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Terrific piece this: very through going over the issues.
FYI, I've fleshed out some recent comments on Tesco bashing into a blog... 🤔✍️
julianhjessop.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
julianhjessop.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Terrific piece this: very through going over the issues.
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It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
This is just nonsense. If you accept climate change is happening and a problem (as Kemi supposedly does) then net zero (i.e. stopping adding more anthropogenic GHG into the atmosphere) is the only way to stop it. The alternative is denying well over 100 years of established physics
"I am not a climate change sceptic, but I am a net zero sceptic," Badenoch says.
Sets out plans to scrap the 'carbon tax' on electricity and scrap 'Labour's wind and solar levy'. Says it will cut bills and reduce the energy bill for the average restaurant by £5,000.
Sets out plans to scrap the 'carbon tax' on electricity and scrap 'Labour's wind and solar levy'. Says it will cut bills and reduce the energy bill for the average restaurant by £5,000.
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is just nonsense. If you accept climate change is happening and a problem (as Kemi supposedly does) then net zero (i.e. stopping adding more anthropogenic GHG into the atmosphere) is the only way to stop it. The alternative is denying well over 100 years of established physics
Looks like I picked the wrong day to work from home. (Although the coffee is better here)
October 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Looks like I picked the wrong day to work from home. (Although the coffee is better here)
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Never thought I'd say this. It's
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
down the left side of this post
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
down the left side of this post
October 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Never thought I'd say this. It's
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
down the left side of this post
gonna be harsh and might
give you angry feelings when
you see it. I've come
up with one simple life rule:
Never ever (I know you're
gonna, but please don't)
let yourself feel stupid when
you look at the first words
down the left side of this post
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Today seems like a good day to remember that climate action is far cheaper than inaction, according to those lentil weavers at the OBR
NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today seems like a good day to remember that climate action is far cheaper than inaction, according to those lentil weavers at the OBR
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Our economies need energy to run. Wind and solar are cheap, abundant sources of energy. They will never run out. They are almost miracles. Whichever country dominates in turbines and solar PV will become the most economically important. Right now, that's China.
September 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Our economies need energy to run. Wind and solar are cheap, abundant sources of energy. They will never run out. They are almost miracles. Whichever country dominates in turbines and solar PV will become the most economically important. Right now, that's China.
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Data centers use 2% of the world’s electricity. There’s a *huge* push to build more for AI.
But even the most optimistic growth paths for AI predict it’ll drive less growth in energy demand than electric cars or aircon. It’s significant, but it’s not the biggest thing going on.
But even the most optimistic growth paths for AI predict it’ll drive less growth in energy demand than electric cars or aircon. It’s significant, but it’s not the biggest thing going on.
We’re getting the argument about AI's environmental impact all wrong
Individual ChatGPT queries are a rounding error — we need to think about the future
www.transformernews.ai
September 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Data centers use 2% of the world’s electricity. There’s a *huge* push to build more for AI.
But even the most optimistic growth paths for AI predict it’ll drive less growth in energy demand than electric cars or aircon. It’s significant, but it’s not the biggest thing going on.
But even the most optimistic growth paths for AI predict it’ll drive less growth in energy demand than electric cars or aircon. It’s significant, but it’s not the biggest thing going on.
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Fascinating list of the scientists who have saved the most lives, via @maxroser.bsky.social at @ourworldindata.org ,
2 of the top 3 are food related:
#1 - Haber & Bosch, for synthetic nitrogen (2.3 billion)
#3 - Norman Borlaug, for high-yield crops (245 million)
Data source:
www.scienceheroes.com
2 of the top 3 are food related:
#1 - Haber & Bosch, for synthetic nitrogen (2.3 billion)
#3 - Norman Borlaug, for high-yield crops (245 million)
Data source:
www.scienceheroes.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fascinating list of the scientists who have saved the most lives, via @maxroser.bsky.social at @ourworldindata.org ,
2 of the top 3 are food related:
#1 - Haber & Bosch, for synthetic nitrogen (2.3 billion)
#3 - Norman Borlaug, for high-yield crops (245 million)
Data source:
www.scienceheroes.com
2 of the top 3 are food related:
#1 - Haber & Bosch, for synthetic nitrogen (2.3 billion)
#3 - Norman Borlaug, for high-yield crops (245 million)
Data source:
www.scienceheroes.com
As someone living in southwest England this feature is what really swings interrail passes as great value for rail trips to Europe, given that UK train fares to London alone can be pretty significant
And remember, that one pass day also covers train travel home from London to anywhere in Britain, in our case Aylesbury, but could just as easily be Edinburgh or Aberystwyth, assuming you complete the same day.
August 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
As someone living in southwest England this feature is what really swings interrail passes as great value for rail trips to Europe, given that UK train fares to London alone can be pretty significant
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I ran the numbers on the UK government's recommendation to delete old photos and emails to save water in data centers andymasley.substack.com/p/contra-the...
August 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I ran the numbers on the UK government's recommendation to delete old photos and emails to save water in data centers andymasley.substack.com/p/contra-the...
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Nothing ever changes but the climate
Thorts on a repought.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/n...
Thorts on a repought.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/n...
Nothing every changes except the climate
When I became a climate scientist nearly 22 years ago, I started accumulating books on the subject. One of the first was called something1 like “Global Warming: Apocalypse or Hot Air?” …
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Nothing ever changes but the climate
Thorts on a repought.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/n...
Thorts on a repought.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/n...
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Obviously there also is no such thing as drowning, since we know that we will die without enough water.
EPA Director Lee Zeldin is a climate denier: “You have many on the left who will say ‘carbon dioxide is a pollutant’ and they won’t talk about all of the many reasons why carbon dioxide is actually necessary for life here on our planet,”
thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Obviously there also is no such thing as drowning, since we know that we will die without enough water.
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For anyone wondering, global sales of internal combustion vehicles peaked in 2018. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked
To decarbonize road transport, the world must move away from petrol and diesel cars and towards electric vehicles and other forms of low-carbon transport.
ourworldindata.org
July 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
For anyone wondering, global sales of internal combustion vehicles peaked in 2018. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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ONS says the number of green jobs in the UK has grown by more than a third over the past decade. Renewables and green transport jobs have more than doubled. www.businessgreen.com/news/4516556...
ONS: Number of 'green jobs' in the UK has risen 34 per cent in less than a decade
New data reveals number of people employed in the renewable energy sector has more than doubled since 2015
www.businessgreen.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ONS says the number of green jobs in the UK has grown by more than a third over the past decade. Renewables and green transport jobs have more than doubled. www.businessgreen.com/news/4516556...
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The history of the countryside is that it is working land: it has always been the factory of the rural economy. Its historical purpose is not to look nice, that’s just a nice byproduct. Build the damn wind farms. (Happily, they don’t even ruin the visuals, imo. I like to see land at work.)
Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins
Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins
Of course the climate crisis must be confronted, but history, tranquility and beauty must also count for something, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The history of the countryside is that it is working land: it has always been the factory of the rural economy. Its historical purpose is not to look nice, that’s just a nice byproduct. Build the damn wind farms. (Happily, they don’t even ruin the visuals, imo. I like to see land at work.)
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Wow. 2km range per second of charging? So three minutes and twenty seconds gets you 250 miles?
That’s it. That’s the internal combustion engine killer. It’s here.
That’s it. That’s the internal combustion engine killer. It’s here.
Autocar:
"BYD is planning to take the technology global, & vice-president Stella Li has said, as "1 of the most important markets", the UK is in the frame to be an early adopter, w/ BYD preparing to install the 1st megawatt chargers in the country by end of 2025" www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
"BYD is planning to take the technology global, & vice-president Stella Li has said, as "1 of the most important markets", the UK is in the frame to be an early adopter, w/ BYD preparing to install the 1st megawatt chargers in the country by end of 2025" www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
July 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Wow. 2km range per second of charging? So three minutes and twenty seconds gets you 250 miles?
That’s it. That’s the internal combustion engine killer. It’s here.
That’s it. That’s the internal combustion engine killer. It’s here.
This is a great thread on where the world is now re climate change, the relevance of 1.5 and 2c levels of warming, and the importance of adaptation alongside mitigation
And now: A thread regarding my thoughts on "1.5°C"--not only as a Paris Agreement target, but also re: relevance to recent #climate events & overlaps (or not) w/geophysical realities. (This was originally written as a response to a journalist, who used excerpts in their article.)
July 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This is a great thread on where the world is now re climate change, the relevance of 1.5 and 2c levels of warming, and the importance of adaptation alongside mitigation
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We see here a self-styled "honest broker" with decades of experience in downplaying climate change presenting an age-old climate denial trope: using *annual* rainfall data as argument against an increase in *extreme* rainfall.
Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
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Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
🧵1/5
July 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We see here a self-styled "honest broker" with decades of experience in downplaying climate change presenting an age-old climate denial trope: using *annual* rainfall data as argument against an increase in *extreme* rainfall.
Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
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Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
🧵1/5
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July 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
July 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
Everyone's been sharing the article about the Salt Path today. This YouTube video possibly hits harder, since it includes interviews with the woman who was stolen from, and is juxtaposed with interview footage from Raynor Winn.
youtu.be/UY2ivdm9obY?...
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The Salt Path lies: how a blockbuster book and film were spun from lies, deceit and desperation
YouTube video by The Observer UK
youtu.be
July 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Everyone's been sharing the article about the Salt Path today. This YouTube video possibly hits harder, since it includes interviews with the woman who was stolen from, and is juxtaposed with interview footage from Raynor Winn.
youtu.be/UY2ivdm9obY?...
youtu.be/UY2ivdm9obY?...
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
amtrak’s marketing team gets it