And since we're on a fundraiser theme, Protect Earth need to raise another £34k in 4 weeks to create a community woodland on the River Avon near Bath.
October 5th! It's the traditional day to pledge for crowdfunding books about spooky pirates! To your great fortune, you can do that right here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...
It's 1781 and you are a horrible pirate. Can you earn redemption? Or will you succumb to a watery doom?
Just noticed that the hacker in Slow Horses has a copy of The Complete XML Reference on his desk
“You can learn to speak Elvish—just not J.R.R. Tolkien’s Elvish" www.polygon.com/lord-of-the-...
Rings of Power’s speech and songs suggest a complete Elvish language exists — but J.R.R. Tolkien had his own agenda
The jobs of builders and electricians really are not at risk from net zero (nor likely to be affected by CCS investment). This is an unfortunate choice of words www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
Imagining an alt-history public service internet that features the "Great British Browser". Almost certainly a terrible idea, but still.
That £22bn could have been put towards accelerating installation of solar or heat pumps. Not just via grants but by offering training to build larger workforce of installers. Solves a key bottleneck, creates more "good jobs" plus probably some economic benefits from people saving on bills.
This is absolute madness. Carbon capture and storage has failed time and again. Labour has slashed reliable green programmes, to pour vast sums of our money into a complete crock. The only possible explanation is lobbying by fossil fuel companies.🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Investment will fund two CCS clusters – but environmental campaigners have criticised plans
Note: the two firms that stand to gain most from the UK £22bn CCS package are BP and Equinor, who are planning a massive new fossil gas power station in Teesside. This is explicitly highlighted in the govt case for the investment.
This is absolute madness. Carbon capture and storage has failed time and again. Labour has slashed reliable green programmes, to pour vast sums of our money into a complete crock. The only possible explanation is lobbying by fossil fuel companies.🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Investment will fund two CCS clusters – but environmental campaigners have criticised plans