Berkeley Energia Share Discussion Threads

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 20:12

Haha well done QP - something we can agree on!

[quepassa] 21/3/2016 20:05

I don't read the Grauniad.

Especially from 3 years ago.

QP

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 19:51

QP:From The Guardian 3 November 2013Top US climate scientists support development of safe nuclear power.Open letter to environmentalists and world leaders says wind and solar power are not enough to diminish carbon emissions Nuclear power is 'very divisive' among environmentalists but scientists argue it's necessity.Some of the world's top climate scientists say wind and solar energy won't be enough to head off extreme global warming, and they're asking environmentalists to support the development of safer nuclear power as one way to cut fossil fuel pollution.Four scientists who have played a key role in alerting the public to the dangers of climate change sent letters Sunday to leading environmental groups and politicians around the world. The letter, an advance copy of which was given to the Associated Press, urges a crucial discussion on the role of nuclear power in fighting climate change.The letter signers are James Hansen, a former top NASA scientist; Ken Caldeira, of the Carnegie Institution; Kerry Emanuel, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Tom Wigley, of the University of Adelaide in Australia.Environmentalists agree that global warming is a threat to ecosystems and humans, but many oppose nuclear power and believe that new forms of renewable energy will be able to power the world within the next few decades. That isn't realistic, the letter said."Those energy sources cannot scale up fast enough" to deliver the amount of cheap and reliable power the world needs, and "with the planet warming and carbon dioxide emissions rising faster than ever, we cannot afford to turn away from any technology" that has the potential to reduce greenhouse gases.Hansen began publishing research on the threat of global warming more than 30 years ago, and his testimony before Congress in 1988 helped launch a mainstream discussion. Last February he was arrested in front of the White House at a climate protest that included the head of the Sierra Club and other activists.Caldeira was a contributor to reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Emanuel is known for his research on possible links between climate change and hurricanes, and Wigley has also been doing climate research for more than three decades.Emanuel said the signers aren't opposed to renewable energy sources but want environmentalists to understand that "realistically, they cannot on their own solve the world's energy problems."The vast majority of climate scientists say they're now virtually certain that pollution from fossil fuels has increased global temperatures over the last 60 years. They say emissions need to be sharply reduced to prevent more extreme damage in the future.In 2011 worldwide carbon dioxide emissions jumped 3%, because of a large increase by China, the world's most carbon polluting country. The US is second in carbon emissions.Hansen, who's now at Columbia University, said it's not enough for environmentalists to simply oppose fossil fuels and promote renewable energy."They're cheating themselves if they keep believing this fiction that all we need" is renewable energy such as wind and solar, Hansen told the AP.The joint letter says, "the time has come for those who take the threat of global warming seriously to embrace the development and deployment of safer nuclear power systems" as part of efforts to build a new global energy supply.Stephen Ansolabehere, a Harvard professor who studies energy issues, said nuclear power is "very divisive" within the environmental movement. But he added that the letter could help educate the public about the difficult choices that climate change presents.

[quepassa] 21/3/2016 19:47

maybe, maybe not.

seems to have hit a raw nerve with you.

obviously not all Spaniards would agree or feel the same way as you judging by the coverage in the local Salamanca press and indeed in El Pais.


QP

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 19:18

QPThere is nothing funny about the outright lies and misinformation pumped out by the deep greens and their ever so impressionable followers about nuclear.The reality is that the deep greens have opposed nuclear and anything else other than renewables which has perversely left us with more coal fired power generation and not less. Fortunately and not before time the UK, EU, US, China, India and most of the world's major economies including Spain with the notable exception of Germany have adopted and are dramatically expanding their nuclear fleets.The deep greens and their acolytes continue to pump out absolute nonsense about the dangers of nuclear that has no basis in science or statistics and are largely ignored. Certain left wing and student publications without any journalistic credibility of course will reproduce this rubbish.The more balanced view as represented by the green movements in the UK and elsewhere have moved out of the student common room and into the real world and are actively supporting nuclear as part of the clean energy mix.Anybody who cites Chernobyl as an argument about energy policy is twenty years out of date.

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 18:46

QP As promised:More biodiversity at ChernobylAugust 12, 2005 Nineteen years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, researchers say the surrounding land in Ukraine has more biodiversity. Some 100 species on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of threatened species, as well as bear and wolf, have been found in the evacuated zone, says Viktor Dolin, of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences in Kiev, reported the Moscow News Thursday.

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 18:21

QP Let us assume for one moment that the financiers do come up with the money is that the point when you will invest?You say you are pro nuclear and are assessing the right time to buy into BKY this then must be the moment - correct?Otherwise why are you on this board?:-)

[laptop15] 21/3/2016 17:13

This share has huge potential and is worth the risk.......especially with the with EU looking to drive forward nuclear power! Clean energy but not without risks...all in all i believe this will become a huge force in the future as does Athers! Doubled my invested at 23.5 before the recent surge! I believe good news in the up and coming meeting with EU will put further pressure on Spain and help berkeleys cause!! Commidity lows also help with the resurgence of uranium only a matter of time!

[quepassa] 21/3/2016 15:23

Well, let's see what happens in the Iberian Peninsula where politics are in a great turmoil.

Clearly the political risk in Spain is enough to have caused you retract your words about Berkeley financing the project within 1-2 months from 15th. Feb.

Maybe you do not understand fully.

This is not a discussion about ornithology but a real and serious question of whether financiers will be concerned about growing political risk in Spain, both on a national level and locally in Salamanca, due the country's inability to form a government.

You have proffered nothing in the way of a convincing reason why the impasse in Spanish politics will be irrelevant to financiers. You have however withdrawn your financing time-line of two months from 15th. Feb.

Let's hear it then. Here's your chance.

You have said you think political risk is not a major factor. Now let's hear you support that argument with sound reason and logic.


ALL IMO. DYOR.
QP

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 15:03

QPThe UK, Japanese, Chinese, US, Russians, Saudis and now the EU are firmly behind Nuclear as the only scaleable clean energy alternative to coal.Renewables on their own will not get there.Thats why, despite Fukushima, the Japanese are turning their Nuclear reactors back on. 1970's student politics is not going to change this.Chernobyl by the way is blooming with wildlife and species of practically every native inhabitant are multiplying. (Yes i will dig out a link for you to check..)Why? Because the so called fall-out was grossly overstated and now that it has become depopulated nature has taken over.Maybe you can book your next bird spotting trip there? :-)

[quepassa] 21/3/2016 14:47

Even someone with basic Spanish should be able to work out what this headline means in salamanca24horas.com :-

"Equo confía en paralizar la apertura de la mina de uranio ."

Just hit the google translate app on your device and you will see what the articles are really talking about.

Good attempt at deflection and dispensing chaff but when financiers start looking in detail at the local press coverage, they may or may not be asking themselves what would happen if any of these parties or their affiliates get a say in any future coalition government in Spain where political risk clearly cannot be ignored.

Well, let's wait and see if Berkeley can confirm the financing package before a new government is formed in Spain which may still be some way off yet.

I see that you recently seem to have withdrawn what you had previously said about financing within 1-2 months from 15th. February :- "I have no idea when the financing will be announced and if i have suggested otherwise i was wrong to do so.". As you wrote two days ago.

I hope for Berkeley that they get the financing away but I still think that political risk is a growing concern given that no government in Spain has been able to form and that there is clearly local political agitation by certain parties in Salamanca against the mine and against Spain's current pro-nuclear policy.

ALL IMO. DYOR.
QP



ps. if you think anything to do with Fukushima or Chernobyl is irrelevant or humourous, shame on you.

[1628386] 21/3/2016 14:34

Herlat1

You're kidding! I didn't even check

What a deramper QP is. Tut tut

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 14:02

QP ref your post 504 this article is talking about Fukushima and Chernobyl!!

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 13:21

La Gazeta got it right. Its about jobs and not about 1970s student politics.

[herlat1] 21/3/2016 13:19

Piedro so how many 'demonstrators' were there when the first 200 jobs were advertised ? 12? 15? Compare that with the 19,000 who applied for a job. These utterly selfish students/demonstrators should go back to Madrid and Barcelona and let the locals get on with their lives with some much sought after employment.

[snowyflake] 21/3/2016 13:03

I did not see Corbyn in that enormous protest crowd posted by Piedro.

[1628386] 21/3/2016 12:52

I don't buy/sell on charts but do observe them.

It certainly looks strong and broken the wedge formation with vigour

Links up perfectly with the fundamentals

[philjeans] 21/3/2016 12:13

All looking good here - more buying despite the "massive" protests!

lol.

[1628386] 21/3/2016 10:10

That looks like a huge, high impact demonstration lol.

Approvals are already passed so a bit late.

BKY are also doing a fantastic engagement program with the local community ... 19200 local people have applied for a job with them

[piedro] 21/3/2016 10:02

"El desastre nuclear ocurrido en Fukushima todavía se siente, incluso con más fuerza, cinco años después de los hechos. En la actualidad sigue sin estar habitable ningún territorio a 30 kilómetros de radio, lo que ha provocado cien mil desplazados. Además, se hace notable el "espectacular" aumento en los cánceres infantiles y las mutaciones en animales y vegetales que provoca, entre otras cosas, que no se pueda pescar en la zona debido a la contaminación marina. El accidente nuclear fue catalogado con un nivel siete, al igual que el que aconteció en Chernóbil en 1986. - See more at:

LOL
What an irrelevant argument!!

... and they are sitting on top of the stuff

[quepassa] 21/3/2016 09:51

Correcto. Exactamente.



Certain parties fail fully to comprehend the current state of flux in Iberian politics at this point in time.

I referenced an article from November in gentlemanly El Pais dated November on the topic.

The local Salamanca press is a lot more gritty on the topic.

Two very recent articles from salanca24horas.com dated 18th. March and 11th. March refer together with tabloid-type pictures:-

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A search on the website of salamanca24horas.com using the serach term " mina de uranio" bears more fruit.



ALL IMO. DYOR.
QP