Interesting Links for 16-11-2021
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andrewducker- HS2 rail extension to Leeds set to be scrapped
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- Brexit: Tariffs paid on £9.5bn of UK exports to EU despite Boris Johnson's claim of 'tariff-free' deal
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- Iraq, Trump, Brexit - The Difficult Decisions of A Conflicted Civil Servant
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- UK threw away 600,000 vaccine doses after letting them go past their expiry date
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- Fact Check: Scotland's electricity consumption isn't 100% renewable
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- The second COVID jab is much safer for children if you leave it until 12 weeks after the first one
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- Rotating! segmented! 3D! Mobius strip!
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- What kind of weird connectors do sex machines use?
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- Renew with us or your credit score suffers, US ISP warns
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- The "c" word - why "corruption" is the accurate word for describing what the United Kingdom government is doing
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- Violent storms unleash hordes of venomous scorpions in Egypt
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Date: 2021-11-16 12:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2021-11-16 01:36 pm (UTC)i'm *shocked* the north is getting fucked. that never happens.
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Date: 2021-11-16 01:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-16 02:46 pm (UTC)More about Spectrum and extortion. I hope I remember to keep an eye on this story.
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Date: 2021-11-16 03:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-11-16 04:48 pm (UTC)On the one hand it's no more or less true than an energy company selling you 100% (or 97%) renewable energy, by which they mean they will buy renewable energy equal to your electricity usage and not that the actual electricity supplied from the Grid to your house will be 100% renewable. Although I note that ads for 100% renewable electricity do have a footnote disclaimer to that effect.
Second thing I'm thinking about is what the actual figures for generation, usage, export and gross and net renewable percentage say about how electricity grids and energy networks in general deal with the transition to renewable energy. Having a developed nation, even a small one, with 100% renewable electricity is good. Finding out that actually they timeshift quite a lot of their consumption by relying on non-renewable electricity from abroad, not so good.
On the third hand, what's the purpose behind the message in the claim?
Fourthly, who is responsible for the non-renewable portion of Scotland's electricity generation and consumption, or indeed, who is responsible for the renewable portion of Scotland's electricity generation? The Scottish government can facilitate more renewables on the grid in Scotland. Lots of energy policy is reserved. Scotland has a natural abundance of wind regardless of the policy of any government. Are Scottish electricity consumers and voters more pro-renewable electricity than elsewhere? If so, did this make a difference?
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Date: 2021-11-17 08:34 am (UTC)Transparency International's famous index measures perceptions of corruption, so its next report might be of interest to you in terms of the UK's position on the index.
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Date: 2021-11-17 08:36 am (UTC)https://jn3008.tumblr.com/