Kim Stanley Robinson's book is all too prescient. An awful telling of the impact of climate change.

Never has Yeats' work been more prophetic:
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

I remember seeing as a young child a film about similar children in iron lungs. The awfulness has stayed with me for about 60 years. As a consequence I've never refused the offer of a vaccine.

Lee Phillips' book is excellent. Emmy Noether was an exceptional mathematician and deserves to be better known. I had not realised how much the Noether theorem underlies the Standard Model. @badphysicist.bsky.social

In Jan 24 I used 4,550 kWh of gas costing £343 plus 233 kWh of elec costing £87. A total of £431. Not quite less than half but the rest of the year is better.

In Jan this year I typically used 50 kWh/day of electricity. My average price is 14p/kWh giving £7/day in the coldest month or £220 in January. I have a battery to store off peak electricity.

I had a heat pump installed in May 2024 and a gas boiler removed. My electricity bill was less than half of the gas + elec for the previous 12 months. No changes to radiators or insulation. Very pleased.

@badphysicist.bsky.social Lee Phillips

There I was thinking I was following my own path to find I'm part of a middle class trend. Oh well! BTW my heat pump is great.

I had a heat pump and battery installed last year. It has surpassed my expectations. The house is very cosy, plenty of hot water and annual bill less than half those of the previous two years.

I've cancelled today. A shocking rise in price.

I shall look forward to reading your forthcoming book.