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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Very strangely the 10 trade unions calling on the government not to approve the Rosebank oil field are getting a lot less coverage today than the one trade union calling on the government to green light more fossil fuel projects. www.businessgreen.com/news/4537337...

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'Outright arson': Trade unions urge government to reject Rosebank oil field

Group of 10 trade unions argues approving major new fossil fuel project in wake of record-breaking summer would be anything but 'pragmatic'

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

What does the SNP do to pass the time as it "waits for independence""? One thing it does not do on the evidence post-2014 is think seriously abt independence. Abt why Yes lost in 2014, abt the hard choices, how the world has changed since 2014, & how to speak to the Scotland not convinced.

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Earlier this year, E3G released a big report with the Department of War Studies at Kings College which showed that our dependence on gas is a major national security risk. Cutting heat pumps to fund defence is like not paying for a flu jab so you can buy lemsip. It makes no sense.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

important message and very nicely produced film.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

12c in Angus this morning and still buzzing with life.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

fully support you on this but I think you can make the argument even simpler, and thereby draw in more support: stop attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure and respect the internationally recognised 1967 borders.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This motion affects only the Green Party of England and Wales. Although the Scottish Green Party seems to have been happy to ride Polanski‘s coat tails up until this point.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The thing that gets me about these lurid anti-Zionist statements, like the one the Greens just passed, is that it is *so fucking easy* to criticise the Israeli government without engaging in that type of language.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ah ok. Well deep retrofit of that kind definitely doesn’t pay for itself. Payback is hundreds of years. And you’re still burning fossil fuels so you still have to get a HP. Hp will get better as more appropriate tech emerges for smaller uk homes. I think actual boiler lifecycles is under 15 years.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What do you mean by shell and core? Interesting thought on boiler replacement cycle. At @locohome.bsky.social were aiming for older (pre-1919) and large houses where the savings in absolute terms are big enough to give decent pay back. Also they are the biggest polluters.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

better if you are in rural area (£9k grant) and even better if you are on oil. if you have storage heaters then better to consider a small air to air system for £2-5k to cover most of the heat demand.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

yes I’ve been looking at that a lot. Only pays back within lifespan of heat pump (15y) if you have good performance of say SPF 3.5, use a smart tariff and have a high heat demand equivalent to 20000kwh of gas supply.

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Eric Lesley @ericlesley2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

it isn't just friction-heavy, it relies on you having access to the cash to pay up-front and the be reimbursed. I didn't realise this and had to take out a credit card to pay for my install,

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

quite right - if Scotland were to ditch Home Energy Scotland heat pump grants and instead have DESNZ implement BUS here, + implement Warm Home loans, eg via credit unions, heat pump adoption would accelerate markedly. As was covered by the Herald last year: www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2515...

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The problem with Scotland's heat pump grant scheme and why it's killing the industry

Heat pump installers are losing payments and pulling out of taking on new jobs. And all because of the way Scotland's heat pump grants work

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 29/09/2026

"More than 100 Jewish settlers went on the rampage in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Monday night, torching buildings and cars, stoning Israeli security forces and preventing the return of a Palestinian family displaced by previous settler attacks." www.ft.com/content/4f56...

ft.com

More than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian town

Jewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes please do. Looks like a really interesting installation with Hg mini store under the kitchen counter. (I have one under the stairs)

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’very been quite liking the state pension ratchet up in real terms ahead of my own retirement about 18 years from now. Would not like to learn today, or worse later, that I’ll be more dependent on my own savings.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is really great news. Directly quoting in our little electrification/ retrofit newsletter next week.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a low key tragedy. A broad consensus torched by a handful of ideologues and opportunists who do not even understand what net zero target is and why it was adopted. The reality is temperatures will continue to spiral until we reach net zero or civilisation collapses, whichever comes first.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ed Miliband made a presentation at a private meeting during the UN General Assembly based on the report by the UK’s spy chiefs that found the collapse of natural systems around the world would lead to conflict, migration and food shortages.

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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

EV batteries is not a major issue. A diesel Range Rover weighes almost 4 tonnes. My Kona EV, 1.8.

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Richard Lowes @richardlowes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I, and a team of others across are updating our global heat pump policy toolkit. We would love to know if you think there are any super cool/novel policy and technology examples that we should include in the new version. Please reach out!

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thats me. Come and do cool citizen science relevant to housing standards and the climate change crisis.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

…, City Development Plan, a £40 cheque that the payee hasn’t paid in, finding new volunteers to replace people moving out of the area. Such a broad range of responsibilities on half a dozen volunteers making up Scotlands most local tier of democratic representation.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Topics covered in my Community Council’s meeting this evening: firework control zone, fireworks manufacturing control, paid parking permits, bus regulation, planning consents, late opening licensing consents, letting driveways, fire and rescue community consultation, federation of CCs,

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Haha wow! Yes it’s really diverse and there’s a great park and there are some really nice coffee shops and 2015 era hipster pizza but no 5 worldwide ?!?!

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Have heard similar bsky.app/profile/dang...

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yes! Or you’ve simply drank your own Kool Aid.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is absolute madness Labour - and I’d say what’s left of the centre right - is an existential battle against oligarchy But it hasn’t a clue that it is

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yes I think the Whitehall crowd‘s assumption that all productivity tools lead to economic growth (and good economic growth, not simply concentrating wealth) is looking pretty flimsy with AI. 10% chance it destroys everything as well which is probably net negative on GDP.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is it only my jealousy/desire for schadenfraude that says this is only linked to the AI investment bubble which is about to burst - rather than any actual productivity gains?

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh I do and I didn’t know. Thanks. Will check that out.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My point is that the use of AI needs to be controlled, not only the location of the data centres.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m not a subscriber so can’t read your piece Craig. But hundreds of thousands of Scots are relying on AI to tell them what to have for tea, mke silly cartoons, summarise docs and other banalities. (Not me, mind.) why should the data centres for that be in someone else’s back yard?

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We need white collar Luddism. No idea how that works. campaigning for copyright protection from AI would be a start.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I agree data centres have huge environmental impacts that should be controlled. What is your view on AI use by Scottish citizens And businesses? To be consistent you should also call for a moratorium on the use of ChatGPT, Gemini etc in Scotland otherwise this is simply nimbyism.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tsk, what are cricket fans like these days!?

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

(Been reading about it - in this book the pastime is called ‘PTA’.)

Cover of book ‘games people play’ by Eric Berne.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Go on! that rubbish is so easily deflated. Well done. It’s a kind of pastime that people play to structure time in the absence of something else to talk about. Like ‘what are kids like these days eh?’ Telegraph balls is just grist to the mill.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Isn’t the rise of the far right being turbo charged by the biggest capitalist of all, Elon Musk, and his control of X?

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Apart from the ghastly environmental impact

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

What I struggle with here is whether we should hold off on individual heat pump deployment and wait for heat networks. Probably not but every individual heat pump takes away from the already challenging economics of a network.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Quite right. Climate protestors (ie not balyied up thugs) got 5 years in prison for *planning* to block the M25.

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Chris Carus @chris-carus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The trees along there were cut down this week. Do you know if there are some plans for this area?

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