Interesting Links for 03-11-2017

[andrewducker]

World's most expensive dram of Scotch was a fake

(tags: scotland alcohol fraud )

MSE tells MPs of need for urgent reform to ombudsman ‘farce’

(tags: uk regulation fail )

More details on the Northern Ireland poll which showed young people would join a United Ireland

(tags: NorthernIreland ireland polls )

Lessons from Finland on Universal Basic Income

(tags: finland GuaranteedIncome )

Labour MP: Corbyn was “absolutely clear” in a meeting with Eurosceptic Labour MPs that we’re leaving the EU single market and customs union

(tags: Europe Labour uk )

Poorly drawn cats

(tags: cats fail art funny twitter )

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Director Taika Waititi Confirms ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Sequel

(tags: movies marvel vampires funny )

Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining

(tags: training politics coal OhForFucksSake )

What are Scotland's income tax options?

(tags: tax scotland )

Absentee Dads affect how women interpret interest from men

(tags: parenting father sex women psychology )

Childhood spankings can lead to adult mental health problems

(tags: violence children mentalhealth depression )

Strava's Global Heatmap is really impressive

(tags: exercise bicycles maps visualisation )

Comments

Coal

[danieldwilliam]

Coal having a resurgance is the not the same as coal jobs having a resurgance and that is not the same as US coal jobs having a resurgance.

It is possible that over the coming 10-20 years the world actually burns more coal than it used to.

I think this is unlikely because of political pressure around global warming and local air pollution. And the cost of extracting coal.

But if it were to happen it requires coal to be cheaper than natural gas and renewables. Which will require more automation in the coal industry and fewer jobs per ton of coal dug.

The places where there is a shortage of generating capacity, India and China, there are large coal reserves ready to be exploited. These are probably the places coal burning economies would go to improve the productivity of coal mining.

[danieldwilliam]

I wonder at the effect that a re-unification referendum would have on the UK. Just the simple fact that Northern Ireland leaving the UK would be profound.

[calimac]

Only yuppies with too much money need to be told this, but here goes:

Don't buy ridiculously expensive Scotch.