Grauniad article about power interconnectors between UK and Europe

When I (briefly) worked for British Gas, a couple of the experts (who were rarely in the UK, as it was more effective to hire them out to other countries, such was their knowledge of high-pressure gas distribution) came back from the USSR (as 'twas) having met Russian scientists who spoke of a theory (which the USSR accepted as fact) that the Earths crust had a layer of methane deep below it.

With all this talk of shale gas, and the dominance of the European gas market by Russia, I often wonder if they were onto something.

Obvious disclaimer is that I am not a geologist.

I remember this. Thomas Gold was the man who came up with the theory.

He also believed that life on earth was a result of extraterrestrials dumping their waste on Earth.

Another Dave

this explaining Ed Miliband exactly.

Ho hum...

Are you (partially) red-green colour blind? That might well explain your problem.

The contrast is different for different individuals. They could have used red instead of orange - but that wouldn't help for some.

A better choice would have been solid green for "in progress" and dotted green for "proposed"

ndy

IIRC they use aluminium for suspended power cables because it has a higher = conductivity per unit mass than copper does. But copper has higher conduc= tivity per unit volume.

Does he have a sister called Jennifer, I wonder.

the Today prog the other morning, and as I said at the time, he quoted a "study" to support his PoV. The next day's Times rubbished that "study", as it was partly funded by a pro-wind interest group, and the analysis suffered from "a number of schoolboy howlers", as The Temps put it.

Leads to an image of the Eargh shooting off into space like a farting balloon, should someone drill too deep.