Re: National infrastructure projects @AC
"Omitted the fact that because the UK government is keen not to pay anything upfront and have the construction financed by the Chinese, the price the UK pays for electricity from these plants has been further inflated as it will include interest repayments on the capital needed to build them and operate them until such time as they break even (after 30~40 years); at which point the profit extraction can commence."
Welcome to the PPP electricity grid.
Just like the PPP hospitals and PPP schools.
Something you're grand kids can tell you.
"Grandpappy, we finally paid the ba**ards off."
Biting the hand that feeds IT
