By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Not just subsidies for the clean energy transition, but also policy shifts in areas that had been deadlocked for a decade, like approvals for balcony solar, which is transforming the continent. 22/ 2622
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Even the UK, one of the oil industry's most reliable vassal states, is now greenlighting balcony solar: www.gov.uk/government/n... This may not sound like much, but the UK is a country whose politics is composed 50% hatred of migrants and trans people, and 50% stupid planning battles. 23/gov.ukGovernment to make 'plug-in solar' available within months'Plug-in' solar panels to be in shops within months, offering households chance to significantly cut energy bills. 213727
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Great Britain is a magical land where your neighbors can ask the government to prevent you from installing double-glazing on the grounds that it will change the "historic character" of their neighborhood of terraced Victorian homes. 24/ 1799
M.B. Drapier @mbdrapier.bsky.social · 24/04/2026You really need to recheck the accuracy of your claim here about the UK in the ~20 years leading up to 2022, and make any necessary correction. 100
