johntheexpat
Distinguished Member
So here we are, in a recession, everything going to get worse before it gets better. More jobs down the pan, exports falling, imports rising, everybody banging on about who's fault it is, how should the guilty be 'punished' ya-di-ya-di-ya.
It still seems that nobody is talking about getting the UK out of the mire.
So here's my plan.
Which single area is the biggest expense when it comes to UK imports? I'll wager its energy. Oil, of course, but also coal for the power stations, gas for your central heating and electricity from France during peak hours to name but a few.
Which sector is never going to suffer from recession, and in all likelyhood will continue to grow? Energy, especially electricity.
Germany is planning to turn off her nuclear reactors within the foreseeable future, with no realistic plans to cover the gap. (Especially the gap on those still, dark cold Germanic winter days and nights.)
France is having problems building the next generation of Nuclear plants, so they probably won't be ready for filling the gap and other countries are all planning on pulling the plug on the atom too, so there is going to be a big shortfall.
The UK was supposed to have 200 years worth of coal still buried, so lets un-bury it! No one realistically gives a flying fig about Global Warming at the moment, so take advantage of that while creating a quick quater of a million jobs in the mines, plus goodness knows how many more in support industries. Get building coal power stations, gasification plants, coal to petrol plants and all the associated energy related sidelines.
And once we have the power stations selling electricity at inflated prices to green Europe, we can also develop a world beating carbon capture research group to pretend we still care. (As was often quoted in the Climate Change forum, the UK produces 2% of Global CO2, big deal, why worry, but if we can sell the technology for loads of dosh, go for it)
The UK balance of trade will benefit massively. Imports of expensive energy will suddenly become exports of expensive energy. The Germans can 'go green' while paying through the nose for our 'dirty electricity' to keep their industry going.
If the UK has access to cheap electricity, that will promote electric cars, another area where the UK could suddenly become a world leader.
So, half a million jobs in the mines and associated industries.
Another half a million in construction and energy production.
Another half a million in industries that benefit from cheap energy.
Every three jobs created means at least one more in a service industry, so that brings new jobs up to 2 million. Any more and you would need to flood the country with immigrants to fill the posts.
And all you have to do is go back to Britains industrial roots and re-open the coal mines.
Easy.
It still seems that nobody is talking about getting the UK out of the mire.
So here's my plan.
Which single area is the biggest expense when it comes to UK imports? I'll wager its energy. Oil, of course, but also coal for the power stations, gas for your central heating and electricity from France during peak hours to name but a few.
Which sector is never going to suffer from recession, and in all likelyhood will continue to grow? Energy, especially electricity.
Germany is planning to turn off her nuclear reactors within the foreseeable future, with no realistic plans to cover the gap. (Especially the gap on those still, dark cold Germanic winter days and nights.)
France is having problems building the next generation of Nuclear plants, so they probably won't be ready for filling the gap and other countries are all planning on pulling the plug on the atom too, so there is going to be a big shortfall.
The UK was supposed to have 200 years worth of coal still buried, so lets un-bury it! No one realistically gives a flying fig about Global Warming at the moment, so take advantage of that while creating a quick quater of a million jobs in the mines, plus goodness knows how many more in support industries. Get building coal power stations, gasification plants, coal to petrol plants and all the associated energy related sidelines.
And once we have the power stations selling electricity at inflated prices to green Europe, we can also develop a world beating carbon capture research group to pretend we still care. (As was often quoted in the Climate Change forum, the UK produces 2% of Global CO2, big deal, why worry, but if we can sell the technology for loads of dosh, go for it)
The UK balance of trade will benefit massively. Imports of expensive energy will suddenly become exports of expensive energy. The Germans can 'go green' while paying through the nose for our 'dirty electricity' to keep their industry going.
If the UK has access to cheap electricity, that will promote electric cars, another area where the UK could suddenly become a world leader.
So, half a million jobs in the mines and associated industries.
Another half a million in construction and energy production.
Another half a million in industries that benefit from cheap energy.
Every three jobs created means at least one more in a service industry, so that brings new jobs up to 2 million. Any more and you would need to flood the country with immigrants to fill the posts.
And all you have to do is go back to Britains industrial roots and re-open the coal mines.
Easy.