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To be clear. US firm took on 30m in debt. Plus a promise to borrow 30m more if certain goals are achieved.
So it’s technically 30 to 60m and £1
HumanPenguin@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•£2.5 billion for prototype fusion energy plantEnglish2·3 days agoHaving looked it up and answered my own questions.
Yeah they are actually building a portable star.
And while it is very much an experiment. It is based on a smaller successful fusion plant from 2022.
So honestly using your guess. 7.5b 2045 and failing. Is still pretty fucking amazing amount the UK learns about a new future technology. And well worth the risk for the expertise we would gain.
If it actually works the UK will be helping the world make more. And the odds are pretty high compar d to the UKs first fission plants.
HumanPenguin@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•£2.5 billion for prototype fusion energy plantEnglish1·3 days agoAh did a little googling myself. No expert. But for anyone else wondering.
Both is the answer
The first positive consistent fusion was achieved in 2022. So over COVID. I may have missed it due to hiding ;)
But yes this is experimental. But fully expected to be the first full scale power plant. So Def worth the UK gaining the experience and solving the issues.
It is not expected till 2040. So 2.5b is way less over 15 years then it seemed.
HumanPenguin@feddit.ukto UK Politics@feddit.uk•Keir Starmer says migrants should learn English to integrate. Is he being fair?English1·3 days agoWhy does English get priority?
As you said. All the reasons you said above. Mean no other language is practical for a today government to require.
Any Lang has issues and it’s not fixing an existing problem.
But if our shitty past did not exist. We would have several different nations all choosing their own Lang. And still no real integration. Sorta why English was winning in the first place.
Honestly if any other Lang speaking subgroup of the UK had been the best at being shitty. We would still have a history of a single lang forcing itself on others. No historical UK tribe was pacifists. And muct of what you think of as English now was Normondy/french in origin replacing Saxon English.
HumanPenguin@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•£2.5 billion for prototype fusion energy plantEnglish1·4 days agoHave I missed some news. Last I heard no one had gotten a positive output from fusion for more the a few seconds.
Is that no longer the case. Or is this 2.5b for an experiment that may not work?
HumanPenguin@feddit.ukto UK Politics@feddit.uk•Keir Starmer says migrants should learn English to integrate. Is he being fair?English3·4 days agoEnglish isn’t the only language on this island, twat.
As much as I disagree with the policy.
Your argument is not a good one. English is required to be tought to all UK school children. And is the only language that meets that minimal requirement through out the UK.
So as this is claimed to be about integration. (It’s really about winning prejudiced voters).
English is the only language that has that ability.
Honestly. The fact you had to provide a translation. Is the best evidence that English is the language that integrated the UK. Even if the history is a little/lot shitty.
This important issue. Is this makes things harder for genuine asylum seekers and refugees. And is Def against the intent of the Geneva conventions banning on rules for such immigration.
HumanPenguin@feddit.ukto UK Politics@feddit.uk•'Working people are not yet feeling progress,' admits Rachel Reeves ahead of spending reviewEnglish3·6 days agoWorking people are not yet feeling non existent progress.
Her wording seems to blame working people rather then admit she has failed to help the working class.
HumanPenguin@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new reportEnglish17·6 days agoRaising children requires hope for he future.
Of course the first post ww2 generation to see lower prospects then their parents. Will hesitate to bring children into that future.
Exactly the same comments made in the 60s. To keep the abortion ban then.
It’s utter rubbish. Because this is happening. All changing the law dose is mean those become less unsafe when people feel able to contact help.
Arresting a woman who misdiagnosed her conception date. Means absolutely anyone having an abortion legal or not. Is now scared to seek help. Police being encouraged to investigate0 victims of miscarriage. Means any medical issues during pregnancy can now scare the shit out of vonerable women. Encouraging them to avoid help when at risk.
This is just using safety as a code word to excuse saying no. They in no way care about the safety of the patients only there own beliefs.