If you want all the best bits of a Deltic, in a form that has now been holding bits of the rail network together for over 60 years, rather than the 20 the Deltics managed, surely you go for a pair of… (View Post)

That's a dumb way to do it. Spending the same money on expanding the £400 handout would make much more sense as the market price signal would be much better preserved, and thus people would be much m… (View Post)

As in - burn it in German power stations run maxed out all the time, and export the electricity to the rest of Europe (given I think we're currently burning scarce gas to export electricity to France… (View Post)

Except for the political medalling of course. That 50mpg car is costing about 7.5p/mile in fuel - the rest is tax. With electricity at a real cost of about 33p/kwh (that's what I'm paying for busines… (View Post)

Could some of our gas capacity be reenginnered to burn oil (ideally oil or gas as required)? Gas turbines shouldn't be particularly picky about the fuel they are fed providing it arrives into the com… (View Post)