Still don't understand the interest in tidal. It doesn't solve intermittency, is highly intermittent itself over a month, cannot be used to store energy to any serious degree (even in lagoons), is pr… (View Post)

Yes it is. It just has a different name. The same as PAWHP = WFP. The Conservatives even have the benefit of never being in power here (with no prospect of it), which puts them in a strong position -… (View Post)

Errrr - we do, and it's a significantly higher tax here than down south (LBTT). It's starting to catch middle class people out in the central belt and that is anathema to the SNP, who are the masters… (View Post)

In some respects - it is. Part of the reason why getting oil and gas out of the North Sea is getting more expensive is because a lot of the ships, infrastructure and workforce are tied up in offshore… (View Post)

+ 20,000 radicalised young men who have seen their parents killed over the last few years (estimates vary). Fertile ground for Hamas and we'll be back where we started inside a decade. (View Post)