If they are, and I fear they may well be, then our descendants are basically fucked. The high point of international cooperation has been and gone, and the future is one of nationalist insanity and e… (View Post)

I'll be up at 7am to charge the car, start the washing machine, switch on the immersion heater and turn on a couple of electric fan heaters. Edit: Some automation would be good here. (View Post)

But 2 hours of free electricity from Octopus tomorrow morning, presumably thanks to Bert. (View Post)

I guess it's because gas is the main dispatchable (if that's the right word) source of energy. Edit: If say, demand rises a bit, pretty much the only way you can meet that demand is by increasing gas… (View Post)

Sadly, the human psyche seems to be hardwired to want to believe in a messiah. Hence religion, cults, etc. I guess it must have once served some evolutionary purpose, like racism, but it's really hol… (View Post)