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Richard Miller

@miller-klein.bsky.social
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Professional scientist and consultant focusing on innovation strategy and practice, resource efficiency and the circular economy, low-carbon and sustainable innovation in energy, construction and chemicals. Main hobby - astronomy. miller-klein.com

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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A short film about Rustenburgstraat project in Eindhoven 🇳🇱 89 social housing homes built with biobased materials including EcoCocon straw panels
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🌾🏡 Biobased Proeverij Seizoen 1 | Aflevering 2: Huizen van stro
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/10/2026
The idea that rejoining the EU would take the UK a decade is a myth. Finland went from application to full membership in less time than it took us to negotiate and sign a trade deal with India. bestforbritain.org/uk-rejoin-eu-sin…
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UK could rejoin EU within a single Parliament, experts confirm - Best for Britain
The UK could rejoin the European Union (EU) within a single Parliament, and complete negotiations in less time than it t
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ridiculous person Ridiculous party Ridiculous people Watch
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When I say the politics will become increasingly obvious... I mean look at this. If you want to unite the left/centre and split the Tories, without a big spending committment there's no better option.
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Richard Miller @miller-klein.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thanks for the overview. Very interesting. We installed domestic PV and battery about 3 years ago in cloudy UK, and it is the battery that makes it work year round. Using the battery to shift demand into the low tariff night hours when PV not available.
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Time for 2026 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread, now with storage. If you like these, you might like edition 2 of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website til end of Nov 2026. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In the least surprising news of the century, vast majority of racist flag shaggers who go about brandishing crosses and saying that we're a Christian country... don't pray, or go to church or read the Bible www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Looking forward to seeing the "Strawbrick eco 1:1 demonstrator" at IBA27 in Stuttgart. #strawbuiling #strawhouse Half the construction industry wants to get climate neutral with straw, whether as an aggregate, bioenergy or as biochar. What if everything were simply made from straw?
Demo wall mockup of highly compressed interlocking straw bricks with partial plaster. Foto Luca Mann
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When I was university one of the past paper economics questions was “Should Wikipedia be taxed or subsidised?” The argument for tax being that it was unreliable / misleading. No way you’d get that question today, when Wikipedia is one of the more obvious sources you check to verify AI stuff
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Excellent article in El Pais on the impact of Hormuz on electrification this morning. I told them “Electric cars and heat pumps are between three and four times more efficient [than their fossil equivalents]” archive.is/VfFsl
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Richard Miller @miller-klein.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The great thing about any musical instrument, ancient or modern, is that it has particular qualities that you can use creatively for almost any type of music. For example, the hurdy-gurdy - youtu.be/LqHeOcItSkQ?...
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10 Iconic Guitar Riffs Played On The Hurdy Gurdy PART 1 (10k SUBSCRIBERS + WIN HELVETION MERCH!)
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Steve Fawkes @drstevefawkes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Back in my archive & found this cartoon which I obviously painstakingly copied from I think a @newscientist.com cartoon c1978
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In some ways this is even more enraging than the original error. It wasn’t a printing error and previously the Tories’ justification for ditching clean power targets was it would supposedly cut the cost of electricity and support the roll out of the very EVs and heat pumps they’re now sneering at.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Richsrd North, once a mainstrean Eurosceptic, wants to ban the newly elected Holborn MP and Kemi Badenoch (along with Zia Yusuf & Suella Braverman & deputy speaker Nus Ghani Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg from elected office). He would want two British-born parents to be the test of eligibility!
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Looks like solar and batteries are working to replace diesel around the world and it's a very good thing. "In June, Nova Sociedade installed solar panels to power water pumps that fill storage tanks and provide clean water to all 36 families in the village." A good read.
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Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought
Off-grid solar power is spreading across Brazil’s Amazon, helping remote communities prepare for severe drought while replacing costly, polluting diesel generators.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you’re reading today’s papers and thinking, did I watch a different Badenoch speech, may I recommend our sanity-restoring review? “The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”
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Robin Herman @argusdreamer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🌊💨♨️☀️
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sensational. Can’t believe it dropped just after I filed a column about her epic ridiculousness, though.
Kemi Badenoch describes herself as captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 06/10/2026
I knew gas cooking released pollutants that increase risks of cardiovascular diseases and cancers, but this was new to me: In a new study, 68% of gas-fired commercial kitchens exposed cooks to unsafe temperatures >90 °F, and 53% to temps >100 °F. All electric kitchens studied stayed at safe temps.
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Combustion-derived air pollution and heat from gas-fired appliances in commercial kitchens can exceed health-based guidelines
Combustion-derived air pollution and heat from gas-fired appliances in commercial kitchens can exceed health-based guidelines, Kashtan, Yannai S, Lebel, Eric D, Lucha, Nicole, Finnegan, Colin, Huang, Gan, Sparks, Tamara L, Shankute, Abenezer, Saporito, Antonio F, Galarza, Christopher A, Jackson, Robert B, Shonkoff, Seth B C, Michanowicz, Drew R
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Richard Miller @miller-klein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Long but extremely useful thread on the potential for an extremely wet winter in California driven by a record El Nino event. Could be a very difficult season.
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Dan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Today the high court has said what we have always known: we cannot dig up coal, ship it overseas, watch it drive climate change, and then pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us and won’t be felt by us“ (A breakthrough) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmine
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.
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50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 06/10/2026
This year's El Niño continues its climb into uncharted waters; Niño3.4 region anomalies are now at a 3.4C above normal (how fitting!), higher than any prior El Niño event on record. September monthly Niño3.4 anomalies also set a record at 2.9C (beating 2015 and 1877's 2.75C).
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
❓Want to know what the options are for the UK's future relationship with the EU?❓ Have a look at our 'UKICE staircase' which sets them out: ukandeu.ac.uk/introducing-... And find more detail in our recent report: 'Ten years on: What next for UK-EU relations?' media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
A graphic showing seven different options for the UK's EU relationship: TCA minus, the TCA, TCA plus, Customs union, Swiss-style, EEA and Rejoin.
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Diren Kocakuşak, Ph.D. @direnkocakusak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
54 of China's 72 five-year plans published this year include climate or energy targets. This interactive tool from @carbonbrief.org is really useful for seeing the highlights from each plan. interactive.carbonbrief.org/china-plan-t...
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Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy
Almost three-quarters of the 72 five-year plans published by China this year include policies or targets related to climate change and energy, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 02/10/2026
The world faces two energy problems: hundreds of millions lack access to energy, and most of our energy still produces greenhouse gas emissions. The first energy problem of the world is the problem of energy poverty. People in very poor countries have very low emissions.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
According to the International Energy Agency, total global investment in solar energy (including both rooftop solar and utility-scale projects) was less than half of this figure, despite our dire ecological situation
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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Permafrost warming in Alaska is reaching considerable depths as Arctic Amplification pushes surface air warming past 1.15ºC per decade. A 27-year study shows warming deeper than 1m across 100% of measurement sites. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli... #climatechange #permafrost #arctic #emissions
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Frontiers | Significant soil warming across Alaska permafrost and non-permafrost regions from 1997 to 2023
IntroductionAir temperatures in Alaska are increasing at twice the rate of the contiguous United States. Soil temperatures have been shown to be increasing a...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.snexplores.org/article/cold...
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Even as Earth’s oceans warm, one spot has gone cold
A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic suggests that an important ocean current is weakening.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Blown away by the interest and positive feedback! The Cleaning Up episode on the Primary Energy Fallacy with me and Michael Liebreich is now in the top 10 of all 276 episodes of the show available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDH...
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The Scandal at The Heart of The Energy Transition | Ep275: Jan Rosenow
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
READ: If you haven’t seen this yet, please take a look. Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people from making rational judgements about driving. This study co-authored by @ianwalker.bsky.social looks at where this bias comes from & how it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Screetshot of study title “Why Do Cars Get A Free Ride?” #CarBrain #Motonormativity
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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mick Herron has written nine main novels and five novellas in his Slow Horses (Slough House) series. we are only half way through Season 6 of the TV adaptations:
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Richard Miller @miller-klein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the worst things rightwing politicians have done to political debate in the UK is to falsely equate national expenditure to a household budget - Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world." China's goals are EVs to be 50% of truck sales and 20% of its truck fleet by 2030. EVs may be 50% of truck sales in 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... #energysky
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China Has an 18-Wheel Answer to Soaring Global Diesel Prices
Around a third of trucks sold in China this year will run on electricity, furthering Beijing’s goal of bolstering energy security.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My favourite chart from the @IEA special report on electrification. Electricity is only 23% of Final Energy (No big deal), but it's 37% of Useful Energy (What?) and delivers 46% of GDP (Wow!) And it's going clean, fast. Still think there's no transition? iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/1c696...
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing how comments on how to think about AI resonate across fields. This is from drama/comedy but could equally be science: The barrier to access to doing astronomy isn’t technology or money (any more). It’s care. (& having the space to give that care and attention, of course) 🧪
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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's a good joke about local beer rivalries in NRW in the comments section beneath the Guardian article.
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 30/09/2026
❗“The ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations,” write 3 former Independent Reviewers of Terrorism Legislation👇 🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social “Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.”
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The ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations
Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Some thoughts on Burnham's speech, including signs of progress on clean energy and big imminent tests of his commitment to decarbonisation. Although, the biggest development is that we're no longer sleepwalking towards a climate denialist government. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
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Change agent: Burnham's support for clean energy is welcome, but tough choices await
The Prime Minister is serious about climate action and has the political ability to sell his vision, but imminent decisions on North Sea drilling and electric vehicles could undermine his green ambitions
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'I am saying that Brexit has caused more harm than good. I think about 6 out of 10 of the public agree with that' says Andy Burnham on Today More a failure than a success 57% More a success thsn a failure 21% New @britishfuture.bsky.social study of what the public think now
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Why have we reached a stage where people call in to @natashadevon.bsky.social and say they want people to drown? Well headlines like this don’t help. Let’s forget that numbers are way down on years previous and just keep stoking fear and division. This is why the RNLI is under attack.
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thinking more about this overnight and how much it’s related to French domestic politics and foreign policy…Macron is very smart (though also makes very bad mistakes…).
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John Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Developing on this from yesterday, since I see we're arguing about whether the UK would need to adopt the euro and join Schengen. Basically, during accession negotiations, joining countries get to ask for some special favours.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lots of coverage in the Spanish press of yesterday's launch of the huge Pragmacharge/Prologis Valencia HGV charging hub :-) www.energias-renovables.com/movilidad/me...
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Mercavalència inaugura "el mayor hub de recarga para camiones eléctricos de España"
PragmaCharge y Prologis inauguran en Mercavalència una estación de servicio para la recarga de camiones eléctricos
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They tried their best to make the idea of having more things we want nearby, more options and choices in our cities and neighborhoods, seem like a conspiracy. But never forget what the REAL urban conspiracy has been — moving everything further away and making us car dependent. #1HourCityConspiracy
White text on black background reading “The real ‘urban conspiracy’ isn’t proximity, it’s distance. The ‘one hour city’ traps millions in long commutes, car dependency, and lost time. We need cities of proximity, time, and quality of life.” — @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social #UrbanTruth
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