

  (Source: Siemens AG)
Project cost $2.84B USD, exploits natural abundance of marine winds


I. London Array is Turned On





II. Green Profit, But Energy Firms are Hungry for More




UK offshore wind
[Image Source: Siemens]




Sources: London Array [press release], Bloomberg

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RE: "UK federal government"
By testerguy on 7/5/2013 2:09:11 PM , Rating: 0
Generalizing about an entire nation's population based on isolated experiences is usually considered beneath enlightened civilization such as the one you purportedly have in Europe.

Why oh why do people who have no intellect whatsoever try so hard?

'We (Americans) know how the geopolitical landscape of Europe works' is a generalization about an entire population based on experience. Notice I didn't say 'isolated' because I hadn't said 'isolated' in my original comment. You added that unsaid factor just to add to your own idiocy.

'Not all of you do' on the other hand, is quite obviously not a generalization of any kind .

But you're absolutely right, the generalization you clearly made is definitely considered beneath enlightened civilization.

I think they would, but even if they didn't it is still valid usage. Just because the USA subdivides itself into units called states instead of provinces, counties, boroughs, shires or parishes has no effect on the international use of the term state as having to do with a country's government

The question isn't whether the term is valid or not. The issues are two fold:

1 - It's a term which can mean either a state or a State - ie a state like Texas or a State like the USA. It's misleading to describe them using the same word, which is why most people wouldn't immediately describe the USA as a 'State' either.

2 - It's incomplete. It doesn't fully describe what the UK is, it's like describing the USA as a 'land'. It's technically true, but it doesn't convey any meaningful differentiation from other 'land' anywhere else.

You did with your Texas comment.

Pointing out that a comment is misleading by referring to another misleading comment does not in any way claim that usage of a word is categorically wrong.

Educated doesn't mean clairvoyant.

But Education does lead to comprehension of the distinction between clairvoyance and inference.

The Articles of Confederation did indeed unite independent nations and the term state used then was perfectly accurate: describing a country. The colonies were each separate sovereign units before the constitution was ratified.

Either way, states right now are not countries. If you cannot see why an example sentence such as 'the UK and Texas are both states' is at best misleading and at worst drawing incorrect parallels, I can't help you.

