Mark Thompson
@markrmthompson.bsky.social
Retired energy innovation & home health professional, air pollution campaigner, engineer, public speaker, misinformation debunker,home energy blogger http://www.getenergysavvy.info. EV and heat pump owner. Seeking to dump X! 👍
Just read this. An extremely well researched and utterly sobering illustration of what could actually happen if geopolitics fails.
This is a non-fiction book, & I wish everyone would read it, especially Trump, Putin, and the lunatic in North Korea. Thanks @sjsedmonds.bsky.social for recommending!
This is a non-fiction book, & I wish everyone would read it, especially Trump, Putin, and the lunatic in North Korea. Thanks @sjsedmonds.bsky.social for recommending!
September 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just read this. An extremely well researched and utterly sobering illustration of what could actually happen if geopolitics fails.
This is a non-fiction book, & I wish everyone would read it, especially Trump, Putin, and the lunatic in North Korea. Thanks @sjsedmonds.bsky.social for recommending!
This is a non-fiction book, & I wish everyone would read it, especially Trump, Putin, and the lunatic in North Korea. Thanks @sjsedmonds.bsky.social for recommending!
An excellent read
August 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
An excellent read
I rarther think he will news.sky.com/story/ukrain...
Ukraine war latest: Trump says Putin 'is not going to mess around with me' on eve of Ukraine summit
Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin wants to "make a deal" as he floats holding a trilateral meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Alaska and "maybe" inviting European leaders. A Russian government plane l...
news.sky.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I rarther think he will news.sky.com/story/ukrain...
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Seems like Trump is losing it over the Epstein files.
Keep it up!
Keep it up!
July 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Seems like Trump is losing it over the Epstein files.
Keep it up!
Keep it up!
I was thrilled to be recognised by the Royal Statistical Society this week for my analysis & blog comparing the running costs of instant hot water taps with kettles. getenergysavvy.info/post/boiling-t… The blog includes a link to my guest expert slot on BBC R4 Sliced Bread on the subject 😀
July 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I was thrilled to be recognised by the Royal Statistical Society this week for my analysis & blog comparing the running costs of instant hot water taps with kettles. getenergysavvy.info/post/boiling-t… The blog includes a link to my guest expert slot on BBC R4 Sliced Bread on the subject 😀
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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
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We spend the majority of our lives indoors - at home, school, or work. The quality of air we breathe in these environments is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in our health and well-being.
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Events - London Climate Action Week
Discover climate summits, forums, workshops, and more during London Climate Action Week — a city-wide celebration of climate action and awareness.
www.londonclimateactionweek.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
We spend the majority of our lives indoors - at home, school, or work. The quality of air we breathe in these environments is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in our health and well-being.
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists...
www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
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June 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
No doubt EV haters would be spreading this all over the internet if there was a car (of any kind) on board. But there isn’t, so they won’t. They are blind to all other sources of pollution news.sky.com/story/fire-o...
Fire on cargo ship off India sparks fears of 'ecological disaster'
The situation on the MV Wan Hai 503 "remains critical" according to India's Ministry of Defence, while the coastguard said sea conditions were "unfavourable".
news.sky.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
No doubt EV haters would be spreading this all over the internet if there was a car (of any kind) on board. But there isn’t, so they won’t. They are blind to all other sources of pollution news.sky.com/story/fire-o...
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The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
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It is a law as old as the hills:
Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
June 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It is a law as old as the hills:
Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.
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I really hope Wales completely rejects Farage and Reform, Wales does need jobs but not a return to coal mining, it needs jobs of the future not the past.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/wal...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/wal...
Nigel Farage chases the Welsh dragon
Reform are selling a programme of coal-mining and reindustrialisation – one based on fiscal fantasies.
www.newstatesman.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I really hope Wales completely rejects Farage and Reform, Wales does need jobs but not a return to coal mining, it needs jobs of the future not the past.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/wal...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/wal...
Another stove industry advert neglecting to mention that if one of your dreams is to stay healthy into old age then using log burner puts that dream at risk for both you and your neighbours. #airpollution @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @indoorairaware.bsky.social @asthmalungcymru.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Another stove industry advert neglecting to mention that if one of your dreams is to stay healthy into old age then using log burner puts that dream at risk for both you and your neighbours. #airpollution @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @indoorairaware.bsky.social @asthmalungcymru.bsky.social
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Wood smoke, mostly from wood stoves, is the main cause of particulate air pollution in Australian cities and many other cities around the world.
@dsawsp.org @nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social @jksmith34.bsky.social @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social @deathstoveindustry.bsky.social @robphair.bsky.social
@dsawsp.org @nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social @jksmith34.bsky.social @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social @deathstoveindustry.bsky.social @robphair.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Wood smoke, mostly from wood stoves, is the main cause of particulate air pollution in Australian cities and many other cities around the world.
@dsawsp.org @nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social @jksmith34.bsky.social @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social @deathstoveindustry.bsky.social @robphair.bsky.social
@dsawsp.org @nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social @jksmith34.bsky.social @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social @deathstoveindustry.bsky.social @robphair.bsky.social
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Did you know that the countries with the most heat pumps installed are also in some of the coldest climates?
Find out more in our article in Nature Energy 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Find out more in our article in Nature Energy 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Did you know that the countries with the most heat pumps installed are also in some of the coldest climates?
Find out more in our article in Nature Energy 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Find out more in our article in Nature Energy 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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At 4C scientists predict 90% of the world’s population could die.
We’re on track to hit 4C within our childrens’ lifetimes.
7,000,000,000+ avoidable deaths.
Waiting for a journalist to ask a politician about this.
We’re on track to hit 4C within our childrens’ lifetimes.
7,000,000,000+ avoidable deaths.
Waiting for a journalist to ask a politician about this.
June 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
At 4C scientists predict 90% of the world’s population could die.
We’re on track to hit 4C within our childrens’ lifetimes.
7,000,000,000+ avoidable deaths.
Waiting for a journalist to ask a politician about this.
We’re on track to hit 4C within our childrens’ lifetimes.
7,000,000,000+ avoidable deaths.
Waiting for a journalist to ask a politician about this.
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Does anyone in your family have health issues that are exacerbated by #AirPollution? If so please let our friends at @mumsforlungs.bsky.social know by filling in their short survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Dieselgate air pollution survey: how does air pollution affect you or your family?
A unique and crucial moment has opened up for Mums for Lungs, and we need your help. We are in the next phase of our Dieselgate campaign - can you fill out our two-minute survey to tell us your lived ...
docs.google.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Does anyone in your family have health issues that are exacerbated by #AirPollution? If so please let our friends at @mumsforlungs.bsky.social know by filling in their short survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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“This is a message for stronger climate action. This report shows we’re seeing things we have never seen before.”
#ClimateCrisis
Marine heatwave in ocean 5x size of Australia
#ClimateCrisis
Marine heatwave in ocean 5x size of Australia
June 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“This is a message for stronger climate action. This report shows we’re seeing things we have never seen before.”
#ClimateCrisis
Marine heatwave in ocean 5x size of Australia
#ClimateCrisis
Marine heatwave in ocean 5x size of Australia
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Impact on Urban Health are doing loads on wood burning:
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...
The Government’s backward step on wood-burning stoves puts public health and climate action at risk
The Government's decision to permit wood-burning stoves in new builds contradicts growing evidence about the harmful effects these stoves have on public health and the environment.
urbanhealth.org.uk
May 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Impact on Urban Health are doing loads on wood burning:
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/new...
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
urbanhealth.org.uk/partnerships...
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reducing transport #emissions could save up to 1.9 Million lives a year. Global health benefits of policies to reduce on-road vehicle pollution through 2040 doi.org/10.1088/1748... via @IOPenvironment
Global health benefits of policies to reduce on-road vehicle pollution through 2040 - IOPscienceSearch
Global health benefits of policies to reduce on-road vehicle pollution through 2040, Jin, Lingzhi, Benoit, Jonathan, Nawaz, M Omar, Rodrigues, Patricia Ferrini, Wiecko, Patrick, Miller, Joshua, Alvare...
doi.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
reducing transport #emissions could save up to 1.9 Million lives a year. Global health benefits of policies to reduce on-road vehicle pollution through 2040 doi.org/10.1088/1748... via @IOPenvironment
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This could still be the driest season ever on record for the UK.
Rain is on the radar for the next week, but we may still go under 100mm for the first time in any season going back to 1836.
@edhawkins.org
Rain is on the radar for the next week, but we may still go under 100mm for the first time in any season going back to 1836.
@edhawkins.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This could still be the driest season ever on record for the UK.
Rain is on the radar for the next week, but we may still go under 100mm for the first time in any season going back to 1836.
@edhawkins.org
Rain is on the radar for the next week, but we may still go under 100mm for the first time in any season going back to 1836.
@edhawkins.org
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In 3 months, bluefin tuna will be migrating back into our waters, where they'll be met with a fleet of commercial and recreational* fishers. It's a horrible way to welcome these magnificent, charismatic creatures. Let's try to get this to 250,000 before they arrive.
www.change.org/p/protect-bl...
www.change.org/p/protect-bl...
Sign the Petition
Protect bluefin tuna in UK waters
www.change.org
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In 3 months, bluefin tuna will be migrating back into our waters, where they'll be met with a fleet of commercial and recreational* fishers. It's a horrible way to welcome these magnificent, charismatic creatures. Let's try to get this to 250,000 before they arrive.
www.change.org/p/protect-bl...
www.change.org/p/protect-bl...
Surprised it took him this long to politicise this news.sky.com/story/donald...
Donald Trump 'surprised' public wasn't told about Biden's cancer diagnosis 'a long time ago'
Mr Trump also suggested at least one of the doctors treating Mr Biden had previously found the the former US president to be "cognitively fine".
news.sky.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Surprised it took him this long to politicise this news.sky.com/story/donald...
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IDLING MYTH #5 “Leaving the car running is cheaper, as it uses less fuel than switching on and off again.” Wrong! Idling for more than 10 sec actually uses more fuel than switching on and off again. #idling #EnginesOff
May 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
IDLING MYTH #5 “Leaving the car running is cheaper, as it uses less fuel than switching on and off again.” Wrong! Idling for more than 10 sec actually uses more fuel than switching on and off again. #idling #EnginesOff