The parts of a boat have funny names to a landsman. Many of the names go back hundreds of years and their origins are often lost. Some make sense only if you know something of sailing ship construction in the 16th century.
Cheap dreams, expensive realities. In the dawn of the nuclear era, cost was expected to be one of the technology's advantages, not one of its drawbacks. The first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, predicted in a 1954 speech that nuclear power would someday make electricity âtoo cheap to meter.â.
EDF Energy argues that âa comprehensive review of the smart meter programme could save Â£1.8bnâ. By 2018, the peak year of installation, the cost on bills could be reduced from Â£45 to Â£30, it argues.t says the government obligation for suppliers to âtake all reasonable stepsâ to install meters in 100pc of customers homes is too ambitious and that reducing the target to 80pc by 2020 would be âmore effective and affordableâ. In one trial in London it found that just 15pc of people wanted a smart meters.