This is really inspiring. Im not really interested in unicorns (the planet doesn't need any billionaires) but I'd love to see some businesses like this get built in the UK. 'The goal is to make rich societies, not rich people'. Bravo! https://t.co/eZBNYlJTbt
@adamfleming great episode about cycling. I'd recommend looking up @peterwalker99 on this, and also see below on cycling and Dutch planning:
https://t.co/XRl5FvGZmz
The change came after a campaign called 'stop the child murder' - a powerful reframing that galvanised action
@BBCAnyQuestions just responding to your request to suggest future locations in North Devon. What about Braunton Village Hall? Please DM if interested:)
๐a general subsidy to reduce energy demand would be a great piece of policy. Other factors like the state of the skills base and the structure of the energy market (esp marginal cost pricing) are also key but a general subsidy would be foundational.๐๐
We asked what ifโฆ
โฆSubsidies were based on overall carbon reduction, but more tech agnostic?
โฆWe took overheating (and cooling) into account?
โฆWe allowed the subsidy to support different purchasing models.
@GOVUK I'm a decarbonisation fan but you need to be more open with people about heat pumps. Yes they are 3 x more efficient than gas boilers but they run on electricity which is 4 times the price of gas for energy. You sort out the energy market and we will buy the heat pumps :)
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In a year of mind-blowing extremes, yet another new record high global sea surface temperature was set yesterday, at 21.17ยฐC.
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