Interesting Links for 14-03-2019

[andrewducker]

I linked to something by Jesse Singal. I won't be doing that again.

(tags:fraud transgender lgbt OhForFucksSake )

Online activists are silencing us, scientists say

(tags:research abuse )

Six positive ways drones are used

(tags:drone Technology )

The EU Is Telling European Leaders There Are Only Three Reasons They Should Allow Brexit To Be Delayed

(tags:UK europe viaDanielDWilliam )

Suicide , austerity and the Troubles

(tags:suicide austerity history NorthernIreland )

Dwarf Fortress coming to Steam {and itch.io) - with updates graphics

(tags:games )

Labour abandons support for referendum on Theresa May's deal

(tags:UK europe labour doom )

An old rule means Bercow could take drastic action on Brexit | Politics News | Sky News

(tags:UK europe politics parliament )

May loses a vote against herself in a crazed night of parliamentary drama

(tags:politics uk )

UK to phase out gas heating in new homes by 2025

Electricity is about five times the cost of gas, so that's going to be painful for some.
(tags:gas heating uk globalwarming )

Comments

Re: Gas vs Electicity

[naath]

If what you are doing is 'burning gas' then it is inevitably more efficient to do it where needed (the waste is 'heat', you wanted heat...) than in a power station; but if you are getting wind or solar or nuclear electricity then the sums change. We went induction hob, but didn't really care about small cost differences. I expect ground source heat pump would be prohibitively expensive even given that we own a garden large enough (probably)

Re: Gas vs Electicity

[lsanderson]

If you get cold weather or even cool weather, the geothermal kick butt over air. It's the twenty to twenty-five year payback that's the kicker.