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The advent of the birth control pill and porn combined may be the worst thing to ever happen to the human race.

Bad for both women and men.

No man should watch porn.

And the hormonal impact of birth control on women is not a good thing.

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The evidence is absolutely overwhelming. It is impossible not to hold this view without serious cognitive dissonance or deep unconsciousness.

From overtly patriarchal practices to endlessly hostile political aims and in group preference including sectarian voting, fraud, etc.

It is a cultural virus and the western immune system should have kicked in decades ago.

That's my view. Take it to the bank.

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I don't think that Islam is compatible with British culture or Western culture more widely.

I don't want it in Britain at all, in any form. I've seen well enough. Too much in fact. Far too much.

Why exactly should we tolerate something that is demonstrably harmful when it will simply continue to be so?

What is the eventual reward for tolerance? More of the same. Much more.

Yes, I'm singling out Islam. Yes, I'm discriminating. Yes, this is deeply considered and based on reasoning and evidence.

No, I do not feel the same way about Sikhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Taosim, Buddhism, etc.

This is about the ideology. Islam is manifestly different and it's about time we started treating it accordingly.

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@qqv0310 yes

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For anyone looking to improve their home's energy efficiency and survive our ridiculous energy prices long term, as someone that has installed a heat pump, new windows, new doors and a heat recovery ventilation system, I have some advice.

1) A heat pump will not lower your energy bills. In fact, it's more likely to raise them

2) The absolute best use of your money is heat recovery ventilation (MVHR) and I cannot recommend it strongly enough, even if bills are not a concern

3) Cheap loft insulation is a cost effective place to focus

4) If you already have double glazed windows, your focus should be on airtightness and not on new units with a slightly higher U value. Use cheap gaskets (amazon) where needed to ensure airtightness. Airtightness can only be done alongside a proper ventilation system.

Without a ventilation system, window trickle vents must be used. The reason we see people complaining about condensation and mold is a lack of ventilation. They close their trickle vents.

Window trickle vents are an opening that lets heat directly out, making any other home insulation all but worthless.

I configured, bought, installed and commissioned my own whole house ventilation system for a large 4 bedroom detached house for less than £2,500. A lot of money, yes, but very much worthwhile.

It works by recovering 90%+ of the heat leaving the house and transferring it to a constant incoming filtered fresh air supply. No need for trickle vents at all. Airtightness + heat recovery ventilation is critical.

The wider benefits are dramatic. 24/7 fresh air indoors. No lingering odors. Clothes can dry on racks indoors and humidity is extracted. Traffic pollution is filtered out using inbuilt filters. Issues related to mold, VOCs, Pollen, CO2 build up, etc are all completely eliminated.

Until you have experienced a properly ventilated house long term, it's difficult to convey how much of an improvement it is. (This is not an ad.....)

It is the life improvement hack that no one seems to be aware of. Oh and if you get AC, in the summer it distributes the cold air around the house whilst retaining the cold just as it does for heat in the winter.

If the government is intent on funding anything, this should be their focus but of course, they are not really trying to lower your bills or improve your standard of living and general health, they are just trying to get away from using fossil fuels in our national energy mix.

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@ItsTaz1989 Fun fact, growing up I lived across the road from Steve Furber in Cambridgeshire. He was the original designer of the hardware architecture of the ARM processor.

By rights he should be a billionaire by now many times over.

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@monicabeharding No, he’s dead wrong and so are you. You’ve learned absolutely nothing.

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In other words, more of exactly what’s caused our problems. More of the globalist liberal elite ideology. More neoliberalism.

Globalising the movement of capital, trade and people.

Free movement of capital has resulted in foreign ownership of the majority of UK equities (stocks and shares), brands, infrastructure, etc.

Free movement for trade dismantled our industrial base and made us reliant on foreign states for critical resources.

Free movement of people increased job competition and made housing unaffordable. It’s also caused huge cultural problems.

And yet, these idiots in government are so indoctrinated into this establishment ideology that they are blind to its effects.

So they call for more of the same.

This is the exact system that has failed and must be replaced.

This is why I actually respect the far left more than the idiots in the Lib Dem’s who are neither liberal nor democratic.

At least the far left is observing the mechanisms more accurately. They are exactly wrong about the solutions but at least they perceive the issues.

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“Freedom of movement… would be a really good thing for growth”

Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper says re-joining EU free movement, along with free movement of things like “capital and trade” would boost the economy

#BBCLauraK

https://t.co/CkTHGctZ4k

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@Purer_Air No timer but I monitor CO2 and I check airflow using a hot wire anemometer to make sure the system stays balanced. I also monitor humidity using a sensor in the MVHR.

It's really set and forget. I just monitor because I'm a nerd.

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@ApsanaBegumMP We really must stop allowing people with clear and overt allegiance to and preference for other countries becoming MPs.

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In my experience, where there's a will, there's a way.

It's one hell of a DIY job and the rewards are worth it. For those so inclined, it's definitely worth pursuing and is not necessarily cost prohibitive.

My system was complicated and quite involved. No dropped ceilings.

It did involve creating a to scale 3D model of my house in sketch up. Great fun if you like that kind of thing.

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@CurrentEnSol Yeah, most of them being salesmen.

I'm not saying it's impossible but I am saying it's unlikely for the vast majority of British homes that are not interested in a complete set of new radiators and changing all of the central heating pipework to larger sizes.

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@JulesBywaterLee I know the stuff and have been down that particular rabbit hole myself.

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Airtightness has involved changing my windows, external doors and then dealing with (removing) obvious things like dryer outlets, extraction fan outlets, sealing up old chimney and gas outlet, etc.

The really big airtightness challenge I've had has been joist to cavity wall connections. Bead filled cavity.

A lot of pulling up floor boards and installing tape.

I've considered replacing the bead insulation in the cavity with closed cell spray foam plus external wall insulation and watertightness on the outside. That would provide a very good airtightness layer.

But that's a whole can of worms and considerations for another day.

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Absolutely.

Schools should be a major focus for retrofitting proper ventilation but really, every indoor space.

When I visit other people's houses or pubs, cinemas, etc now, I can taste and feel the poor air quality.

You get very used to fresh filtered air and then anything else is immediately noticeable.

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@AreWeGullible PIV is an option for a far less technical job but airtightness + MVHR is superior.

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@JulesBywaterLee Metal ducts exposed, industrial style, is awesome.

I used the plastic antibacterial tube style of duct for the rooms with insulated stainless steel main ducts and connection boxes, etc.

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It's great to hear from others that have been venturing into this sorely underappreciated area.

I've also done a lot to increase the airtightness of my house. I have bead filled cavity walls and the really big issue is where the joists enter the walls.

When you no longer need trickle vents open and all fresh air comes through heat recovery, it makes a big difference in terms of energy efficiency in my experience.

Without AC, in summer, I set my MVHR to bypass mode which bypasses the heat recovery and then just provides filtered air.

I also increased my loft insulation to 300mm, insulated my loft hatch with 10cm of EPS and added a seal and latch system to make sure it's air tight.

The upstairs air ducts for rooms run through the loft and they are contained within circular insulation and are also underneath the loft insulation layer as well.

I bought a 2nd hand hot wire anemometer on eBay to quickly check airflow rates through each room vent and keep the system balanced.

I also monitor C02 and set my whole house continuous rates based mostly on that.

All things considered, the MVHR is the best money I've ever spent on any form of house upgrade, by far.

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Yeah, that's good for sure but I'd add in air conditioning for the increasingly hot summers.

If I can ever afford it, I'd love external wall insulation, a large solar system and battery system, air con and motorized metal window shutters for security plus keeping the sun out in the summer.

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@Danjsalt Equilibrium