tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187762422024-03-12T22:59:48.784+00:00Herb's blogThis and that – note that linguistic 'stuff' has moved to HETranslations.uk/blogHerbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comBlogger398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-70670107751541579532020-12-13T14:04:00.008+00:002020-12-14T07:08:10.302+00:00Trying to understand Brexit<p>Finally, I may have got to the bottom of Brexit, thanks to
an analysis by New Statesman International Editor Jeremy Cliffe – see
quote below from the interesting analysis in his recent New Statesman World Review newsletter.</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><i>Under Jacques Delors, Commission president in the then European Economic
Community, the European single market was founded with a clear social
vocation. “What would become of us if we didn’t have a minimum
harmonisation of social rules?” the French socialist argued in the
European Parliament in 1985: "What do we already see? Some member
states, some companies who try to steal an advantage over their
competitors, at the cost of what we have to call a social retreat.” <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">The
Delors social agenda, crystallised in the Social Chapter of the
Maastricht Treaty concluded in 1992, was the wedge that would over time
push the British Tories away from the European project</span>. But it would
also become one of the EU’s calling cards: the union as the credible
guarantor of a social model that would not be possible were individual
countries to pursue it on their own in a globalising world.</i></p><p>Jeremy Cliffe's related New Statesman article can be found <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/brexit/2020/12/why-eu-would-prefer-no-deal-brexit-deal-undermining-european-social-model">here</a>.
Note reference to <i><span style="background-color: #99ff99;">Soziale
Marktwirtschaft</span></i>, which I keep mentioning as a key
difference between Germany and the more rampant
capitalism in Britain.</p>
<p>On a related note, I had forgotten that Roy Jenkins was President
of the European Commission (interesting / helpful Wikipedia page <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission">here</a>). Andrew Adonis, in one of his recent New European pieces, ranked Roy Jenkins as the fourth most important political shaper
of modern Britain – see PDF 'printout' <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LlEXeY2ZYFT_dsT_xbMdaxUq_KKcQpTy/view?usp=sharing">here</a> and online version <a href="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/andrew-adonis-top-20-political-figures-thatcher-churchill-blair-kahn-6499436">here</a>.
I suppose one can safely assume that Mr Jenkins is spinning in his
grave.</p><p>Meanwhile, as Chris Grey says in his <a href="https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/brexit-debilitation.html#">Brexit Blog</a>, "<i>the swirl of rumours, counter-rumours, predictions, counter-predictions,
and rune-reading that has characterised the last few months is
intensifying and will continue to do so"</i>. And: "<i>it serves little analytical purpose, as well as being psychologically
debilitating, to try to follow each twist and turn at the moment</i>".</p>Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-77342930034983897842017-04-11T16:36:00.003+01:002017-04-11T16:46:59.548+01:00Perfectly imperfectSupermarket companies can be problematic in many ways when they become too big and powerful – see <a href="http://www.tescopoly.org/">Tescopoly campaign</a>, for example.<br />
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On the other hand, credit is due when they "do the right thing", as exemplified by Tesco's "Perfectly imperfect" apples – see product labels below – which they sell as part of their apparent commitment to reduce food waste, and at a very reasonable price.<br />
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Classic case of: "what's not to like?"<br />
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See also the Mercury collection of <a href="http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/amazing-pictures-of-leicestershire-sunsets-captured-over-the-weekend/story-29976795-detail/story.html"><i>Amazing pictures of Leicestershire sunset captured over weekend</i></a> Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-24414821083464391092016-12-05T08:01:00.002+00:002016-12-05T08:01:33.398+00:00Dean's cookies policyCan you see the funny side of <a href="http://www.deans.co.uk/">Dean's</a> cookies policy note?<br />
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-36988705822157278312016-11-21T17:44:00.001+00:002021-01-26T17:47:54.702+00:00Corah site<p>Prompted by the Leicester Civic Society Chairman's page in the November issue of Leicester Citizen (see extract below), two LCS members had a look round the area over the weekend and took some photos – see online album <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/MDnT5HArwmtRV6jU7">here</a>. <br />
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<i>One major cause for concern is the Corah site. It is a gigantic
‘black hole’ siting between Burleys Way and Abbey Park. On one side is
the new Charter Street Stadium, with a proposed footbridge into the
park; on the other the Waterside redevelopment area, though this too is
not without its problems. Corah’s is a great part of Leicester’s great
history as a manufacturing colossus. It is however a vast wreck,
currently plagued by repeated attacks of arson. Given its layout and
position it should be a thriving, almost self-contained urban village,
making a major contribution to city centre housing stock and the city
centre economy. But it is not. It is a sad truth that until something is
done about Corah the economic miracle being wrought elsewhere in this
great city of ours will remain marred. </i></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Archway to nowhere! Leicester’s historic Corah<br />Factory, threatened by arson, awaits restoration<br />and renewal.</td></tr></tbody></table>Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-35665161721553547652016-11-18T06:10:00.002+00:002016-11-18T06:18:57.249+00:00Bethink yourselves<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image "borrowed" from A. Christoyannopoulos' <a href="https://theconversation.com/think-the-worlds-in-a-mess-here-are-four-things-you-can-do-about-it-68789">Conversation article</a></td></tr>
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In a recent article at <a href="https://theconversation.com/">The Conversation</a>, Alexandre Christoyannopoulos suggests <a href="https://theconversation.com/think-the-worlds-in-a-mess-here-are-four-things-you-can-do-about-it-68789">four things you can do to make a difference</a>, if you think the world is in a mess:<br />
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1. Be a reflective "producer" (this is about one's work choices)<br />
2. Be an ethical consumer<br />
3. Be an active citizen<br />
4. Be a principled person<br />
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In conclusion, the author refers to Tolstoy, who wanted us to “<a href="https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/8129">bethink ourselves</a>”. It turns out that Tolstoy's essay with the title <i><a href="http://www.nonresistance.org/docs_pdf/Tolstoy/Bethink_Yourselves.pdf">Bethink Yourselves</a></i> was written against the background of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War">Russo-Japanese War</a> and contains this noteworthy statement (not least in the context of Remembrance):<br />
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<i>Strange as this may seem, the surest and most certain deliverance for men from all their self-inflicted calamities, even the most dreadful of them – war – is attainable not by any external general measures but by that simple appeal to the consciousness of each individual man which was presented by Jesus nineteen hundred years ago: that every man should bethink himself and ask himself who he is, why he lives, and what he should and should not do.</i></blockquote>
The word "bethink" is interesting from a linguistic perspective. The Oxford English Dictionary confirms the "suspicion" that it is etymologically related to the German word "bedenken". It seems a shame that it is "obsolete". Perhaps it will make a comeback.Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-42928005002377080182016-11-15T12:38:00.000+00:002016-11-16T10:08:12.743+00:00Weekend readingPaul Mason in the Guardian, also Guardian Weekly 11 November: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/31/paul-mason-driverless-cars-uber-artificial-intelligence-unemployment"><i><br />The battle over Uber and driverless cars is really a debate about the future of humanity</i></a>.<br />
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Quotes:<br />
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<li>"Uber drivers were right to claim employment rights. But in a world where
driverless cars may soon make them redundant, we face long-term
dilemmas about the systems we choose". </li>
<li>If we accept – as Oxford researchers <a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf">Carl Frey and Michael Osborne stated in 2013</a> – that 47% of jobs are susceptible to automation, the most obvious problem is: how are people going to live?</li>
<li>"In a way, Uber
has done us a favour by making concrete the kind of rightwing
libertarian dystopia that would come about if we allowed Silicon Valley
to design the future.
Instead, we should begin by recognising that, as machines plus
artificial intelligence begin to replace human beings, the entire
social, political and moral dilemma for humanity becomes a question of
systems".</li>
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Guardian Weekly 11 November reader letter under the heading <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/nov/08/guardian-weekly-letters-environment-bottled-water"><i>Time
to get rid of elections</i></a>, with reference to George Monbiot's article under the heading <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/04/democracy-people-power-governments-policy"><i>Lies, fearmongering and fables: that’s our democracy</i></a> and the <a href="http://www.sortitionfoundation.org/">Sortition
Foundation.</a><br />
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Guardian 25 October: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/25/nobody-calls-it-czechia-czech-republic-new-fails-catch-on">'Nobody calls it Czechia': Czech Republic's new name fails to catch on</a><br />
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Guardian Weekly 4 November: <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-guardian-weekly/20161104/281801398517410"><i>The prime minister of pretence – Theresa May told lies to win her job and now she is doing the same to make people believe she is acting in their interest</i></a>.<br />
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Owen Jones, Guardian Weekly 4 November: "<a href="http://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-guardian-weekly/20161104/282196535508642"><i>We all possess a natural empathy for other human beings. But once we Lose that, it is easy for injustice to flourish. The solution? Tell humanising stories</i></a>".<br />
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Guardian Weekly 21 October: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/06/liquid-assets-how--business-bottled-water-went-mad"><i>Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad</i></a>. This article was heavily criticised in a reader letter under the heading <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/nov/08/guardian-weekly-letters-environment-bottled-water"><i>The great water folly</i></a> in GW 11 November for "totally ignoring the many real issues surrounding the bottled water industry".Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-40636146439724919022016-11-09T17:07:00.003+00:002016-11-09T17:07:42.064+00:00Trumpocalypse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-25276216776121664262016-10-29T14:21:00.000+01:002016-11-05T04:21:47.562+00:00FrightaramaAnother memorable night at the <a href="http://www.phoenix.org.uk/">Phoenix in Leicester</a>. Same procedure in 2018, probably. (Doing it every year would probably be overkill).<br />
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-88687583132196722492016-10-25T10:03:00.002+01:002020-08-18T17:53:05.306+01:00Albert-Ueberle-Straße, HeidelbergDie Albert-Ueberle-Straße in Heidelberg ist unter Heidelbergern recht bekannt.<br />
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Dass sie <a href="http://rhein-neckar-wiki.de/Albert-Ueberle-Stra%C3%9Fe_%28Heidelberg%29">nach dem letzten Neuenheimer Bürgermeister benannt</a> ist, dürfte weniger bekannt sein. Laut Angaben des Heidelberger Geschichtsvereins wurde Albert Ueberle 1828 in Neuenheim geboren und war "Holzhändler und Pächter der Neckarfähre zwischen Neuenheim und Heidelberg". 1881 wurde er Bürgermeister von Neuenheim und wurde 1888 wiedergewählt, bis Neuenheim 1891 nach Heidelberg eingemeindet wurde.<br />
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An einem Haus in der Albert-Ueberle-Straße befindet sich der einprägsame Spruch:<br />
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Ein Autor namens Leo Gold, über den im Internet wenig zu finden ist, außer dass er an den Universitäten in Tübingen, Freiburg im Breisgau und Frankfurt am Main Germanistik studiert hat und in der Nähe von Wiesbaden lebt, hat den Spruch in sein Buch mit dem Titel <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i2UCCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT15&lpg=PT15&dq=%22und+Menschen+die+langweilig+sind%22&source=bl&ots=4LkdPiEcbX&sig=3yccZA3kjYJrzfm6Gp1y90oiTt8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDhb_ehc3PAhXGrxoKHcz4AFYQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=%22und%20Menschen%20die%20langweilig%20sind%22&f=false"><i>Streichle mich mit deinen Worten</i></a> aufgenommen. Zitat:<br />
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<i>An Tagen, an denen es heftiger zuging, hoffte Max naturgemäß, sich bald in den Feierabend verabschieden zu können. War es soweit, schwang er sich auf sein Fahrrad, fuhr über die Alte Brücke, von dort die Ziegelhäuser Landstraße entlang, die in die Neuenheimer- überging, bis er scharf rechts in die Albert-Ueberle-Straße einbog und bis zu dem Haus fuhr, auf dessen Fassade ein lustiger Segensspruch gemalt war: „Behüt’ das Haus vor Wetter und Wind und Menschen, die langweilig sind“. Max hatte in dessen Nachbarhaus eine Souterrainwohnung gemietet. Zwei Zimmer, Küche, Bad und eine schöne Terrasse, von der er auf den Neckar und zur Heidelberger Altstadt schauen konnte. Sein Fahrrad lehnte er an die Außenwand seines Schlafzimmers. Bei gutem Wetter aß er eine Kleinigkeit auf der Terrasse.</i></blockquote>
Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-42748699949321718942016-10-25T03:49:00.001+01:002016-10-25T03:49:28.424+01:00Autumn at Oxford House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-83785545288120319672016-10-09T07:02:00.000+01:002018-05-28T11:20:54.292+01:00Save this house from... boring people<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">An updated version of this blog post can now be found on the </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">HE Translations</i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> blog at <br /><a href="https://hetranslations.uk/blog/save-this-house-from-boring-people">https://hetranslations.uk/blog/save-this-house-from-boring-people</a></span></span></span>Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-72474297634536628262016-09-27T18:23:00.001+01:002016-10-13T14:19:52.763+01:00Edeltraud Eppel RIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-31220665751195346282016-09-15T18:10:00.000+01:002016-09-15T18:11:47.012+01:00The Quality of LeicesterPublication of the third (apparently entirely new) edition of the popular and impressive <i>The Quality of Leicester</i> book should be more or less imminent, as indicated by author Michael Taylor during a talk he gave last November (see "poster" below). <br />
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In the meantime, 'preview' photos were installed on the hoardings around the construction site at the recently demolished "Faulty Towers" building (former HQ of Leicester City Council) – see screenshot from Google Street View below. The temptation to take "photos of the photos" was too great to resist, resulting in an <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/4VtcsVCP5XXZcq4HA">online photo album</a>.<br />
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Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-25812142147390178762016-09-13T15:47:00.000+01:002016-09-13T15:47:59.455+01:00AutoposerSogenannte "Autoposer" scheinen in Deutschland zu einem Problem zu werden. Siehe Spiegel-Berichte <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/mannheim-bremst-autoposer-aus-a-1107789.html">hier</a> und <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/auto-poser-in-mannheim-das-sagt-die-polizei-a-1107956.html">hier</a>.<br />
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Interessanterweise steht "Poser" (und "Poserin") bereits im Duden! "Autoposer" wird wahrscheinlich demnächst aufgenommen.<br />
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Als Reaktion auf Autoposer empfiehlt sich demonstratives Wegschauen.Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-10919579335910597862016-08-15T09:50:00.001+01:002016-08-15T09:50:39.283+01:00Reading list: The Goblin ReservationThe Goblin Reservation, described as a <i>forgotten classic</i> and "<i>more light-hearted than most of Simak’s other novels</i>" comes with a 'highest recommendation' as "<a href="http://www.politedissent.com/archives/92"><i>a near-perfect blend of action, humor, and conscience</i></a>". It was also recommended by a Russian translator colleague.<br />
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-34931958847015371052016-08-14T08:12:00.000+01:002017-06-29T02:16:35.188+01:00Laundry ballsLaundry balls were all the rage a few years ago. The corresponding marketing claims always seemed somewhat pseudoscientific. Cf. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laundry_ball">Wikipedia</a>. It seems quite a few 'eco stores' were taken in by the apparent greenwash propaganda – or worse, were perhaps 'complicit' in misleading well-meaning 'green consumers'. Could it all have been a load of balls?<br />
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Update June 2017:<br />
Further "research" and the German page <a href="https://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/verbraucher/waschbaelle101.html">here</a> would suggest that the mechanical effect of certain laundry balls can in fact be beneficial. In one of the tests, better results were achieved with 50% of the normal washing power quantity than with 100% washing powder and no balls!<br />
Our laundry balls have since been "recommissioned".<br />
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-2865297320796554502016-08-12T08:17:00.001+01:002016-08-12T08:17:10.501+01:00Blast from the past: HP 15C I still have my HP 15C calculator from my uni
days (described <a href="https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/why-is-the-hp-15c-so-expensive.578660/">here</a>
as "<i>THE killer scientific calculator for engineers and chemists
back in the '80s</i>"), including the German <i>Benutzerhandbuch</i>. Looks like they are selling for USD 100 or more (see eBay or Amazon).<br />
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Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-26125852261665865632016-08-12T05:12:00.003+01:002016-08-12T05:12:52.530+01:00Website of the day: World Ocean Observatory<br />
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-33529653333897327982016-07-28T12:00:00.000+01:002017-06-08T11:02:11.857+01:00Has Chris Huhne been brainwashed?Chris Huhne's 'performance' at the memorable Shell/Daily Telegraph <i>Energy Scenarios</i> event in London back in 2010 was impressive. He indicated strong commitment to energy efficiency, renewables in general and in particular a <b>European supergrid</b> for renewables, major study on which was translated by the HE Translations team and <a href="http://www.theiet.org/resources/books/pow-en/scenarios.cfm">published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology</a>. Notably, Chris Huhne told the audience – in direct response to a question I put to him on this subject – that he was "<i>completely sold on interconnection</i>".<br />
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Equally impressive was Chris Huhne's passionate <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/oct/26/chris-huhne-renewable-energy-critics">broadside against anti-wind pontificators</a> at the Renewable UK 2011 conference in Manchester, during which he referred to an "<i>unholy
alliance of short-termists, armchair engineers, climate sceptics and
vested interests ... selling the UK economy short by their refusals to
acknowledge the benefits that renewables will bring</i>".<br />
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Sadly, his performance in an interview about the Hinkley C madness on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme
this morning was lamentable. In complete contrast to his previous enthusiasm for renewables, he pontificated about the variability or renewables in a manner one is used to from unenlightened renewables sceptics and about the alleged need for new baseload (which is an outdated concept), verging on enthusiastic support for the Hinkley C white elephant. A classic Victor Meldrew moment! Tom Burke, on the other hand, was in his usual excellent form on the same programme.<br />
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<br />Herbert Eppelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815564659997057251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18776242.post-68066464416214202662016-07-28T11:06:00.002+01:002016-07-28T11:06:44.703+01:00Virtual RealityMemorable comment from John Humphrys at the end of a piece about Virtual Reality on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning:<br />
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