The gender divide over nuclear power (Odds and Ends #96)

Plus data centre entry usage, the new fight for the soul of Labour, and more solar farm maths

Mansplaining can be good (in this one, very specific instance).

POD! On YIMBY Pod this week, I’m still mad about solar farms, and Martin talks about his trip to see the Bat Tunnel. Plus we speak to economist Dan Davies about why the planning system is too adversarial, and how to fix it. Listen here, or wherever you get your pods.

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ESSAY! Don’t forget to check out my exhaustive long read from last week, debunking all of the arguments against ‘industrial-scale’ solar.

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Hello! It’s time for Odds and Ends, your semi-regular round-up of the most interesting links I’ve seen this week, plus some shorter takes.

Before we begin, just because I’m a total show-off, here’s a photo from last Friday, of me speaking on a panel at Kings College London, alongside none other than Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales! Many thanks to Prof Elena Simperl for inviting me along!¹

Anyway, I believe the event was recorded, so I’ll post the link as soon as it has been published.

Now, let’s get on with the links – this time I’m featuring:

• An intriguing new progressive project

• Someone built the bin app of my dreams!

• A jaw-dropping gender divide on nuclear energy

• A grim assessment of where the energy crisis is heading

• Someone did the maths on how many solar farms we need

• Why data centres provoke so much bad thinking

• A genius way to avoid future Chagos situations

• Could building data centres actually help us decarbonise?