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@bobflux — interesting result!
You could perhaps start by putting a sample in a small plastic bag and seeing if it is magnetic, and if so, how much so. Edit: And test a s...
Indeed! One important nuance is that income tax, while being the largest single contribution, accounts for only 27% of government receipts. National i...
Two general thoughts: (1) Finding a fair way to rob Peter to pay Paul in a particular sector is enormously difficult. For example, high energy use a...
I think you may have meant @jamespa!
ECO4 muddies the water somewhat, and then some. I think ECO4 heat pump installations had to be 'MCS certified', and in most if not all cases that me...
I've done a bit more digging around, and according to this MCS page dated 20th August 2026, three quarters of heat pump installations are funded by go...
Even that HPD note manages to contradict itself. "Since March 2026, the tables in this release have been expanded to cover all retrofit installations....
They can be found in the sources I linked to, but I am not sure they will reduce the errors, because it depends whether the errors are random or syste...
But I do! We should always doubt the veracity of 'official' government statistics. It and its various departments and agencies all have agendas to pus...
An excellent concise exposition of loss aversion: a 4% chance of it going wrong matters more that a 96% chance of it going well. Aversion to loss mean...
Again, spot on. The problem is that we in the UK have dug ourselves into a deep hole, and there is no easy way out. The historical combination of chea...
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I think you're right! 🤨
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