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@JackNayland @JohnWight1 Exactly. That an idea so roundly discredited can be espoused with such confidence is annoying. The argument is always “the economy is just a thing invented by people so we can make it do what we want”. Well a Honda Civic is also invented by people but you can’t make it fly

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@vintagestuff4 I think it’s an artefact caused by the camera’s electronic shutter

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@imranhr73 @BoylanRoger That’s a beautiful XJ!

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@imranhr73 @BoylanRoger Isn’t that the AJ V8? That’s a Jaguar-developed engine, though it was *used* by ford in some other products

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@ViralSparkXx So not torquing the tooljoints? Not a drill crew I’d hire!

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@historyinmemes Maybe instead of melting the toothbrushes he should have brushed his teeth with them

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@dunyasalbilim A tricone bit is supposed to rotate, the individual cones are not driven

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@airmainengineer 737 classic with CFM engines

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@NoContextHumans The incorrectly numbered seats are stressing me out

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@MeieringRalf @Platypuss_10 I believe that is a particular problem with the 787

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@Blendello @GentlyDangerous @TBrit90 Yes and no. The Brent crude is extremely high quality so it is worth producing. Using careful field management and nearfield exploration of smaller satellite reservoirs as they do in Norway, you could eek the UK shelf out for a few more decades yet

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@drhingram Daihatsu Fourtrak, apparently

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@AlbertMoon16 @tomhfh What an extraordinarily incorrect response. Thatcher was responsible for the only blip of growth Britain experienced between 1960 and 1997. Do you sincerely believe the unionized postwar economy was healthy and conducive to the national interest?

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@peterheirman2 @DL53654129 @DisrespectedThe Because of the high-tension current in the ignition coils

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@MrGWB71 @modernheroestv That’s a very clean engine

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@timetoshine1234 @BBCScotlandNews Lol you silly goose

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@timetoshine1234 @BBCScotlandNews Britain owns the oil in its territorial waters. It leases licences to oil companies to produce it and then charges a 78% production tax. I assume you’re talking about the British national oil company, which was privatized, as it should have been.

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@jonburkeUK I mean, Britain does own the oil and gas. It is extracted by private companies under licence and subject to 78% tax on production. The E&P licences are leased, not sold, to private companies, and they are conditional.

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@pix3lpro @BBCNews People keep saying this but it isn’t true. She sold the (relatively small) national oil company but did not “sell the oil”. The oil is still owned by the crown and subject to 78% tax on production.

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@GPLegen @Chorlton258896 @BenGrahamUK I don’t think the British government has any business running an oil company. BNOC was a nightmare. It would just be a huge liability. Oil companies are equipped to handle the risk of E&P, governments not so much.