Aardvark
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Post by Aardvark on Jul 19, 2023 9:15:21 GMT 1
All over this morning's news. Announcement of massive new battery manufacturing plant to be built in Somerset creating blah blah blah new jobs, etc. No mention of the huge pollution risks of this type of thing. But then, if all the rivers are already full of dead fish from the raw sewage pumped into them I suppose the damage is already done.
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mysty
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Post by mysty on Jul 19, 2023 12:02:24 GMT 1
This is either the second or third battery factory that said they were going to open in the UK. None of the others opened.
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mysty
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Post by mysty on Jul 19, 2023 12:21:05 GMT 1
Even better news for ex cons MPs. The goverment gave tata 500 million, new roads to the site cheap energy that no one else gets and a grant from the 1 billion transformation fund.
So plenty of jobs for ex MPs.
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Post by cernunnos on Jul 19, 2023 12:40:45 GMT 1
As the saying goes , " what goes around comes around "
Pay back time for the colonies!
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Post by spectrum on Jul 19, 2023 13:34:51 GMT 1
Electrifying news what will the charge be, and is it a positive or negative thing. We have Battery hens so is this a Battery battery? ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Jul 19, 2023 13:44:25 GMT 1
I am shocked …..
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exile
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Post by exile on Jul 19, 2023 15:02:13 GMT 1
This is either the second or third battery factory that said they were going to open in the UK. None of the others opened. I assume that you are looking at the BritishVolt fiasco and the take over by an Australian company that also seems to have stalled. However there are operating factories in the UK - Google AESC - quietly built a smallish plant near Nissan in Sunderland and now in the process of building a second bigger plant in the same area.
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Post by jeliecrack on Jul 19, 2023 16:46:56 GMT 1
I wonder how many jobs there will be, because robot will be king in this factory, if its ever built.
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Post by jackie on Jul 19, 2023 18:13:29 GMT 1
They were thinking of setting it up in Spain until the UK gov offered millions of pounds in bribes subsidies
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Post by woolybanana on Jul 19, 2023 18:32:06 GMT 1
That’s the way of the world, jackie. Personally I think the decision should be applauded.
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Post by jackie on Jul 19, 2023 18:40:58 GMT 1
That’s the way of the world, jackie. Personally I think the decision should be applauded. I daresay it is, woolybanana
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Post by woolybanana on Jul 19, 2023 18:42:24 GMT 1
Any jobs are needed in Somerset.
By the way folks, you had all better be careful what you say as your bank may not like it and close your account!
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mysty
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Post by mysty on Jul 19, 2023 18:47:18 GMT 1
That’s the way of the world, jackie. Personally I think the decision should be applauded. Are you Nigel Farage ?
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Post by gigi on Jul 19, 2023 18:53:21 GMT 1
They were thinking of setting it up in Spain until the UK gov offered millions of pounds in bribes subsidies Anyone know how much Spain was offering to bribe um, subsidise, Tata with when they lost out? Obviously not enough, but I haven’t seen any mention of it
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Aardvark
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Post by Aardvark on Jul 19, 2023 19:19:17 GMT 1
The UK government is a master of bribery, bullsh*t, and corruption. Follow the money. See who benefits from this. Contractors with links to Conservative mps? As likely as not moving toward an environmental disaster that the Labour party will be stuck with sorting out.
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