FPT: any talk of aligning our motor vehicle standards with the US is going to be toxic in Europe/UK. The risk of death from being hit by a US-style pickup truck is around 200% higher than your standa… (View Post)

We put man on the moon 66 years after the first powered flight. 2050 is not only realistic, it's pathetic. (View Post)

You sound like one of our contractors. This is the kind of language you get from someone who hasn't done any work and has no intention of doing any in the future. (View Post)

Yep, if you're so desperately concerned about us importing gas the only solution is to massively reduce our consumption of it. But when we suggest moving everyone onto heat pumps and accelerating sol… (View Post)

Yep, all I meant is that simple stats like that don't tell the whole story. It's also why relative poverty measures are still valid to an extent; not only to they reflect a keen human instinct for fa… (View Post)