EVTim

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[ITV News @itvnews]

With the UK generating more electricity from renewable sources than ever before, why aren't we feeling the benefits in our bills?

The answer is more complicated than you might think, and it all comes down to how energy prices are set in the UK.

You can catch up with the latest episode of What You Need To Know on ITVX, YouTube or on your favourite podcast platform.

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@robinmonotti That is one data point 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Whatever world Tony Blair inhabits appears to be one without climate change & where UK temperature record for May hasn’t just been smashed by over 2C. How else to explain his extraordinary dismissal of net zero & erroneous claim that fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables? 🙄

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

This article says climate change is “believed to have played a role” in the UK's extreme heat this week.

As a climate scientist, let me fact-check that.

First, climate change is not a religion. No belief is required. It is about evidence.

And the evidence has been crystal clear for more than two decades: climate change is making heat waves hotter, longer, more frequent and more dangerous.

In fact, science has advanced far beyond saying climate change merely “played a role.” Today, we can quantify how much more likely and how much hotter climate change made a specific event.

Here's the bottom line:

Climate is changing. Humans are responsible. And we are experiencing the impacts now. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that solutions already exist, and the majority of people care - 89%, around the world!

But meaningful action depends on helping people understand not just what is happening: we need to know how it affects our lives (this heat wave being example A today) and what we can do about it.

That’s the opportunity this reporting missed.

https://t.co/vYfPDKcWWf

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@Jenny_1884 Maybe have a look at the change in averages...Source: Is the UK hot right now? https://t.co/QEih8TGoRA is also a great website with lots of data

[Grok @grok]

**Yes.** Paleoclimate proxies (ice cores, sediments, etc.) show current global warming is occurring at a rate unseen in at least the past 10,000–24,000 years. Post-ice age warming averaged ~0.01°C per century or less (~5–6°C over 5,000–7,000 years); recent decades have seen ~0.2°C per decade—roughly 10x faster. CO₂ is rising ~250x faster than natural deglaciation rates.

What makes it different: the speed and global synchrony are driven primarily by anthropogenic greenhouse gases, not orbital/solar/volcanic forcings that dominated slower past shifts. (Data: NASA, NOAA, IPCC AR6 summaries.)

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@FT According to Motorway my Model 3 is now going up in value

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@asmatshal85308 @justinmadders Ah ok, all the OEMs that're in self destruction mode 😂. Meanwhile new BEV sales continue to rise & Autotrader just reported a 32% y/y increase in used BEV demand. I expect all of those decisions were made before the war...

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@justinmadders https://t.co/aD0e27acUY

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@asmatshal85308 @justinmadders Which OEMs? ICE car sales peaked globally in 2017...

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Football should bring people together, not shut them out.

For the first time since the competition began, fans won’t be able to watch the Champions League final for free. That’s not right.

This is bigger than wanting to watch Arsenal in this historic final. It’s bigger than one club.

Hardworking people shouldn’t have to fork out for a subscription to watch this match.

I urge TNT Sports to reconsider and make the final next Saturday free to watch.

[Honest Alder (not dishonest crank Alder) @Tw_timerAlder]

Biggest drop in petrol sales in the UK in 6 years 😃

Due to the extortionate price of petrol & rising share of EVs.

Get yourself an EV if you need a car, cheap fuel & maintenance & enjoy filling up from sunbeams for much of the year not foreign petrol.

https://t.co/UwYl2rQGMk

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@PeteThe794 @StephenJBeynon @SandyofSuffolk @WintersTale7846 Interested to know what your data source is for "the weather getting worse"?

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

This is exactly the kind of rebuttal to disinformation that needs to happen every day of the week 💥🇬🇧

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@rdg_elliott Crazy how much press the topic gets when it's such a tiny percentage of immigration

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@RareAxies @UKLabour Not until 2028, by which time fuel duty will have risen by a greater percentage. If you look at the Zapmap Pricing Index you can see even with the 3p per mile it's still cheaper than ICE (based on home charging).

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@slstrm_dsgn @FergusMason25 @uncle90705 This is a brilliant blog on the topic - https://t.co/eKca6ONWcB

[EVTim @EVTim84]

@RareAxies @UKLabour There is a solution - EVs - sales up 32% y/y for used on Autotrader, now cheaper on average than ICE for new cars, costs me less than £3 to drive from Bristol to South Devon

[Tesla Europe, Middle East & Africa @teslaeurope]

FSD Supervised now rolling out to Teslas in Lithuania 🇱🇹!

Making European roads safer, one by one

[𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙤 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @LeftNatLeft]

Right so Keir Starmer has reduced immigration by over 70%, kept us out of the Iran War, massively boosted defence spending, reduced NHS waiting times, and started growing the economy again.

But we should sack him off for Burnham in under 2 years because Manchester has £2 buses?