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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 8h

My latest, rather controversial blog, is on whether the UK Government should permit the new Jackdaw gas field to open or not. What do you think? www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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Jackdaw Gas Field

Will the proposed Jackdaw gas field damage the climate, or is it necessary for the UK's energy security? Many of my regular readers may be surprised...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The recent wildfires in the Cairngorms National Park have reignited an argument about how our land should be managed. I attempt to provide a reasoned balance between those who claim that rewilding can reduce the risk of fires and those with the opposite view. www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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Wildfire Wars

The recent wildfires in the Cairngorms National Park have reignited an argument about how our land should be managed - traditional land management...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

New 'green' bridge near Scone, Perthshire. I guess deer and squirrels can cross it safely.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Should you buy plug in solar panels? Read my short blog. share.google/2NtzsAJ3zwFO...

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BLOGS

A common sense guide to rescue our planet

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I am giving a talk on How to Cut your Carbon Footprint next Wed. 6th May 7.30pm at the Burgh Chambers, Dunblane. Please come along, free. #Dunblane #Stirling www.facebook.com/share/p/1CYH...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Oh dear, the ramp may be electric but the flight isn't! Every little step helps only a little.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The complex landscape of international economic and climate policy is critical to the future of UK manufacturing, jobs, and global carbon emissions. www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl... #Grangemouth

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Manufacturing Emissions

This article examines the complex landscape of international economic and climate policy, focusing on emissions trading schemes and carbon border...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

How many of us understand our electricity bills? Why is electricity more expensive than gas? How can we reform our bills? My latest blog reveals all. www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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Domestic Electricity Costs

How many of us understand our electricity bills? Why is electricity more expensive than gas? How can we reform our bills? My latest blog reveals...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Who has the most power and influence to prevent climate change? In this blog I argue that systemic change is required to reduce our global human climate impact. www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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How to Change the World

Who has the most power and influence to prevent climate change? In this blog I argue that systemic change is required to reduce our global human...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

How to spend £10,000? My latest blog. Let’s say you are lucky enough to have won £10,000, or inherited it, or saved for it. What are the carbon emission associated with spending that money? What’s the best thing you could do for the Planet? www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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How to spend £10,000

What is the impact of spending £10,000? What’s the best environmental option?

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Oh dear, 16 degrees centigrade yesterday in Stirling, the warmest November day in decades. Global warming is creeping up on us and on nature.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Sustainable Sicily? Volcanoes, drought, renewable energy, invasive species and emissions from flying.........read my latest blog. www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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Sustainable Sicily?

Following a recent holiday, I have penned my observations on environmental issues and progress (or lack of) in Sicily. It is always interesting to...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Communal lunch hall (with candles and flowers) along with 2500 attendees at the largest gathering of district heat professionals in the world, Odense, Denmark. The Danes are diversifying their heat sources, including a 70 MW water sourced heat pump used when electricity prices are low.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Massive 5MW air source heat pump in Denmark, with water preheated by solar panels. Makes the system more efficient for large scale district heating.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It's always heartening to see that people will cycle with the right infrastructure and support. Copenhagen has similar weather to the UK.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Why do reedlings ( also known as bearded tits) look so sad? #errol #ornithology

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

My first sighting of the glorious bearded tits, or reedlings, near the River Tay.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Amazing footage of boulders ejected from Stromboli volcano, rolling down 800m of scree and crashing into the sea. #Stromboli #volcanoes #sicily #italy

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

One for the geographers! Stromboli, Italy. Apparently, humans emit 50x more CO2 than volcanoes.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

My latest blog is on fossil fuel subsidies? What are they? Why can't we simply abolish them? And please note that I have an improved secure website - you can now search all my climate blogs by keyword or category. www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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Fossil Fuel Subsidies

What is an energy subsidy? Why can’t we simply abolish them? What affect do they have?

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It's wasp season at our compost heep. All part of the natural process.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Solar power is cheap and clean. Solar pv is the fastest growing energy source on the Planet and will soon become ubiquitous. In this blog I explain why. www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl... #solar #pv

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The Future is Bright

Solar power is cheap and clean. Solar pv is the fastest growing energy source on the Planet and will soon become ubiquitous. In this blog I...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

New 'green bridge' over M8 motorway connecting Sighthill to Glasgow city centre.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

UK's largest wind farm at Whitelee,near Glasgow. Count the turbines! 500 MW, 215 turbines.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Wasps do have a use. Pollinating my raspberries.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Here are my top 12 favourite Climate Quotes. Do you know any better ones? www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Visited #Whitelee today. 215 turbines, the largest onshore windfarm in UK. Impressive scale, but these turbines are 'small' by today's more powerful standards. New battery storage too. Innovation in action.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Electric car club, Edinburgh. Are car share clubs working? How can we encourage them?

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Handa Island is full of moorland and seabirds (sorry, no zoom camera). Guillemot, puffin, razorbill, wheatear... Well done Scottish Wildlife Trust for eradicating egg eating rats.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Crawled into a sea cave near remote Lochinver and it was full of disgusting plastic rubbish, from boats I guess.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Good efforts by The Assynt Foundation to plant native trees on the walk in to Suilven.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Scotland: Beautiful, but ecologically degraded? Is this an accurate description of Scotland? Are we really one of the most ecologically degraded countries in the world? Does rewilding offer hope? www.carbonchoices.uk/index.php/bl...

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Scotland: Beautiful, but ecologically degraded?

Is this an accurate description of Scotland? Are we really one of the most ecologically degraded countries in the world? Does rewilding offer...

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Newt at Flanders Moss raised bog. But lots of birch trees colonising naturally. Will they destroy this wetland? #flandersmoss #naturescot

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Fraochaidh, Glencoe, Scotland. Beautiful, but this small loch has dried up and not one snow patch to be seen - this must be the least snowy winter on record.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

It is great to see this technology continuing yo improve.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Melted plastic treeguards following heath wildfires at Glen Rosa, Arran. New shoots already coming through.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Fantastic geological dyke on Arran, looking to Ailsa Craig.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Bike stand and electric bike charger. Arran, Scotland.

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Who knew daisies had medicinal uses?

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Neil Kitching @carbonchoicesuk.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I enjoyed a talk at Dunblane ecofest by The Missing Lynx project. Lynx used to live in the UK. They would reduce roe deer numbers and help forests to thrive. #Lynx @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social

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