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.. Retraining is probably the best solution or moving house but I can see a lot won't be able to do these two things. This is where the communist countries have a good solution. You will see large numbers of people employed by local governments to keep their communities squeaky clean and...

Tariffs are the wrong tools. Biden's chips act for example is much better. Subsidies are not inflationary and force companies to create good jobs. Tariffs risk reprisals, inflationary and disrupting supply chains. Trump's tariffs is stupid move especially against China. Bessent could have told...

It's already law in the EU since 2015, 10 years ago, you just didn't check. By-catch must be landed, no fish discarded at sea. By-catch is used to make fish oil and fishmeal for fish farms.

I can't see Jordan Bardella as future president, however, there is a but somewhere. As opposition party, RN is doing very well but fundamentally, France is rather conservative with a small c. French have a conservative wallet and a socialist heart.

Decent wages cannot bring manufacturing back. The root cause is our capitalism is the system is not self regulating. We don't have enough negative feedback mechanism for that. Left to the free market, owners will shut their factories where labour is unionised and salary is 'decent'. In the...

The UK only partially protect their MPAs.

Period Wind constraint payments Amount (early gas) Full year 2024 ~£393 million — Jan–Feb 2025 ~£253 million (wind) ~£210 million (gas) Forecast 2025 Up to £1.8–2 billion — Not just wind generators, gas generators are equally paid compensation when they are forced to switch off. The...

Trump's second presidency may do us all a favour. Trump reduces US hegemony. China has already setup and uses its digital currency to facilitate international trade. The ECB will learn from that. In a generation, digital currency will be used everywhere while the USA will still has to pay huge...

Africa is vastly underdevelopped. People move to where there are jobs. Manufacturing will move to where wages are lowest and energy and supply chains can be organised. I reckon the problem will solve itself with China's belt and road initiative in the next 50 to 100 years. Here are the current...

France has 500+ MPAs where fishing is banned altogether. A lot more than 13.

On conservancy of fish, the UK is behind other European countries, even worse than France. ChatGPT can confirm this. Quote: The UK has made significant strides in fisheries conservation, especially since Brexit, but it presents a mixed picture compared to top performers like Norway or Sweden...

You should know that France bans fishing for scallops from 15 May to 1st October every year to protect the species while uk doesn't. --- Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) France has over 500 MPAs covering both coastal and offshore zones. These zones often ban or limit fishing to allow ecosystems...

If all you do is listening, we'll go nowhere. Starmer has to find workable solutions. Farage doesn't.

I know that but there may be something outside the animal's DNA that gives to migratory animals like Monarch butterflies their memories.

Interesting hypothesis: if DNA does not code 3D shapes then where the shapes of living things may be kept?

It's incidents like those in that video and videos by opponents of EVs that help EVs getting rapidly better. Tesla moves their batteries to safer LFP chemistry for example. China has passed law forcing EVs batteries to be made fireproof from July 2026. The net result is an even faster adoption...

You know the torque sensor outputs two signals, a cadence signal, same as the one we have in the cadence sensor, and a torque signal which is proportional to riders' effort. Controllers from Bafang, JYT, Ananda, Tongsheng all offer 5 assist levels. I have all 5 on demonstration in Southend. The...

A good torque sensor helps to keep your joins supple and in good shape, and your body to retain and improve its muscle mass much more than a cadence sensor, so it makes a difference. I don't normally use the throttle with my Tongsheng 85TS torque sensor bike because where I live but if I have to...

Maga is divided for sure. US and China will have trade talk in London next week. I reckon that's the bit of good news to cheer the market. What would you do if the US bonds market blows up?

seriously, ai changes a lot of things and speeds up scientific research no end. I have a student working here this summer. A bright kid studying law at Southampton uni. I asked him if they use AI. Yes, all the time. Some even use AI to do their assignments.