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That is just new construction. There was a plan at one time to decommission some of the older ones but a lot of that has been scrapped

or put in docks in the first place. There are a number of villages up there where everything from the ships is lightered ashore and beached. Watching supplies being delivered is like watching a video from the beaches of Normandy

94.5 GW of peakers on top of the hundreds of coal stations already in service many of which are old and very few of them are slated for removal. That is one hell of a peaker

absolutely. Totally agree. But then why has China actually increased their construction of coal-fired facilities? Perhaps because you can use it when the wind doesn't blow. China is unique in that they control the market on rare earth minerals and they have very low mining costs with their...

When you take into consideration total system costs, including feed-in tariffs wind and solar become far more expensive. If you could count on them 24/7 your arguments would be correct but you can't. The system is required to provide constant power. That means for at least 12 hours a day...

and 100% predictable.

a little thing: with the purchase of the airbuses we now have the capability of actually getting them from here to there before the war is over.

to summarize the whole problem: "expert" I think they are deathly afraid that we will discover that there is really nothing special about them. It is the people ones that you remember and they are never the ones carrying the signs

From previous comments and from what others have done, I would be worried that they would go commercial rather than military standard for those hidden features that the bean counters may not think are important

In Ontario you could actually graduate from grade 12 and enter a two year programme to get your teaching certificate. The one year programme was for grade 13 grads. The department of Education ran their own teacher's colleges scattered throughout the province and provided a standardized...

and speaks french for sure

slight side-track but perhaps germane to the discussion. The certification exam taken by an RPN is for all intents a duplicate of the one taken by an RN in Ontario. Perhaps going to a 3 year programme is another way of trying to justify universities instead of colleges without gaining any real...

if they are willing to spend the money, this is true however, how many years will it take to build up a force capable of standing up against Russia. Only Poland and to a certain extent France maintained any kind of a reasonable military capability; relying upon the stars and stripes just as we...

never happen. The EU would never tolerate all those potential pollution sources. The ghost ships travel through EU waters a lot.

Is there a 'finder's fee' that goes to the vets. if they have a contract?

I think we tried that and it didn't work. We were supposed to have a pre-positioned tank regiment in Norway but it didn't take long for those tanks to be brought home again if they ever did get to Oslo. That was Pierre's big idea

None taken. There are arguments both ways and I am certain that more knowledgeable minds than mine have gamed it out. But it is still better to make it as difficult as possible from as far away as possible. That never changes and a couple of subs in the Gulf of St. Lawrence proved that whilst...

Don't know anything about battle tactics but it seems to me that if you dedicate a vehicle to drones all the opposition forces have to do is look for that one vehicle. Perhaps better to operate them remotely from a separated location or use your MBTs as it then becomes a shell game: which tank...

Europe is NA's barbican guarding the eastern side of our moat. (the Atlantic)

Ronald Reagan defeated the former Soviet Union by appearing to create new weapon systems which the Soviets bankrupted themselves trying to match. Perhaps China in particular is using the same tactics on us. Our left wing parties are profligate spenders on all sorts of things; some good some a...