Personally I voted for him to be cruel to disabled people and immigrants. /sarc

But it is and always has been a way for voters to express their (dis) satisfaction. Most voters don't get involved locally nor even know the difference between their town or county council, and will be swayed heavily by national events.

I wish that was months in prison of Directors of water companies per year!

But invest where we have relative strength. Wave energy is an area we ought to be investing with the aim of becoming world-beating, imo.

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These camera trap pictures from the Masaai Mara are absolutely, jaw-droppingly beautiful. Great story as well.

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Stunning. Methinks not your average camera trap judging from the quality of the photos!

I don't think we could get near the economies of scale that the Chinese can. There are rumours they are selling below cost, so might as well take their free subsidy.

That's how they need to sell it to that certain part of the demographic (especially the balcony solar that's coming soon). Akin to "dig for Britain". Stick a union jack, a spitfire and a photo of Churchill on the box! Electrons made in blighty!

No brainer purchase!

He's awful, imo!

He did seem quite "statesmanlike" this morning. We could do worse.

* if installed in a sensible unshaded location/direction!

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Jeez these balcony solar kits are amazingly cheap in the EU. I thought the DIY aspect would demand a premium. Let's hope they are as cheap when permitted in the UK. At that price the payback duration is about 15 months at today's electricity price.
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A hidden cost of the "free at the point of service" privatisation approach is fragmentation. This makes holistic care difficult/impossible to manage for patients because each of their untidy health issues is managed in a separate "bunker".

To be fair, and unlike the Americans, he's probably got very few "cards" he can play to influence the Netanyahu regime against what they are doing. But he could do more, I admit.

For big projects I wonder if offshore might be easier? Biggest possible turbines, reduced planning constraints(?) and objections, only one "landowner" to deal with, easier to run cables to convenient location, no need to build access roads ....

Probably lots of swings and roundabouts.

I remember that feeling when I first got our panels working. The need to tell everyone faded a bit, but the feeling of satisfaction, smugness maybe, remains! Enjoy.

I wonder if the sea around NI is less hospitable (deeper?) for the largest wind turbines? But some nice big mountains though, one very close to the main population centre...

Snapshot of electricity grid energy sources

70% now plus another 18.5% nuclear and bio. That 4.7% gas is a stubborn floor which I've never seen it dip below - presumably necessary to guarantee grid security or similar?

A face to face meeting would be really interesting (perhaps terrifying). I can't see Ange's personality-type taking any sh1t from Trump, she'd give as good as she gets. Might not be optimal for the "special relationship" though!

Exactly. Every civil servant I've ever dealt with is extremely careful to cover their arse and have a paper trail of credible evidence to evade being accused of doing anything wrong. I used to see it as risk averseness, but I now see it is/was just basic survival in a bearpit.

I love jumping on and off trams in cities that have them (mainly Europe), but buses have always felt a bit inaccessible to me - where are they going, will they turn up, will they stop, where will they stop etc! My problem.

We do have those flexible dolmus style buses, but you have to download an app and give it credit card details to even find out how it works, which is too high a barrier to entry imo. But you are right, we are too car-centric (but not as much so as Americans!)

In a ruralish area like ours that seems such a distant possibility. Never say never though.

And eliminate competition so cost/quality does not matter! 2/2

It's a very different company now. Still big, but "succeeds" by being safe and eliminating competition. My theory of business is that the aim is to become big enough that you have sufficient economies of scale to outweigh your massive internal inefficiencies! 1/2

meddling in small stuff. I think it was a small-minded distraction activity to avoid them having to think about difficult and big things. It's a very familiar trajectory for most companies I think. 2/2

Empowerment, trust, openness, honesty and a relentless focus on what was best for the customer. It was extremely hard work, but also great fun. But of course it couldn't last - the bureaucrats and micro-managers came along and bogged it all down with process and far too much management 1/2

I saw this work first hand very well in a small startup that went on to become a successful pan-European corporate. 2/2

Maybe it's too simplistic, but it's probably wise to have some sort of overarching mission or "North Star" to help keep yourself honest, and to help disparate teams align. You and they can ask themselves "does this help it hinder North Star?". 1/2