a Taht was the original idea. But the universities ended up charging the maximum they were allowed, uniformly. At this point some actual experts in higher education can tell you why. (View Post)

Given that Global Consult was Mandy's way to monetise his contacts and schmoozing, this represented a problem. If they put it in the vetting, he would fail on obvious conflicts of interest. But … (View Post)

A sane policy would be for all student loans to be repaid on behalf of NHS staff, over a period of time. So while they work in the NHS, no repayments. And after 7 years or so, the loan itself would b… (View Post)

There’s some work with catalytic hydrogen generation that would be a better way. Methane is basically better, more efficient hydrogen. In many ways. You get better storage properties, less leak issue… (View Post)

Electrolysis is a terrible way to make hydrogen - very inefficient, due to fundamental physics issues. The classic comment on hydrogen is that many of the problems with it go away - if you add carbon. (View Post)