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eco Nick

@econick.bsky.social
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Home energy efficiency retrofit consultant at www.owensinsight.com. AECB member. Fan of PHPP. Trying to decarbonise Sussex in small bites. Slow hill walker.

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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brits pay attention! We can do this too!
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Alastair Harper @alastairharper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thomas Edison in 1910. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves on this net zero business, lads
Someday some fellow will invent a way of concentrating and storing sunshine to use instead of this old, absurd Prometheus scheme of fire.
I'll do the trick myself if someone doesn't get at it....
This scheme of combustion in order to get power makes me sick to think of—it is so wasteful.... We should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy. Do we use them? Oh no; we burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel.
We live like squatters, not as if we owned the property. There must surely come a time when heat and power will be stored in unlimited quantities in every community, all gathered by natural forces. Electricity ought to be as cheap as oxygen, for it cannot be destroyed.
Now, I am not sure but that my new storage battery is the thing. 167
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was asked "What do other countries do about big money in politics?" Canada is a useful case study as their parliamentary system closely mirrors the UK's (for obvious reasons) - except they've totally clamped down on mega-donations.
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social please read, understand and act correctly on this, to avoid being duped and fooled by the oil and gas producers and condemning us all to between 2 and 4 degrees of global heating and consequent destruction.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As I board the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, I’m reminded yet again of three things about the EU: 1) You don’t sacrifice any of your national identity or culture by being part of the EU. Estonia remains Estonia. Finland remains Finland 2) Schengen is great. 3) Brexit was and is shit.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/08/2026
Is it "pragmatic" to approve new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea that could cost between £119 billion to £336 billion in climate damage? Sounds more like climate and economic vandalism.
A graphic that reads "the real cost of Rosebank & Jackdaw" with two piles of money one stacked higher than the other with the higher one labelled "£119 BN to £336 BN climate damage" and the smaller one labelled "£28.7 billion value" with the green party logo and imprint at the bottom
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
HG Wells is alleged to have remarked "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”. You could see this shocking chart as an index of civilisation. A country which gets this issue so badly wrong is likely to fail in many other ways.
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A brilliant project in most respects. Architects following on should however note: - some of the units are flats, and the narrow building separation at 22m means some GF flats get NO direct sunlight in winter; - MVHR intakes above doorways mean some flats suck in cigarette smoke from neighbours.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 17/08/2026
"Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?" Of course they won’t - Lib Dems with >70 MPs barely get a mention www.thenational.scot/news/2646829...
thenational.scot
Former BBC News director slams broadcaster's 'bizarre' Reform coverage
A FORMER BBC News director has criticised the broadcaster's coverage of Reform UK's latest welfare plans branding it "bizarre".
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Anyone know how I can access the underlying dataset of a specific home’s energy performance certificate? I am a retrofit coordinator and domestic energy assessor
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 13/08/2026
When they are not busy paying themselves huge bonuses, Thames Water's bosses are trying to convince the public it would be unaffordable to take them into public ownership Of course the experts completely disagree Demand Andy Burnham nationalise Thames Water: vist.ly/5encg
Quote from water expert Dieter Helm that says ""The government could even make a net profit through nationalisation of Thames Water since the bills should, exceed the costs of the business activities over time and gilts are cheaper than commercial loans."
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“As the prime minister tours every region of the UK, it will be hard to miss the impacts of this extraordinary summer: wildfires, drought, parched farmland & people struggling to work in extreme heat" - Emma Howard Boyd Now Burnham must act on the climate crisis www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘Real struggle’ to tame New Forest blaze as UK set for hottest summer on record
Key tourist route closed and residents rallying round as battle against wildfire expected to go on for several days
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today I, and other UK climate scientists, sent an open letter to the Energy Secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, asking her to take serious note of the science when making a decision about the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil fields @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"The reality, however, is far from this. Expanding aviation capacity is fundamentally incompatible with the UK’s climate obligations under the UNFCCC" - Prof. Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social #ChoosingToFail #PlanetOnFire 🔥
climateuncensored.com
Gatwick Expansion: A Direct Assault on Climate Commitments - Climate Uncensored
Comment on UK Government announcement of Gatwick Airport expansion by Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr. Lois Pennington, of Tyndall Centre, University of
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Exxon is annoyed EU is insisting on some kind of CO2 capture Makes most sense if you think oil company advocacy for CCS is more about pretending to politicians they have an answer for climate change, rather than their actual willingness to do anything about it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Certainly England post 2008 feels Malthusian; but does this paper offer insights into the gas/oil to renewables transition now occurring?
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/08/2026
The science is crystal clear - there can be no new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Andy Burnham must stop Rosebank, stop Jackdaw and make polluters pay for the destruction they are causing.
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A rather Faragesque image methinks.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The arguments trotted out against leaving fossil fuels in the ground are strikingly similar to the arguments trotted out against ending the slave trade, 230 years ago. 1. If we stop trading slaves / extracting fossil fuels, Britain’s economy will collapse 🧵
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’m feeling light-headed. A favourable great British Energy article in the Telegraph. The worm has turned! apple.news/AMZXTu01EQEy...
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Opinion: Britain will soon be Europe’s energy powerhouse — The Telegraph
The UK’s winning mix of nuclear, oil, wind and solar should please both sides of the culture war
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Fossil fuel industries get an estimated 7 trillion in subsidies. We are paying for our own mass death and destruction.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Govt planning c. 100 new data centres by early 2030s, mostly in already water stressed areas. They have no legal obligation to disclose how much water they use. Meanwhile Govt launches £75m publicity campaign to urge us to reduce water use & privatised water companies waste 19% thro leaks. Madness
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James Jefferies @jamesjefferies.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026
Is there a housing estate agency or one which has “future proofing” filters - ie it will only show houses with heat pumps, dbl/triple glazing, air cooled, air conditioned, passivhaus etc - essentially, I’d like a house suitable to live in for the next 20 years 😆
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Mike Dailly ™ @mdf200.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
FromFB: BOOM! There you go! Now make them pay for every drop of water at consumer rates, and prove they are sustainable and won't use every drop available... then we can talk. 😼
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This week's column explains how successive Environment Secretaries in the UK have been actively facilitating ecocide on behalf of industrial lobbyists. Charged with protecting the living world, one after another has been working for the enemy. This has to change.🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot
Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
57% of UK voters said they felt the Labour government has not been doing enough to protect nature & climate The same proportion thought Starmer had performed badly on nature www.businessgreen.com/news/4533134...
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Poll: Most voters want Andy Burnham to accelerate UK climate and nature action
More in Common polling highlights deep public concern about climate impacts and nature loss, with more than half feeling Labour's efforts to date have not been ambitious enough
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Air cooling with an MVHR: Anyone with experience of retrofitting a Zehnder ComfoClime 24 onto a ComfoAir Q350? Does condensation form on the supply ducts? Can it be managed? Do ALL the supply ducts need to be insulated?
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“It argues that news coverage of the heatwave increasingly overlooks the fundamental ‘why'”. pressgazette.co.uk/news/climate...
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Climate scientists say news coverage ignores cause of UK heatwave
Connection between greenhouse emissions and extreme heat in UK 'indisputable'.
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GeorgeAtomic⚛️RadioActive☢️ @georgeatomic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If the whole planet went to complete solar & wind energy we could stop global warming in 5 years. 5 years,folks. The oil & gas industry would be relegated to machinery only.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Defra breached law, with Tory govt was in office, when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says. This is one outcome of capture of the state by corporations, and secrecy. Govts pursue economic growth, not resilience, at almost any cost.
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Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says
Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I feel pump envy coming on…
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
What are British cities like Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, York, London, Glasgow, …. Doing about this? Great job creation opportunity. Anyone in UK government know?
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Did I see that Passivhaus is deemed to meet the Future Homes Standard (suggesting that it is better than FHS)? We have lots of straw, now there’s the opportunity!
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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
passivhaus does this without fancy gadgets while resulting in buildings that are far more comfortable, and better protected from air and noise pollution... oh and they use far less energy as well. bonus. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/s...
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Buildings May Soon Have ‘Immune Systems’ That Fight Airborne Disease
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's a massive failure for security, climate & the long term health of UK vehicle manufacturing industry It also tells every industry from chemicals to social media platforms that if you don't want to comply with regulations, just invest in lobbying to water them down cos this govt will cave ENDS
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Hey Passivhaus experts, should I try and achieve EnerPHit? Currently airtightness 1.77 ach-1, heat demand 26kWh/m2 @21C, air leaks from roof OSB (remove wood fibre, paint airtight from inside, reinstall ?), garage door (make gge airtight instead), Internorm front door. What is the benefit?
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Quelle surprise: my comment on the Govt's latest climate commitment (www.gov.uk/government/n... is out of step, at least publicly, with many colleagues: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... With expert whitewash on one side & charlatans on the other, an honest climate debate stands no chance.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Just finished Any Questions, up against Richard Tice. I knew there would be plenty of BS on climate, but he spouted rubbish on *every* subject. Even claimed that the EU is not our biggest trading partner, but the US. In fact, we have 3x more trade with the EU. He believes whatever he wants to.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Examples of striking Dutch bike-lane and urban biking infrastructure via Modacity Life.
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“We object to working on Palantir's FDP – it is not & never was, the right choice for the Health Service. NHS must not renew Palantir's contract & we will fight internally to make that happen”… “There is a better way & we are willing to build it ourselves” 👏👏👏 www.opendemocracy.net/nhs-england-...
opendemocracy.net
We’re NHS analysts organising together against Palantir. Here’s why
As NHS data workers, we see Federated Data Platform’s flaws up close. That’s why we’ve launched an open letter to fight it
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now.
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
How to change this debate. " Being outside the EU costs every UK household an average of £8,300 every year. But being inside again would only cost each UK household £38 every year. Do you still think we should stay out? "
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eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The implication for UK is that when we get gas setting UK electricity prices only 50% of the time, we will have elec prices similar to Spain. What not to like?
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
In Wigan, Reform won 96% of seats on 46% of the votes. In Westminster, the Conservatives won a majority on 35%, while @greenparty.org.uk won 18% of the votes without gaining a single seat. We can’t let this happen in 2029 The time to change the voting system is *now* @makevotesmatter.bsky.social
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