Suella Braverman complaining about the buffet having too much spicy food, whilst trying really hard to convince herself that the cucumber sandwich she's forcing down has flavour.
Sunak boldly proclaiming that he stopped himself from making it a veggie only menu and waiting for the pats on the back.
And Moggy rocking back and forth in the corner pining for his wet nurse now that his only friend BoJo has been grounded.
Next day headlines: National Food Shortage as Lizz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng destroy the buffet table.
Micro-grids will be key part of the transition as will better smart meters, energy storage (not Li battery based), smart building requirements, insulation, etc.
But an increase in national transmission capacity is sorely needed.
Currently we are guaranteed to miss the 2050 target for net zero if we don't increase the capacity of the National Grid backbone. This is because the grid backbone connections and switchgear equipment takes so long to approve that new green energy sources from new producers (think farmers installing wind/solar or local authorities putting solar on rooftops) and the big energy companies that have the money for large projects like offshore wind are being told by the Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) that connect to the national grid they can't get approval because there's a huge backlog of approval for new connections to said national grid.
Add in the fact that wind power and solar perform better at large scales and you have a super compelling case for getting more transmission infrastructure built.
Underground power cables are the predominant way electricity is distributed in the UK but they're hugely expensive because you have to dig these tunnels for the very thick cables AND every 50km a large square hole to cross-bond the earth sheath between the three phase cables so they don't overheat from induced currents.
So the alternative is more pylons.
Throw in more incentives for micro-grids on top and we could easily BEAT the 2050 target.
Source: I work in the power industry.
Have you seen the new pylon design though?
They look much better and they're more efficient and rugged.
Here's some other ideas that'll turbocharge this green transition:
Get the Shetland to Scotland interconnect upgraded so they don't have to keep switching off the turbines because they're generating more power than Shetland consumes and can be transmitted back to the mainland.
Artificial energy islands off the north coast of Scotland to connect large amounts of wind turbines.
Approve and accelerate Viking Link to build out the future energy market with Norway.
Co-design and co-finance huge shared north sea wind farms with Norway.
Significantly increase taxes on capital gains with an exemption for green power investments. Stand back and watch how quickly private capital can move to fund large projects when properly incentivised.
Work with the City (of London) to create funds for people to invest via LISAs, Investment ISAs, and Pensions that fuel a new UK citizen owned green energy company. Stand back and watch as a new generation get wealthy the same way previous ones did when British Gas was privateised. Socilise the risk, socilise the profits.
Well yeah as it should be when applied carefully: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
I'm from the UK and from the North. Don't try and understand the stupidity of these people from these areas as economically developed as the worst parts of former soviet states now in the EU. These areas received a lot of EU development funding and still voted for Brexit AND the Tories (in 2019) that imposed austerity that made their post 2008 lives worse.
They are thick as mince and deserve the ridicule as much as the lying brexit politicians deserve jail time.
The only hope to not repeating the mistakes is the best quality education for as many people as possible. This hopefully enough of the smart ones from these areas are politically aware and active enough to offset the manipulation of the morons.
Intergalactic Tiramisu.
It's the only viable medical career path at the moment: graduate with your degree, do upto 2 years in the NHS then go into the private sector (private or NHS contracts) or abroad.
You're not being cynical, if anything you're being too generous about the average intelligence of us brits.
The regions that received the most money European development fund still voted for Brexit despite having "Funded by the EU" plaques on everything and you're expecting them to comprehend geopolitics.
They haven't got the luxury of thinking about that when they're worrying about where their next meal is coming from.
Scene from Lower Decks, the ensign bumped into Captain Gomez and dropped some pads.
There must be a strong bond between them to go balls deep.