The myth of energy independence

[senob44]

I don't get the bit about computers,dental health and nuclear reactors.The first 10 programmable electronic computers were built in Britain;many of the guys involved in ENIAC worked with them but were prevented by secrecy laws to give credit to the Colossus program.

I was talking about modern computers, as in digital computers, my above post explains that an American invented those.

Britain for years had free dental treatment;we just don't like brilliant white teeth as they look artificial.

I don't like brilliant fake teeth either. Maybe Britain did have free dental treatment for years, but that doesn't mean good dental treatment or that the Brits took advantage of it. Maybe even it is a bad stereotype, but here's a couple articles on bad British teeth:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Te...eth%3A+Britain%27s+Bad+Teeth+Costing+Billions

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/01/18/do1802.xml

Nuclear reactors?The atom was first split in Cambridge, much of the work of the Manhattan project was begun in Manchester , we had the first nuclear power station and at one time produced more nuclear power than the rest of the world put together.

Yeah, um... I was talking about nuclear reactors, not what led up to it.....

This led to the creation of the first man-made nuclear reactor, known as Chicago Pile-1, which achieved criticality on December 2, 1942.

Electricity was generated for the first time by a nuclear reactor on December 20, 1951 at the EBR-I experimental station near Arco, Idaho.

On June 27, 1954, the USSRs Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant became the world's first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for a power grid.

^ Not the US, but not Britain either.

The UK had the first commercial power station, not the first power station in general. That would be the one in Idaho, many years earlier. So basically, the Brits were the first to charge money for their nuclear-generated electricity. Good show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power

I would say that possibly the Brits came up with some good ideas, before Americans perfected them I guess.:dunno:

And of course, if it wasn't for the UK, the American people's favourite pastime would be speaking Spanish or French.

Big deal. Our country didn't even exist at that point. Did it really matter whether we were a colony of Britain, Spain or France? What has the UK done since then, aside from fighting against us in two wars, then getting help from the US in one, and being bailed out by them in another?

 

[Miskatonic]

There is no need for the US to be 100% involved in a so called Global Economy. Going in reverse is what is needed, and that's to become a sovereign nation that can maintain itself. THAT will entail a lot of sacrifice and hardship, but it's the only way to gain any type of clout on a global scale. Otherwise it's going to be vultures (ie. more powerful countries) picking through the bones once the ship sinks for good.

Any so called expert that bad mouths energy independence is towing the line for those who WANT America up to its next in this Globalism bullshit. They know who pays their wages and play along like trained dogs. Fuck em' all.