That much makes sense, but how much of the cost of a nuclear power plant is the cost of building the core itself? I would imagine that that is relatively small compared to the cost of the infrastruct… (View Post)

People are working on all sorts of things. This does not mean they are automatically going to solve all our problems or even have much chance of becoming commercially practicable within a useful time… (View Post)

China is not only catching up; China currently has the pedal to the metal and and is just about to shoot past us. The country has industrialised in about a quarter the time taken by the UK and will v… (View Post)

It's mixed, I guess. On the one hand, China's CO2 emissions have increased enormously as the country has industrialised over the past few decades. On the other hand, though, China is currently deploy… (View Post)

Yup. And Netanyahu's useful idiots swallow every excuse he comes out with. The Israelis lie and lie - remember the attack on the UN convoy that they initially tried to blame on a Hamas "side bom… (View Post)