to_green_targets.html?page=10#comment1 "Splash and Dash" sounds suspiciously like the average politician's approach to anything requiring some scientific analysis - who said slap-dash.. If the undergrounding of cables at Drumochter (and elsewhere in Scotland)will be costly then so be it, we (and our offspring) are all in this for the the long pull, even though big business and some politicians appear not to be.."Peak-lopping" is another good Power Engineering term which I haven't used for 30 years, sorry about that.. Tue 30 Jun 2009 14:31:42 GMT+1 Wee-Scamp http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/douglasfraser/2009/06/plugged_in_to_green_targets.html?page=0#comment0 The costs of this programme will be huge and given we produce very little of what we actually need to get anywhere near achieving these targets the impact on our balance of trade will be huge. The consequence of decades of underinvestment in new technologies are now coming home to roost. Tue 30 Jun 2009 08:40:02 GMT+1