Alex_lockton

The most important thing apart from family and friends right now is tackling climate change

[Nat Bullard @NatBullard]

Accelerating at an accelerating rate https://t.co/hv4GOLidEy

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

UK government must ‘supercharge’ efforts to build up UK’s heat pump industry to phase out gas boilers, says @CommonsBEIS
https://t.co/sFhy1Iyyjl

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

When October price cap rise begins Bank of England expects 40% rise (on top of 54% in April) to £2800 a year. That's about 1/3rd of the state pension (average payment is £8530) and 2/3rds of a single person's Universal Credit of £4018 (88% if <25). The another rise in January.

[Alex_lockton @LocktonAlex]

Did he tell you about the green Gas thing?

[Fatih Birol @fbirol]

Very pleased to meet with UK Business & Energy Secretary @KwasiKwarteng in London to discuss how to ensure clean energy is at the heart of the response to today’s energy security challenges fueled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

@IEA will continue to work closely with 🇬🇧

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Rachel Maclean has just solved the cost of living crisis - turns out all you need to do is get a better paid job and work more hours. For example, you could become and MP and claim £218,000 in expenses on top of your £80k salary like she did last year.

[Gary Neville @GNev2]

Appalling

[Alex_lockton @LocktonAlex]

With bells on

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Green levies make up **less than 5%** of the UK energy bill price cap (and <10% of cap for electricity)

Many commentators, including @halfon4harlowMP, have repeatedly got this wrong

Once again: High energy bills are due to sky-high wholesale gas prices

https://t.co/V2wefGvdy7

[Alex_lockton @LocktonAlex]

Paddle creek up etc….

[Patrick McGarvey @PatrickMcGarve5]

Is it too much to hope that those who run the country have an appreciation of the basics of the tax and benefit system?

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

This is just going to keep happening over and over again because Ministers are being sent to do media rounds armed with absolutely nothing; no policy at all. It's entirely unsustainble.

[FairCharge @fairchargeuk]

I asked ⁦@GillFurnissMP⁩ The Shadow Secretary of State for Roads if she’d join ⁦@fairchargeuk⁩ in campaigning for more EV charging signs on roads- especially motorways - and she agreed. This is so important and so easy to remedy.

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Median installation cost of an air source heat pump is £10.5k based on @MCSCertified @nesta_uk.

Another misleading article by @Telegraph using a single case to produce a scare story.

Same rebuttal applies as to recent @DailyExpressRB article.

https://t.co/41nkxfclKZ

[Matthew Short @SustainableImp]

'The volume of raw sewage being dumped into rivers will remain hidden after the government rejected a recommendation by MPs that water companies should be required to measure it.'
Unbelievable! Also presumption of planning against pollution rejected.
https://t.co/yoRE3f9Dd2

[Alex Hornby @alexhornbyrail]

Great positive piece on buses in the Yorkshire Post this morning 🙏

[Alex_lockton @LocktonAlex]

I disagree. The grid is a monopoly. It could and should do more. Privatisation is not working.

[Jeremy Nicholson @JeremyNic666]

@LocktonAlex Grid and power generation capacity is currently funded by consumers. You can make taxpayers pay for it instead, but history doesn't suggest this would result in better value for money, rather the reverse. It is the discipline of competition that helps keeps costs down.

[Alex_lockton @LocktonAlex]

Magnificent piece of writing. A must read and essential message. Shame on critics of @BootstrapCook

[jojo77 @other_mrs]

This is possibly the most powerful piece of writing I’ve ever read.

The tories are utter, utter scum.
https://t.co/PKt8YWhOkv

[Alex_lockton @LocktonAlex]

Have a look into the state of the grid capacity and how that’s being funded. If the grid were renationalised all net zero options become easier and less beholden to shareholders

[Jeremy Nicholson @JeremyNic666]

@davidwatson__ @CornwallInsight Why should this require investment by government? It's part of the cost of reliance on 'cheap' intermittent generation (which turns out to be rather expensive once the external costs of intermittency are fully internalised).

[Everything Electric @Everyth1ngElec]

I have had some folks ask why I got rid of gas for central heating. This graphic gives a fairly good hint

[Community Energy South @CESouthNRG]

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[Howard Johns @howardjohns]

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