If ethical boundaries get thrown out in times of trouble, we don't have ethical boundaries. It's easy to not step over the line in times of peace.
Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources
Rules that apply to all nations, much like we have for Antarctica.
Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead of schedule | NationofChange
I can speak a bit on the UK as I live there.
The use of gas is for two things.
- Balancing against wind and solar, both of which can evaporate at certain times of year. Without more storage we're left in a position where we basically need to be able to support 30GW of demand just on gas.
- Frequency stabilisation and cold start capability. We never seem to drop below 4GW of gas (or biomass - anything spinning mass) generation. Even if we had excess wind and solar, some gas will be burnt "just in case".
Right now we need more storage, and better connections from the new sources of power (the coast for wind and international connectors) to the centres of demand (the cities). Power stations were historically located much closer to where the demand is, and our electricity grid is still shaped by that.
Today has been a good example. Lots of wind and sun but still 16% gas. We even switched some wind farms off today because we couldn't get the power to where it was needed or a way to store it.
It's more interesting to ask if " Death to Hitler" would have got you this reaction in the 30s. By the 40s we were at war with him and his followers. In the 30s he was in power, but there were still diplomatic relations.
If they wanted to, or be independent. Whatever really, but very few there wanted to be part of china.
Watching Hong Kong get amalgamated into the rest of China after it was returned by the British has been so sad. They've raged. They've fought. But slowly they've been consumed.
It's not sinking. It's not a boat that sprung a leak. It's staying exactly where it's always been. It's getting submerged by sea level rises.
Saying it's sinking makes it sound like a local phenomenon. Sea level rises are global.
In Europe, European cars are a better choice than Teslas.
Cheaper and better EVs are here from lots of European, Korean, and (to a lesser degree) American brands.
It's been a long time since was "the only choice".
Oh no, not the oil!
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German car companies lobby to oppose the EU's 2035 ban on the sale of combustion engines cars.
They know they can't compete at the new game, so want to play the old game.
Trouble is, the new game already started.
Mrs Merton: What was it that first attracted you to millionaire Paul Daniels billionaire Jeff Bezos?
EU leaders will now have to decide whether there is sufficient support to take action.
All EU governments are facing immigration crises which are fueling the rise of nationalistic factions. They could take an action here which would stop a population being forcibly displaced. Can they not draw a line between the two?
Yes, you have the support at home.
Dictators can't look old and frail.
I think it's a very heavy makeup line. His actual skin colour is what you see under his hair.
Don't want them out of the union. Just want them to want to be part of the union they're already in.
Depending on where they're immigrating from, there can be bigotry internal to the source culture that they bring with them. For example the Indian caste system. From the outside we just see people from India, but there's a ton we're missing.
There'd be smaller tutorial sessions. I'd have a once a week 5 on 1 session with my tutor for an hour. Lab sessions might be 30-40 people. Specialist courses would be 100 people.
...but yes, lectures were 300+ people for the core subjects. Generally you and your peers would work together on making sense of it all. You'd find that some people understood some subjects better than others and you'd help each other out.
She didn't sound happy even before the explosion.