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Alan Clarke

@alanclarke.bsky.social

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Energy & buildings engineer, Passivhaus, mountain biker, veg gardener/rewilder

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T&E UK @transenvuk.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 1d

Don't know how much reminding I need but same on this tag on my trousers

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 1d

Where I live the roads are slowly collapsing already with HGV use

The axle load increase he'd like would increase road wear by 40% - wear-wise we'd be better off with more journeys instead. That's not ideal of course so maybe the vehicle designers could work on this a bit more?

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, there's always an annex isn't there!

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 2d

Surely you're OK as a meat containing animal?

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 3d

When I tried to estimate land efficiency of biofuel transport compared with PV+EV it was worse than your beef figure, it looked to me like horses might be a better biofueled form of transport than combustion engines

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 3d

There's a slight difference in that you don't eat beef for energy - but fair to point out inefficiency compared with say poultry as source of animal protein.
With vehicles the result of carrying a load a distance is the same with electric motor or combustion engine

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 4d

I'd assume the clothes retain some moisture, final miisture content condition being equilibrium with vapour in surrounding air?

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11d

Anyone who really knows migrants knows this. We know how hard it is to move to another country, and how much commitment and heartache it takes.

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11d

Migrants already "earn the right to settlement" through extortionate visa costs, which can run into tens of thousands of pounds. They prop up key services, including through the Immigration Health Surcharge.

Pushing the hostile environment on steroids helps no-one.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 13d

And play it?

Modified bicycle with 3 wheel front half with platform supporting small piano and piano player

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 13d

ummm.. holy shit? tool use in bovids confirmed? holy holy shit?

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 16d

Interestingly I recall seeing reported mesasurements showing that house extract vent reduced indoor radon levels (vs no mech vent) - I was surprised but assumed due to fact it was easier to get outdoor air into the house than though the floor, so radon was diluted by increased ventilation

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 16d

Via The Independent: Donald Trump’s false claim that London ‘wants to go to Sharia law’ has been described as ‘appalling and bigoted’ by Mayor Sadiq Khan.

The Muslim Council of Britain responded: “We pray for Mr Trump's health and wellbeing as his hallucinations seem to be getting worse by the day”

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404 Media @404media.co · 17d

A new study, based on a survey of 1,150 workers suggests that the injection of AI tools into the workplace has not resulted in a magic productivity boom and instead increased the amount of time that workers say they spend fixing low-quality AI-generated “work.”

🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...

AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable

AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."

www.404media.co

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 18d

I didn't realise I'd miss Gordon Brown

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 20d

When I was young Antifa was called the Allies

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 20d

Yes indeed, but with fan assisted radiators you might be able to get a useful amount of cooling out of 17 C water, if the radiator capacity is generous enough and fans move enough air.

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Alex Renton @axrenton.bsky.social · 21d

Nazis ban comedians shock.. NYT, 4 Feb 1939

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 27d

Better still I had an email to ask if I'd had the warning or jot, clicked the link and went to blank web page!

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 27d

It's not summer any more

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · Sep 7

At least you got something - not a whisper here

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · Sep 4

Reading the article they could have said "ordering in funds people traffickers"- which was actually the interesting revelation for me

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Timeline cleanse

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · Sep 1

If the wind is filling the ship's sail then the flag would point forward - at least the tapestry makers knew this

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · Sep 1

waka wake

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · Sep 1

Same principal for houses here www.tepeo.com/heat-pump/

Heat your home, not the planet - Meet the ZEB | tepeo

Home heating accounts for 31% of carbon emissions - switch to a cleaner boiler powered by electricity that can be installed in 1-2 days.

www.tepeo.com

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · Sep 1

It was pretty useless at the time TBH (my mum bought one when they came out - each key press was a program step and only memory for a few steps)

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · Aug 31

EXCLUSIVE - ASK NIGEL is back!

This week an anonymous Prime Minister asks, 'How can I stop fixating so much on foreigners?'

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

Ask Nigel

An anonymous Prime Minister asks 'how can I stop fixating so much on foreigners?'

open.substack.com

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Smallbrainfield @smallbrainfield.bsky.social · Aug 30

You could make it up, but people would think you were having them on. LOCAL FLAG TWAT FORMER PEOPLE SMUGGLER SHOCKER.
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...

Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him

Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van

manchestermill.co.uk

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