I'll defend Dale on this one. I will give you that he is a (self-admitted & perhaps self-regarding) media tart, but he has also done some genuinely innovative and interesting things - perhap… (View Post)

We have unfortunately just turned down the Octopus / Sahara deal wind/solar ("'to promote domestic renewables'), which would have accounted for approximately 10GW of supply. I think th… (View Post)

That's imo quite a peculiar (maybe 'meaningless' is a good word) question. I think you have your magisteria overlapping strangely. Is a guinea pig or a rabbit more toaster-like? (View Post)

On this new comment design - no objections to the basic format - I am struggling to see which comment page I am on in the "VF" interface, where I used to be able to see if say I was on page… (View Post)

A Bundle of Sad News. My old friend in Manchester whom I wrote about in the spring as having cancer, just passed away earlier than expected. Having been diagnosed as terminal (Stage 3?), he was plann… (View Post)