When will heating policy take gas emissions seriously? According to current heating policy, they are totally absent. If leaks were actually considered, we'd be looking at a carbon intensity of gas heating that would be much higher than 200g per kWh.
Who controls the global regulatory agencies in charge of oil and gas? "The European Commission is considering suspending methane emissions penalties during energy supply crises after coming under intense pressure from US and the fossil fuel industry to dilute rules on leaks of the greenhouse gas."
EU weighs get-out for gas leaks after US and fossil fuel industry pressure
Guidelines would see penalties suspended during energy crises
ft.com
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
The new £9,000 BUS grant for oil and LPG homes looks regressive, and the data says it is. 54% of oil-heated property sales sit in the top 30% of UK house prices. Only 9% sit in the bottom 30%. Gas heats Britain. Oil heats the top of Britain.
The North Sea Link connects GB to Norway's 85TWh+ hydro system via a 720km subsea cable. GB curtailed 10TWh wind in 2025. My modelling suggests that grows fourfold by 2035. That 'wasted wind' should be seen as a potential export to Norway.
Rising energy prices are pushing up inflation, especially in economies dependent on imported fossil fuels. The durable solution is structural: improve efficiency, accelerate electrification and scale up renewables. Energy policy is economic policy.
I watched #dirtybusiness last night and as if by magic, Thames Water has cancelled my athletics training. The athletics club gets children active, it gets people from different backgrounds together. It's my community. I'm livid.
Hedge laying is an artform. Maybe the birds will enjoy this hedge more than me.
Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant.
Keeping a congregation warm with a heat pump carries more social proof than any editorial can ever muster.
China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind. The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens. I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
My fav part of London's New Year's Eve 2026 celebration was the scene with The Lionesses 👏 Followed by: This Is England "Caribbean barbers with the sharpest trims Christian neighbours saying happy Hannukah mate And Muslim mums saying merry Christmas love" "England is about loving each other"
Merry Christmas. Secret Santa really delivered this year. 👍
I've found that gas engineers are always friendly and happy to chat. The leak is coming from a 10 inch cast iron main. His words: "It stinks!" SGN have apparently visited this road many times (pointing to the various new bits of tarmac all over the shared path).
James Twallin @twallinjames.bsky.social · 8mo agoIf the gas networks still can't contain methane after more than a century of practice, why should we trust them with hydrogen?
This is one of the reasons hydrogen won’t be piped simply through existing gas lines, despite what fossil gas companies claim. Hydrogen behaves very differently — it can leak through solid metal
James Twallin @twallinjames.bsky.social · 8mo agoIf the gas networks still can't contain methane after more than a century of practice, why should we trust them with hydrogen?
If the gas networks still can't contain methane after more than a century of practice, why should we trust them with hydrogen?
If the gas networks still can't contain methane after more than a century of practice, why should we trust them with hydrogen?
Are gas companies marking their own homework? Yes, yes they are.
... then you might enjoy this chart, kindly shared by @twallinjames.bsky.social. It shows how an air-to-air heat pump can heat up a nearly 300 year-old church that is only used occasionally. Source: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
RANT: Traffic to windtable.co.uk drops at weekends, so people are clearly using it at work. I've put a "what are you using this for?" form on the site. Do people fill it in? No. Rude.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. With average install costs running at more than £13k, innovation to reduce cost whilst maintaining excellent installs should be applauded. Business as usual is not going to cut it...
Energy companies injected green hydrogen into Britain's gas grid and generated electricity - a "landmark development for the UK's climate ambitions." So we can just use blended hydrogen to power our old gas turbines? Problem solved? Not quite.
Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT" "What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards"
In the plots below, I've summed up the total HDD for each year. I've then compared some 30 years periods (1940 to 1969 and 1995 to 2024). It's not just a little bit warmer in the winter. It's significantly wamer. National parks chosen free from the 'heat island' effect that naysayers love.
