Many see the point of education to be the certificate you're awarded at the end. In their mind the certificate enables the next thing they want to do (e.g. the next job grade). They don't care about learning or self improvement. It's just a video game where items unlock progress.
wewbull
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Octopus was set up because they felt they could use technology to out-compete other energy companies by under-cutting them. Their model of operating is to find ways they can drop prices.
It's a model that has served them very well, going from zero to a multi-national energy supplier in about 10 years with more customers than nearly anyone else.
Yes. What's that matter?
No, but there was the bit that you missed where I distracted him with the cuddly monkey then I said "play time's over" and I hit him in the head with the peace lily.
If ethical boundaries get thrown out in times of trouble, we don't have ethical boundaries. It's easy to not step over the line in times of peace.
...or they could just go bust and we can invest that money where it will actually matter.
We haven't got many geographical sites that support pumped storage. They got surveyed back in the 50 and 60s and the ones that were suitable got built.
This is part of Octopus's push for regional pricing so that demand can be encouraged local to the generation by dropping the local price. They argue that the saved money on curtailment and repurchasing power in a different location would mean prices could drop across the country
It looks pretty dark out there.
A better way to say that (more accurate) is that abusers often learnt "how" through personal experience.
The key point is not to look at someone who has been abused and think that they are likely going to become an abuser.
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...and it's turned them into the state with the highest standard of living in the US....right?