[Thork]

I suppose I should have said this earlier:

The United Kingdom sucks.

Thanks.

Don't be jelly.

[Lemon]

I suppose I should have said this earlier:

The United Kingdom sucks.

Thanks.

Don't be jelly.

I'm jelly of Germany, not the U.K.

[Vindictus]

I suppose I should have said this earlier:

The United Kingdom sucks.

Thanks.

Don't be jelly.

I'm jelly of Germany, not the U.K.

Apparently Germany just made higher education free again. In the light of sky high uni fees, that does make me very jelly.

[fappenhosen]

Their policy of anti-GM crops and vague support for 'alternative' medicine are the only real areas of policy difference between them and I.

Anti-GM is a great policy. GM isn't about improving food. Its about controlling food.

This is true unfortunately. I'm mostly in favour of GM crops but when Monsanto lawyers start kicking over your potatoes its time to readdress the balance. But the Greens do bandy some bullshit around regarding GM foods.

[Ghost Spaghetti]

Nuclear power is the future

Nuclear power is, at best, a stop-gap measure while we transition away from fossils and towards sustainable power generation.

[Pete Svarrior]

Nuclear power is, at best, a stop-gap measure while we transition away from fossils and towards sustainable power generation.

Nuclear power is a perfectly good means of power generation that's sustainable for all intents and purposes. People like the Greens are afraid of it because they think we will literally Chernobyl the entire country, calling the risk "unacceptable" and entirely ignoring the scientific advances of the past 3 decades. Honestly, even UKIP are better in that regard.

[Rama Set]

Germany also can generate 40% of their power from solar energy. Everyone should be jelly.

[Saddam Hussein]

Nuclear power is, at best, a stop-gap measure while we transition away from fossils and towards sustainable power generation.

Nuclear power is a perfectly good means of power generation that's sustainable for all intents and purposes. People like the Greens are afraid of it because they think we will literally Chernobyl the entire country, calling the risk "unacceptable" and entirely ignoring the scientific advances of the past 3 decades. Honestly, even UKIP are better in that regard.

Quite true.  People are way too paranoid about nuclear power and its dangers these days.  See the hysterical overreaction to the Fukushima incident for a classic example.

[Pete Svarrior]

Quite true.  People are way too paranoid about nuclear power and its dangers these days.  See the hysterical overreaction to the Fukushima incident for a classic example.

[Vindictus]

The Greens over here are exactly the same. It's more or less the only thing I disagree with them on, so I'll take the party with 1 disagreement over 2 parties with many.

[Rushy]

Quite true.  People are way too paranoid about nuclear power and its dangers these days.  See the hysterical overreaction to the Fukushima incident for a classic example.

At this point governments really give no shits what people think about nuclear power. We've been building them for a while now, half of the people who hate it probably use it when they turn their lights on.

[Vindictus]

Quite true.  People are way too paranoid about nuclear power and its dangers these days.  See the hysterical overreaction to the Fukushima incident for a classic example.

At this point governments really give no shits what people think about nuclear power. We've been building them for a while now, half of the people who hate it probably use it when they turn their lights on.

We don't have any nuclear power for a number of reasons, and public perception of nuclear being dangerous and dirty is definitely one.

[Rushy]

We don't have any nuclear power for a number of reasons, and public perception of nuclear being dangerous and dirty is definitely one.

Wow. I really expected more solar power given that most of Australia is desert.

[Vindictus]

Why get power from the sun when we can just burn coal? Stupid American.

[Ghost Spaghetti]

Nuclear power is, at best, a stop-gap measure while we transition away from fossils and towards sustainable power generation.

Nuclear power is a perfectly good means of power generation that's sustainable for all intents and purposes. People like the Greens are afraid of it because they think we will literally Chernobyl the entire country, calling the risk "unacceptable" and entirely ignoring the scientific advances of the past 3 decades. Honestly, even UKIP are better in that regard.

Actually, I'm more concerned about being even more in China's pocket seeing as they have virtually monopolised the market in Uranium from Australia and Africa. I'm hardly worried about nuclear safety, I visited Chernobyl on holiday last year.

[Vindictus]

Nuclear power is, at best, a stop-gap measure while we transition away from fossils and towards sustainable power generation.

Nuclear power is a perfectly good means of power generation that's sustainable for all intents and purposes. People like the Greens are afraid of it because they think we will literally Chernobyl the entire country, calling the risk "unacceptable" and entirely ignoring the scientific advances of the past 3 decades. Honestly, even UKIP are better in that regard.

Actually, I'm more concerned about being even more in China's pocket seeing as they have virtually monopolised the market in Uranium from Australia and Africa. I'm hardly worried about nuclear safety, I visited Chernobyl on holiday last year.

Why would you be in China's pocket? Australia has huge uranium deposits and is still close to Britain.

[EnigmaZV]

Their policy of anti-GM crops and vague support for 'alternative' medicine are the only real areas of policy difference between them and I.

Anti-GM is a great policy. GM isn't about improving food. Its about controlling food.

This is true unfortunately. I'm mostly in favour of GM crops but when Monsanto lawyers start kicking over your potatoes its time to readdress the balance. But the Greens do bandy some bullshit around regarding GM foods.

Monsanto doesn't go around kicking over potaotoes. There are literally no cases they've persued where a reasonable person wouldn't side with Monsanto.

[fappenhosen]

Monsanto doesn't go around kicking over potaotoes. There are literally no cases they've persued where a reasonable person wouldn't side with Monsanto.

Obvious troll is ibvous.

[Rushy]

Monsanto doesn't go around kicking over potaotoes. There are literally no cases they've persued where a reasonable person wouldn't side with Monsanto.

Obvious troll is ibvous.

Not really. Most of the people who dislike Monsanto are conspiracy theorists or city-dwellers that have no idea how or why they do what they do. I've never heard a reasonable explanation of hating Monsanto other than people who don't trust corporations in general, which I can understand. The anti-GMO crowd, though, are laughably ignorant.

[fappenhosen]

Most of the people who dislike Monsanto are conspiracy theorists or city-dwellers that have no idea how or why they do what they do. I've never heard a reasonable explanation of hating Monsanto other than people who don't trust corporations in general, which I can understand. The anti-GMO crowd, though, are laughably ignorant.

"By its own admission Monsanto views its patented GM seeds similarly to the way the software industry views its proprietary technology."

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/monsantos-good-bad-pr-problem/

That's the heart of the problem. That and the truck load of lawyers.