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Research fellow at The Schumacher Institute. Knowledge management specialist. Artist, Educator, Writer.
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Bye gas network; had our gas meter removed today
4 years ago our aging (23 yr old) gas boiler was replaced with an air-source heat pump. 3 weeks ago our aging (26 yr old) cooker/ gas hob was replaced with new electric cooker/ induction hob. So we could finally disconnect from the gas grid. Yay!
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4 years ago our aging (23 yr old) gas boiler was replaced with an air-source heat pump. 3 weeks ago our aging (26 yr old) cooker/ gas hob was replaced with new electric cooker/ induction hob. So we could finally disconnect from the gas grid. Yay!
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November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Bye gas network; had our gas meter removed today
4 years ago our aging (23 yr old) gas boiler was replaced with an air-source heat pump. 3 weeks ago our aging (26 yr old) cooker/ gas hob was replaced with new electric cooker/ induction hob. So we could finally disconnect from the gas grid. Yay!
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4 years ago our aging (23 yr old) gas boiler was replaced with an air-source heat pump. 3 weeks ago our aging (26 yr old) cooker/ gas hob was replaced with new electric cooker/ induction hob. So we could finally disconnect from the gas grid. Yay!
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It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
Great conversation.
What is clear, and hasn't been noted, is that the crowd who listened to Trump's speech, seemed to understand it to mean something along the lines that the clumsy edit conveyed.
What a weird coincidence 🤔
What is clear, and hasn't been noted, is that the crowd who listened to Trump's speech, seemed to understand it to mean something along the lines that the clumsy edit conveyed.
What a weird coincidence 🤔
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Great conversation.
What is clear, and hasn't been noted, is that the crowd who listened to Trump's speech, seemed to understand it to mean something along the lines that the clumsy edit conveyed.
What a weird coincidence 🤔
What is clear, and hasn't been noted, is that the crowd who listened to Trump's speech, seemed to understand it to mean something along the lines that the clumsy edit conveyed.
What a weird coincidence 🤔
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
I love @therestpolitics.bsky.social but have a niggle. It promotes small start up Fuse Energy which is fine, but the impression given is that Fuse Energy is a pioneer in clean energy. Fuse Energy supplies about 50,000 homes vs Octopus Energy's 7 million households. Ditto generating capacity. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I love @therestpolitics.bsky.social but have a niggle. It promotes small start up Fuse Energy which is fine, but the impression given is that Fuse Energy is a pioneer in clean energy. Fuse Energy supplies about 50,000 homes vs Octopus Energy's 7 million households. Ditto generating capacity. 1/
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
You know when someone asks “can you keep a secret?”
What they mean is “I can’t”
What they mean is “I can’t”
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
You know when someone asks “can you keep a secret?”
What they mean is “I can’t”
What they mean is “I can’t”
This dictum applies to root canal surgery, insulating your house, laser eye surgery and … surprisingly (to some) … also heat pumps.
#Energysky
#Energysky
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This dictum applies to root canal surgery, insulating your house, laser eye surgery and … surprisingly (to some) … also heat pumps.
#Energysky
#Energysky
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As #WorldVentil8Day 2025 is only 3 days away here’s a little reminder of some ventilation tips I gave last year 👇
Some hints and tips about ventilating your home to mark #WorldVentil8Day eps.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
World Ventil8 Day: How you can live a healthier, happier autumn in your home
Today is World Ventil8 Day, which raises awareness of the importance of ventilation for wellbeing. With it, a leading academic has shared tips on how to prepare your home for a healthier autumn.
eps.leeds.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As #WorldVentil8Day 2025 is only 3 days away here’s a little reminder of some ventilation tips I gave last year 👇
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Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I guess you could summarise Farage's response as 'the Left made us racist'.
October 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I guess you could summarise Farage's response as 'the Left made us racist'.
All the talk of the ‘spark gap’ – the particularly high ratio of electricity unit prices to gas unit prices in the UK – might deter people from getting a heat pump, because they think it will mean they will pay more for their heating than currently, ...
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
All the talk of the ‘spark gap’ – the particularly high ratio of electricity unit prices to gas unit prices in the UK – might deter people from getting a heat pump, because they think it will mean they will pay more for their heating than currently, ...
@octopus.energy I’m a customer of yours and we’ve just finished with gas (having replaced a aging dual fuel cooker with an induction hob range cooker; and having replaced the old gas boiler with a heat pump 4 years ago). Now the hard part is getting fully disconnected, and boy you make it hard! 1/
October 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@octopus.energy I’m a customer of yours and we’ve just finished with gas (having replaced a aging dual fuel cooker with an induction hob range cooker; and having replaced the old gas boiler with a heat pump 4 years ago). Now the hard part is getting fully disconnected, and boy you make it hard! 1/
We have a new cooker with induction hob so can finally completely disconnect from the gas network (having got a heat pump 4 years ago, replacing a creaking 25 year old gas boiler). Our creaking old 27 year old cooker (with a gas hob) was no longer serviceable. 1/2
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We have a new cooker with induction hob so can finally completely disconnect from the gas network (having got a heat pump 4 years ago, replacing a creaking 25 year old gas boiler). Our creaking old 27 year old cooker (with a gas hob) was no longer serviceable. 1/2
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Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
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I can beat the medievalists! In 61 CE, revolting British natives attacked the Roman colony of Camulodunum (Colchester). In 2015, in a domestic space, archs found the remains of a whole box of coriander as well as fenugreek, poppy seeds, cumin, & other Indian spices. Homesick Roman women made curry.
I'm pretty sure there were Indian spices in England before potatoes.
The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I can beat the medievalists! In 61 CE, revolting British natives attacked the Roman colony of Camulodunum (Colchester). In 2015, in a domestic space, archs found the remains of a whole box of coriander as well as fenugreek, poppy seeds, cumin, & other Indian spices. Homesick Roman women made curry.
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This is a good corrective to the BS narrative flowing through the Pielke/AEI/NYP/EID/DOE nexus. Their argument is designed so that we can never ever attribute extreme events to emissions - even singular events that would have *never* [for some suitable finite approximation] have happened before.
Today from @lesleyclark.bsky.social and @saraschonhardt.bsky.social + contribs from me:
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
www.eenews.net
October 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is a good corrective to the BS narrative flowing through the Pielke/AEI/NYP/EID/DOE nexus. Their argument is designed so that we can never ever attribute extreme events to emissions - even singular events that would have *never* [for some suitable finite approximation] have happened before.
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
Q. "In the UK we have two brilliant grassroot initiatives to promote best practice in heat pump installation: 'heat geek' and more recently 'The Guild of Master Heat Engineers'. Are these to be viewed as complementary or competing initiatives?"
Here's how OpenAI tabulated a response ...
#HeatPump
Here's how OpenAI tabulated a response ...
#HeatPump
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Q. "In the UK we have two brilliant grassroot initiatives to promote best practice in heat pump installation: 'heat geek' and more recently 'The Guild of Master Heat Engineers'. Are these to be viewed as complementary or competing initiatives?"
Here's how OpenAI tabulated a response ...
#HeatPump
Here's how OpenAI tabulated a response ...
#HeatPump
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Jane Goodall 😢
youtu.be/mpi6zAg_OII?...
youtu.be/mpi6zAg_OII?...
Remembering legendary conservationist Jane Goodall
YouTube video by Good Morning America
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October 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Jane Goodall 😢
youtu.be/mpi6zAg_OII?...
youtu.be/mpi6zAg_OII?...
October 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Remember, climate action delay is the new climate science denial. The Conservative Party and GMB Union are both in denial.
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Remember, climate action delay is the new climate science denial. The Conservative Party and GMB Union are both in denial.
Another slide that came to me, for an upcoming talk. Now I could show the refrigeration cycle or I could relate it everyday experiences!
We need to draw people in (mostly non geeks), not scare them off.
#Energysky
We need to draw people in (mostly non geeks), not scare them off.
#Energysky
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Another slide that came to me, for an upcoming talk. Now I could show the refrigeration cycle or I could relate it everyday experiences!
We need to draw people in (mostly non geeks), not scare them off.
#Energysky
We need to draw people in (mostly non geeks), not scare them off.
#Energysky
Is the behaviour of the US crowd at the Ryder Cup and their team a metaphor for Trump’s America: loud, loutish, disrespectful … losers!
September 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Is the behaviour of the US crowd at the Ryder Cup and their team a metaphor for Trump’s America: loud, loutish, disrespectful … losers!
Near the end of my talk on heat pumps I want to step write back. Looking back in fact from, say, 2500 CE with this graphic I just made ...
#Energysky #Climatesky
#Energysky #Climatesky
September 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Near the end of my talk on heat pumps I want to step write back. Looking back in fact from, say, 2500 CE with this graphic I just made ...
#Energysky #Climatesky
#Energysky #Climatesky