Go for trans-lunar injection burn at 23:49 BST. Meanwhile the astronauts are filling contingency urine bags with water because of a water valve issue. Being an astronaut doesn't seem to be as gl… (View Post)

One thing we need is a truly national grid, able to move a lot more energy from one end of the country to the other (and then beyond). (View Post)

I don't know enough about earlier periods, particularly in other countries, to know whether the present-day is uniquely bad. There's always a danger of romanticising the past. But it does f… (View Post)

I said very confidently on here that Iran wouldn't be in the headlines by Easter - not one of my best predictions! I'd note that we've been hearing that the war will be over in days, o… (View Post)

My view is that Britain should do everything: big nukes, small nukes, wind, solar, batteries, tidal, store excess renewables as methane for use in CCGTs. It's quite likely one of them will be a … (View Post)