"No One Is Asking The Consumer!"–Craig MacKinlay
By Paul Homewood If they were so marvellous, we’d all be buying them!
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EV targets set to cost UK auto makers billions
By Paul Homewood h/t Hugh Sharman Weak demand for EVs and mandatory sales quotas will cost Britain’s automotive industry £6bn in 2024, according to new analysis from the Society of Motor...
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Hottest Year Evah Update
By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public Seoul has recorded its heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago in 1907. The South Korean capital was covered with at least 16 cm of...
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Vauxhall’s Luton Dilemma
By Paul Homewood A bit more detail on Vauxhall’s decision to close their Luton factory, which only makes vans: https://www.vauxhall.co.uk/vans/all-new-vivaro/electric.html The above, which still...
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Dairy cows given synthetic additive in feed to hit net zero
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Europe’s biggest dairy company is facing a backlash after giving cows a synthetic additive to their feed in an attempt to cut their methane emissions. Arla, which...
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Time for Starmer to Be Honest About What Net Zero Means: Rationing, Blackouts...
By Paul Homewood Definitely worth a read: Earlier this week the Labour backbencher and Chairman of the U.K. Parliament’s Energy Committee Bill Esterson noted that people will have to adjust their...
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Net zero civil servants rack up over three million air miles this year
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness As one commenter out it, “I have no objection to Ed Miliband taking a plane flight, I just wish he wouldn’t return”...
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High Energy Costs Continue to Plague European Industry
By Paul Homewood From OilPrice.com Europe is losing and will continue to lose competitiveness and jobs if it doesn’t tackle its high energy costs compared to other regions, Morten Wierod, chief...
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Britain has a choice: amend the electric car mandate or let the industry go bust
By Paul Homewood h/t Paul Kolk Vauxhall Motors last week announced the closure of its Luton van-making factory, which employs 1,100 people directly and many, many more across local and national...
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No, BBC, Atlantic Hurricane Season Did Not Break Records
By Paul Homewood The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is coming to an end and it has been an active one overall. There have been 18 named tropical storms, with 11 of those reaching hurricane strength and...
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National Grid & The Hornsea Battery
By Paul Homewood h/t Ralf Ellis This is not just dishonest, it is dangerously so! https://x.com/nationalgriduk/status/1862462972624294015?s=12 The storage will be 600 MWh, and is not designed...
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DESNZ Admit Heat Pumps Are Not Cheaper To Run
By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public DESNZ are wanting to introduce new product standards for space heating, designed to improve energy efficiency. The proposals apply to gas boilers and heat pumps, but...
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A Wet November?
By Paul Homewood After all the hype about Storm Brett, a month’s worth of rain in 36 hours and so on, it turns out November as a whole was much drier than average. As for the nonsense about “a warmer...
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Cost of switching off UK wind farms soars to ‘absurd’£1bn
By Paul Homewood h/t Paul Kolk British bill payers have spent an “absurd” £1bn to temporarily switch off wind turbines so far this year as the grid struggles to cope with their power. The amount of...
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By Paul Homewood A farmer’s view on methane suppressing additives:
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Why Are UK Electricity Prices So High?
By Paul Homewood . As we are well aware, the UK has some of the highest electricity prices in the world. It is commonly claimed that the rapid price rise in recent years has been driven by the soaring...
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MPs Worried About Chinese Tomatoes–(But Not Solar Panels!)
By Paul Homewood h/t Paul Kolk Supermarkets in the UK that appear to be selling products linked to slave labour in China may be “complicit in putting profits above human rights”, a Labour MP has...
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Why Are BBC Verify Spreading Disinformation About Methane?
By Paul Homewood h/t Paul Kolk Some UK social media users have been pouring milk down their sinks and toilets in protest at the trial of a new feed additive that claims to significantly reduce the...
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UK Funds UN Crackdown On Climate Dissent
By Paul Homewood Britain is one of the main financial backers for this attempt to stifle debate about climate change: The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change is a...
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