Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social
Heat pumps are only a matter of 'political controversy' because gas and boiler companies have stoked a culture war against them. You'd expect the BBC to resist lobbying, but it succumbs again and again. It’s an institutional problem.
A culture of fear and favour dominates the organisation.
Spotted this camping #cargobike made by @riesemuller.bsky.social. Definitely on the wish list!
This is a moronic decision. There’s nothing ‘woke’ about heat pumps.
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
Big plume of filthy water heading out into the River Kent. Hey @unitedutilities.bsky.social, it hasn’t even rained recently. What’s the excuse this time?
Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says
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High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example
The bonnet height of new cars in the UK and Europe is rising relentlessly, a report has found, bringing a “clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children”.
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians are struck. The analysis also found that drivers in the tallest cars could not see children as old as nine at all when they were directly in front of the vehicle. Continue reading...
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear an Evan Davis podcast about heat pumps? asks @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
It is appeasing itself to death, he says
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