Octopus was set up because they felt they could use technology to out-compete other energy companies by under-cutting them. Their model of operating is to find ways they can drop prices.

It’s a model that has served them very well, going from zero to a multi-national energy supplier in about 10 years with more customers than nearly anyone else.

Yes. What’s that matter?

No, but there was the bit that you missed where I distracted him with the cuddly monkey then I said “play time’s over” and I hit him in the head with the peace lily.

If ethical boundaries get thrown out in times of trouble, we don’t have ethical boundaries. It’s easy to not step over the line in times of peace.

…or they could just go bust and we can invest that money where it will actually matter.

We haven’t got many geographical sites that support pumped storage. They got surveyed back in the 50 and 60s and the ones that were suitable got built.

This is part of Octopus’s push for regional pricing so that demand can be encouraged local to the generation by dropping the local price. They argue that the saved money on curtailment and repurchasing power in a different location would mean prices could drop across the country

It looks pretty dark out there.

A better way to say that (more accurate) is that abusers often learnt “how” through personal experience.

The key point is not to look at someone who has been abused and think that they are likely going to become an abuser.

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Your lobes are showing.

They just assumed a constant draw I think.

No, but I don’t think you’re appreciating how difficult it would be to fill that 3%. It’s not just about having 3% more power from something. It’s having it at the right time. It needs to be on demand. Having something on demand that has to cover all it’s costs selling just 3% isn’t easy.

It’s more resilient to have mixed supply where multiple types of generation take a proportion. Then when one falls short another can scale up a little.

If somebody has to keep that gas generator serviced only to run it on winter mornings, that electricity is going to be very pricey.

Rules that apply to all nations, much like we have for Antarctica.

Exactly. They’re not “accusing Putin”. They are saying to Trump " He is humiliating you! What are you going to do about it?"

I’ve tried this a few times. I don’t think it works.

Basically the way you want to explain a piece of reasoning , and the order in which things need to be defined for a program, are different. You end up either making the document match the code structures, or the code structure match the document. Both are bad.

It’s only the timescale I’m unsure about.

Venison probably. Boar is also good.

On poultry, I’d go turkey over duck. Not keen on goose, too fatty.

During a tense high-level meeting in Brussels, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas that Beijing cannot allow Russia to lose in its war against Ukraine. According to several sources cited by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on 4 July, China fears that such an outcome would allow the United States to fully pivot its attention to Beijing.

1. The US ain’t doing shit with Russia, so I don’t follow on it being a “distraction”. The US is wholly self absorbed and that’s the distraction.
2. Hey Russia! Nice “ally” you have there.
3. Was China expecting EU support on this strategy?