Robert Allen

Comrade's the name. Fighting climate change is the game.

I specialise in being a generalist

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

When you see your Tred year in review

[Tred @Tred_Earth]

What did you do for the planet this year? 🌍

Find out with your year in Tred 🎁

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

Ah yes, my favourite type of local news 'what was that bang just now?'

[Dom @Leeds_guy]

Anyone know what those explosions are in #Leeds? Sounds like a munitions dump exploding. It’s been going on for 5 mins now. Too foggy to see if it’s fireworks, but my flat off Briggate was shaking with some of the explosions 😳

[Alasdair Rae @undertheraedar]

indisputable evidence that the much-talked-about Leeds Schwebebahn 2030 project should proceed at haste

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

Onshore wind is back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (wolf Howl)

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Big news from the UK:

Since 2015 onshore wind in the UK was effectively banned.

This is about to change with the rules to be relaxed.

https://t.co/tv3OHBRLyS

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

@thomasforth Currently in Hull, so many absolutely stunning buildings. Judging by the excellent price of the drinks I don't think it's that rich though.

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

Greetings to my new followers

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

@Caroline7earce @PeopleofLeeds It's surely a feature of all cuisines made by good, righteous folk.

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

My local councillor just followed me

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

@Llmilktray Mostly more renewables and phasing out coal made the grid better

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

So it turns out, if you google 'largest source of CO2 emissions UK' Google gives you the wrong answer (courtesy of @WWF)

It was once true, but is no longer the case... 🧵

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

To my new followers: Come for the tram tweets, stay for the bus gifs

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

Every First bus right now

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

The plan is working.

[Chris Barnes @LeoDensian]

@PeopleofLeeds Couldn't love this any more than I do. Go get em, King!

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

Why does it matter? Well 'energy generation' is something we're distant from, we can't readily effect the % of the grid that's renewables ourselves. But transport is something we can affect in our own lives - choosing the bike over the car, or the train over a plane.

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

But it's been wrong for a while now. Transport had already over-taken power as the UK's leading source of emissions by 2015 - so this info that's ranking top on Google has been wrong for 7 years!

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

@terence_cain @scotthill222 @thomasforth Yeah loads lol.

[Robert Allen @Rob_H_Allen]

@scotthill222 @thomasforth Solar doesn't need that much metal, polysilicon production is the main bottleneck.

Silicon is the 3rd most abundant element on earth, right after Oxygen. We won't be running out of silicon.