Rather enamoured to see that the Herald, have finally opened up their comments section on a trial run. The page for registration is here.
Hopefully, it remains open and is moderated in a sensible fashion unlike its previous version where opponents of Independence were allowed to smear, fear and disavow without recourse. Its closure was firmly blamed on the hitherto unnamed 'cybernats', without any analysis or fact. A few commentators with a pro-Union agenda ground it into the dirt. Here's hoping it works better this time and fulfils the promise of free speech .
The news that yet another oil field has been discovered in the North Sea, hopefully puts an end to the nonsense that the oil has peaked.
I truly heart the description of the oil technologist on the BBC Scotland documentary 'Truth Lies Oil and Scotland' describing in great detail, how they now have the ability to push the equivalent of a damp piece of spaghetti up Walter Scott's nostril, down through his intestines, down the stairs of his monument, out onto princess street and weave their way through the traffic until finally hitting the jackpot at Leith!
This news coupled with the belief that Scotland's renewable sector is potentially large enough to power half of Germany, surely adds succour to the argument that now is the time to have a devolved, combined Oil and Renewable Energy Fund, with which to address the legacy of lost opportunities in Scotland. The Fund Manager industry in Edinburgh, untainted by the recession and Banks bailout, are the perfect people to run it, and hopefully like in Norway it could have a humanitarian aspect to it...
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New finds aren't making up for the declining major fields in the Middle East.
If there's a way to do it the UK Gov will claim the tides in the Pentland Firth as their own.
Scotland could have the security and prosperity that Norway enjoys through its oil fund but is denied it by, not the UK but, our own voters.
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