Does teh report have anything to say about local reactions to the plan? We know that Hinkley C is vastly too expensive to be competitive with other power sources, especially wind. We know that Windscale (err.... Sellafield) was responsible for making the Irish Sea the most radioactive body of water. Did the locals even want a nuclear power station on their doorstep? It may well be NIMBYISM.
But I get your main point. As someone said on this thread, the media is often to blame framing news as "entertainment". Remember the idea of ending the news program with a fluffy animal story? This sounds like a similar approach. We can all chuckle and not ask why this project was proposed and the location decided.
the locals wanted it - it's one of the poorest parts of Anglesey, and it's basically the site of the previous nuclear plant so they're used to it. Also, due to the "very poor" thing, they weren't so worried about the huge taxpayer subsidies it required.
Reading, it occurred to me that trumps idiotic “the smelt are the reason LA burned” and musk’s own environmental hostility in re space X in Texas work much the same way you’re describing.
«In general, the aim is to encourage a complete resignation that the whole planning system is broken, so as to avoid consideration of what specific things are actually broken. [...] The British problem isn’t NIMBYs»
Well, incumbency is the single greatest virtue in english culture and "encourage a complete resignation" is a NIMBY tactic to protect the benefits of incumbency.
As to the specific issue of 9,000 workers for Wylfa Newydd the obvious proactive solution is to point out that there will be a huge property price and rent boom making large profits for incumbents and that the 9,000 will not be there for just "a couple of years" given likely delays. Then you have a vested interested incumbent lobbying against NIMBYsm.
I don’t know, if <<“biodiversity is just not something we can afford” or “minority languages are worthless”>> is still the quiet part that people won’t say out loud, you might want to count your blessings.
> it’s an accurate story, accurately reporting an extremely misleading claim
This is part of the problem: media has always optimised for the shocking and outrageous, and is becoming more effective.
It is technically correct to say "Doug received a bonus in December after Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a border agreement that raised hopes of settling their decades-long dispute that spilled over in to violence in 2021 and 2022". But that naturally creates the extremely misleading impression in the reader's mind that my bonus - or indeed I - had anything at all to do with it. It is fatuous for journalists to make out they don't know what they're doing.
Interesting. I did my undergrad in archaeology at Bangor in the late 90s. I can well imagine 9000 workers descending on the local area causing complete chaos.
Does teh report have anything to say about local reactions to the plan? We know that Hinkley C is vastly too expensive to be competitive with other power sources, especially wind. We know that Windscale (err.... Sellafield) was responsible for making the Irish Sea the most radioactive body of water. Did the locals even want a nuclear power station on their doorstep? It may well be NIMBYISM.
But I get your main point. As someone said on this thread, the media is often to blame framing news as "entertainment". Remember the idea of ending the news program with a fluffy animal story? This sounds like a similar approach. We can all chuckle and not ask why this project was proposed and the location decided.
the locals wanted it - it's one of the poorest parts of Anglesey, and it's basically the site of the previous nuclear plant so they're used to it. Also, due to the "very poor" thing, they weren't so worried about the huge taxpayer subsidies it required.
Seems rather like the plot of the movie "Local Hero" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085859
Reading, it occurred to me that trumps idiotic “the smelt are the reason LA burned” and musk’s own environmental hostility in re space X in Texas work much the same way you’re describing.
Yes, this story about Wales reminded me of Musk's story about whales (and SpaceX). It's a maddeningly powerful narrative tactic!
I see a hospital in Bangor.
Reminds of when temporary housing was built for war industry workers in WW2. I lived in many of them.
«the only growth industry is excuses»
Actually for the past 45 years it has been something else:
https://blissex.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/inflatedexpect-831224.png
Related:
https://blissex.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/econ_the_way_to_grow_poor.jpg
https://blissex.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dataukprodbysector1970to2013.png
«In general, the aim is to encourage a complete resignation that the whole planning system is broken, so as to avoid consideration of what specific things are actually broken. [...] The British problem isn’t NIMBYs»
Well, incumbency is the single greatest virtue in english culture and "encourage a complete resignation" is a NIMBY tactic to protect the benefits of incumbency.
As to the specific issue of 9,000 workers for Wylfa Newydd the obvious proactive solution is to point out that there will be a huge property price and rent boom making large profits for incumbents and that the 9,000 will not be there for just "a couple of years" given likely delays. Then you have a vested interested incumbent lobbying against NIMBYsm.
Isn't this just a "two cruise ship" problem?
Anel yr iaith yw be mae'n eu wneud?
I don’t know, if <<“biodiversity is just not something we can afford” or “minority languages are worthless”>> is still the quiet part that people won’t say out loud, you might want to count your blessings.
> it’s an accurate story, accurately reporting an extremely misleading claim
This is part of the problem: media has always optimised for the shocking and outrageous, and is becoming more effective.
It is technically correct to say "Doug received a bonus in December after Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a border agreement that raised hopes of settling their decades-long dispute that spilled over in to violence in 2021 and 2022". But that naturally creates the extremely misleading impression in the reader's mind that my bonus - or indeed I - had anything at all to do with it. It is fatuous for journalists to make out they don't know what they're doing.
Interesting. I did my undergrad in archaeology at Bangor in the late 90s. I can well imagine 9000 workers descending on the local area causing complete chaos.