I've been head down in this for years. The entire Abingdon Reservoir thing is a red herring for the balance sheet. It's supposed to be a bunded super-reservoir thirty times the size of the median res… (View Post)

Although I don't have an answer, this graph suggests where to start looking: The peak problem is between ages 20 and mid-fifties, with the worst of it between mid-twenties and about age forty. (View Post)

Fully agree with all of this. After all, with the current system being changed, before we lament it, we need to ask: "So how well has that been working so far, then?" Every year we've been … (View Post)

I am a big supporter of free markets. But they need to be understood, and every market is subject to distortive forces. Externalities and perverse incentives. This is one, in my opinion. My solution … (View Post)

Red kites in the UK. From a globally threatened species to a common sight in the UK after a big push that started 30 years ago (View Post)