You missed the ignorance and the stupidity.

– how did it come to pass that this magical Sargas non-polluting (for Malta, as the crap by product would be exported, just as we’ll do with the chosen power plant), mega-cheap solution only appeared on the public scene when work on the new power station in Marsaxlokk was already under way? Wouldn’t it have been simpler – an open and shut case, if we are to believe Sargas’ claims about the wonderful benefits of its technology – had the company tendered its bid at the opportune time?

– the local councils of Marsaxlokk, Zejtun, Marsascala etc have been up in arms over the existing power station site in Marsaxlokk, the technology to be used for the power station extension, the recycling plant in Marsascala … you name it. Bully for them. Would they care to share their thoughts on having yet another power plant in Marsaxlokk?

– Marlene Farrugia (ex Pullicino) stated that she has done some internet research on Sargas. So have I, if only for a few minutes. The Sargas website features a company/ technology project plan illustration (http://www.sargas.no/about-sargas/history.html). Unless I misunderstood, it informs that so far Sargas has only implemented a CO2 capture Demoplant in Vartan, Sweden. In September the company announced that it has established major commercial partnerships, that is it found partners to produce and market its technology (http://www.sargas.no/about-sargas/business-idea/52-industrial-alliance-to-roll-out-low-cost-ccs-and-electricity.html). Sargas expects to have the first plants in operation in 2014. Is the PL not concerned that we would be used as guinea pigs for the technology, just as it was with the power plant actually being implemented in Marsaxlokk?

– how does the PL reconcile its cheerleading for Sargas with presumably having to issue a fair and public call for tenders and adjudicating impartially, when or if it is in government?

Italian TV news: wind turbine destroyed by very rough seas yesterday.

Is anyone else annoyed by Cameron’s move yesterday? Going through the BBC articles the Eurosceptics in the UK seem to be having a field day.

Sadly enough, a couple of comments “from Malta” made their way into the articles, congratulating Mr Cameron for being stronger than his Maltese counterpart.

I find it rather tragicomic that the only people who seem to be happy about this decision are the British Conservatives (even UKIP said this was a terrible decision) and some Maltese (“socialist,” or perhaps I should say “progressive, liberal, and moderate”) Eurosceptics.

All his posturing is just a peurile act to impress us with his supposed “ghaqal”, which he has absolutely none of. If he had any, he wouldn’t even have tried to pass this half baked rubbish idea as “the solution”.

How on earth can he halve the electricity bills whilst doubling Enemalta’s debt?

The fact that Sargas could finance it themselves makes absolutely no difference. A billion Euro is a billion Euro whichever way you slice it up. Someone’s got to pay the expenses, interests and profits over and above for this company, and that’s us – the Maltese consumer.

This is not to mention that they have NO IDEA on many other factors which will impact the tariffs in other substantial ways – the cost of the fuel, the cost to dump the waste, etc etc. So just saying the bills would be halved is plain fantasy.

Who now still believes Joseph’s crap is just a dangerous fool with a vote.

Marlene distanced herself nicely from everything and everyone and latched on to the only positive side of the whole thing – that we need to seriously look into technologies that scrub the pollution to avoid hefty fines. I wonder if she was watching the programme and made up that position on the spot, or if she had made up her mind beforehand.

One more thing: the biopaste is only 10% of the fuel and the rest is coal? That’s like sayng “this plant works on coal, but if you throw in up to 10% of anything else it will burn it too.”

Biopaste is just a buzzword that makes this all sound green. Brigulgio put forward the greens’ perspective on this quite nicely.

Lord hear us, Lord graciously hear us.

“I’m forever blowing bubbles”

I’m forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams,
They fade and die.
Fortune’s always hiding,
I’ve looked everywhere,
I’m forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

[Daphne – In Burmarrad, with a grandmother who took him to Mintoff rallies? Hardly. He was probably rocked to sleep to the tune of Ma Taghmlu Xejn Mal-Perit Mintoff.]