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Temporary setback. 9 of his coalition abstained. Merz has a couple of weeks to work on them. He'll be Kanzler before the two weeks run out. As for the AfD, Trump and Vance show Europeans what an European Trump can do to their economy.

Let's assume Starmer sets up a tent city in Cumbria for 50,000 illegal immigrants. He already has the rights to confine them there, as long as they are fed and kept healthy. Would we have solved the housing crisis? Doctors appointments? More school places for children with special needs? Cheaper...

There is only one possible solution, do the jobs that immigrants do for us.

Do you know that UK government subsidises fossil fuels more than renewables? Just ask ChatGPT. Fossil Fuel Subsidies Support Since 2015: Between 2015 and 2023, fossil fuel producers in the UK received £20 billion more in government support compared to renewable energy producers. This support...

Successive governments during my entire time in the UK since MT ignore the issue of legal immigration. You know already that illegal immigration has only a small part in impacting the scarcity of resources. If you subtract those who given leave to stay (75% of those who came illegally), the...

There are plenty of articles about the blackout. No amount of stabilisers can compensate for 60% (18gw solar, 27gw total) drop in supply in 15 seconds because the feed got cut-off. As for subsidies on renewables, show me the facts.

You are definitely not fact driven, are you? Countries invest in renewables because their cost of production is typically half the cost of gas fired electricity. It's that simple. Also, it gives them independence. The cost of renewables are so low that its selling price often goes negative in...

I think you over-estimate the amount of strictly needed battery storage capacity needed to avoid the kind of situations like April 28th blackout. I can't find the chart of the production of the grid in Spain on the day of the blackout but I remember clearly that the fluctuations are in minutes...

France's energy mix is 72% nuclear. The remaining 28% is free market, of which, you have hydroelectric, renewables and gas. It's not the fanatics that is obsessed with renewables, it's the capitalists. They put their money where it will make the best return. Why don't they want to put their...

Gibraltar has its blackouts too. You can look up at their web site. It's clear that the European grid of interconnectors need a lot more battery storage but it's also clear that renewables are the way to go for replacing existing capacity.

I should have said steam turbines.

The new landscape is characterised by enormous amounts of solar and wind energy that can change one minute to the next, too fast for the old stabilisers. On a sunny day like last Monday, Spain produced enough from solar and wind for 100% of its demands. When the German solar farms come online...

No, you misunderstood. The reason I mentioned nuclear reactors is because all of them have a big flywheel installed right at the beginning. They are however easily overwhelmed by sunny or windy weather. The overproduction needs to be stored or wasted to protect the grid. As it was, there was...

I never like cooked oysters. It's a crime to add anything to a fine claire No3 other than just a few drops of shallots vinaigrette. You pay for the little and delicate water of the oyster is so special and fragile.

It seems that the cause of the blackout in Spain and Portugal is due to insufficient inertia capacity to stabilise the European network of interconnectors when the cost of MWH went negative due to overproduction of solar and wind. Just before midday last Monday April 28th , it was -1 Euro per...

We live in an incredible time. If like me, you try to make sense of the rise of Prime Minister Farage, I recommend this article in the Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/trump-second-term-comeback/682573/ Quote: Early in our reporting for this article, we asked the...

All those battery technology have limited lifespan. They get replaced when newer technologies are proven more successful. Silver costs about $1000 per kg atm. If Samsung goes full production with their solid state batteries, price of silver will go up. That's pretty certain. I think the new...

They want to err on the side of caution. In a year or two, new EV batteries will need to be certified to meet new fireproofing standard. That will reduce the fire risk even further. Have you heard of the new Lithium hydrogen gas batteries? Rechargeable Lithium‐Hydrogen Gas Batteries - Liu -...

It's OK if ypou don't want to type the answers. If the answer is toward the end of your attached video, I will have to give up.

It's an underground car park. Any fire will have more severe consequences and charging stations add to sabotage and fire risks however small. They will just have to relocate the charging posts to open air area.