Monthly Archives: July 2020

How grids will cope with electric cars

Posted on July 31, 2020 by daryan12

A few months ago (in the before times), the UK government’s BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) taskforce released a report that presented both the benefits and challenges of transitioning road transport over to electric vehicles. Given that the media tended to … Continue reading →

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The Americanisation of UK politics

Posted on July 22, 2020 by daryan12

Originally posted on daryanblog:
Some of the UK government policies in recent weeks have seemed baffling. Not just the usual cronyism (with Cummings drinking buddies getting lucrative no-bid contracts for stuff they aren’t qualified to do) and incompetence….and that’s before…

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Conservatives unmasked

Posted on July 4, 2020 by daryan12

Republicans have been rather comically freaking out over the big bad gov’mint forcing them to wear masks, inventing various health reasons from their Facebook echo chamber to justify this stance (and of course Trumpbook Facebook is doing nothing to stop … Continue reading →

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