Open cast mining, IIRC. So dump trucks the size of small house filled up somewhere in the mine, then head out, in a steady stream. Edit: found it https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/this-cement-quar… (View Post)

There’s a mine in Europe, somewhere, where it’s at the top of a mountain. Loaded electric trucks go down, charging the batteries as they do. This creates enough charge to get the empty truck back to … (View Post)

The U.K. has supremacy of Parliament. Which means that a majority in the Commons can do virtually anything. Some lawyers are trying to knit a constitution out of HR law etc. - to truly limit what par… (View Post)

I did two A Levels a year early. Which had an entertaining result - when at interview at UCL I got a 2 U offer, and so had a place immediately. (View Post)

Meanwhile the Americans held the Project Nobska meeting - where advances in solid fuel were “joined up” with possible size reductions in nuclear weapons. This meant that solid fuel rockets could fulf… (View Post)