Jon Sankey

Bristol heat network update!

I have a post about US power demand in the works but just for now, I am blown away by the audacity of dismissing concern about this as "hand-wringing" when the US just saw its first half-year return to *GROWTH* of coal power, alongside persistently rising emissions

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On!

'Groundbreaking' partnership to turn computer waste heat into citywide energy Waste heat from the new campus’s computer servers will help warm local buildings

For anyone interested, this is what I do all day, trying to make more stuff like this happen. I've been working in this for 4 years.

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Thanks! I'm in South Glos in the Bristol North East constituency. Can't see an email

We've seen how a Trump administration has taken over scientific bodies, so independent research is suppressed if its findings aren't what he wants, and outputs just become govt propaganda. Could the same thing happen here, if a future PM wanted to do the same? Important analysis ⬇️

@southglosgreens.bsky.social @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social can anyone tell me which branch to get involved in if I want to help get a green elected in Bristol North East, where I live. Is there a candidate? How does all that work?

'We can’t afford to leave anyone behind in the race to net zero' Councillor Kirsty Tait urges people to see beyond cost and uphold the benefits of decarbonisation

Great article by @labourbristol.bsky.social councillor Kirsty Tait making the case for community buy-in for a just transition to net-zero!
Tackling climate change for all people and with the people is the only way it can be successful.
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Oh let’s be fair to Zuckerberg removing fact checkers from Facebook - it’s true that facts are politically biased.

Reality has always had a left wing bias I’m afraid 🤷‍♀️ #r4today

US banks bow for Republican campaigns that have characterized net zero groups as climate cartels.
Photo from @timothysnyder.bsky.social , On Tyranny.

Thank you 🙏

Wow! Any idea what SCOP a heat pump that size can provide?

Bravo Cardiff. Absolutely the right thing to do. Local parking reforms have a big role to play in reducing the number of large cars on our roads with all the benefits this brings - for safety, climate, air quality, space in our crowded public realm and, as mentioned here, road maintenance

Palliative Care Doctor, Dr Rachel Clarke,

"There are thousands of people suffering unnecessary pain"

"We may be in a peculiar position where we have a state funded dying service but we don't have a state funded palliative care service"

One of these on Park Street, Bristol now!

Cover image of our new report, "Right here! Right now! New roles for energy efficiency in an electrified energy system."

NEW REPORT:

Energy efficiency policies are more important than ever — also for electrification.

This powerful, and often overlooked, tool can be instrumental in achieving affordable and inclusive electrification.

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I think I just worked out that Johnson is a crap prototype of a semi-human LLM: he's been shoved full of just enough big words and patterns to be able to hallucinate nonsensical tripe.

The story around China issuing USD-denominated sovereign bonds in Saudi Arabia is generating an enormous amount of buzz in China, and could potentially be immensely important.

I strongly suspect it's a message to the upcoming Trump administration.

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Opinion | Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government Following the Supreme Court’s guidance, we’ll reverse a decadeslong executive power grab.

What a surprise! Turns out the "Department of Government Efficiency" has nothing to do with government efficiency but is simply a pro-business deregulation, mass layoff and cost-cutting exercise...

It's all explained by Musk and Ramaswamy in the WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/musk...

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Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵

Net Zero targets will force people to change their lives, says Labour chair of energy committee Bill Esterson says people will ‘absolutely’ be required to make adjustments as part of the transition to clean energy

We really need to stop suggesting, either implicitly or explicitly, that we can decarbonise society without people making any changes. It's not only dishonest, but is sure to bake in further distrust in Gov when it turns out not to be true.

72% of children in poverty live in a working household.

1. I’m thinking aloud here, as I really don’t have the answers. This is a thread about the political challenge of the very large numbers of young men now supporting the far right. I’m writing it without blame or derision. I’m just trying to find a way through. 🧵

YouTube video by Novara Media Trains Are BETTER Than Cars. Here's Why | Aaron Bastani Meets Gareth Dennis

Proper informative interview with @garethdennis.bsky.social on railways and why they are great.

And yes, I’ve just bought the book!

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One of the best podcasts going

could we maybe do a protest of people who are currently renting and can't afford to buy property and who also won't inherit enough to ever buy a place

closing a tax loophole is hardly herding the kulaks into kolkhozes... the media needs to get a grip

Never has a crime so obscene been so confessed to, so endlessly, so shamelessly, so proudly

Carla Denyer. Speaking into a microphone and holding speech in front of a Bristol trade Union banner.. she’s wearing a black coat and a green scarf.

Was very proud to nominate my friend (and my MP) @carladenyer.bsky.social to become a Bristol City Council alderwoman this evening. Before Westminster called Carla was a Green councillor for 9 years and I was honoured to talk about the work she did on the council. Congratulations Alderwoman Denyer 💚