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Comment Western hypocrisy (Score 1) 195

It’s ironic how Americans, with their gas-guzzling SUVs, cranked-up ACs, and thousands of miles of leisure air travel, lecture Indians—most of whom light their homes with a single LED bulb and commute short distances on two-wheelers—about cutting carbon emissions. Maybe the West should slash its own energy consumption and lifestyle excesses before preaching. If the price of improving living standards in developing nations is a few low-lying countries going under, so be it.

Comment UK and Europe (Score 1) 92

UK already has a HVDC line to main land Europe and is very success.. The distance is much smaller but after tis line came into operation, energy price across UK and Europe stabilised further and the peaks seen in the energy spot market reduced substantially. Interconnected energy grids are good from a market and economic point of view..

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