The way the question is posed sort of encapsulates the problem: "if they really want to." This frames the question of whether to spend tens to hundreds of billions of pounds as a question o… (View Post)

I though this last paragraph in the Carbon Brief article linked to earlier (on the role of gas in electricity prices) is the one that encapsulates my thinking about past and likely future government … (View Post)

There isn't really a whole lot that can be done about the immediate predicament. We just have to suck it up. But if we'd made decisions in 2022 to prioritise long-term investment to move aw… (View Post)

Sure. I've advocated for greater investment in electricity infrastructure (whether wind, tidal or nuclear) for many years, and if we'd done that in the past we might not be using gas today.… (View Post)

One of the things that makes me wary about the more enthusiastic predictions about AI is just how enthusiastic about it Zuckerberg has become. He's capable of wasting even more money on AI then … (View Post)