@ldw1.bsky.social
Bought no coal or gas since 1977, no flights since 2006, no petrol since 2015, zero energy bills since 2024. You can give up fossils too! PV, EV, domestic battery. ME/CFS. #UBI Kent UK. Sometimes musical.
Well done by my union. Good call.
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One more reason to phase out fossil fuels. Benzene.
"Now the first answers are in, thanks to a year of emissions monitoring along the fence lines of the city’s tank farms. At two of those locations, the results showed levels of benzene — a known carcinogen — well above the state’s limit."
Imagine for a moment that an Iranian missile strike had butchered 160 Israeli or US schoolgirls.
It’s be front page news worldwide, we’d see pics of the kids, interviews with their distraught parents etc.
But when innocent victims of US mass murder are “only” Iranian, whoopsies, accidents happen!
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What Nigel Farage and Reform UK ignore about net zero ⬇️
🚨 Reaching the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock.
💰 And it will bring health, economic and security benefits.
I only managed 500 litres of waterbutts. If I had my time again, I’d have a proper system. ☹️
Scientists have identified several ominous 'red flags' about key ocean current
Study author stresses that this doesn't necessarily mean that AMOC is about to collapse, but it's an indicator that human activity may already be pushing the weakening AMOC closer to collapse
Main companies involved in the UK carbon capture and storage (CCS):
• BP
• Equinor
• Eni
• National Grid
• Shell
• Essar Energy
• Progressive Energy
• Cadent
These firms are involved in the HyNet and East Coast Cluster CCS projects, which are expected to receive most of the UK’s £20bn+ support.
Of course, the guards *could* all go to sleep at exactly the same moment all the CCTV fails so that he could - checks notes; ah, yes - throw himself off the top bunk to certain death. Nothing fishy about that.
Can’t fool me.
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Ah, yes. The cost of NOT doing net zero. Looking forward to reading a Daily Telegraph article about that…
“The UK's official climate adviser said the cost of meeting net zero is less than A SINGLE (my CAPS) fossil fuel price shock. £4 billion of additional spending per year to 2050 is required to stay on track for net zero, according to the Climate Change Committee.
No no no, the EU is dependent on the UK for its security. As proven just now when Cyprus, under attack because it has a UK military base, had to rely on the * checks notes * "opportunistic" French sending their frigate Languedoc to help defend it, and a whole taskforce on top.
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US soldiers loading bombs onto their aircraft at bases in England.
The UK is at war with Iran helping commit more War Crimes.
We need a Government like Spain that is strong enough to say no to Donald Trump.
Deborah Mattinson points to the growing momentum behind assisted dying:
Jersey legalised it last week.
The Welsh parliament backed it.
MPs have voted for it twice.
And 79% of the British public support choice.
The direction of travel is clear.
A handful of Lords must not stand in the way.
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Labour's attempt to remove our right to a jury trial in thousands of cases - including protest related offences - is a serious attack on our civil liberties.
That's why the Green MPs have tabled an amendment to reject it.
The Green Party says no to Labour's toolkit for tyrants.
🚨We have tabled an amendment to reject the Government’s sinister attempt to remove jury trials including for many protest related offences.
Our civil liberties have already been eroded by this Govt and should not be limited any further.
Greens are standing up against Labour's toolkit for tyrants.
"Utterly failed"
@rachelmillward.bsky.social lays out the reality of privatised water - explaining why water must be returned to public hands.
I don’t pay a penny to fuel my car except on long-distance journeys. bsky.app/profile/ldw1...
"These changes in energy prices are not hitting EV drivers"
ECIU's @colin-walker.bsky.social on LBC Radio explaining why oil volatility means the UK's 1.8M EV drivers are more insulated from price shocks
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“Nobody can claim to want the end of the Islamic republic more than we do. But attacking the country in this way will have the opposite effect. It will entrench the authoritarians and give life to the fiction that has sustained them internally for decades:.. “ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Crucial for this finding is the relative efficiency of electrical over combustion technology - efficiency is the key to energy security. And that is why a transport system based on car dependency is a deeper cause of energy insecurity.
So a single solar panel produces about *100 times more useful energy* than a tank of petrol.
Let's see why clean energy technologies are so much more energy secure than oil.
A single solar panel (450W) costs about €100, same as a tank of petrol.
How many EV kilometres can the solar panel power compared to the tank of diesel?
Take a guess while I work it out on the back of an envelope.
By blocking Chevening scholars from coming to the UK the Home Secretary has officially put paid to any arguments that her hostile anti-immigration/asylum policies are anything other than right wing xenophobia. These are the best and the brightest, and she is blocking them.
What a load of old hooey. Telegraph at it again. Does anyone actually believe this nonsense?
We've already noticed how ludicrous the Telegraph - once a 'proper' newspaper - has become.
And now, with the middle east on fire, and the Strait of Hormuz throttled, it's happily promoting the wild promises of Farage and Jenrick as facts.
Hands up anyone who thinks oil prices will come down...?
Reform's plans to cut heat pump grants to fund tax cuts is of most benefit to the wealthiest people - what we need is to use green tech to support families struggling with high energy bills. @alchap.bsky.social writes for @lbc.co.uk
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