The other aspect of SMRs is their operational costs won't scale, regardless of what is achieved through volume manufacturing. I'm thinking here, for example, of security costs for each site, and planning approval (the same public resistance at each site)
"The war in Ukraine shows how quickly cheap technologies can change the balance of power on the battlefield," writes investigative journalist Karina Buhaichenko in this op-ed.
"What began as a tool for attacks on Ukrainian cities has become part of new conflicts in different parts of the world."
Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.
They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.
That energy is all around us. It does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz or any other geopolitical chokepoint.
i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this
That's not the same as having real-world experience of running a huge, complex and often opaque organisation, with high stakes & under constant stress.
I've long believed that since America became a hegemon, the only guy we elected to the presidency who was reasonably certain not to fuck up the whole world was Eisenhower. Everyone else was a gamble.
I don’t think Trump believes (in fact is unable to believe) that actions he takes can cause harm TO HIMSELF. He knows he can damage other people and delights in doing so. But:
This Iran situation might really test his existential sense of self and casualty, and it could very ugly fast. Already is.
It's players seeking asylum there would be extremely embarrassing after what happened with the women's team.
Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden.
The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite.
The real risk is fossil fuel dependency.
The country has neglected a lot of key practical skills in recent years and failed to train people.
It hasn't helped that these sorts of jobs, though ultra useful, have had their status reduced (a disaster).
Also, budgets are tight.
Both Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch did call for the UK to join the US war on Iran.
Both have u-turned significantly.
Now both are denying they called for the UK to join the US war on Iran.
Those hereditaries were the most democratic component there.
In any case, it hastens the end of the appointees.
mr president i don't think this is going to be effective
Administratively, that is much more difficult (and leaky). When visas are widely abused and the issue is systemic, the solutions need to be systemic to match.
The country at large would like the immigration numbers brought down. I don't see how that can be achieved without setting an arbitrary threshold that would be unfair to someone.
If there is another way, I'd be interested to hear it.
Any tightening of entry rules will lead to situations like this. There will always be edge cases that seem deeply unfair (particularly for married couples who fall outside thresholds).
So there is no carve-out that the government could apply that wouldn't be unfair to some worthy person.
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It's absolutely terrible to sign on to and use (certainly when I tried a few years ago).
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Who are DSA?
Judging by the back-&-forth in the comments to this article, from both sides of what should be perhaps the world's most financially sophisticated readership (ft subscribers), there is a long way to go before a system of balanced trade ever gets considered, let alone created.
The domestic influence & aura of the US constitution was a conjuring trick.
In reality it was window-dressing for the same thing that underpins all political settlements, globally & historically: an intuitive public acceptance of common standards which lasts as long as there is a common wellbeing.
Complete cop-out by Westminster.
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Like the case of sugar in processed food, it is beyond me why governments don't act to control this.
Any social media that tweaks their algorithms is a publisher and should be regulated accordingly, just like national broadcasting and advertising.
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Data centres have all the economic impact of warehousing with only a fraction on the employment.
Simply housing data does not constitute a productive industry, the sort that develops products and services.
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That would sell in Europe. I guess there will be a rebadged version.
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⚡️Iran names new Supreme Leader.
Hard-line cleric Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen as Iran's next Supreme Leader, Iranian state media announced on March 8.
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