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Dinosaurs were around for about 180million years. To be generous, humans have been around for less than 1% of that. We don't need to colonise Mars to solve any problem, because there is no problem it would solve that you can't solve more easily and cheaply on Earth. Want to just explore Mars...

So buy a bike instead? Campaign for better cycle infrastructure......

Your world view needs updating: https://www.komatsu.com/en/products/trucks/electric-drive-mining-trucks/ Decarbonising is not just for end users. As for cobalt, that's used in petrol cars as well (catalysts), and various other parts of a car, and other domestic applications. Tesla are moving...

Do you feel strongly about that?

So Mottie will be voting for Lib Dems next election?

Nothing wrong with atheism.

There would still be intermittency, which would either have to be covered by a boiler (fossil fuels/biomass or nuclear), or storage. And it would have to provide those peak demands at neap tide multiple times a year, and when the tidal patterns of multiple sites provide the minimal amount of...

It is very economic as baseload. Which is why countries with many nuclear power stations have generally cheap electricity. We will always need baseload supply. Its a common claim that it's uneconomic, but this is based on levelised cost, which is a poor way of measuring it. An in depth...

So why did you quote an IEA report? There is a floor to how cheap an energy source can get. But when an intermittent supply requires too much storage to maintain constant supply, it becomes uneconomic. Which is why countries are building nuclear. Nuclear supplies baseload supply, because...

The cost of renewables will always be high when the % of grid penetration requires large storage.

Carbon capture has a history of poor performance in the US, and as you say, expensive. They are still trying to install it in the UK off the Humber, feeding from various large carbon sources such as Drax, refineries, and British Steel.

The IEA report does says that nuclear will be increased to 2050. There will likely be a greater increase than stated, as many new plants are currently planned, and the political appetite has warmed to it in recent years. Not least the experience of Germany increasing its coal consumption to...

Hope we can all agree this is a good thing. Makes a change on this forum!

I'll give that a go, thanks.

Our electric shower (as above) has stopped working on full power, and will only work on "Eco" mode which looks to be just a medium power. At full power, it often won't come on hot, or if it does, go very hot. I tried replacing the thermal switch, but didn't seem to make a difference. Any...

Ticketmaster in the US for a taste of why tickets are so expensive:

Support more obscure bands, take a chance on some unknown at a local venue. You may end up seeing the next big thing before they become famous, and its far cheaper. The more you do it, the more you get to know some great acts. My sister saw Oasis at Adelphi in Hull (its a tiny venue). Even...

Mini buses are used throughout the LEA's in our area for special needs schools.

I never said they did. I said you can't tell why they aren't potty trained.

As you pointed out, there are kids where this is because of a learning difficulties, and you can't tell just by looking at them whether they do have learning difficulties.