And, as long as this is still a research project, the probability of success is at best 50:50. Now that means that the results must be multiplied by a factor of 0.5. Which means that the electricity prices in the financial feasibility model must be doubled to come to the same level of feasibility that they are working on. Hence no reduction in the price of electricity.

Of course not, they’re not interested in CCS.

All they want is to impose coal fired plants, to blackmail the EU into accepting CCS, thus coal. The distortion seems to be that of linking CCS to their fuel, which is the exact opposite of the nature of CCS, it works best with cleaner fuels.

The latest offensive following the damage caused by Fukushima to public perception of nuclear power.

Kif qal darba Alfred Sant., AHNA MAKKU!

February 2004: Dalli loses party leadership contest to Gonzi

July 2004: Dalli resigns from post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion

July 2004 – March 2008: As a backbencher, he was free to pursue private business and during this period we are told that he has been appointed adviser to Sargas (as a result, we have The Times article during this period – dated 23 September 2007). During this time, he sets up a consultance business in Libya and was director of a Libyan glass manucturing company.

March 2008: Appointed Minister for Social Policy – all private interests should have been shed (daughter handed over all consultancy business)

February 2010: Appointed European Commissioner

November 2010: Anglu Farrugia’s Freudian Slip and all Dalli/Sargas connections appear to be still in place…

Ghal-lum dawn bizzejjed.

They can’t even get their technology to work.

Here we are, diligently doing our research to gather an informed opinion and you provide all the answers we need.

Enough said.

Don’t forget that there are only reporters here in Malta, and they are not capable of carrying out any investigative journalism. The few that pose as investigative journalits are only capable of scratching the surface and they do it with hdura and with an agenda.

1. all investment has to come directly from private (or international research) funds and not public funds;

2. the government has to be assured of a completely free service for a reasonable minimum nmber of years;

3. following this period, the service costs need to be calculated through a well defined formula i.e. the costs can be estimated, if possible at the time of commissioning;

4. there have to be adequate measures to limit the chance and to make good for any environmental damage that can arise frm such a venture;

5. the government needs to have adequate backup resources to cover the plant’s output, which means that the Delimara power station needs to be operational, and so though the cost of the fuel might b reduced, the power station overheads would remain practically the same;

6. there must be adequate measures to limit possible damage from any downtime that should include the possibility of widespread power cuts (that could include continental cuts – once we are attached to the European grid).

If all these conditions shall be met, then it might be very interesting to look at the feasibility of such a venture.

BUT seeing that in over six years, Sargas has not been able to convince any government to take it up, then I have great doubts that thy are ready to implement any of points 1 to 6, let alone all of them.