CABINET SENSE ON NUKES AND PIPELINES

THE Cabinet has approved a draft nuclear energy policy and it will be published for public comment. Spigot can hardly wait. He hopes that in among the ritual obeisance to the holy cows of security, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, black empowerment, employment equity, and so on, there will be a firm decision to embrace nuclear power as essential for this country's future prosperity. Oh, and by the way, tucked away at the bottom of a report on this Cabinet decision, published by Engineering News (for which we should all thank heaven for its existence) was this: "The development of Petronet’s new multi-products pipeline between Durban and Johannesburg was also approved." Can this be true? If so, how will it affect the iPayipi Consortium's plans? Will PetroSA also soon reveal its plans for another pipeline? Could we have three new pipelines from Durban to the Reef before 2010? Will miracles happen? Another thought: If we do get three Durban-Reef fuel pipelines, will we need road fuel tanker drivers plying the same route? Recent strikers please note.