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That seems to be about the right estimate. Here is a story that happened to someone I know a couple of weeks ago. I needed someone with a tractor to help me with some work I need to do in my garden. A friendly local farmer came with his tractor. There was a strong smell of sulfur emanating from...

LFP batteries in EVs now last longer than the cars, don't worry about it. The common problem with all the EVs until now is the technology is moving ahead at a very fast pace. It's not so bad in other area of industrial products but EVs are durable and long term investment, nobody is happy if the...

Did you look at how different technologies would cost producing the same amount of electricity after 25 years? I posted the information in this post. Take the Rolls Royce's SMR 470MW for example. Metric Value Design life 60 years Total lifetime cost £4.5–£5.6 billion Electricity...

I am watching Farage on bbc2 atm. As interesting as his suggestions are, his figures are truly dodgy. He claims for example netzero costs 40 billions a year. Government's own figures are 5 billions a year. If you look at how hard it is for Starmer to save 10 billions a year on winter fuel...

Those two boats are caught fishing without appropriate licence. UK boats need to apply for EU fishing licences, which are issued based on historical fishing activity in those waters (e.g. proof of fishing in French waters between 2012 and 2016). If you or an EU fishing boat want to fish on our...

the key difference is the word 'sea'. Small earth quakes, methane leaks, high water usage, habitat disruption. The government has not expressly banned shale gas but sets the bar pretty high. I repeat, any oil and gas produced here will be sold to the highest bidder. That won't reduce the price...

As I mentioned this to you before, our gas and oil deposits are so close to other countries that the producers will sell their oil and gas to the highest bidders. That will not lower the price we pay for gas while we still have to deal with consequences of extraction. Shale oil and gas create...

Gas, especially us shale gas, is hugely cheaper in the USA compared to the UK. We have to buy LNG. The USA also gets cheap gas from Canada. Current US gas price per MMBTU: $3.42 (it's not a misprint), UK gas price: £12.185 per MMBTU, 5x US price. Our production cost for 1khw of electricity is...

MikelBikel often supports reform's anti netzero policy without engaging into any factual discussions. Here is a compilation of current costs to build a 470MW power station using various technologies currently available to us. The 470MW was chosen because uk government will have to decide on...

"Short range and lack of practicality. That just about sums up all EVs really". That's what he said. Where is the logic in that when sales of EVs is the only growth area in the automotive industry?

I think consciousness is simply the awareness of our own uniqueness as an individual. If you build a unique AI then sure, it can evolve until it knows that there isn't anything like itself so would fit the definition.

Chip companies reckon that they will deliver more compute for less power every year for sometime yet. I reckon up to 10% is realistic.

If you go ask people in the street whether it's paris, Munich or Amsterdam, do they fear to be invaded by Russians? The answer is no. We fear being pulled into a war, especially if that is inside Europe but not directly for our own territory. So why do we need the usa? The answer is quite...

De Gaule saw what purpose the USA wanted NATO for and left the NATO command structure in 1966. We in the UK have a very different perception of the USA compared to French who love America and Americans but rarely American politics.

Shouldn't you thank Trump for steel embargo? Apparently, Ireland suffers most from Trump.

None of the above are the reasons for closing those steel mills. The UK steel industry faces several significant challenges, many of which are structural and long-standing. It's simple: if we want to keep producing steel here, government has to subsidise the industry which it cannot do at the...

Can trump destroy democracy in the usa? This guy draws parallel between the forces that created a lake and then destroyed it some later time.

China battery fires as a percentage of sales is pretty low but the new law will make manufacturers liable for any fire. It may be a way to stop imported cars.

The white wire sends speed signal. It is low power but can still cause trouble. I am sure you and Andy will devise a permanent solution .

I think it is from the view of Europe in the long term. Europe emerged from WW2 pretty much broken, requiring a huge effort plus extensive loans from the USA to rebuild, not just the bombed out buildings, but also a tattered economy. We could see then that both superpowers, USA and USSR, were...