@lostsettler Tidal drag actually increases the height of the Moon's orbit. It slows the Earth's rotation transferring angular momentum to the Moon. This increases the Moon's orbital energy while decreasing the kinetic energy of the Earth( However the vast majority of the energy lost by the Earth is lost as heat.
Tidal energy extraction would very slightly increase this effect, slowing the Earth more and increasing the Moon's distance. But we're talking about a minuscule increase.
The laughable assertion from the Tories that "Britain is the Second Most Powerful Country in the World," (backed up by an article in the Daily Express, FFS) reminds me of this from Professor Nicholas Boyle, University of Cambridge. https://archive.is/6NC4N
“Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow south? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.”
Well done to the team at @GBNEWS who inform us that a "devastating new poll" suggests the party will lose the majority of its Westminster MPs - "including Humza Yousaf himself."
After having the pish ripped out of them for 8 hours, the clueless fuckwits have finally realised that Scotland has its own parliament and have updated their article. Here's what it originally said:
Or perhaps it was because the long-retired bacteriologist's "Covid advice" invariably turned out to be hogwash, like when he claimed in July 2020 that Scotland didn't need the coronavirus vaccine because it could be "Covid-free by Hogmanay".
Or when he said on 28th June 2020, "I am a 'second wave' sceptic. I said so in evidence to the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee on 28 April and was criticised by the First Minister for saying so."
Fifteen Scottish Labour Party officials have now quit over the party's 'stifling' of debate on the ongoing tragedy in Israel/Palestine. It was the top story on STV Politics News, and is being reported in the Scottish print media.