One of the key problems with war is to achieve a political end (as in current US/Israeli attacks on Iran) the usual result is the partial (and sometimes almost wholesale) destruction of society & its infrastructure.
This then encounters the classic political hypocrisy of war:
attacks on us mean will all work together to defend ourselves against the attacker (the 'Blitz spirit'), while our attacks on them will weaken their resolve & drive them to the negotiating table.
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade, and why most of Europe – including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – dismissed them
River Curves
A storm forecast, our flight cancelled. If it hadn't been, we would never have seen this serene scene.
Following the swift river upstream, we paused where the early light kissing the clouds was reflected in the icy waters.
Facing south; dawn at 10:30am in mid-November over Núpufellshnjúkur in Eyjafjarðarsveit, north-eastern #Iceland.
Zoom in to view this at 100% if you can, it's very detailed.
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As EDF admit the Hinkley Point C Nuclear reactor's start date has again slipped & the budget continues to climb from its original planned cost, we might ask whether continuing with nuclear power is really a sensible use of money.
The share of electricity generation by nuclear has been dropping, other methods of peak capacity coverage are available (as might be storage for renewable generated energy) & costs are climbing
is it time to call a halt to nuclear power?
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Mo