tomo,
When much of London burnt down, they commemorated it with The Monument. The great fire of Grenfell Tower will be marked by worthless inquiries and hollow platitudes. Perhaps it deserves a latter-day monument made of teflon: fire resistant, and nothing sticks.

If Gates wants to create a "chemical cloud", why not test the great global warming theory by making that chemical CO2, and testing what effect it has on the temperature below.

Pcar,
Thanks for the humour. On the Douglas Adams one, I've always liked the variant that if you try to make something idiot-proof, the universe will produce a better idiot. We seem to be seeing a flavour of this in the current crop of politicians (any western nation will do).

The UK might be the front-runner on that score at the moment. I see Sir Keir is focussing on the important issues, taking down Mrs Thatcher's portrait.

https://twitter.com/wideawake_media/status/1829799086888817066

Pcar,
Good to see a comment from you. BBC (and ABC, CBC, ...) are activists from top to bottom. Is there any solution short of shutting them down completely? Sir Humphrey would deem that courageous. Not much chance with today's politicians, but nice to fantasise.

tomo,
That tick-box training looks like it applies to 2K urethane paints, but epoxies should be ok. Wouldn't be surprised if there's a similar blurb for them (just because regulators love to regulate). As far as safety goes though, the epoxies aren't much different from enamels. Spraying either, you want a mask. Brushing/rolling either, no biggie.

This was linked in a comment at Jo Nova's. I remember hearing a *little* about the Americans planning to build a pier to supply humanitarian aid to Gaza. I didn't realise that it has, in the meantime, been built, failed, and decommissioned. Not a peep about the debacle on the telly. I suppose lousy results mustn't be allowed to spoil the story of good intentions.