Not only is it 90% renewables, but the UK is (a) filling pumped storage, and (b) exporting electricity. We're slightly over 100% for wind+solar+nuclear, and a sub £50 spot electricity price is n… (View Post)

Because if you are an elected official, and you oppose Trump, you will get primaried and lose your job. You will also likely get harassed and bullied and threatened. (View Post)

That's the goldilocks scenario right now. It still leaves energy prices elevated for a year, which will do no good at all to consumers in Europe, the UK or the US. But it's the best we can … (View Post)

I think this is key: the Netanyahu government has, I suspect, sown the seeds of Israel's destruction. Should that happen, I will weep for the millions of Jews who did not support his government … (View Post)

This last week, a (Jewish) Persian friend of mine said something along the lines of you have to be really quite deluded to think that Israel is doing this to help liberate the Persian people and that… (View Post)