Patricia Curmi

Making digital, data, and design mean something for humans. Sometimes strategy, sometimes stravaig.

[Tom Lancaster @tommlancaster]

The NFU ask to pause the BPS phase out is self defeating

It’ll mean that the launch of an expanded SFI in the summer is derailed, just as farmers are getting behind it

Better would be to lobby for a declaration under s.20 of the Agriculture Act

But what, you ask, is this…🧵

[Colin Walker @colinwalker79]

Disappointing to see @thetimes following the lead of @Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares in disparaging the Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate over the weekend

Premise is that manufacturers shouldn't have EV sales targets imposed on them

Here's a thread on areas where I don't agree

[Jess Ralston @jessralston2]

Not quite sure where to begin with this Joel Kotkin piece in the @Telegraph

Questionable claims include those around "the green lobby, and their oligarchic backers” (?)

but there are plenty more bizarre statements too... 🧵

[Jess Ralston @jessralston2]

This is...striking

8 million people live in homes that are cold, need repairs or have serious hazards

1 in 3 private renters worry about living conditions impacting health

1 in 8 privately rented homes pose potentially life-threatening hazard to health

https://t.co/5cjmfKpewO

[Jess Ralston @jessralston2]

Some of the gas boiler lobby is keen to tell you that heat pump costs won't fall e.g. in today's @Telegraph

(& Ross Clark says the same in same paper)

independent academic studies think otherwise...

@UKERCHQ study reckons costs will fall by up to a quarter by 2030👀

[Jess Ralston @jessralston2]

OBR Budget docs reveal we're not out of the woods on volatile gas prices yet...

they model a crisis where O&G prices go up 75% due to conflict in Middle East

this would *push up borrowing £23bn per year* over 5y forecast

& leave debt 0.8% GDP higher in 2028/29

eek🥵

[Patricia Curmi @CurmiPatricia]

#Budget2024 vibes

We can drive down on a pothole free road to the village hall and toast the efficiency savings.

[Colin Walker @colinwalker79]

Now the @DailyMailUK has jumped on this bus recall issue with a typically bombastic headline:

Britain's e-bus ticking timebomb!!!

As I pointed out when the Times ran this story, its a tad sensationalist and not particularly accurate

A short thread...

[Jess Ralston @jessralston2]

To a degree, an arbitrary £ figure is not what's important here; it's the chopping and changing of a long-standing policy

Investors want certainty and this isn't it

If we want energy security & lower bills, investment into insulation, heat pumps and renewables is required

[Tom Lancaster @tommlancaster]

We got a letter in today’s @thetimes pointing out that EU farm protests are motivated by a whole mess of different issues, and in no way can be boiled down to ‘net zero’

Which is why the @EU_Commission move to fob farmers off by gutting their own climate plans is so maddening

[Colin Walker @colinwalker79]

On the day @UKLabour ditches its £28bn green investment pledge...

...its revealed that global warming has exceeded the critical 1.5C figure across an entire year for first time

A depressing juxtaposition

https://t.co/LFvOlazs4p

[Patricia Curmi @CurmiPatricia]

100% this

[Nicola Robbins @nic_robbins1]

If we really want to tackle the 'attendance crisis' we need to stop blaming young people or their parents, and start funding children’s mental health services properly so that problems can be treated EARLY before they reach crisis point - because by then it’s too late. 5/6

[Tom Lancaster @tommlancaster]

This from @herdyshepherd1 points to what I think is currently the biggest barrier to progress in English nature conservation

The lack of a proper higher tier agri-environment scheme

It’s also a huge issue for farm incomes, as some analysis I did neatly shows

A quick thread…🧵

[ECIU @ECIU_UK]

How much did missing #NetZero opportunities cost the UK in 2023?

New ECIU research:

🇬🇧 total missed savings - £3️⃣4️⃣bn (up to £2️⃣, 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for households)

💷 Insulation
💷 Heat pumps
💷 Solar PV
💷 Renewables
💷 EVs
💷 Food prices

https://t.co/JeK9ZqIGzi

[Patricia Curmi @CurmiPatricia]

.@jitjoshi serving up 🌶️ 💅 in The Standard today on Conservative kettles calling out Labour pots.

https://t.co/XgaRVlNEbj

[ECIU @ECIU_UK]

7️⃣9️⃣ % of 🇬🇧 business leaders want a similar green investment package to that of 🇺🇸 US.

7️⃣2️⃣% of MPs believe policy U-turns knock investor confidence in UK business

6️⃣ other insights from 3️⃣ 2023 polls on what UK PLC thinks about #NetZero investment

🧵

[Colin Walker @colinwalker79]

Piece in @thetimes over w/e on how more councils are going to introduce higher parking fees for bigger vehicles

But the likes of @lambeth_council & @IslingtonBC seem to be adopting policies that unfairly discriminate against EVs

Are they getting duped by EV misinformation?

A🧵

[alex thomson @alextomo]

Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit: power generated by wind, hydro and solar is estimated to reach over 90TWh (terawatt hours). This is more than enough power for all of the UK’s 28 million homes….

[Jess Ralston @jessralston2]

A few things happening in the world of heat pumps 🔥

since the PM announced the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant will increase to £7.5k FREE CASH:

- applications up by 173%
- vouchers issued by 25%

[Gareth Redmond-King (@gredmondking.bsky.social) @gredmond76]

Wow!

UN climate talks have focused on renewable energy for too long, Exxon chief says - “Carbon capture is going to play a role. We’re good at that. We know how to do it, we can contribute."

So where is it then - the CCS and the contribution?!

https://t.co/SRpXGXHjmI