ZapCarbon

Driving Energy efficiency & Carbon efficiency in the real world.
Positive #EnergyEfficiency, #BehaviourChange and #Decarbonisation solutions.

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@mjsiegert @newscientist Wouldn't dismiss this out of hand...

Always be mindful of Arthur Clarke's "hazards of prophecy":

“When a distinguished scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@RobertKwolek Housing construction in UK is dominated (run by!) a handful of volume builders. They have huge buying power, screw suppliers into the ground in terms of price, and have great economies of scale in the construction process.

Contrast with Germany where there's a lot of self-build

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

Remarkable.

If you want a job doing properly (viz. decarbonisation), follow China's visionary determination...

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Analysis: China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy | @laurimyllyvirta #CBarchive

Read here: https://t.co/Ogatx2dLyg

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@nicolasfulghum Brilliant work ! Thanks

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

Succinctly put...

[Green is a mission @Greenisamissio1]

Night thoughts, repetition

A short journey through time for reflection💚

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@KateNHF @Miatsf @LCRMayor @MetroMayorSteve @liamrobinson24 @GavinSmartCIH @selvinbrownmbe A really great summit all round, esp for exhibitors and speaker like us.

Let's hope it becomes a regular fixture.

Thanks

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

Why is this not dominating everything we do ?

To anyone that appreciates the gift of a stable climate, this is off the scale in terms of frightening.

Maybe becuase we've all grown up with a stable climate, we can't imagine what a wildly disturbed one would be like.

[Leon Simons 🌍 @LeonSimons8]

The 2024 NH summer was the first with a global temperature anomaly above 1.5°C in one or more data sets!

These 1.5°C milestones should be front page news, as they will only be crossed for the first time once.

But only few understand the significance.

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

In 1990, coal supplied 80% of UK electricity.

Now we are stopping it for good, replacing it with almost all zero Carbon electricity.

Who says radical energy-system change is 'impossible' ?!

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Momentous: The UK, home to the world’s first coal power station in 1882, will stop using coal to generate electricity this month, the 1st G7 country to do so

Coal supplied 80% of UK electricity in 1990. Remember: they said it couldn't be done

https://t.co/JwhwInY99N #climate

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

Picture says a thousand words...

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

What future would you like to work on?

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

Worth reading...

[Jeff Masters @DrJeffMasters]

Climate change will inevitably stop being a hazy future concern and will someday turn everyday life upside down. At the risk of causing counterproductive doomism, I offer observations and speculations on how the planetary crisis may play out. 1/25 https://t.co/OG3BnGKVL4

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@FarmersWeekly @NaturalEngland @gregsmith_uk @LizWebsterSBF @SaveBritishFood @JoeWStanley @CLAtweets @Tom_Clarke Let's look at the facts. If we can get free energy from the sky (vs. paying through the nose for gas, etc), why wouldn't you ? Solar PV is ridiculously cheap now

Makes landowners a v.nice income for little effort too

And how much land ? <0.5% Read more:
https://t.co/YIodImA2qo

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

Planet Earth just had its warmest July ON RECORD!

[NOAA @NOAA]

(1 of 5) Just in: Earth just had its warmest July on record.

July was the globe’s 14th month in a row of record warmth.

https://t.co/WJa1XYnQXD

@NOAANCEI #StateOfClimate

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@_richardblack @FT @pilitaclark Excellent - "slender and sparky" - I need to get a copy!

Still re-read "Denied" every year, and it's not aged.

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Incredible to be able to say this, but >50% of car sales in China last month were electric...

The power of having a long-term plan, and sticking to it !

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

⚡️🚘BREAKING: For the first time ever, more than half of cars sold in China last month were electric

New-energy vehicles, including EVs and PHEVs, reached a record-high 51.1% of retail sales in July, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association

EVs are already noticably trimming China's oil demand: Just the increase in EVs on the road since last year shaved ~4% off transport fuel demand:

https://t.co/M1hJxqcACn

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@Peters_Glen Interesting. Yet how does this square with the lastest atmospheric measurements of a +3.7ppm year on year growth in CO2. Is this lost in the smoothing or is it CO2 coming from other sources ?

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@WindrushWasp What is the solution to Thames Water (and others) ?

Is re-nationalisation realistic and what would the impact be on the public purse?

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@g__j @RachelReevesMP Do we know when the rules will be changed on locating heat pumps ? Currently my Octopus quote requires the HP to be 6m deep into the garden for planning 'noise' restrictions. Lots of extra work and heat loss compared to having it next the house
Love to know more on the new rules.

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@samuelhall0 @ConHome Although a small sample set, I DO know many traditional conservative voters who were absolutely turned off by the Sunak 'seven bins of history', EV roll-back speech... and voted differently as a direct result.

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@TomH_Analyst If getting cheap, zero carbon electricity is the game, nothing beats doing it at scale. Critical is generating on land close to transmission network with capacity to take it away.

Building on domestic rooves is WAY more expensive per kWh.

Just scaffold costs >£1,000 per house!

[ZapCarbon @ZapCarbon]

@ProfRayWills How about using the gas grid as an alternative water supply route ?

We spend so much making ALL water potable, but only drink about 2% of it. The remaining 98% could potentially be of a lower standard, but still eminently suitable for flushing toilets, laundry etc.