Sir, Officers of Oxfordshire County Council have recommended that RWE npower, power station owners, be granted planning permission to fill Thrupp Lake with waste ash. Sadly, they seem to have fallen hook, line and sinker for the old, constantly repeated line that the power station cannot possibly continue to generate electricity without the (relatively small) extra capacity of Thrupp Lake.
Parts of the summary of their recommendations for the planning meeting on July 10 read like an RWE npower press release, all they missed out was the bit about power generation being a 24/7 operation! Ah well, it all goes to prove the old adage repeat something often enough and someone will believe you!
Do these officers seriously believe that RWE npower are going to forego all the lovely profits they make from selling us electricity just for the want of a little space to put their ash?
Marjorie White, Abingdon
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