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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes - but that is special to you. Many of us look at huge ranges and think that they are both wonderful and even necessary. All too often that simply is not the case. If I can do a round trip to Bristol, a one-way trip to London or north Wales (obviously charging for return), then I'll probably...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It doesn't seem entirely faciful that if a battery requires a very precisely balanced chemistry to work efficiently, even a modest disruption to that chemistry could reduce the fireball potential of batteries. Imagine a mechanism that squirted in a litre (maybe more?) of hydrochloric acid or...
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The efficiency of using energy from a battery is better than from petrol/diesel. Especially when including regen and a lot of stop-start driving. Just what is the advantage of an 1100km range for you (over, say, a 550km range)? If every round-trip you do is well under 550km, then all it does is...
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They do indeed. But those outside looking in claim otherwise! And carbon capture, as being promoted, I find deeply questionable. Schemes like pumping down oil wells. If it leaks out, we could be worse off. Only tightly bound can it possibly work. Like a new Cretaceous period!
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I have seen endless "papers" about blood type and relationship with disease. Most of them have been pure junk. Which is a shame because it seems entirely reasonable that there would be at least a degree of association. But that looks better than many. This is an interesting take on population...
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Lots of people questioning grey hydrogen...
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wonder if some people are more susceptible to reinfection than others. Especially ones who were ill early 2020.
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The consequences of 100,000 a day would be bad enough... Data predicts 2m UK summer Covid cases with 10m isolating Guardian analysis prompts health warnings as Javid says England entering ‘uncharted territory’ Two million people could contract Covid this summer, potentially meaning up to 10...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If he gave any impression of actually being numerate, count the bodies.
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just as well this government isn't responsible for things with massive safety risks like nuclear power stations and weapons, armed forces, air traffic control, ... Funny they didn't see fit to let ordinary car owners defer MoT tests, etc.
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Has anyone asked the insurers what premium excess they will add to cover knackered drivers?
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Government Channel 4 flog off. Would Netflix competing with Netflix be competition at all? Potential purchasers include major US television groups such as Discovery, while the culture minister, John Whittingdale, has not ruled out a purchase by the likes of Netflix or Amazon. The government...
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Now just which government ministers have mates in Southern Water? Keith Lough was at Ofgem. https://www.southernwater.co.uk/our-story/our-governance/our-board-of-directors They can't even keep a chair - Bill Tame left early - did he know what was coming? Southern Water dumped raw sewage into...
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That is of course, a key measurement. :) Lambda denotes the growth rate of a population. Hope the lambda for lambda isn't that high!
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Will a combination of prior infection with an early form followed by AZ vaccination protect 57 year-old males who don't want to wear masks? Or any 51 year old males?
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I just went to my browser, used the username (reference?) and password I have used for quite some time - at least a couple of years. The two factor code came up instantly within the Authenticator app on my phone, I typed that in and was fully logged in. Hence, I entirely avoided the need to...
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just tried it in order to check - absolutely no change since last time I used it. A couple of years or so ago, I elected for 2FA using an authenticator app. And that is what lets me in (account and password already having been entered as always).
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Prudence disappeared when Gordon Brown left...
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Priti should be in the dock, not office: Asylum seeker removed by Priti Patel must be brought back to UK High court says home secretary must bring back Sudanese man so his trafficking and torture claims can be investigated
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    www.gov.uk/dvla also works!