Ummm: this isn't quite true. Spinning reserve is great at smoothing out a few seconds of power loss, but it can't do much more. Also, it's much more relevant for coal and nuclear. For … (View Post)

Well, it is a hostile act. But it also shows that Amazon reckons the Republicans are probably not going to do well in the midterms, and therefore hitching the wagon to Trump may not be that smart an … (View Post)

Well, let's hope it doesn't come to that. (View Post)

The problem is that there are at least 50 different things that Americas (particularly Californians) are voting for at any time. There's Councilmen, and Assembymen, and Senators, and Attorney Ge… (View Post)

There are some massive differences in constituency size in Canada: from 20,000 or so, all the way up to close to 100,000. (View Post)