Beau
@beauwoodworks.bsky.social
Self builder, farmer, collier and general lover of renewables with heat pumps, PV and EV
Mountain biker, runner, walker and windsurfer
Lives and plays on Dartmoor
Mountain biker, runner, walker and windsurfer
Lives and plays on Dartmoor
Pinned
Got lucky with the Snow on our bit of Dartmoor
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Got lucky with the Snow on our bit of Dartmoor
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This whole "small boats" issue is ridiculous! It is INSIGNIFICANT
36k people arrived in 2024 = 0.05% of UK population!
568k people died in the UK in 2024. We're not full!
If we paid ALL of them an average wage it would cost you £17 a year. Let them work & you pay nothing.
UK will be better off.
36k people arrived in 2024 = 0.05% of UK population!
568k people died in the UK in 2024. We're not full!
If we paid ALL of them an average wage it would cost you £17 a year. Let them work & you pay nothing.
UK will be better off.
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This whole "small boats" issue is ridiculous! It is INSIGNIFICANT
36k people arrived in 2024 = 0.05% of UK population!
568k people died in the UK in 2024. We're not full!
If we paid ALL of them an average wage it would cost you £17 a year. Let them work & you pay nothing.
UK will be better off.
36k people arrived in 2024 = 0.05% of UK population!
568k people died in the UK in 2024. We're not full!
If we paid ALL of them an average wage it would cost you £17 a year. Let them work & you pay nothing.
UK will be better off.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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"I see gangs of masked thugs roaming the streets rounding up anyone the wrong colour, and I think: *this* is what Britain needs."
October 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"I see gangs of masked thugs roaming the streets rounding up anyone the wrong colour, and I think: *this* is what Britain needs."
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☀️⚡ Renewables supplied a record share of UK electricity in 2025, driven by record solar power output.
Renewables generated 54.5% of electricity from April to June. Solar hit a record 11% after the sunniest spring on record, while fossil fuels fell to 26.7%.
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Renewables generated 54.5% of electricity from April to June. Solar hit a record 11% after the sunniest spring on record, while fossil fuels fell to 26.7%.
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Renewables generate record share of electricity generation, figures show
The record was partly driven by a record high share in solar generation as the UK saw its sunniest spring on record.
www.independent.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
☀️⚡ Renewables supplied a record share of UK electricity in 2025, driven by record solar power output.
Renewables generated 54.5% of electricity from April to June. Solar hit a record 11% after the sunniest spring on record, while fossil fuels fell to 26.7%.
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Renewables generated 54.5% of electricity from April to June. Solar hit a record 11% after the sunniest spring on record, while fossil fuels fell to 26.7%.
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Making the most of the lovely sunshine by doing some hedge laying, Devon style
September 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Making the most of the lovely sunshine by doing some hedge laying, Devon style
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"Of course Britain is broken. He broke it... He's done everything he could to break down this country."
Nigel Farage is copying everything from Donald Trump's playbook, and it's plain for all to see
Nigel Farage is copying everything from Donald Trump's playbook, and it's plain for all to see
The shameless hypocrisy of Nigel Farage | The News Agents
Nigel Farage has been branded a “Putin-loving free speech impostor and Trump sycophant” during his visit to the US to plead for help with Britain's so-called ‘free-speech problem.’ But will slagging…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Of course Britain is broken. He broke it... He's done everything he could to break down this country."
Nigel Farage is copying everything from Donald Trump's playbook, and it's plain for all to see
Nigel Farage is copying everything from Donald Trump's playbook, and it's plain for all to see
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Why do so many people think Donald Trump is good? The work of a moral philosopher helps illuminate some central questions of our time, David Brooks argues.
Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Why do so many people think Donald Trump is good? The work of a moral philosopher helps illuminate some central questions of our time, David Brooks argues.
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To be clear what happened here.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
August 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
To be clear what happened here.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
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The Great English Water Scam
This video sets out clearly why the govt won’t re privatise English water.
Water companies have used these assets like a cash cow.
It’s criminal - NO investment - over £50billion borrowing paid to shareholders.
Watch and fume! 🧵
youtu.be/fBA6Lpv6Q34?...
This video sets out clearly why the govt won’t re privatise English water.
Water companies have used these assets like a cash cow.
It’s criminal - NO investment - over £50billion borrowing paid to shareholders.
Watch and fume! 🧵
youtu.be/fBA6Lpv6Q34?...
Why the government won't re-nationalise water
YouTube video by Bonkers Economics
youtu.be
August 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Great English Water Scam
This video sets out clearly why the govt won’t re privatise English water.
Water companies have used these assets like a cash cow.
It’s criminal - NO investment - over £50billion borrowing paid to shareholders.
Watch and fume! 🧵
youtu.be/fBA6Lpv6Q34?...
This video sets out clearly why the govt won’t re privatise English water.
Water companies have used these assets like a cash cow.
It’s criminal - NO investment - over £50billion borrowing paid to shareholders.
Watch and fume! 🧵
youtu.be/fBA6Lpv6Q34?...
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NEW from us: Last year, China started construction on an estimated 95 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity, enough to power the entire UK twice over.
We explain why China's still building new coal power plants, and when and how it might stop and begin phasing out.
We explain why China's still building new coal power plants, and when and how it might stop and begin phasing out.
August 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
NEW from us: Last year, China started construction on an estimated 95 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity, enough to power the entire UK twice over.
We explain why China's still building new coal power plants, and when and how it might stop and begin phasing out.
We explain why China's still building new coal power plants, and when and how it might stop and begin phasing out.
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Burn in hell, Netanyahu, and all who enable you.
These are NOT images of The Holocaust. These are images of similar brutality and genocide perpetrated by an Israeli government on innocent women and children, using starvation as a weapon.
Wake up. Please share.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
These are NOT images of The Holocaust. These are images of similar brutality and genocide perpetrated by an Israeli government on innocent women and children, using starvation as a weapon.
Wake up. Please share.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
In pictures: Starvation in Gaza
Food markets are empty. Human waste is piling up. Illness is spreading. And people in Gaza are “collapsing on the streets from hunger and dehydration,” humanitarian organizations warn.
edition.cnn.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Burn in hell, Netanyahu, and all who enable you.
These are NOT images of The Holocaust. These are images of similar brutality and genocide perpetrated by an Israeli government on innocent women and children, using starvation as a weapon.
Wake up. Please share.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
These are NOT images of The Holocaust. These are images of similar brutality and genocide perpetrated by an Israeli government on innocent women and children, using starvation as a weapon.
Wake up. Please share.
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
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40 years ago a global audience watched pop stars trying to raise money for starving kids. Now a global audience watches an unhinged state killing starving kids. I'm an optimistic, but fuck me it's so hard to remain that way...
July 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
40 years ago a global audience watched pop stars trying to raise money for starving kids. Now a global audience watches an unhinged state killing starving kids. I'm an optimistic, but fuck me it's so hard to remain that way...
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As someone who lives and works here and cares deeply about the place, I'm feeling increasingly uncomfortable with the way in which Dartmoor has become a convenient media trope for the parlous state of nature in UK National Parks, and the tone of the debate around issues affecting biodiversity here.
July 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
As someone who lives and works here and cares deeply about the place, I'm feeling increasingly uncomfortable with the way in which Dartmoor has become a convenient media trope for the parlous state of nature in UK National Parks, and the tone of the debate around issues affecting biodiversity here.
The moors at their moody best
July 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The moors at their moody best
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Louder for the people in the back 📢
July 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Louder for the people in the back 📢
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What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them.
June 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them.
It's not often I like living in an old farmhouse, but with outside temps about to reach 30C, inside temps like this are very pleasant
June 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's not often I like living in an old farmhouse, but with outside temps about to reach 30C, inside temps like this are very pleasant
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We now have a map view on heatpumpmonitor.org/map 🥳
📌 Find some of the best heat pump installers in your area, based on real world performance data
🌎 Explore examples of real-world heat pump performance data in many countries worldwide
@openenergymon.bsky.social
📌 Find some of the best heat pump installers in your area, based on real world performance data
🌎 Explore examples of real-world heat pump performance data in many countries worldwide
@openenergymon.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We now have a map view on heatpumpmonitor.org/map 🥳
📌 Find some of the best heat pump installers in your area, based on real world performance data
🌎 Explore examples of real-world heat pump performance data in many countries worldwide
@openenergymon.bsky.social
📌 Find some of the best heat pump installers in your area, based on real world performance data
🌎 Explore examples of real-world heat pump performance data in many countries worldwide
@openenergymon.bsky.social
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Oil prices spiked due to more aggression from a country currently committing genocide.
Renewable energy prices were unaffected.
Do you like entrusting your country's economy to the whims of genocidal maniacs?
If not, you have options.
Renewable energy prices were unaffected.
Do you like entrusting your country's economy to the whims of genocidal maniacs?
If not, you have options.
June 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Oil prices spiked due to more aggression from a country currently committing genocide.
Renewable energy prices were unaffected.
Do you like entrusting your country's economy to the whims of genocidal maniacs?
If not, you have options.
Renewable energy prices were unaffected.
Do you like entrusting your country's economy to the whims of genocidal maniacs?
If not, you have options.
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Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
Ok we have caved and put the heating on.
12C outside and 10mm of rain so far today. 17C inside but coming in cold and wet it feels worse than it is.
12C outside and 10mm of rain so far today. 17C inside but coming in cold and wet it feels worse than it is.
June 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Ok we have caved and put the heating on.
12C outside and 10mm of rain so far today. 17C inside but coming in cold and wet it feels worse than it is.
12C outside and 10mm of rain so far today. 17C inside but coming in cold and wet it feels worse than it is.
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An exciting battery project - based on rusting iron! - is being developed in Donegal, one of Ireland's most remote outposts.
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
One of Ireland’s most exciting energy projects is taking place at a remote outpost in Donegal
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Pioneering Donegal project shows how long-duration energy storage can make a big contribution
www.irishtimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
An exciting battery project - based on rusting iron! - is being developed in Donegal, one of Ireland's most remote outposts.
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...