Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Love the Ioniq 5. We’ve just got another one: went round and round the options but the combination of comfort, space, range and charging time are, in our view, unbeatable. 230
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026No, not meaningless, just more complicated, as the UCL analysis makes clear. The difference between Eng and Scot scores in Maths for example is around twice the maximum correction required for the difference in participation rates. 000
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026All the data is on the OECD PISA site. Link here: www.oecd.org/en/about/pro... Further document repository links can found scrolling down the landing page.oecd.orgPISA: Programme for International Student AssessmentPISA is the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment. PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. 041
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Given Canada, Australia, NZ and the US (to select only the obvious examples ) all exceeded population exclusion limits, it is not clear how the analysis carried out at UCL would, if repeated for those countries, affect their PISA scores. So, yes, “may” 130
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026England’s participation rate may have relevance for its global ranking (although most anglophone countries can be criticised in this way) but not when it comes to comparison with other UK nations. The OECD expressly identifies Eng’s reforms as a model for success 271
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I would pose a different question: what transactions with the US are of such strategic importance to the UK that HMG dare not risk them? 173
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Seasonal and time of day congestion charges almost inevitable, I’d suggest 020
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 21/08/202629% is probably at the upper end of realistic possibilities. More cautiously, 25% learning => 75% lower prices with five doublings Either way, the result for both EVs and BESS will be huge: a self-reinforcing feedback loop. More demand = lower prices = more demand = lower prices… 030
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Presumably it cannot restart until recess is over. If parlt. Isn’t sitting Farage cannot officially take his seat? 000
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Avoid long grass, where they patrol. Insect repellent. Citronella torches at night can be good (but obvs not if the countryside is tinder dry). 000
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026And your inability to express yourself clearly is probably yours 000
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026You will have to explain where I suggested there was no role for them. 100
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comFighter Jets Are PasséThe future of warfare is drones, clearly. 100
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I suspect you are being obtuse. The Ukrainians - who don’t have a navy, you’ll recall - seem to be demonstrating that capital ships are obsolete 100
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Black Sea fleet has lots of frigates. Not sure that’s particularly helpful, however 101
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Some Irish friends of mine might like to sit in on that convo 100
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Really useful primer on one of the key constraints for the energy transition: lack of power system transformers. ig.ft.com/transformers 000
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The good folk of Essex like a piss take and it’s certainly conceivable they’ll prefer Binface’s sort to Farrage’s 010
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Hmmm, it looks like someone is keen not to be fired for ICE’s legal problems… 010
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026And new 25kV substations cost around $300k per MW. Nothing is cheap in this market. 010
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This is exactly what Gridserve in GB did to install >1600 ultra-rapid charging bays at 200 locations over 5 years. The total installed capacity is estimated at >500MW, far in excess of what GB grids would otherwise be able to provide. They also used veg oil generators to support BESS backup. 000
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026They don’t do full load constantly. The typical load factor for an ultra rapid charger is 15% over any 24 hour period. A 2MW station can therefore install a 4MW battery and rely on a relatively low power supply (~250kW) and throttle charges as needed during peak times 120
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026All grid connections in every country I’ve worked in require permission. What takes excessive time is when the distribution /transmission utility requires upstream network reinforcement. Using a battery allows commissioning of the chargers ahead of reinforcement 040
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Comments like this are also often nonsensical. So what if the grid isn’t ready - use batteries. They’ll probably be a fraction of the cost of grid reinforcement. They will certainly be on line in a fraction of the time 231
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Hmm, I sympathise. Best to chalk it up to experience, I suppose. 000
Reposted by Rob HHRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Someone needs to explain the Streisand effect to Nigel 25817
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 16/06/2026youtu.be/p0yh4cvD8E8?...youtu.bePOV: Cooking Restaurant Quality Chicken Wings & Sauce (How to Make Them at Home)YouTube video by Fallow 000
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I know the guy who ran the competition for National Grid (Hi Simon, if you see this). The ownership and excitement he demonstrated when talking about the project was truly infectious. Only a churl would argue it’s not a UK project 000
Reposted by Rob HHFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/06/2026Free to read: Simon Schama's 2025 appreciation of David Hockney, who has died at the age of 88 ft.trib.al/VJxZ4Svft.trib.alSimon Schama on the pleasure-giving, life-affirming art of David HockneyBritain’s most popular living painter has maintained an unfashionable commitment to optical delight 17835
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026And to add one further point: suppose the West Burton demonstrator is successful. What do you think will happen to the company valuations of the companies who designed and built it? That IP and know-how has potentially vast commercial value, well before any actual commercial power station is built 100
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I said many programs globally are developing prototypes for future commercial reactors. When I speak to people in STEP, that is what they tell me they are doing. Please don’t import a meaning of your own. 200
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026STEP is intended to prove fusion can work as a power station, not as an experiment *and* provide a design for a fleet of future commercial plants In other words, STEP is explicitly pre-commercial demonstration. 2/2 Ends 100
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026STEP mandate is demonstrate a commercially relevant fusion power plant It’s primary task is moving fusion into commercial viability by building a prototype plant that: - Produces net energy to grid - Has fuel self-sufficiency (tritium breeding) - Enables practical maintenance and operation 1/2 100
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Several projects around the world working on commercial prototypes right now. The UK project is at West Burton —> stepfusion.com 100
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 13/03/2026This is, I think, the crucial point. Legacy firms point at the subsidies as if they explain everything. They really don’t appreciate just how good the Chinese manufacturers are. That complacency could be lethal for the lot of them 061
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Tablecloths like shirts from the 1990s (or the other way round, perhaps). Great stuff. 000
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Although, if HGM were thinking of how appointees might be thought of by their hosts, perhaps it might do things this way round? 010
Rob HH @rlhh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I know a few people like this. For the most part they seem to believe it’s just delayed gratification. They hate the work, they hate their co-workers even more, but it’s all worth it because it’s only temporary. They mostly never do escape, of course. 000
