There should not be a ban on fracking; as you say, let the market decide. But that doesn't stop the fact that the Bowland Shale turned out to have significant issues: in particular, (1) the orga… (View Post)

Sadly, this is completely true. It's like the WW1 "stabbed in the back" myth, that Germany would have won without the shadowy cabal having sabotaged them. Only in this case, it's … (View Post)

Ah hem, 1895. (View Post)

It if, of course, worth remembering that neither Trump nor the Iranian regime are known for their factual accuracy. (View Post)

It wasn't just the nukes, though. (Although they were the final coup de grace.) It was also the submarine blockade of Japan, that meant that people were starving to death. And it was the fact th… (View Post)