DavidofMersea
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What is "Self possessed" about talking about vehicles that are NOT going through a village?You really do live in a self possessed bubble don’t you.
What is "Self possessed" about talking about vehicles that are NOT going through a village?You really do live in a self possessed bubble don’t you.
Presumably you use electricity, how would you suggest we generate that electricity without some sort of installation? You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs1400 lorry movements a day for years. 9000 persons during years of building and then 3000 permanent employees. Have you ever driven to Bradwell David?
What a sensible well thought out respose. However, with regard to last two lines, the Chinese have got to abide by the UK planning rules, UK H &S rules, UK employment rules etc etcI think we all tend to live in a self possessed bubble or at least a partial self possessed bubble (does that battered old van always have to park outside our house??). When I retired I made the decision to come here: I have decided I don't ever want to go into London again unless courtesy demands. I made the decision 20 years ago based upon liking it (very much) here. So I want it to stay as it was - largely - the new causeway is better etc, etc. 'Progress' (don't let's ever try and define that) is inevitable because the economy is based on growth and the population is out of control. A power station is apparantly necessary and I guess a nuclear power station is best. It would be nice if it was all wind and tide power but the long term solution seems to be too far away to fill the power gap.
So if a nuclear power station has to be built where best? It would be nice if it was out of our Nimby, say further down the Dengie Peninsula further away from the downwind habitation. But somewhere around Tillingham wouldn't have the access for cooling water. To draw from the Crouch would drag the power station down to Burnham. Not the best. So it has to be on the old emergency airstrip. Or could it go somewhere else? Sizewell 3? I guess further north than that would never work as the coast erosion would drown it before it was built. I suspect that the least damage is where it is planned and has some partial infrastructure (railway, power connections). But the rural idyll of the Dengie Peninsula is in for a bad time. I regret that. There is also the scenario for a post-build dystopia - South Woodham Ferrers is a 'New Town' on the commuters railway, close to the M25. Then with new road connections and the rural idyll destroyed why not a new 'New Town'. Ugh.
Don't like it but the alternative looks difficult. The idea of the critical infrastructure being in the hands of other countries worries me. But are we already in hock?
Quite. The absence of these things is why people live in the country. The village doesn't need a bypass - the traffic will not go through it.
What a sensible well thought out respose. However, with regard to last two lines, the Chinese have got to abide by the UK planning rules, UK H &S rules, UK employment rules etc etc
Why would the UK government allow slippage? If the Chinese do not abide by the UK H &S rules, UK employment rules etc etc, and someone is hurt, this would be a civil matter in addition to anything the government may doUntil they start to pressure the UK government to allow some slippage.. one needs re-watch Yes Minister.
Being a Romford lad many many years ago I have been a townie but since then lived for many years in Tollesbury, I can state that you should believe that people do want to live in the country just to be away/removed such things that towns offer. There is a long long list of other reasons I do not desire to live in a town. I managed to convince some councillors some years ago that a development proposed should be rejected for the reason that if I had wanted to live in a town then I would have bought a house in Chelmsford, I didn't, so therefore 'punished myself' both in time and cost to live more rural and I wanted to keep it that way. i have a huge amount of sympathy for the Dengie and would have been just as NIMBY-ist in the 1950-60 when Bradwell was mooted.I don't believe people live in the countryside because there are no supermarkets, hospital, new school, sports facilities, etc etc.
If the traffic will not go hrough the village I cnnot understand why people are complaining about the volume of traffic
I think my comments were written rather badly. I am a country boy and I like it that way. However, there is a balance between town and country, and I feel that Mersea has got it about right. I like to live in the country (or by the sea) but I like to have a few amenities nearby, such as a supermarket or two, a doctor and dentist, sports facilities, etc etc., so I don't have to leave my countrysideBeing a Romford lad many many years ago I have been a townie but since then lived for many years in Tollesbury, I can state that you should believe that people do want to live in the country just to be away/removed such things that towns offer. There is a long long list of other reasons I do not desire to live in a town. I managed to convince some councillors some years ago that a development proposed should be rejected for the reason that if I had wanted to live in a town then I would have bought a house in Chelmsford, I didn't, so therefore 'punished myself' both in time and cost to live more rural and I wanted to keep it that way. i have a huge amount of sympathy for the Dengie and would have been just as NIMBY-ist in the 1950-60 when Bradwell was mooted.
As we see with the existing mothballed Bradwell when the countryside has gone its gone for ever and whilst dilapidation does give nature a second chance ( eg Chenobyl) it is hardly a natural environment.
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David I think you are correct in your assessment. I consider your views normally measured and it takes something to get me to tap away and you achieved it there. Takes a good man to clear the air, so well done you .I think my comments were written rather badly. I am a country boy and I like it that way. However, there is a balance between town and country, and I feel that Mersea has got it about right. I like to live in the country (or by the sea) but I like to have a few amenities nearby, such as a supermarket or two, a doctor and dentist, sports facilities, etc etc., so I have to leave my countryside
Why would the UK government allow slippage? If the Chinese do not abide by the UK H &S rules, UK employment rules etc etc, and someone is hurt, this would be a civil matter in addition to anything the government may do
IrishThe more access and power ( scuse the pun ) we give the Chinese or any foreign state , the less control we have ..
and let’s not kid ourselves about the labour force that will he used to build it ..
Maybe with the possibilty of Airlines Folding up very very soon we will have loads of personel to build these Power Stations from our own Population ?I’d be happier pay my a bit more tax to build this ourselves .. I know that’s a bit basic and is “ dont work like that “ but it’s need to be looked at