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OK I'm off to do the weekly shop tomorrow which will be a round trip of 8.5 miles on urban roads with a 30mph speed limit. There will be a fair amount of traffic but it will be free flowing. The idea that I would use less fuel if I did that trip at 20mph is just utter nonsense because in the...

Passover celebrates that other countries shouldn't mess with the Israelites so if the messiah could only send the 10 plagues to Iran instead of Egypt, that might have the desired effect, if not then Israel will be sure to send some plagues of their own making.

Politicians have finally realised what the the public already knew through instinct and common sense which is that net zero is impossible in the targeted timescale. And I don't apologise for using the word impossible. Regardless of how much money is thrown at it, net zero still can't be done...

I worked this out for my own tyres but most saloon cars will be similar: 1mm of tyre wear changes the rolling circumference by 0.31% During the life of a tyre from new to the legal limit (6mm) the rolling circumference changes by 6 x 0.31 % =1.86% So besides all the other reasons such as...

It is retaliation for Iranian embassy attack but if recent history is anything to go by it will be largely symbolic and won't lead to WW3. Israel have been knocking of prominent Iranian commanders for years and Iran feel they have to respond in a measured fashion on each occasion. They don't...

Who knows what's in store for us but increased taxes are certain. She can make a couple of hits with no back lash from Labours core voters. One of their think tanks has already suggested that there is no logic in dividend tax and capital gains tax rates being lower than mainstream income tax. So...

There's every incentive and a lot of pride to go the hands on skilled route these days as they can be very well paid jobs and no student grant to pay off. It's not as if graduates are guaranteed a good job or a salary that justifies spending £50K to get the degree in the first place...

It's true in my particular experience. I started an Instrument apprenticeship with ICI in 1970. ICI was the bell weather of the stock market at that time and a great company to work for. They had an excellent dedicated apprentice training school and supported apprentices on day release to...

To me they are being unrealistic calling for the abolition of the 2035 ban because that isn't going to happen. They might get it extended but probably not. In any case they are climbing up the wrong tree by focusing on the ban. The real and immediate issue that will result from this years...

This. It works because filament bulbs are vey sensitive to voltage variations. From the graph a 5% increase in voltage increases lumen output by 20%. The down side is an even bigger reduction in life. This sensitivity to voltage is for the most part what is being done with all the...

The use of government terminology such as "Absolute Poverty" is very misleading as it creates a picture of children starving and in rags which is what real poverty is. The media of course lap up emotive language like this. The actual truth is that a quarter of UK children live in a house hold...

There is a simple if expensive answer to EV trucks using the motorway. I had to check the date to make sure it wasn't the 1st of April. Apparently there are currently several trials ongoing, one in Germany and one in the US and would you believe it there was going to be one on the M180 in...

It's not that I thought this was factually incorrect, it's the chilling realisation that it is correct and the banned teacher demonstrated that for extreme and perhaps some not so extreme Muslims, the goal is for Islam to be the world's dominant religion. I'm not too relaxed about the prospect...

Islam is a threat to western society and will only cease to be a threat when it abandons the extreme aspects of it's religious views. Even without 9/11 It's not surprising that we have an anti-Islamic bias now when there are examples like this. On the surface a respectable and intelligent...

You have to wonder if the latest pledge is simply a trap for Labour. The conservatives have made a wild promise knowing they will not have to fulfil it. An honest solution would have been to increase pensions by average earnings and spend the rest on increasing tax allowances. As a pensioner...

By 2040 ICE manuals will be so rare that they actually become desirable and more valuable for a certain few enthusiasts. One exception may be sports motorcycles. Auto transmissions have been tried several times over many years and with the exception of small commuters never achieved much...

It's about the way VW DCT works in practice. If you drive like a granny there is nothing much to complain about the VW transmission especially once on the move. If you have the slightest interest in driving then you would probably find it too hesitant pulling away out of a junction. Keen...

The way I read the two posts is that the introduction of EVs has been a missed opportunity. Had we been serious about net zero, EV's would have been intelligently designed along the lines of Mactech's BMW i3 that is large diameter narrow wheels for low rolling resistance and attempts to keep...

ICE cars and bikes will be around in small numbers as long as a suitable fuel is available and they are still legal. In 40 years time when EV's are ubiquitous there will still be a thriving ICE Classic scene just as there is today. Imagine the excitement of a real running internal combustion...

The fact has resulted in the death of cargo airline pilots. On detection of a fire in the cargo hold one of the options they have is to vent the hold to atmosphere because at normal cruising altitudes there is then insufficient oxygen to sustain a normal fire and it will go out. When this has...