GeekySloth

Scientist. Green geek. Environmental policy. Bicycles. Europe.

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

‘My jaw dropped’: Bat loss linked to death of human infants | Science | AAAS Beware of destroying bat habitats in the name of growth @UKLabour @RachelReevesMP https://t.co/KpzVGVDmZk

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

Love the swimming pool analogy

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

In the comments, a classic example how climate contrarians lie to you, since they don’t have honest arguments. Human-caused emissions have increased atmospheric CO2 by half, from 0.028% to 0.042%. (Fun fact: that’s the same as 1,000 liters of pee in an olympic size pool.)

[badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social @badvertising11]

The incredible Chris Packham has stepped up, urging a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. 🌍🔥

✍️ Add your voice and sign the petition—help us push this issue into Parliament! 👉 https://t.co/BBvQyj6ufO

[James Murray @James_BG]

This is a critical point about the climate crisis that is too often overlooked. https://t.co/5BIH1aONpB

[Leon Simons 🌍 @LeonSimons8]

This running joke continues, as November 2024 will almost certainly be warmer than any November in observed history before 2023.

Which would make it the 18th month with more heat in the Earth system than any month before that in well over 100,000 years.

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

@Zarch1972 @g__j Amazing - great to know. I'll pass it on

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

@g__j Is it common for a residential property to need 3-phase electricity when going fully electric, including a car charger? A friend was told that they need to lose the car charger or pay for 3-phase + commercial rates. Please help

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

@g__j Thank you - being able to ask on here is such enormous help.
Follow-up question: if 3-phase is indeed necessary, can Octopus install it and supply electricity to the property?

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

@g__j Fully electric = heat pump, underfloor heating, solar panels, battery storage, car, stove, etc

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Elon hit 200 million followers so it’s a good time to remind you that when his followers were audited
-72% had fewer than 10 followers
-42% had 0
-41% had never tweeted
-25% joined after he became owner
-13% only follow him

He’s artificially inflating his follower count.

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

Is the Lower Thames Crossing the world’s most expensive sticking plaster? https://t.co/f9ZIgtGMJk

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

@tonywestonuk @JKSteinberger Most people still don't care about that. Wasted fuel is an easier point to make

[Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan_uk]

FRIDAY: British Airways privately offers staff cut-price fights on private jets, the most polluting way to fly

MONDAY: BA boasts publicly of new CO2 removal deal

TODAY: Ditches private jets scheme after Times gets in touch, calls it “oversight”

Story 👇
https://t.co/YfShc3GtgR

[Gone to Bluesky @IrishCycle]

It doesn't matter if the driver nearly killed you, they'll think that you touching their car is worse https://t.co/y4TN3eM7tG

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

@RossLydall @SadiqKhan With my bad back, I mainly get around by bicycle. So I won't be able to shop in Oxford Street. Thanks @SadiqKhan for giving in to ill-informed fear-mongering

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

@magicfinbow @BeyondBicycle @RossLydall @SadiqKhan By definition.

[EndCarDependency @RoadsXR]

@_Marra_o7o @UKLabour Even easier by cancelling the last govt’s atrocious £22 Billion traffic inducing
new roads programme

@RachelReevesMP
@Ed_Miliband
@LouHaigh
🚸

#CarsHaveHadTheirDay 💀

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

@alanwilliamz @InsulateLove @Lowkey0nline The #Grenfell cladding was initially proposed as a way of making the building less ugly, for the benefit of nearby developments. Insulation was merely an afterthought. That info came out in the inquiry.

[GeekySloth @_Marra_o7o]

Any chance the pensioners' fuel payment gets substituted with a mass insulation programme??? @UKLabour #InsulateBritain

[leanahosea @leanahosea]

Sharks devouring cocaine flung overboard during raids, fish populations crashing as exposure to the levels of oestrogenic chemicals found at sewage outlets feminises male fish, @DrAlexFord on the flood of pharmaceuticals engulfing aquatic creatures.🧵

https://t.co/Q2MmeS3tAO