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Bossiness
The governing elites are usually unpopular. They may have to make unpopular decisions. There will always be some who think they tax too much and others who think they give away too little.
The current governing elites of the EU are particularly unpopular. So are those officials, lawyers and other senior...Read More »
Banks, ticket offices, cash and service
Some large companies like banks seem intent on getting as out of touch with many customers as nationalised concerns do. Just as the railway faces a hail of criticism for wanting to close its ticket offices, so the banks are intensifying their closure of branches.
The railways say they will...Read More »
The evolution of the car
One of the world’s largest car makers has been speculating on the future of the car.
They see the future as all electric. They do not tackle the issues of range, charger availability, charge time, lack of renewable electricity to recharge , CO 2 generated in creating the metals, minerals needed...Read More »
Not very smart cars
As someone who embraced the coming of the first mobile phones, adopted the iPad and welcomed the scope the web offered as with this blog I am in principle happy with the idea of a self driving car that would leave me free to do other things on a...Read More »
Why are there no good official figures on the costs and benefits of net zero?
The leading advocates for going faster down the road to net zero assure us it will be good for growth. They tell us about all the new jobs that will be created to make batteries, wind turbines, solar panels, electric cars and heat pumps. They stress how much investment must...Read More »