The true cost

[vic mcclymont]

Scottish water discharges sewerage 30 times a day into streams and rivers.

[Jim R Christie]

Scottish water discharges sewerage 30 times a day into streams and rivers.

The daily rate for England - as per the 2021 figures from the Environment Agency - is 1021 times per day.
I find it bizarre that you take every chance you get to try and run down Scotland. It's really rather sad.

[vic mcclymont]

I do not run down Scotland as you state.
What is bizarre that if any one dares correct some of the misinformation you post, they are immediately slated by you.
Obviously you do not like being corrected.

[Doc Vernon]

Now now Lads Calm Waters is what is needed here! LOL
cHEERS

[Jim R Christie]

I do not run down Scotland as you state.
What is bizarre that if any one dares correct some of the misinformation you post, they are immediately slated by you.
Obviously you do not like being corrected.

Perhaps you'd be minded to give examples of such misinformation?
I posted facts about Scottish Water; all of which are easily verifiable should you care to take the time to check.
However for some reason you felt some need to attempt to paint them in a poor light with a statement with no context and in doing so only achieved the opposite of your obvious intention.

Scotland's nationalised water authority outperforms ever other private water company in the UK and bills for the consumer are still lower.
Do you consider that a bad thing?

[vic mcclymont]

You gave the impression that Scottish Water was all sweetness and light.
Scottish Water discharged untreated sewerage into Scottish Lochs and Rivers 12,000 times lat year.
So it is no better or worse than the privitised companies in England.

[James Curry]

Um!!!! maybe it is diet? certainly a few here seem to be suffering from Delhi belly? Is it a better quality of raw sewage that the privately owned water companies seem to be pumping into the rivers and lakes.

[vic mcclymont]

Typical. Can't take the heat.
F.E. on this post as some cannot see sense.

[James Curry]

Ach!!! now don't be going away in a sulk. Sounds as if there could be employment opportuities for a jobbie weecha.

[happy daze john in oz]

Saw one report on UK pubs saying some 54% are losing money at a rate of knots.

I did hear that UK is to build 5 new nuclear power stations to cope with demand.
But the problem is the rush to renewable energy with no base load back up.
Here in Oz we are on the same downward spiral as the rest of the western world obsessed with the story of climate change.
Yes there are some odd weather events occuring, but weather is only part of a climate, not the whole.
Odd weather patterns are not new and here in Oz, the land of droughts and flooding rains we know that only too well.

But the rising cost of power in UK and across the EU will see thousands die during the winter from various forms of hypothermia unable to pay heating bills or to be able to afford suitable foods.

AS to utilities being owned by gov, that creates a conflict of interest.
Govs write the rules under which business operate, they should not own, run or control such.
Here in Victoria we had them all owned by the state gov, under a Labor gov who refused to put up prices to keep the voter sweet.
Result, the system fell into such a mess thta selling iyt was the only way to repair the damage.

Until this madness of renewables being forced onus comes to an end it will only get worse.

I have no problem with them if used correctly, but do not try to kid the population it is the only way.

As to telling the people power will be cheaper with renewables, try telling the truth instead.