Have you not noticed that nobody in the party is allowed to speak out unless told to?

And if you are told to speak out and you miss you get fired or sent to purgotory to get recycled.

Anglu Farrugia case 1, Tony Abela case 2 – the next one?

You asked for it, Silvio. Watch it, sweetie, her bite is lethal. I suggest you take on another with less guts.

He did not come out to support Konrad Mizzi’s claim that a current EIA for the site can be reviewed in four or five weeks. Nor did he come out to support PL’s claim that all necessary permits will be obtained within six months.

Why the silence, Roderick?

Following this non-required havoc Malta’s long term sovereign credit rating was downgraded to BBB+, just above junk.

What I cannot understand why, Labour is blaming it on the government?

It’s true Malta has a high governmental debt burden but let alone with the additional investment of a power station and additional discounts to the prices of water and electricity. How are we supposed to decrease this burden and work towards achieving a better rating?

It is definitely not the case of working towards the interest of the Maltese Island especially, the Maltese people.

L-aqwa li ‘Malta taghna lkoll’.

I hope the Maltese voters understand what they will be getting the nation into before choosing to change government.

In relation to oil and Algeria:

http://blogs.ft.com/nick-butler/2013/01/18/algeria-and-the-implications-of-terrorism/

This is further compounded by the fact that a gas pipeline would probably be part financed by the EU and is without a shadow of a doubt the best option, albeit needing more time to implement and commission.

Labour had to go down this route to have a credible timescale for the introduction of cuts in the utitility bills, but that was part of the sales pitch. Labour WILL reduce the utility bills by 25% and I have NO DOUBT it will keep it’s promise, but the project that they are professing will not see the light of day, at least not in this grand scale.

What will happen is that Malta will probably go for a second interconnector, and replace Phase 1 of Delimara with a more advanced and more powerful gas-fired power station. We need 500 mega watts at maximum peak so we can look at 650 mega watts maximum peak for 15 years down the line.

So two power stations (Phase 1 and 2 at Delimara) and two interconnectors will provide this outout, plus we will forcibly have 10% power provided by alternative energy by 2010, by which time a gas-pipeline would have been linked with minimal storage requirements. Eventually Delimara by itself would be able to cope with demand with the assistance coming from the interconnector when the need arises.

These childish squabbles are really useless.

It is a fact that Malta needs to change over to gas and also that we must have 10% alternative energy sources by 2010. At least there should be consensus on this issue and in this way we can finally address four issues in one go: lower the rates, produce cleaner energy, comply with EU directives and finally start repaying back money owed by Enemalta!

PL’s advisors do not know anything about how gas markets operate, just like they do not know that the Knight cannot move like it were a Queen.

PL’s advisors do not appreciate the time required for the various studies and permits, just like they do not know that the King can only move one square at a time.

PL’s advisors do not understand the cost and time required to build a power station, the gas storage tanks and the supporting infrastructure, just like they do not know that the Bishop cannot jump over pieces.

Minister Gatt was eminently fit for purpose. In my opinion, the issue about the new power station is being used as a strategy by the PL in order to sidetrack more pressing issues and to make people forget about the good lifestyle they enjoy and about the transformation brought about by the PN in Government, of which Minister Gatt was a prominent and able and leading member.

I really think the PN should be harping on the various projects carried out in the country, such as the lift at the Barracca and the long road leading to Marsa and the City Gate project, to mention just a few – even by using an iPAD if need be on TV as was done so effectively by Tonio Fenech.

As if saving Euro100 on electricity bills in the year can even begin to compare with massive investment in education, health and employment, with the dozens and dozens of embellishment projects carried out by the PN and with the economic and financial stability in the country when other countries in the region are floundering all around us.

Ing. Pace is one of the best and greatly respected by the engineering community.

Xi hsibtha Malta, Silvio?