@PCBarnes123@reformparty_uk But doesn't this cut both ways, when Reform are doing well in the polls its all 'polls count for nothing' and when there's a 1% drop in one poll it all 'The bubble has burst, Reform have peaked, its over for Reform as they plummet in the polls' ๐คทโโ๏ธ
@AvonandsomerRob Got a Merc people carrier from St Pancras to Harlow in Essex. It had really noisy plug in fans. Tge driver said he cant run the air-conditioning or heating in the day because, along with driving in the motorway it knocks the mileage to sh*t. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
@BrexitBassist@basbet2 Some real classics in there! ๐ (Im a active heretic) but I do have some passives the oldest being a 79 Shergold Modulator, which still gets an outing now and again. Good luck with the hands! ๐
@K3brows@Veritatem2021 Global surface temperature lack sufficient coverage, history with siting issues and are invariably skewed by UHI. Surface temperatures using purely 'rural' sites, show much less warming and a good correlation with solar activity and cloud cover.
@ProfBillMcGuire@andyburnham Climate changes, whats Burnham or any politician going to do about it. Our government can stop a few rubber boats crossing the channel, you think they can change the climate of an entire planet?
@RichardSwan1982@jackklok It was the use of fossil fuels that enabled the rise of modern medicine, sanitation, scientific progress and hence increased longevity. CO2 is an insignificant by product.
The @Telegraph reports that suppliers will be granted powers to cut power to heat pumps in order to reduce demand when the electricity grid is under stress
Initially this will only be with the consent of the householder but it might just be the start of a slippery slope
How can you avoid this - don't get a smart meter. They aren't mandatory (yet). And don't get a heat pump because they also are not mandatory (yet)
As I say in the article, the grid should serve us consumers, not the other way round
I heard first hand from people suffering during the gas crisis when the Demand Flexibility Service was introduced. They would sit in bed or in their cars, turning off everything that used electricity, in order to save pennies off their bills, while rich people with EVs and swimming pools gamed the system and made hundreds of pounds
Demand flexibility is literally a transfer of wealth from poor people to rich people and it has no place in a modern society
Build enough generation and grid capacity to do the job properly and let people live in peace
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