Climate Change Camp Vows To Close Drax Power

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Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:49:18 +0100

Your complaining this is the biggest polluter. Its because it is bigger. For eg. Drax has six 660mw generating units compared with somewhere like eggborough which has four 500mw gnerating units so it will produce more co2 but it produces much more power than all of the other coal fired stations in the uk. Drax is also one of the most efficient stations in the country so if it was the same size as foe eg. Eggborough, it would produce less co2 tan eggborough. - ken

metahne

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:11:33 +0100

You muust remember that Co2 emissions are not the worst pollutant towards global warming ie methane CH4 Nitrogen oxide NO2 and sulphur dioxide SO2 flu gas desulphurization takes out NO2 and SO2 and methane is produced by cows go kill some cows if you want to make the biggest impact. - Local

tombo

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:17:23 +0100

I have just returned from the camp and would like to set the record straight - the event is intended to be symbolic and educational. Carbon IS a serious issue and all centralised power plants are incredibly inefficient - we need to start now in finding ways of limiting our carbon production or we our species will be gone from this planet in 2 generations. - a guest

mr clark

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:21:35 +0100

Are there actions taken into consideration. if they manage to shut Drax\'s down what effect will this have on the national grid could it lead to power failures. how many hospitals will be effected and other emergency services. These people are irresponsible and need to get a life. People are aware of the problems and are trying there best in this country the finger would be better pointed else where. - a guest

Re: Not efficient

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:16:26 +0100

Ozone Layer healing itself, get a life! or do you not take any interest in the news unless it benefits you. - a guest

re \"Not efficient\"

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:37:31 +0100

i work at drax and i don\'t see what the problem is. and no im not a high flying exec, im just a common worker. Drax is as efficient as your gonna get out of a powerstation, its the newest, has had the most money spent on it and is as efficient as you can get. Drax isn\'t near any major population centers? what about york, leeds, selby etc! and thats what transformers are for anyway, so the power can be transmitted all over the uk!
i wish you people would think a bit harder before just blundering on and protesting, plus i bet you come by car, thats very good for the environment! - a guest

Not efficient

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:57:03 +0100

I don\'t see how you can describe power plants like Drax as efficient when they lose almost two thirds of the energy they consume as waste heat which ends up in their cooling towers, not to mention the transmission losses that occur as the power plant is located far way from any major population centres.
Compare this with a combined heat and power systems that are common in Scandinavia and achieve efficiencies of over 80% by recovering the waste heat and using it to supply domestic heating systems through municipal heating grids. - a guest

Misguided?

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:25:44 +0100

I cant help but think that while the group is well intentioned, they are naive.
They talk of cutting back to a sustainable way of life, sadly this will never happen, too many people like their large cars, energy guzzling gadgets and appliances and no eco-friendly types are going to persuade them otherwise.

Rather than this essentially pointless exercise they would be more useful putting group pressure on the goverment to promote and develop clean forms of energy and to legistate for more fuel efficient cars. Say a minimum mpg of 50mpg. - a guest

TimD

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:18:14 +0100

Yeah, the English have a tradition of ineffectual \'camping\' as a means of protest. Expect some media publicity (probably the main positive outcome), a few \'run around with the police\' type confrontations and notmuch else. Still at least they\'ll make new friends and get a tan. And were they do shut down the station, plunge 100\'s of thousands of people into darkness - this will really get them onside. Really? - a guest