Jon Burke🌍
@jonburkeuk.bsky.social
Energy ⚡️ Waste ♻️ Transport 🚲 Public Realm 🌳
Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal.
Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board.
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Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal.
Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board.
Enquiries - jonburkeuk@protonmail.com
www.jonburkeuk.com
You’ve been told ‘scrapping Net Zero will reduce the cost of living’, so I asked X users how much the average U.K household pays per day to deliver a clean, independent energy system.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You’ve been told ‘scrapping Net Zero will reduce the cost of living’, so I asked X users how much the average U.K household pays per day to deliver a clean, independent energy system.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
💷 9% thought £7.85.
💷 7% £5.16.
💷 14% £3.09.
💷 70% £1.63.
None were correct.
It’s 47p.
‘I am very clever’.
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
‘I am very clever’.
The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
My brother is an electrician who works in offshore wind.
He sent me this photo of the largest turbine installation vessel in the world.
Skilled jobs, good pay, and secure futures.
While fossil fuels shed jobs and destroy the planet, renewables are delivering for the working class.
He sent me this photo of the largest turbine installation vessel in the world.
Skilled jobs, good pay, and secure futures.
While fossil fuels shed jobs and destroy the planet, renewables are delivering for the working class.
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My brother is an electrician who works in offshore wind.
He sent me this photo of the largest turbine installation vessel in the world.
Skilled jobs, good pay, and secure futures.
While fossil fuels shed jobs and destroy the planet, renewables are delivering for the working class.
He sent me this photo of the largest turbine installation vessel in the world.
Skilled jobs, good pay, and secure futures.
While fossil fuels shed jobs and destroy the planet, renewables are delivering for the working class.
You can’t afford a coal mine.
You can’t afford a gas turbine.
You can’t afford an oil rig.
Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.
But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.
Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
You can’t afford a gas turbine.
You can’t afford an oil rig.
Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.
But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.
Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
You can’t afford a coal mine.
You can’t afford a gas turbine.
You can’t afford an oil rig.
Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.
But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.
Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
You can’t afford a gas turbine.
You can’t afford an oil rig.
Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.
But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.
Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
I asked the Director of the murkily-funded Net Zero Watch why the fossil fuel industry invests so much money in propaganda, junk science, and misinformation.
This was his response.
When people show you what they are, believe them.
This was his response.
When people show you what they are, believe them.
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I asked the Director of the murkily-funded Net Zero Watch why the fossil fuel industry invests so much money in propaganda, junk science, and misinformation.
This was his response.
When people show you what they are, believe them.
This was his response.
When people show you what they are, believe them.
Fossil fuel lobbyists are now talking gas up as a ‘green’ fuel.
To be absolutely clear, this is nonsense.
Coal full life cycle emissions: 800-1,700g CO2e/kWh
Gas full life cycle emissions: 290-930g CO2e/kWh
Wind power full life cycle emissions: 5-15g CO2e/kWh
To be absolutely clear, this is nonsense.
Coal full life cycle emissions: 800-1,700g CO2e/kWh
Gas full life cycle emissions: 290-930g CO2e/kWh
Wind power full life cycle emissions: 5-15g CO2e/kWh
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Fossil fuel lobbyists are now talking gas up as a ‘green’ fuel.
To be absolutely clear, this is nonsense.
Coal full life cycle emissions: 800-1,700g CO2e/kWh
Gas full life cycle emissions: 290-930g CO2e/kWh
Wind power full life cycle emissions: 5-15g CO2e/kWh
To be absolutely clear, this is nonsense.
Coal full life cycle emissions: 800-1,700g CO2e/kWh
Gas full life cycle emissions: 290-930g CO2e/kWh
Wind power full life cycle emissions: 5-15g CO2e/kWh
Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
Two houses on the same street, both with drives.
Yet just one of them reduces flood risk, retards heatwaves, and lights up the neighbourhood with welcoming greenery.
We’ve lost millions of front gardens to overpaving in recent decades. We need to reverse that trend urgently.
Yet just one of them reduces flood risk, retards heatwaves, and lights up the neighbourhood with welcoming greenery.
We’ve lost millions of front gardens to overpaving in recent decades. We need to reverse that trend urgently.
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Two houses on the same street, both with drives.
Yet just one of them reduces flood risk, retards heatwaves, and lights up the neighbourhood with welcoming greenery.
We’ve lost millions of front gardens to overpaving in recent decades. We need to reverse that trend urgently.
Yet just one of them reduces flood risk, retards heatwaves, and lights up the neighbourhood with welcoming greenery.
We’ve lost millions of front gardens to overpaving in recent decades. We need to reverse that trend urgently.
Banging crust on the 50% rye bread I’ve just baked…🤌
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Banging crust on the 50% rye bread I’ve just baked…🤌
Onshore wind farms currently occupy around 0.02% of the U.K.
To place that in context, Jeremy Clarkson’s farm occupies around 10% of the total area of ALL onshore wind turbines in the U.K.
Many of these turbines are also keeping British farmers in business.
To place that in context, Jeremy Clarkson’s farm occupies around 10% of the total area of ALL onshore wind turbines in the U.K.
Many of these turbines are also keeping British farmers in business.
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Onshore wind farms currently occupy around 0.02% of the U.K.
To place that in context, Jeremy Clarkson’s farm occupies around 10% of the total area of ALL onshore wind turbines in the U.K.
Many of these turbines are also keeping British farmers in business.
To place that in context, Jeremy Clarkson’s farm occupies around 10% of the total area of ALL onshore wind turbines in the U.K.
Many of these turbines are also keeping British farmers in business.
The poorest man in France is richer than Elon Musk.
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The poorest man in France is richer than Elon Musk.
Watching the @Lionesses warm up with England legend IanWright on punditry duties pitch-side.
The mothers of football 🏴 Vs The kings of football 🇧🇷
Let’s have it! 🦁🦁🦁
The mothers of football 🏴 Vs The kings of football 🇧🇷
Let’s have it! 🦁🦁🦁
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Watching the @Lionesses warm up with England legend IanWright on punditry duties pitch-side.
The mothers of football 🏴 Vs The kings of football 🇧🇷
Let’s have it! 🦁🦁🦁
The mothers of football 🏴 Vs The kings of football 🇧🇷
Let’s have it! 🦁🦁🦁
Playing football will make you a lot happier, but it won’t make you any better looking…😬
October 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Playing football will make you a lot happier, but it won’t make you any better looking…😬
5/ Final point - there’s a reason the fossil fuel industry doesn’t bother attacking nuclear power:
It’s absolutely no threat to the fossil fuel industry.
It’s absolutely no threat to the fossil fuel industry.
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
5/ Final point - there’s a reason the fossil fuel industry doesn’t bother attacking nuclear power:
It’s absolutely no threat to the fossil fuel industry.
It’s absolutely no threat to the fossil fuel industry.
1/ In 2024, Flamanville 3, France’s newest nuclear plant, came online after a 12 year delay and four-fold cost increase from €3.3 billion to €13.2 billion.
The €10 billion cost overrun alone could have delivered twice Flamanville’s output from solar power…a decade earlier.
The €10 billion cost overrun alone could have delivered twice Flamanville’s output from solar power…a decade earlier.
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
1/ In 2024, Flamanville 3, France’s newest nuclear plant, came online after a 12 year delay and four-fold cost increase from €3.3 billion to €13.2 billion.
The €10 billion cost overrun alone could have delivered twice Flamanville’s output from solar power…a decade earlier.
The €10 billion cost overrun alone could have delivered twice Flamanville’s output from solar power…a decade earlier.
Society A is ‘rich’.
Society B is wealthy.
Society B is wealthy.
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Society A is ‘rich’.
Society B is wealthy.
Society B is wealthy.
Pitfield Street, Hackney, before the urban forestry programme I delivered.
Pitfield Street, Hackney, afterwards.
Things can get better. 🌳
Pitfield Street, Hackney, afterwards.
Things can get better. 🌳
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Pitfield Street, Hackney, before the urban forestry programme I delivered.
Pitfield Street, Hackney, afterwards.
Things can get better. 🌳
Pitfield Street, Hackney, afterwards.
Things can get better. 🌳
Painting, drinking alright claret, and chuckling at Pride and Prejudice on BBCSounds.
Couldn’t be happier.
Couldn’t be happier.
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Painting, drinking alright claret, and chuckling at Pride and Prejudice on BBCSounds.
Couldn’t be happier.
Couldn’t be happier.
Everyone needs a thinking and drinking chair.
This is mine.
Let’s see yours.
This is mine.
Let’s see yours.
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Everyone needs a thinking and drinking chair.
This is mine.
Let’s see yours.
This is mine.
Let’s see yours.
This football injury is my proudest achievement since winning the school cup for history 27 years ago. #ArgyleSoccerTrendies #DefendersUnion
October 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This football injury is my proudest achievement since winning the school cup for history 27 years ago. #ArgyleSoccerTrendies #DefendersUnion
For my next decree, wonderful adventure playgrounds for every child in the land.
Public luxury, from the cradle to the grave.
Public luxury, from the cradle to the grave.
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
For my next decree, wonderful adventure playgrounds for every child in the land.
Public luxury, from the cradle to the grave.
Public luxury, from the cradle to the grave.
The Palestinians have been bombed and starved into submission, tens of thousands of people are dead, and entire cities have been reduced to rubble.
Trump didn’t ‘end’ any war; the Israelis have won one. Maybe total victory was the only way a resolution could be achieved, but Trump is no peacemaker.
Trump didn’t ‘end’ any war; the Israelis have won one. Maybe total victory was the only way a resolution could be achieved, but Trump is no peacemaker.
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The Palestinians have been bombed and starved into submission, tens of thousands of people are dead, and entire cities have been reduced to rubble.
Trump didn’t ‘end’ any war; the Israelis have won one. Maybe total victory was the only way a resolution could be achieved, but Trump is no peacemaker.
Trump didn’t ‘end’ any war; the Israelis have won one. Maybe total victory was the only way a resolution could be achieved, but Trump is no peacemaker.
Feeling pretty pleased at cleaning, wet & dry sanding, and oiling two chipped and paint/nail varnish spattered solid oak Habitat Radius chairs I picked up on EBay. #reducereuserecycle
October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Feeling pretty pleased at cleaning, wet & dry sanding, and oiling two chipped and paint/nail varnish spattered solid oak Habitat Radius chairs I picked up on EBay. #reducereuserecycle