Another of those potential climate change solutions
As we’ve noted before it’s technically possible to solve climate change in a manner wholly different from the way it is being attempted. It is possible, as Porsche is showing, to make petrol from air and water.
Rent control again
Rent control is back under consideration in many cities, even though it is one of the most damaging economic policies ever devised.
Investment is an expense - no, really, we insist this is so
‘Tis a pity when headline writers for a major newspaper don’t manage to grasp the most basic issues: Starmer’s cuts are a huge mistake – foreign aid is an investment, not an expense
What’s wrong with Natural England
Natural England is often criticized for being slow, bureaucratic, and inefficient in decision-making, delaying projects related to land management, farming, and development.
Nick Stern told us all not to do this
We do learn things: Giving up two doner kebabs’ worth of meat a week
Are we any happier?
The question is sometimes raised to cast doubt on the value of economic growth.
Why Britain should embrace its islands
Britain plays down its strengths, emphasises its weaknesses, and ignores its possibilities. Nowhere is this more obvious than in relation to the UK’s network of Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.
Sadly, some things don’t have solutions
Another of those complaints about how we’ve got to do something because no one is having children any more:
You’d think that the vast range of activities put on for new parents would coincide with a boom in births.
Bad Trackers
I’ve seen some pretty shoddy data work in my time, but End Fuel Poverty Coalition’s ‘Energy firm “profits” tracker’ (quotations are my own) really takes the biscuit.
The Moral Case For Liberty
Some analysts put the ‘Golden Rule’ at the heart of ethics, saying ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’
That National Wealth Fund lasted a long time then
The claim was that there would be equity investment in things that would make a lovely profit, thereby making both the country and the taxpayer richer: