Given it was declared around 11.30pm and rescinded by 5am, most South Koreans probably slept through the whole thing! (View Post)

We currently import huge amounts of gas and oil from questionable countries. Why would we (and Germany etc) not import green electricity from close allies if falling solar panel prices make cheap ene… (View Post)

Should the likes of Spain, Portugal not be building huge wind farms with interconnectors to the rest of Europe? Build 500%+ of their own electricity needs and become huge energy exporters. (View Post)

I know very little, but hope that's the outcome. We don't want to lose democratic allies to authoritarians. (View Post)

Absolutely. The Syria news is very bad news for both Russian and Iranian interests. I don't think we know enough about how the current rebels will behave to comment on whether it's a good t… (View Post)