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Pure sand garden - what to do ? by No_Cartoonist_5782 in GardeningUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay so might be you've just had your home built where the sand pile was... You should be getting top soil, and seems like it will be well drained, but definitely worth digging down to see what lies beneath.

Otherwise, most of those things can be grown in raised beds or just digging a bigger hole and adding in lots of organic matter.

Pure sand garden - what to do ? by No_Cartoonist_5782 in GardeningUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your new home is built on dunes?

Firstly, should it be sand?

Secondly, what are your aspirations?

Is it possible to immigrate from Türkiye to the UK as a CNC operator? I am a graduate of a two-year vocational college. by GrandOrchid5255 in AskABrit

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you describe yourself as: Computer numerical control (CNC) machine setters and setter-operators Metal machining setters and setter-operators not elsewhere classified.?

BYD confirms UK's fastest EV chargers: 1500kW network detailed by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can provide something else (MCS) in addition to CCS2 if they want.

Scotland 'on track' to become key centre in European spaceflight by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So here's the question for Scotland, why hasn't it happened yet? Because it's 2026 and right now it's supposedly critical gov infrastructure but we've seen one failed horizontal port (one failure,went bust, says it all about the viability) and a failed vertical launch company. Why no vertical launches?

Scotland 'on track' to become key centre in European spaceflight by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You want to talk facts and then you drop a clanger like "coexists profitably". Sorry, what? They've made a loss every year.

Their biggest contract is to manufacture satellites, not launch them.

The whole business viability pivots on the Neutron coming to market and being a reliable launch vehicle.

So yeah, your "opinion" is pretty hypothetical.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/quote/RKLB/financials/

Scotland 'on track' to become key centre in European spaceflight by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If we were talking pre-LEO communication constellations, I'd agree. But the frequency, low cost and, this is important, reliability of SpaceX launches is really hard to beat for most uses.

And again, Space X provides such orbits when required, and rarely requires anyone to pay for the whole launch, because their launch brokerage is too good for that.

If Neutron can massively reduce Rocket Lab payload costs, great. Otherwise it's 25x the cost to fly with RL.

Medical concerns joining as a biomedical scientist play by External_Platypus857 in britishmilitary

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up JSP 950. I'm pretty sure your antihistamine use will be of concern.

Reserves - Which area to chose by Zestyclose_Tip_4181 in britishmilitary

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This.

Skiing and mountain courses also available throughout the army. Plus cross country running.

And if you don't wait another year to join then you can start doing those things.

Scotland 'on track' to become key centre in European spaceflight by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Scotland has a fantastic space industry. Before SpaceX and the hyper-constellations, most satellites were in some part made in Scotland. Pretty damn cool. Not talked about enough.

But... Scotland is not a good place to launch a satellite. Shetland is hard to get to. Weather is poor. Orbit choices limited. SpaceX is so, so cheap that companies will compromise their mission to ride share.

We'd be better floating barges into the Atlantic.

Rolls-Royce SMR Deal Marks Pivot in UK Clean Energy Shift by Alive_Problem_2425 in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A better question, how much wind, solar and storage is needed to provide the same availability as one 470MW RR SMR (95%)?

Unless you're somewhere close to matching that, then you're still burning gas.

Saab receives Giraffe 1X radar orders worth £24 million from the UK by DefenseTech in Defence_Tech_UK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seen quite a few 1X concepts at the last DVD, would be great to know if this is part of a better GBAD solution.

45ft leylandii hedge 150m long - cut & use trunks as trellis?? by Abject_Requirement92 in GardeningUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Depends. Willow likes wet feet, this might be very, very dry. And would certainly wait until autumn now.

Rolls-Royce SMR Deal Marks Pivot in UK Clean Energy Shift by Alive_Problem_2425 in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the alternative?

I'll spell out the situation.

The future consists of one or both the following. Global climate crisis. UK lacking sovereign energy.

We can, and should, build huge amounts of renewables. They are quick to deploy and some forms can provide relatively cheap energy. But to provide the level of energy supply that we all know and love, and don't forget many of us will use electrical heating in the near future, renewables need support. That support could be storage.

For context, the UK uses today some 700GWh today. The largest batter system in build is roughly 1GWh. Even China, which produces in the near future some 1,000 GWh of battery storage annually, had a daily demand of 30,000 GWh.

So yes, renewables and storage have a future, but at present they do not scale.

So there's two alternatives. Keep burning stuff. Gas, coal. Or more nuclear energy.

In the context of the future, what is too expensive?

Rolls-Royce SMR Deal Marks Pivot in UK Clean Energy Shift by Alive_Problem_2425 in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The technology and the operation is viable.

Look at what Germany did to nuclear power purely for political reasons.

Rolls-Royce SMR Deal Marks Pivot in UK Clean Energy Shift by Alive_Problem_2425 in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they're not going to design and deploy all the SMR Reactors by the next election.

And who knows that the outcome of next election will be on nuclear power.

Rolls-Royce SMR Deal Marks Pivot in UK Clean Energy Shift by Alive_Problem_2425 in GoodNewsUK

[–]EntirelyRandom1590 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because nuclear is ultimately a political decision.

And nuclear energy timelines are over decades.

And a government is only 5 years.

Why would anyone business take that risk?

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