Wealthy people in Britain can pay hundreds of pounds for an ordinary appointment with a general practitioner, because the NHS has been starved to the point it takes weeks to be seen.

(satire) *Qatar World Cup Games To Cut Off Human Sales After 75th Minute.*

A new tactic for right-wing global heating denialists — "Have faith in the market to solve the problem!"

What about when we see where "the market" is taking us, and it leads to disastrous heating? "Have faith, 2 or 3 degrees C of heating won't be that bad." But we are barely coping with 1.1 degrees now.

"The market" operates constantly — always under the explicit and implicit rules that society imposes on it. Societies frequently change those rules, either explicitly and intentionally or unconsciously. The question we face now is how to change the rules to reduce the disaster we are creating. "Just let the rules sweep you away" is not even an answer.

The important decision about whether to build a third runway at Heathrow airport, which would imply a lasting increase in flying out of the UK, is being made as a battle over the business interests of various investors, including foreign governments such as Qatar and China that are absolutely vicious.

The corruption/privatization of the UK government has squeezed the public interest out of the decision.

The US approved keeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant running 10 additional years, from 2025 to 2035.

The article asserts that California is having trouble coming up with renewable generation to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, but also that ten-ish US power reactors have closed since 2013 due to competition from cheaper renewable generation. It is not easy to reconcile those two statements.

If California doesn't expect to have enough renewable generation working by 2025, why doesn't it spend more money on building more rather than on keeping the Diablo Canyon power plant running?