Universal Great Britain

[tommyhawkins]

I'm a bit bored tonight so doing a reread from post 1 in this thread. I've just got through the discussions between @bedfordmassive @tommyhawkins and @yepthatguy about the traffic/rail infrastructure and how it might be worked to give the project a direct feed from the A421. It's nice to see what you guys came up with and then compare it to the master plan that came out last month and none of you twigged on Universal's real plans .

i bet that was really fulfilling for you

 

[xtpower]

i bet that was really fulfilling for you

Actually what you guys came up with was really interesting I was just poking a little fun. No need to get upset or anything, I meant no offence.

 

[yepthatguy]

It was good fun guessing how it would all work, and really cool when they released the plans.

Some of Tommy’s photoshops really brought home the scale of it all to me.

I’m definitely more interested in the build than the IP that will be there.

You wait til Barbie Land is announced or you’re in an Bond BTTF clone under water and start thinking… “this is all feeling very familiar..””

 

[ProjectUniversalUK]

New video chaps

Universal Studios Great Britain update | Backfilling the trenches

 

[xtpower]

New video chaps

Universal Studios Great Britain update | Backfilling the trenches

Woo! A new video from PUU, yay.

Sounds like tomorrow's video will be very interesting.

 

[Doug88]

I don't think this is going to happen. But not because Universal don't want it but more because of our governments policies.
We are going all out on this net zero thing and this means that air travel, cars and so on will be banned in order for us to reach net zero. People won't have as much disposable income, means of transportation and we probably won't have enough electricity to keep the park running as well as everyone's house in the country. The country will probably be heading back into poverty with all of the job losses that will occur.
So purely from a net zero and economic stand point I don't think this will happen.

 

[bedfordmassive]

I admire your confidence in our current and future environmental policies.

There is zero chance of this being blocked on net zero.

 

[ProjectUniversalUK]

I don't think this is going to happen. But not because Universal don't want it but more because of our governments policies.
We are going all out on this net zero thing and this means that air travel, cars and so on will be banned in order for us to reach net zero. People won't have as much disposable income, means of transportation and we probably won't have enough electricity to keep the park running as well as everyone's house in the country. The country will probably be heading back into poverty with all of the job losses that will occur.
So purely from a net zero and economic stand point I don't think this will happen.

Did you binge watch Fallout last night?

 

[rob@rar]

I don't think this is going to happen. But not because Universal don't want it but more because of our governments policies.
We are going all out on this net zero thing and this means that air travel, cars and so on will be banned in order for us to reach net zero. People won't have as much disposable income, means of transportation and we probably won't have enough electricity to keep the park running as well as everyone's house in the country. The country will probably be heading back into poverty with all of the job losses that will occur.
So purely from a net zero and economic stand point I don't think this will happen.

You’re right, I also think that none of that stuff is going to happen*. In the meantime Universal will open a world class theme park in Bedford and we’re all going to be delighted by it.


* Any government which tried to ban cars will not be a government for much longer.

 

[Chessy]

Wow talk about doom and gloom. Cheer up

 

[xtpower]

Cars and air travel getting banned? Never gonna happen in a billion billion years. As for the rest, I think you have a gross misunderstanding of what Net Zero is and what the consequences of it being. The whole country being plunged into poverty, no cars, no air travel, less electricity, no jobs, yea that's all rubbish. Have you by any chance been watching GB News recently? This feels like something those nutjobs would come up with.

 

[Alicia]

Green is Universal

 

[yepthatguy]

Green is Universal

Do you think they will be generating some of their own power to keep the park electrified if built?

 

[Alicia]

Do you think they will be generating some of their own power to keep the park electrified if built?

No clue. But I’ll be real with yall, most big corporations just purchase carbon offset credits to stay more neutral these days. It’s a work around, but usually keeps things within regulations.

 

[Steeb]

Wow, I thought the doom and gloom over Rings of Power was as tinfoil hat as it could get here.

 

[ProjectUniversalUK]

Just a teaser for 6pm BST

 

[havaska]

I don't think this is going to happen. But not because Universal don't want it but more because of our governments policies.
We are going all out on this net zero thing and this means that air travel, cars and so on will be banned in order for us to reach net zero. People won't have as much disposable income, means of transportation and we probably won't have enough electricity to keep the park running as well as everyone's house in the country. The country will probably be heading back into poverty with all of the job losses that will occur.
So purely from a net zero and economic stand point I don't think this will happen.

This is satire right?

 

[Jake S]

No clue. But I’ll be real with yall, most big corporations just purchase carbon offset credits to stay more neutral these days. It’s a work around, but usually keeps things within regulations.

Green is Universal*

*Please don't investigate this claim too closely!

 

[bedfordmassive]

Electricity isn’t an issue. We’re already 0% coal National Grid: Live and gas will be well down by 2030.

The travel carbon footprint will look good as so much travel will be by rail.

Non-issue.

 

[ProjectUniversalUK]

No clue. But I’ll be real with yall, most big corporations just purchase carbon offset credits to stay more neutral these days. It’s a work around, but usually keeps things within regulations.

There are a number of power generating structures close to the site, most noticeable is the wind turbine at Stewartby lake, then the largest at rookery Pitt at Stewartby that burns waste diverted from landfill. Then we have the under construction Millbrook power station also at rookery Pitt. We also have the Infinis plant at Stewartby brickworks site which burns the methane from the landfill and finally just up the road is Brogbrough landfill power station.

So Universal are spoilt for choice really.

Oh did I mention the now under construction battery storage on the a421 next to the site of the old brick makers arms pub, you won't find anything on a map yet but it's there.

There is more than enough 'green' fuelled power choices around here.