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Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
An excellent question. The frequency of the grid is constantly modulated to keep supply and demand in balance. Excess energy is therefore radiated off as heat at every transformer on the grid, right down to the iPhone charger by your bed. (And microwave overs cook food a little bit more quickly too.)RCS, perhaps you can answer this: Where does waste electricity go?Hopefully Ed Miliband has read this.Wait until he sees the swings in price on the Texas electricity grid.
Seriously though: times when the spot price of electricity has risen 10x are perfectly normal. They probably happen four or five times a month in the UK on average, and can happen 20 times or more in the middle of winter.
And it's the nature of an efficient market. Should such spikes happen too often, then people will see an opportunity to make money by storing energy for them. (Again, see Texas.)
If you leave the market alone, it'll almost always find the answer.
(This Tweet is the CEO of a Germany utility arguing for the government to step in and make the market less competitive so he doesn't need to do the hard work of making his organization work properly.)
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Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
Hopefully Ed Miliband has read this.Wait until he sees the swings in price on the Texas electricity grid.
Seriously though: times when the spot price of electricity has risen 10x are perfectly normal. They probably happen four or five times a month in the UK on average, and can happen 20 times or more in the middle of winter.
And it's the nature of an efficient market. Should such spikes happen too often, then people will see an opportunity to make money by storing energy for them. (Again, see Texas.)
If you leave the market alone, it'll almost always find the answer.
(This Tweet is the CEO of a Germany utility arguing for the government to step in and make the market less competitive so he doesn't need to do the hard work of making his organization work properly.)
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Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
He served his time for his crime aged 21 and doesn't seem to have reoffended since, so perhaps should be regarded as a spent conviction.Me too. Plus I'd certainly expect we had court records for people who were still alive. Otherwise how would you know whether it was a first or second offence?I had always assumed court records were kept permenently for historical research purposes.Disgusting.Full piece:
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend
The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-mp-james-mcmurdock-kicking-ex-girlfriend-rm3ffx73x
https://archive.ph/vsfeZ
Jared O'Mara Mk II?
I did not realise we kept court records that long.
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Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
Just watched Jeanne du Barry, with Johnny Depp as Louis XV.
An absolutely beautiful movie. Every scene is exquisite, much of filmed it in Versaille.
Maïwenn is very adept at having so many roles - Jeanne herself, writer, director - but being extremely adept in all of them. (She was also the blue alien opera singer in The Fifth Element!)
On Amazon, if interested.
An absolutely beautiful movie. Every scene is exquisite, much of filmed it in Versaille.
Maïwenn is very adept at having so many roles - Jeanne herself, writer, director - but being extremely adept in all of them. (She was also the blue alien opera singer in The Fifth Element!)
On Amazon, if interested.
Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
Last night a very techy, and slightly drunk, friend of mine said that (and I'm paraphrasing here, because I may have had a glass of wine or two myself) that:Pretty much- blocks are absolute; your nemesis simply can't access you. And there isn't the same "see what Elon wants you to see" aspect.
Bluesky is great because you can set up how you want the moderation to work yourself. So you choose via your moderation settings what you see.
If true, and I have no idea if it is true, then that actually sounds pretty sensible.
As I've mused before, I suspect Musk's beef with old Twitter wasn't so much about his ability to say stuff as his inability to force others to listen to him.
Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
Disgusting.Starred in the Reform Party Political Broadcast tonight after Channel 4 news.
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend
The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-mp-james-mcmurdock-kicking-ex-girlfriend-rm3ffx73x
His suit doesn't fit, and no real answers how Reform would stop immigration, just the usual guff.
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Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
Poor old Roger. Never knowingly right about anything in politics, now reduced to having a go at one of the few people on here who has never had a sharp word to say about any other poster.Labour in panic modeDo you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
Considering exempting farmers 80 plus from IHT
Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
I had always assumed court records were kept permenently for historical research purposes.Disgusting.Full piece:
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend
The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-mp-james-mcmurdock-kicking-ex-girlfriend-rm3ffx73x
https://archive.ph/vsfeZ
Jared O'Mara Mk II?
I did not realise we kept court records that long.
Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
It's farcicalI was thinking of late reporting of deaths! If the farmer keels over at 79 years ten months...What? So you only get taxed if you die young or unecpectedly? That strikes me as an odd compromise.Labour in panic modeOh dear. Weekend at Bernie's Farm.
Considering exempting farmers 80 plus from IHT
Re: Labouring the economy – politicalbetting.com
What? So you only get taxed if you die young or unecpectedly? That strikes me as an odd compromise.Labour in panic modeOh dear. Weekend at Bernie's Farm.
Considering exempting farmers 80 plus from IHT
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