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Semi-retired polymer scientist. Interested in science, politics, economics, film, TV drama, motor sport, gardens and gardening.
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Euro up 1.2% against dollar this afternoon, and £ up 1.1%. Looks as though markets not too impressed by Trump's stated intentions so far.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Trump says the future will be golden. Well, it will certainly be orange, unfortunately.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Philip Hammond peddling the myth on Radio 4 that recent public sector pay rises fueled inflation. They didn't, since at least 30% was immediately returned to the employer (the government) in the form of income tax and national insurance, and more when VAT on purchases is taken into account.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Yesterday, Lancaster was disrupted by the visit of a very minor Royal to rededicate (why?) a war memorial: Richard Duke of Gloucester. Yes, I had never heard of him before either. He is 31st in line to the throne apparently. Do we really need such an extended Royal family to undertake such "tasks"?

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

So, Lord Frost apparently suffers from prosopagnosia, or face blindness. No wonder he made such a pig's ear of our Brexit negotiations if he didn't know who he was talking to most of the time!

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Should anyone be interested in my science (and I'm not holding my breath!), some details can be found here: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Just as taxation can be used to redistribute income from rich to poor, so it could be used to encourage EV purchase. Tax sales of each new petrol/diesel car by, say, £3000, and offer it as a subsidy on the price of a new EV. Could also use fuel taxes to subsidise charging point electricity sales.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

I am not surprised that electric cars are proving difficult to sell. My research tells me that the average price of a new EV is £28k compared with £22k for a small petrol car. Also, whereas an EV costs £18 - 24 per 100 miles to run using public chargers, a petrol car costs typically £17 in petrol.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments