Liverpool is to convert its 20 hydrogen buses, 10 of which have never been on the road, to battery electric. They were obtained in 2021, and have made only 450 passenger journeys between them. Hydrogen may be the most abundant element in the universe, but not on buses.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Not enough hydrogen' for Liverpool City Region's hydrogen buses - BBC News
The fleet of 20 hydrogen-powered buses - half of which have never operated - will run on batteries.
www.bbc.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Liverpool is to convert its 20 hydrogen buses, 10 of which have never been on the road, to battery electric. They were obtained in 2021, and have made only 450 passenger journeys between them. Hydrogen may be the most abundant element in the universe, but not on buses.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@bbclaurak.bsky.social You caught her out nicely on the numbers - it's the Reform envy playbook.
If someone whose problems include ADHD legitimately receives the appropriate rate of PIP, they could use that money to lease a car from someone other than Motability. Would she be happy with that?
If someone whose problems include ADHD legitimately receives the appropriate rate of PIP, they could use that money to lease a car from someone other than Motability. Would she be happy with that?
December 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
@bbclaurak.bsky.social You caught her out nicely on the numbers - it's the Reform envy playbook.
If someone whose problems include ADHD legitimately receives the appropriate rate of PIP, they could use that money to lease a car from someone other than Motability. Would she be happy with that?
If someone whose problems include ADHD legitimately receives the appropriate rate of PIP, they could use that money to lease a car from someone other than Motability. Would she be happy with that?
@bbclaurak.bsky.social Helen Whately has fallen into the trap. Motability is not the problem. To get a car, someone has to receive the enhanced mobility component of PIP, and that's what needs looking at, if anything. Some ADHD sufferers qualify because they can't safely go out alone.
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
@bbclaurak.bsky.social Helen Whately has fallen into the trap. Motability is not the problem. To get a car, someone has to receive the enhanced mobility component of PIP, and that's what needs looking at, if anything. Some ADHD sufferers qualify because they can't safely go out alone.
I listened to Nigel Farage outlining Reform's plans. It looks as though they will mainly affect four groups:
1) Pensioners
2) Non-pensioners
3) Disabled people
4) Able-bodied people.
1) Pensioners
2) Non-pensioners
3) Disabled people
4) Able-bodied people.
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I listened to Nigel Farage outlining Reform's plans. It looks as though they will mainly affect four groups:
1) Pensioners
2) Non-pensioners
3) Disabled people
4) Able-bodied people.
1) Pensioners
2) Non-pensioners
3) Disabled people
4) Able-bodied people.
Apparently, nuclear energy is old technology and wind power is new. I don't trust the Green party any more, but I didn't realise they still held views on energy production.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Green Party leader criticises Hartlepool new nuclear site plans - BBC News
Zack Polanski says it is old technology and money would be better spent on wind and solar power.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Apparently, nuclear energy is old technology and wind power is new. I don't trust the Green party any more, but I didn't realise they still held views on energy production.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Potentially excellent news. I'll look up the plan, but Wylfa, Oldbury, Dungeness, Hartlepool, Trawfynydd (apologies if I pronounced it wrong), Cottam and others could be earmarked for new nuclear. Which makes sense.
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/gover...
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/gover...
Government names six decommissioning sites being considered for new nuclear | New Civil Engineer
Ambitions for new nuclear developments have soared in recent years, with construction well underway at Hinkley Point C while Sizewell C recently achieving
www.newcivilengineer.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Potentially excellent news. I'll look up the plan, but Wylfa, Oldbury, Dungeness, Hartlepool, Trawfynydd (apologies if I pronounced it wrong), Cottam and others could be earmarked for new nuclear. Which makes sense.
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/gover...
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/gover...
Anyone who thinks £130 million to reinstate the railway between Britol and Portishead is expensive should know that it's about a third of the price of improving a roundabout on the M5.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
M5 upgrade scheme marks 'important step' forward with extra £20m - BBC News
The M5 junction 10 improvement scheme in Gloucestershire will provide full access to the motorway.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Anyone who thinks £130 million to reinstate the railway between Britol and Portishead is expensive should know that it's about a third of the price of improving a roundabout on the M5.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time for heresy. PIP has suffered from mission creep and the idea for reform by the government was right. PIP was introduced because DLA had become too widespread, PIP has followed suit. Not helped by lack of face to face assessment. PIP is essential, but only for the right reasons.
June 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Time for heresy. PIP has suffered from mission creep and the idea for reform by the government was right. PIP was introduced because DLA had become too widespread, PIP has followed suit. Not helped by lack of face to face assessment. PIP is essential, but only for the right reasons.
Why report a perfectly mundane annual event like everyone else when you can ponce it up with the sort of headline that frightens pensioners? Shake up?
For non-GB News folks, pensions will be paid early if payday falls on a bank holiday. Like every year since 1909.
www.gbnews.com/money/state-...
For non-GB News folks, pensions will be paid early if payday falls on a bank holiday. Like every year since 1909.
www.gbnews.com/money/state-...
State pension payment date to change for millions of pensioners next month in shake up by DWP
Benefit claimants are due to receive their payments a little earlier than normal in April
www.gbnews.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Why report a perfectly mundane annual event like everyone else when you can ponce it up with the sort of headline that frightens pensioners? Shake up?
For non-GB News folks, pensions will be paid early if payday falls on a bank holiday. Like every year since 1909.
www.gbnews.com/money/state-...
For non-GB News folks, pensions will be paid early if payday falls on a bank holiday. Like every year since 1909.
www.gbnews.com/money/state-...
Is hydrogen a better bet than batteries for buses?
Short answer: No.
Longer answe:
cleantechnica.com/2025/03/11/t...
Short answer: No.
Longer answe:
cleantechnica.com/2025/03/11/t...
cleantechnica.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Is hydrogen a better bet than batteries for buses?
Short answer: No.
Longer answe:
cleantechnica.com/2025/03/11/t...
Short answer: No.
Longer answe:
cleantechnica.com/2025/03/11/t...
Not before time. This was always a daft idea, highly implausible, and of benefit only to producers and distributors of gas, who will find their business decimated when we go all-electric.
www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/hydro...
www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/hydro...
'Hydrogen will play no role in road transport or the heating of buildings', say influential government advisors
Statutory body tasked with mapping UK’s path to net zero urges officials to formally rule out H2 use in home heating
www.hydrogeninsight.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Not before time. This was always a daft idea, highly implausible, and of benefit only to producers and distributors of gas, who will find their business decimated when we go all-electric.
www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/hydro...
www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/hydro...
Try Airbus, Mr President. They could fit out an A380 with gold taps, hamberder stall, and waterproof bed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm not happy with Boeing, Trump says over Air Force One - BBC News
US president says he is looking for alternatives because Boeing is taking too long to build new planes
www.bbc.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Try Airbus, Mr President. They could fit out an A380 with gold taps, hamberder stall, and waterproof bed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On free speech:
JD Vance: "Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters. There's no room for firewalls. You either uphold the principle or you don't."
Musk: "CBS 60 Minutes staff deserve a long prison sentence"
JD Vance: "Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters. There's no room for firewalls. You either uphold the principle or you don't."
Musk: "CBS 60 Minutes staff deserve a long prison sentence"
February 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
On free speech:
JD Vance: "Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters. There's no room for firewalls. You either uphold the principle or you don't."
Musk: "CBS 60 Minutes staff deserve a long prison sentence"
JD Vance: "Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters. There's no room for firewalls. You either uphold the principle or you don't."
Musk: "CBS 60 Minutes staff deserve a long prison sentence"
Trump: Zelensky has 4% approval rating
Polls: 52% - 58%
Trump: Ukraine needs elections
Ukraine: So Russia can bomb polling stations? No other country has had elections in wartime.
Trump: Ukraine shouldn't have started the war
World (except Russia): WHAT????
Polls: 52% - 58%
Trump: Ukraine needs elections
Ukraine: So Russia can bomb polling stations? No other country has had elections in wartime.
Trump: Ukraine shouldn't have started the war
World (except Russia): WHAT????
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Trump: Zelensky has 4% approval rating
Polls: 52% - 58%
Trump: Ukraine needs elections
Ukraine: So Russia can bomb polling stations? No other country has had elections in wartime.
Trump: Ukraine shouldn't have started the war
World (except Russia): WHAT????
Polls: 52% - 58%
Trump: Ukraine needs elections
Ukraine: So Russia can bomb polling stations? No other country has had elections in wartime.
Trump: Ukraine shouldn't have started the war
World (except Russia): WHAT????
Looking at this, it seems the Solar Association is worried that its members' proposed schemes won't get connected because they aren't needed. As the big field schemes are about money and provide nothing when it's most needed, I agree.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/17/u...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/17/u...
UK grid connection reform plan unveiled, solar association voices concern
Energy regulator Ofgem unveils plans to reform decade-long grid connection queues in Great Britain, but solar trade association Solar Energy UK warns an element of the proposal could result in regiona...
www.pv-magazine.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Looking at this, it seems the Solar Association is worried that its members' proposed schemes won't get connected because they aren't needed. As the big field schemes are about money and provide nothing when it's most needed, I agree.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/17/u...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/17/u...
I think I just heard Trump say Ukraine should never have started the war. Surely I'm wrong?
February 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I think I just heard Trump say Ukraine should never have started the war. Surely I'm wrong?
Happy anniversary to all at Sizewell B!
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2492869...
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2492869...
Sizewell B sees more energy-producing life ahead as it marks its 30th year
Sizewell B nuclear power station near Leiston, Suffolk, reaches its 30th year of operation on February 14 - Valentine's Day.
www.eadt.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Happy anniversary to all at Sizewell B!
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2492869...
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2492869...
I've thought of a name for the proposed assisted dying commissioner.
How about the Death Tsar?
How about the Death Tsar?
February 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I've thought of a name for the proposed assisted dying commissioner.
How about the Death Tsar?
How about the Death Tsar?
After decades of campaigning and planning, the Portishead railway will at last happen
I predict that by the end of the first week, there will be complaints about overcrowding, and stories of the trains arriving at Pill too full for anyone to get on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I predict that by the end of the first week, there will be complaints about overcrowding, and stories of the trains arriving at Pill too full for anyone to get on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ashton Gate rail station planned for Portishead and Bristol Line - BBC News
It will be among a number of new stations in Bristol after funding for a major project was agreed.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
After decades of campaigning and planning, the Portishead railway will at last happen
I predict that by the end of the first week, there will be complaints about overcrowding, and stories of the trains arriving at Pill too full for anyone to get on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I predict that by the end of the first week, there will be complaints about overcrowding, and stories of the trains arriving at Pill too full for anyone to get on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interesting that the three countries with dearer electricity than us have no nuclear power plants, and have high hopes for renewables. More nuclear please @edmilibandmp.bsky.social
BBC News - Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power?
The government has pledged to reduce energy bills by using more renewables, but bills are currently rising.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Interesting that the three countries with dearer electricity than us have no nuclear power plants, and have high hopes for renewables. More nuclear please @edmilibandmp.bsky.social
BBC News - Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The hydrogen bus gamble has failed for one established company.
Hydrogen bus manufacturer Safra placed in receivership after 70 years in business
French company had pivoted towards H2 in recent years — a move that appears to have backfired
www.hydrogeninsight.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The hydrogen bus gamble has failed for one established company.
He may mock, but Hinkley C has given us back the nuclear construction base we let wither on the vine 30 years ago. Let's not repeat the same mistake.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers
Rachel Reeves’ bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
He may mock, but Hinkley C has given us back the nuclear construction base we let wither on the vine 30 years ago. Let's not repeat the same mistake.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I wish the well-connected people well in their campaign. This is wrecking of the countryside purely for profit. An acre of farmland needed for power for 50 houses, doesn't work at night, and we can fly the food in instead. Rooftops first, @edmilliband.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Well-connected people trying to stop solar park being built' - BBC News
Plans for 2,000 acres of solar panels are dividing Cotswold villagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I wish the well-connected people well in their campaign. This is wrecking of the countryside purely for profit. An acre of farmland needed for power for 50 houses, doesn't work at night, and we can fly the food in instead. Rooftops first, @edmilliband.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm baffled, @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social. This one usually comes out in August.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tidal lagoon in Bristol Channel could bring 120 years of clean energy - BBC News
The lagoon would cost £10bn and would run from Minehead to Watchet under plans being proposed by an MP.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I'm baffled, @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social. This one usually comes out in August.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I thought this was serious until I saw the bit about green hydrogen. Drax should close, but H2 is the wrong replacement, will never work economically, and will be a distraction.
January 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I thought this was serious until I saw the bit about green hydrogen. Drax should close, but H2 is the wrong replacement, will never work economically, and will be a distraction.