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The Times July 3, 2009

France imports UK electricity as plants shut

Robin Pagnamenta, Energy and Environment Editor wrote:France is being forced to import electricity from Britain to cope with a
summer heatwave that has helped to put a third of its nuclear power
stations out of action.

With temperatures across much of France surging above 30C this week,
EDF’s reactors are generating the lowest level of electricity in six
years, forcing the state-owned utility to turn to Britain for additional
capacity.

How to boil a frog...

You're naughty, but I like you!!!

How Gauling for them

Speaking of boiling frogs, have you ever heard of the 'boiling frog syndrom'? It goes like this - if you were to boil a frog (just for clarification, I do actually mean a frog, NOT a human of any nationality), the best way to go about it is to place it in lukewarm water and slowly heat it up. It would happily stay in there and boil away. This kind of knowledge helped me when I quit smoking (don't ask why).

Papillon wrote:Speaking of boiling frogs, have you ever heard of the 'boiling frog syndrom'? It goes like this - if you were to boil a frog (just for clarification, I do actually mean a frog, NOT a human of any nationality), the best way to go about it is to place it in lukewarm water and slowly heat it up. It would happily stay in there and boil away. This kind of knowledge helped me when I quit smoking (don't ask why).

We're all frogs in the big global warming saucepan. Even the ones who realise this can't jump out and turn the heat off, without a lot more help

JohnB wrote:

Papillon wrote:Speaking of boiling frogs, have you ever heard of the 'boiling frog syndrom'? It goes like this - if you were to boil a frog (just for clarification, I do actually mean a frog, NOT a human of any nationality), the best way to go about it is to place it in lukewarm water and slowly heat it up. It would happily stay in there and boil away. This kind of knowledge helped me when I quit smoking (don't ask why).

We're all frogs in the big global warming saucepan. Even the ones who realise this can't jump out and turn the heat off, without a lot more help

Nice and warm though isn't it

SunnyJim wrote:Nice and warm though isn't it

Not particularly on top of the hill in West Wales where I am at the moment!

>pedantic mode on<

The boiling frog syndrome makes a great metaphor, unfortunately it's just not true:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

Kieran wrote:>pedantic mode on<

The boiling frog syndrome makes a great metaphor, unfortunately it's just not true:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

Seems like the frog is smarter than us.

Papillon wrote:Speaking of boiling frogs, have you ever heard of the 'boiling frog syndrom'? It goes like this - if you were to boil a frog (just for clarification, I do actually mean a frog, NOT a human of any nationality), the best way to go about it is to place it in lukewarm water and slowly heat it up. It would happily stay in there and boil away. This kind of knowledge helped me when I quit smoking (don't ask why).

I think I heard it from Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth (live in Sheffield of all places).

Actually I rather like France and French people, but I find the fact they've still not got a scoobie what to do with their nuke waste, rather disquieting.

News Flash: EnergyBulletin reads RenewableCandy on PS and quotes this article...

http://energyeconomyonline.com/Boiling_the_Frog.html

And another. Or is that anura? Ha!

Must be a leap year.