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After the early hope, normal service has resumed; Adrian must be chuffed he will be able to average down cheaper.

Did we win WW2?

https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1701581927017320452

Wise

That is what tariffs are for... time to reinstate them and fund research.

'Painting Wind Turbine Blades Black Help Birds Avoid Deadly Collisions'

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/black-wind-turbine-blades-help-birds-avoid-deadly-collisions-180975668/

'A recent study found the simple intervention reduced bird mortality by 72 percent'

But it probably creates more thermal stress from expansion and contraction...

There has been good progress with Sodium Iron batteries; this article from yesterday is worth a read: "Sodium-ion batteries ready for commercialisation: for grids, homes, even compact EVs"

https://energypost.eu/sodium-ion-batteries-ready-for-commercialisation-for-grids-homes-even-compact-evs/

The chemistry is more stable than lithium based batteries AND not subject to the whims of the chemistry of a specific lithium deposit. Lower power density, so more suited to distributed storage or slow speed transport... ideal for home energy storage.

Perlite is what caused the roof to collapse at a school gym in China

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/23/china/china-middle-school-gym-roof-collapse-intl-hnk

The perlite had been stored on the gyms roof during some construction work; when it rained the perlite absorbed the water and the added weight caused the roof to collapse killing the girls basketball team training below.

Do you mean 'perlite'?

They simply repeated the words of The Dear Leader as announced in the RNS of the same day:

https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/UKOG/horse-hill-1-flow-test-p9xg7diekry6h37.html

The words of the 'renowned expert' who claimed that shareholders would be retiring to the Bahamas at $50 a barrel and that the were 50 to 100 billion barrels of oil in place in the ground at Horse Hill.

The share price is down 98.5% since then. And, close on another 20 billion shares have been issued. Either you are stupid or you think others are stupid if you place any credence on the initial flow rates or expect other to do so.

#100%_fool

It might be a bigger saving id either he was sacked or HH was closed down as it is loss making.

And then those lovely 'assets' would have to take a significant impairment charge if they were to admit that the chances of making profit seem remote... GOV might even force them to come up with more ring-fenced money for abandonment costs.

Adrian,

Most batteries have not reached the end of their useful life yet so the recycling is only just getting going. ™ are currently building one in Wolverhampton:

https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/TM1/commissioning-phase-to-commence-at-recycling-plant-4cdvwkuvqt5gc34.html

And plenty of activity in the EU but I cannot list what could be considered pro EU stuff here... I am too concerned that some affected by the Brexit Gammon disease could have another heart attack and end up costing the NHS money.

'Timing of production start-up for gold and silver concentrates, initially via gravity separation, will depend on receipt of consent from the state environmental authority'

Water & Nevada and no consent... can anybody else see the potential problem?

Chris - how is the persecution complex coming along. Are you upset you have not been cancelled yet?

Gate13Boy,

I believe in value for money for taxpayers. GOV used to work on the basis that a £ of taxation invested should give a £7 return to the Treasury. Will the money spent subsidising the BMW jobs result in that level of return? Or would the same money have been better deployed somewhere else? There is an urgent investment need in energy efficiency in housing - money might be better deployed there?

And, subsidising higher skilled jobs displaces efficient allocation of trained labour. It might save those jobs now, but would those people have gone on to create more value for the economy if the free market had been allowed to operate? We will never know...

'We leverage tensegrity structures as wheels for a mobile robot that can actively change its shape by expanding or collapsing the wheels. Besides the shape-changing capability, using tensegrity as wheels offers several advantages over traditional wheels of similar size, such as shock-absorbing capability without added mass since tensegrity wheels are both lightweight and highly compliant. The robot can also jump onto obstacles up to 300 millimeters high with a bistable mechanism that can gradually store but quickly release energy.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W4j3aqRA2w

remarkable

Voter ID was part of the plan... if you are time poor due to long working hours you are less likely to vote (the Tories out). Same if you have to choose between queuing for medical care for yourself or a family member and voting. Same if you have to spend an hour waiting to speak to someone on a helpline...

'You conveniently ignore all the subsidies the EU has been giving to their own companies'

Ah yes, let's copy the EU... but what was the point of Brexit then?

Yeah, makes sense. Got to keep minimum wage earners fighting to keep their jobs by squeezing their standards of living; under no circumstances give them a social security net to rely on. Keep them in their place working the fields and care homes for long hours at low wages, which should make it harder for them to vote.

Very important political tactic now the red wall is crumbling after the illusion of financial benefits from Brexit never materialised for the poorest strata of society... Can't make it easy for them to switch back to voting for Labour. /S

Might be a bit late:

https://press.zf.com/press/en/releases/release_60480.html

'ZF makes magnet-free electric motor uniquely compact and competitive'- magnet free electric motors will reduce a huge chunk of future demand.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Impeachment Timeline Is ‘Absurd’: GOP Rep

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-ken-buck-calls-marjorie-taylor-greenes-impeachment-timeline-absurd?ref=home

MTGQ-Anon of the Jewish Space Lasers fame... Might even be Trump's VP pick; just what we 'need' for the long term success of NATO.

Hard-line House Republicans itching for shutdown, impeachment fights

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4195005-house-gops-right-flank-itches-for-shutdown-impeachment-fights/

The Crazies are coming out to play; will Kevin McCarthy place his Speakership above the interests of the US (and probably the GOP as they will be easy to paint as irresponsible for shutting down GOV)?