Question about that. It feels like the following things are true: a) weather that allows us to ignore the cost of gas is rare but becoming more common b) more wind and solar are still being added, wh… (View Post)

Reform's problem, like the PVV's, is what does a NOTA party do once it becomes AOTA. And the problem for Western Democracy is how long are we going to keep cycling round NOTA parties? Like the "… (View Post)

The geologists I worked alongside in the early 90s had a pretty shrewd idea. The big picture stuff is just energy flows, after all. But because it was modelling, and because of the weather/climate di… (View Post)

If you insist on getting babies to operate them, it's unsurprising that they're a less attractive business proposition. (Presumably this is just data point 94000 on the "you can't buck the marke… (View Post)

If you are superficially nice enough, and if you are old enough, the Beeb lets you get away with all sorts of filth without that much subtlety. See Humphrey Lyttleton's material on I'm Sorry I Haven'… (View Post)