But that is to miss the point. Let us say, for convenience of argument and round numbers, that adding £50k of insulation to a new build reduces the gas bill from £1k/year to zero. Let us also assume … (View Post)
The stupid idea was building a capacity upgrade as a high speed line. There's a very strong law of diminishing returns as you increase speed. Allowing for plausible acceleration curves, 125mph still … (View Post)
As far as the DfT's pronouncements on HS2 are concerned, Mandy Rice Davies definitely applies. Sir Humphrey is hardly going to 'fess up that actually he and his ilk wasted tens of billions of quid go… (View Post)
I don't disagree, but how? They were the government, they talked about reducing immigration to the tens of thousands, then decided to go for unprecedentedly high levels. They now aren't the governmen… (View Post)
If he'd come clean at the scene, that would all seems reasonable enough. Locking people up for long periods for being unlucky whilst driving moderately badly is almost certainly counter-productive. H… (View Post)