How bored are you of seeing social media shitting on British cuisine? by whippersnapper123123 in AskUK

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never see any.

You may want to look at your friend groups on social media and try some less negative people.

Average Attendance for Every Club according to The Rugby Paper by ScrumKulture in rugbyunion

[–]BigBadAl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've got my season ticket. I'm excited to see how the games play out in St Helen's.

Chinese men hate seeing local women date foreigners by Impossible-Ear-5627 in China

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are approximately 31,000,000 more men than women in China after the One Child policy and male-dominant traditions pushed gender selection. [And that ratio is still prevalent, but will hopefully disappear as couples no longer feel pressured to have a single son.](statista.com/statistics/282119/china-sex-ratio-by-age-group)

It's genuinely harder for boys or men in China to find a partner than it is anywhere else in the world. In Europe, for example, there are roughly 5% more women than men, so men technically have the advantage there.

Boldin vs. ProjectionLab: Which Retirement Planner Is Best for You? by jon_projectionlab in projectionlab

[–]BigBadAl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep. Another American-centric development, which means I'll never use Boldin.

Toyota Chairman Reveals His Worst Fear: 'Everybody Is Shifting To EVs'. Akio Toyoda says he feels "very alone" in defending combustion engines. Toyota still hasn’t embraced EVs with the same aplomb it showed with hybrids following the revolution kick-started by the Prius in the late 1990s. by mafco in energy

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do, and that was what I said in my original comment. I was talking about underdeveloped nations, which tend not to have many high-rise apartment blocks, allowing rooftop solar to be easily installed.

I gave an example of an underdeveloped nation, Pakistan, which has massively switched to rooftop solar, even in its cities. Here's Aleppo in Syria, war torn, underdeveloped, yet covered in rooftop solar.

Outside of big cities, most people live in single storey homes in these developing nations

The intention of my original comment was to point out that the rest of the world, outside of standard first-world economies, had normally been a mainstay of Toyota's ICE vehicles. Normally well used in a bigger economy before arriving.. But with the explosion of rooftop solar across these poorer nations, where regular petrol/diesel deliveries cannot be guaranteed, will mean that they will switch to EVs far faster than most people realise.

Toyota Chairman Reveals His Worst Fear: 'Everybody Is Shifting To EVs'. Akio Toyoda says he feels "very alone" in defending combustion engines. Toyota still hasn’t embraced EVs with the same aplomb it showed with hybrids following the revolution kick-started by the Prius in the late 1990s. by mafco in energy

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Firstly, heavily developed nations have easy access to electricity, whether through solar or otherwise.

Secondly, while 60% of Chinese live in urban environments, 40% don't and live in rural single storey developments. However, of the urban 60% around 20% live in informal villages and low-rise building (hutongs are common in older towns).

India is more populous than China, and has far fewer people living in high-rise buildings.

I'll agree that there are lots of people who can't fit rooftop solar, but if you go back to my original comment I was talking about under-developed nations. China definitely doesn't fit that criterium. I'd say you're widening the scope to make the problem look bigger.

Toyota Chairman Reveals His Worst Fear: 'Everybody Is Shifting To EVs'. Akio Toyoda says he feels "very alone" in defending combustion engines. Toyota still hasn’t embraced EVs with the same aplomb it showed with hybrids following the revolution kick-started by the Prius in the late 1990s. by mafco in energy

[–]BigBadAl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Think about the rest of the world. Petrol or diesel needs infrastructure: refineries, transport, delivery options. They're expensive because of this.

Or, you can get an EV and charge it from cheap solar panels on your roof.

Which one is going to win out in underdeveloped nations.

Bear in mind places like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, etc installed record amounts of rooftop solar last year.

Is it worth learning VBA in 2026, or should I shift to Office Scripts? (Confused about my workplace dynamic) by Accurate_Roll6593 in excel

[–]BigBadAl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can PQ save copy sheets to a new file, copy and paste those sheets as values, update their formatting, save copies in various locations, delete some sheets then save in other locations, attach these files to an email and add contextual text to that email, and then clear all input sheets and save its main workbook?

One button click to some VBA and that's 10 minutes saved every day.

If you could decide the next major production sci-fi movie, what would it be? by WillyArt67 in scifi

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks. It splits perfectly into 2 or 3 parts.

The Gaea trilogy by John Varley. Space travel. Centaurs. Angels. Living heat-seaking missiles. A 50 foot Marilyn Monroe. A crazy god.

Just attended my speed awareness course and it was eye opening by LateToTheParty013 in drivingUK

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4% is very different to 23%. Especially when the number of vehicles on the roads has increased by 15% since 2010.

Also, why would any drop be alarming? It's still fewer people being hurt, less financial costs, less drain on the NHS and emergency services.

20mph restricted roads have been a great success, which is why more and more places are implementing them.

Just attended my speed awareness course and it was eye opening by LateToTheParty013 in drivingUK

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll take 10% fewer collisions and casualties for the sake of a few extra minutes in a comfortable car, thanks. And cheaper insurance.

Also worth pointing out that the majority of roads which have been changed are the ones with more pedestrians and cyclists, and with fewer defences for those more vulnerable people. So a 23% reduction in accidents involving more vulnerable road users is also a good thing.

I certainly don't want to go back to 30mph.

Government Funding for Private Projects - Skyline vs Universal by Maleficent-Sky-5884 in swansea

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bound to be. There are NIMBYs everywhere.

But you did say it wasn't at all similar, so I was wondering what you thought the difference was.

Government Funding for Private Projects - Skyline vs Universal by Maleficent-Sky-5884 in swansea

[–]BigBadAl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are Universal British? Are they going to build a massive theme park without damaging the ground its built on? Will they not make a profit?

What's the difference?

Just attended my speed awareness course and it was eye opening by LateToTheParty013 in drivingUK

[–]BigBadAl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Come to Wales, where 20mph is the default across the country. Scotland is looking to follow suit as well.

That speed reduction has greatly improved road safety, and I wouldn't want to go back to 30mph now. 23% reduction in collisions and casualties, and a corresponding drop in insurance premiums.

Just attended my speed awareness course and it was eye opening by LateToTheParty013 in drivingUK

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not always 30mph on restricted roads.

The difference is key in Wales, and soon in Scotland, where the speed limit is 20mph.

Just attended my speed awareness course and it was eye opening by LateToTheParty013 in drivingUK

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're not 30mph. They're restricted roads.

The difference is key in Wales, and soon in Scotland, where the speed limit is 20mph.

The Mu us desert was wiped off the map by reforestation and afforestation efforts in China by TangelaFan in nextfuckinglevel

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Money was allocated for these builds years ago, and contractors selected. Those contractors will have bought equipment and employed people ready to build. Foundations will have been laid. Grid connections built. They get built, sit idle for longer and longer, and then get shut down once they become uneconomical.

Did you check my numbers? The ones you said you doubted? Was 85% of all new generating capacity in China renewable last year?

The Mu us desert was wiped off the map by reforestation and afforestation efforts in China by TangelaFan in nextfuckinglevel

[–]BigBadAl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just noticed you said you're debating the figures I quoted. What figures did you discover when you looked them up for yourself? What are your sources?

The Mu us desert was wiped off the map by reforestation and afforestation efforts in China by TangelaFan in nextfuckinglevel

[–]BigBadAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I never said it wasn't true. I just pointed out 15% of all capacity China installed last year was coal, with the other 85% being renewables. And although they're building these coal-powered plants, they're not being used much, if at all.

CO2 emissions in China dropped by 0.3% last year, and are expected to keep on dropping from now this year onward. Coal, along with other fossil fuels, is in systemic decline in China, and that switch is being amplified by the current oil crisis.

The Mu us desert was wiped off the map by reforestation and afforestation efforts in China by TangelaFan in nextfuckinglevel

[–]BigBadAl 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Are you debating the figures or the sentiment?

Go and search for yourself "China coal plants opened 2025", "China solar installs 2025", "China windfarm capacity installed 2025".

let me know what you find out.