Doesn't it depend on the place? In 1900, South African was a series of colonies, such as the Cape Colony and Natal. By contrast, Canada was a Dominion (and New Zealand and Australia were on that… (View Post)

I think European healthcare is now, probably, better on average than in the UK. Now, they spend more as a % of GDP, but I think their (often more flexible) models have done rather better of late than… (View Post)

The North Africa scheme is not stupid: modern HVDC cables are relatively inexpensive and transmission losses are remarkably small. It would do a very good job of adding a few extra hours of power in … (View Post)

Which is why my comment was about "new warehouses and shopping centers..." etc. If you're building something anyway, adding solar is a marginal new cost. Retrofitting has very differen… (View Post)

He died tragically young. (View Post)