Robin Curtis
@planetkooler.bsky.social
Long term energy player. In more recent decades in deep geothermal and ground source heat pumps - throughout UK. Decarbonisation - mainly of heat. Responsible for: https://planetcooler.pythonanywhere.com/static/CO2Reg0.html. Personal linterest in #LongCovi
Should have left reactors running for longer.....
Germany Losing Time to Replace Coal as Berlin Scraps Gas Plan - Bloomberg
Germany Losing Time to Replace Coal as Berlin Scraps Gas Plan
Germany looks likely to fall behind in its push to phase out coal power plants by 2030 after a plan to expand gas-fired alternatives was canceled.
buff.ly
December 14, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Should have left reactors running for longer.....
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Many pw #LongCovid think they are not afflicted like #pwME when in so many ways they are. Both suffer from myriad disabling symptoms doctors have no idea how to treat. Both resort to self medicating to reduce unbearably disabling symptoms, risking long term health simply to manage immediate demands.
🔧DIY medicine can lead to side effects and interactions with other medications, and the quality of the drugs cannot always be assured.
But, for many people, enduring the symptoms of #LongCovid felt riskier than taking an unprescribed medication.
But, for many people, enduring the symptoms of #LongCovid felt riskier than taking an unprescribed medication.
December 14, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Many pw #LongCovid think they are not afflicted like #pwME when in so many ways they are. Both suffer from myriad disabling symptoms doctors have no idea how to treat. Both resort to self medicating to reduce unbearably disabling symptoms, risking long term health simply to manage immediate demands.
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I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
December 14, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
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Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 14, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Methane concentration in the atmosphere is rising, contributing to worsening climate change.
Satellite observations by MethaneSAT now show that emissions from US and Caspian oil & gas extraction are much higher than previously estimated.
Satellite observations by MethaneSAT now show that emissions from US and Caspian oil & gas extraction are much higher than previously estimated.
December 14, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Methane concentration in the atmosphere is rising, contributing to worsening climate change.
Satellite observations by MethaneSAT now show that emissions from US and Caspian oil & gas extraction are much higher than previously estimated.
Satellite observations by MethaneSAT now show that emissions from US and Caspian oil & gas extraction are much higher than previously estimated.
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UK manufacturing accounts for £518bn; 23% of GDP; 7.3m jobs. £1m of manufacturing activity has £1.8m multiplier effect.
Finance industry contributed £208.2bn; 8.8% of GDP; 1.17m jobs; speculation has zero multiplier effect.
But Govt wants bigger finance industry
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
Finance industry contributed £208.2bn; 8.8% of GDP; 1.17m jobs; speculation has zero multiplier effect.
But Govt wants bigger finance industry
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry
Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.
leftfootforward.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:13 PM
UK manufacturing accounts for £518bn; 23% of GDP; 7.3m jobs. £1m of manufacturing activity has £1.8m multiplier effect.
Finance industry contributed £208.2bn; 8.8% of GDP; 1.17m jobs; speculation has zero multiplier effect.
But Govt wants bigger finance industry
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
Finance industry contributed £208.2bn; 8.8% of GDP; 1.17m jobs; speculation has zero multiplier effect.
But Govt wants bigger finance industry
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...
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UK regulator says Tory/Labour deregulation of the finance industry will attract more criminals & scandals.
Regulators can't protect people & promote growth of the industry.
Next time there won't be enough money for bailouts, finance has hits claws everywhere.
Why play with fire?
archive.ph/yTnj5
Regulators can't protect people & promote growth of the industry.
Next time there won't be enough money for bailouts, finance has hits claws everywhere.
Why play with fire?
archive.ph/yTnj5
Reeves warned ‘things will go wrong’ as she plots Square Mile shake-up
City watchdog the FCA tells the Chancellor her push for growth risks more scandals
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 7:18 PM
UK regulator says Tory/Labour deregulation of the finance industry will attract more criminals & scandals.
Regulators can't protect people & promote growth of the industry.
Next time there won't be enough money for bailouts, finance has hits claws everywhere.
Why play with fire?
archive.ph/yTnj5
Regulators can't protect people & promote growth of the industry.
Next time there won't be enough money for bailouts, finance has hits claws everywhere.
Why play with fire?
archive.ph/yTnj5
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just seen this informative piece by @wendyg.bsky.social in @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social on my resignation from @royalsociety.org . Digs into history of RS .
One small correction: Musk is FRS rather than foreign member (confusing, but to do with being SAfrican)
ow.ly/wzo650UnbZA
One small correction: Musk is FRS rather than foreign member (confusing, but to do with being SAfrican)
ow.ly/wzo650UnbZA
Resignation at the Royal Society | Skeptical Inquirer
The outward spread of American divisions over science and fact has reached Britain in the form of dissent within Britain's preeminent scientific organi ...
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December 14, 2024 at 6:31 AM
just seen this informative piece by @wendyg.bsky.social in @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social on my resignation from @royalsociety.org . Digs into history of RS .
One small correction: Musk is FRS rather than foreign member (confusing, but to do with being SAfrican)
ow.ly/wzo650UnbZA
One small correction: Musk is FRS rather than foreign member (confusing, but to do with being SAfrican)
ow.ly/wzo650UnbZA
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Emerging research indicates ChatGPT and OpenAI language models consume huge amounts of energy and water - a cause for environmental concern?
The Hidden Environmental Costs of Chat GPTs: A Conversation with Bing Copilot - Bylines Scotland
Emerging research indicates ChatGPT and OpenAI language models consume huge amounts of energy and water - a cause for environmental concern?
bylines.scot
December 13, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Emerging research indicates ChatGPT and OpenAI language models consume huge amounts of energy and water - a cause for environmental concern?
Surprise !
December 14, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Surprise !
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Huge thanks to everyone who’s chipped in to make LBD interventions happen this year. We’re 100% funded by small donations & refuse big donors to protect us from becoming reliant on any individual source. Wanna help? Link in bio👆
December 14, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Huge thanks to everyone who’s chipped in to make LBD interventions happen this year. We’re 100% funded by small donations & refuse big donors to protect us from becoming reliant on any individual source. Wanna help? Link in bio👆
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Terrible Govt decision. Many of us tried to stop these repressive measures being passed in the Lords, but @uklabour.bsky.social let the laws go through unopposed. We should have known then that they might use them.
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With reports this week having found that Britain is THREE TIMES more likely to arrest climate activists than other countries everyone should watch this shocking film👇
The court’s decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s case is due in the New Year
The court’s decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s case is due in the New Year
🚨Our parliamentary democracy exists to make sure a government can’t just do whatever it wants. That must be respected - and that includes THIS GOVERNMENT
Liberty will be back in court NEXT WEEK to #DefendDemocracy.
This is why I shall be standing with them👇
youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...
Liberty will be back in court NEXT WEEK to #DefendDemocracy.
This is why I shall be standing with them👇
youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...
December 14, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Terrible Govt decision. Many of us tried to stop these repressive measures being passed in the Lords, but @uklabour.bsky.social let the laws go through unopposed. We should have known then that they might use them.
😠
😠
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Both OpenAI and Google are releasing unfinished products (Notebook, Sora being the latest) and expecting the market to find a use. As I said on R4 PM, no one asked for these things - so seems reasonable they should be highly taxed esp as the public are working for free to finish development for them
I increasingly think that tech companies, specifically, should be subject to a punitive carbon tax. If you want to build inaccurate plagiarism machines, fine, but you should be strongly discouraged from warming the planet as a result. No one *needs* this extra fossil fuel use
December 12, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Both OpenAI and Google are releasing unfinished products (Notebook, Sora being the latest) and expecting the market to find a use. As I said on R4 PM, no one asked for these things - so seems reasonable they should be highly taxed esp as the public are working for free to finish development for them
Not good....
Arctic Tundra Goes From Carbon Sink to Carbon Source for the First Time in Millennia: NOAA Report
⬇️https://www.ecowatch.com/arctic-tundra-carbon-dioxide-source.html
⬇️https://www.ecowatch.com/arctic-tundra-carbon-dioxide-source.html
December 14, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Not good....
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Deep dive: How the UK plans to reach clean power by 2030
With my colleague Molly I've dug deep into the govt's 136-page action plan for decarbonising the grid by 2030
If achieved, it'd see offshore wind become backbone of power sector – in just 6yrs
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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With my colleague Molly I've dug deep into the govt's 136-page action plan for decarbonising the grid by 2030
If achieved, it'd see offshore wind become backbone of power sector – in just 6yrs
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/2
December 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Deep dive: How the UK plans to reach clean power by 2030
With my colleague Molly I've dug deep into the govt's 136-page action plan for decarbonising the grid by 2030
If achieved, it'd see offshore wind become backbone of power sector – in just 6yrs
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/2
With my colleague Molly I've dug deep into the govt's 136-page action plan for decarbonising the grid by 2030
If achieved, it'd see offshore wind become backbone of power sector – in just 6yrs
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/2
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“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world.
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Land barons reap the rewards of new agrarian populism
Farmers' protests at the budget's IHT proposals raise many questions
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 8:09 AM
“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world.
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”
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England’s privatised water system is a mess
As @premnsikka.bsky.social says ‘until the government deals with the root problems - companies paying billions in dividends while customers' bills skyrocket and our rivers are polluted - nothing will change," the Labour peer told Democracy for Sale.
As @premnsikka.bsky.social says ‘until the government deals with the root problems - companies paying billions in dividends while customers' bills skyrocket and our rivers are polluted - nothing will change," the Labour peer told Democracy for Sale.
December 14, 2024 at 8:52 AM
England’s privatised water system is a mess
As @premnsikka.bsky.social says ‘until the government deals with the root problems - companies paying billions in dividends while customers' bills skyrocket and our rivers are polluted - nothing will change," the Labour peer told Democracy for Sale.
As @premnsikka.bsky.social says ‘until the government deals with the root problems - companies paying billions in dividends while customers' bills skyrocket and our rivers are polluted - nothing will change," the Labour peer told Democracy for Sale.
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We have always relied on the oil and gas industry to self-report methane emissions. Now we have independent ways to of measuring those emissions and it turns out they were lying about the emissions. By a lot. The blue lines are actual measurements. The pink are industry numbers.
December 12, 2024 at 1:46 PM
We have always relied on the oil and gas industry to self-report methane emissions. Now we have independent ways to of measuring those emissions and it turns out they were lying about the emissions. By a lot. The blue lines are actual measurements. The pink are industry numbers.
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Physics: you have to use 10 - 20% of the electricity output of a gas turbine to separate and sequester the CO2. Meaning you have to buy and burn lots more gas. Alternatively, you could use a zero-carbon fuel source & avoid the whole back end...
December 12, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Physics: you have to use 10 - 20% of the electricity output of a gas turbine to separate and sequester the CO2. Meaning you have to buy and burn lots more gas. Alternatively, you could use a zero-carbon fuel source & avoid the whole back end...
Sednaya ? Who knew ? How many other countries have similar ? @amnesty.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Sednaya ? Who knew ? How many other countries have similar ? @amnesty.org
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Environmentalism is the most popular political philosophy in Britain
Politicians may wish to remember this before they next attack bats / newts / net zero etc
bsky.app/profile/youg...
Politicians may wish to remember this before they next attack bats / newts / net zero etc
bsky.app/profile/youg...
Which ideologies do Britons have a favourable view of?
Environmentalism: 64% favourable
Feminism: 56%
Liberalism: 41%
Socialism: 38%
Conservatism: 32%
Capitalism: 30%
Nationalism: 29%
Libertarianism: 24%
Populism: 13%
Communism: 10%
Anarchism: 8%
Fascism: 2%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Environmentalism: 64% favourable
Feminism: 56%
Liberalism: 41%
Socialism: 38%
Conservatism: 32%
Capitalism: 30%
Nationalism: 29%
Libertarianism: 24%
Populism: 13%
Communism: 10%
Anarchism: 8%
Fascism: 2%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 11, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Environmentalism is the most popular political philosophy in Britain
Politicians may wish to remember this before they next attack bats / newts / net zero etc
bsky.app/profile/youg...
Politicians may wish to remember this before they next attack bats / newts / net zero etc
bsky.app/profile/youg...
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Lord Woodley’s Bill to end the cruel & monumental injustice of the #IPPscandal has passed its 2nd Reading. The question now is will the Prime Minister do the right thing & give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage?
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
If passed Lord Woodley’s Bill will end one of the most shocking & monumental injustices of the past half century - the #IPPscandal & head off the medium-term prison capacity crisis at the same time.
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
🚨 No one should spend 12 yrs in jail for stealing a mobile phone! It’s unthinkable! #IPPscandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Lord Woodley’s Bill to end the cruel & monumental injustice of the #IPPscandal has passed its 2nd Reading. The question now is will the Prime Minister do the right thing & give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage?
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
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“33 years is a long time to be on the planet, but still there are big issues needing to be sorted.” 📰
Lord John Bird, founder of Big Issue, reflects on how much is still left to do 33 years after the publication's beginnings.
https://buff.ly/3VxPcfa
Lord John Bird, founder of Big Issue, reflects on how much is still left to do 33 years after the publication's beginnings.
https://buff.ly/3VxPcfa
December 11, 2024 at 11:13 AM
“33 years is a long time to be on the planet, but still there are big issues needing to be sorted.” 📰
Lord John Bird, founder of Big Issue, reflects on how much is still left to do 33 years after the publication's beginnings.
https://buff.ly/3VxPcfa
Lord John Bird, founder of Big Issue, reflects on how much is still left to do 33 years after the publication's beginnings.
https://buff.ly/3VxPcfa