
Michael de Podesta
@Protons4B
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Scientist, professionally retired since April 2020. Science is an activity carried out by human beings for other human beings. @[email protected]
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RT @Protons4B: @_SnapfishUK__ . Order ID: 40395000321086. The picture on the print you sent me as depicted in the 'Design Studio'.
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The future of Green Shipping is still very unclear. In this video Rosie Barnes (the Rosie in @engwithrosie) goes through the possibilities with her usual acumen. It's a tough one. .
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I got a chance to visit a new UK manufacturer of domestic heat pumps, ICAX. And it is possible to do things differently.
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Friends, as you may be aware, I love heat pumps. And so a few weeks ago, I was delighted and surprised to be invited to visit the offices of a UK company developing a new domestic heat pump: ICAX. …
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#scam I paid @Climeworks £1,650 to remove 2 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. Was I a gullible idiot? Yes. Icelandic newspaper @heimildin has shown that they not only haven’t captured my 2 tons, they don’t even capture their own emissions via @heimildin.
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The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations –...
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@engwithrosie takes a look at tidal power. I had always wondered why tidal power had not grown more rapidly. Rosie explains it all.
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I used a model by @daanwalt3r.bsky.social (Daan Walters) to investigate how the cost of 1 GW of firm electricity varies in a plant with various combinations of gas, solar PV and batteries. Adding Solar PV makes electricity cheaper!.
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Friends, the other day I came across an interesting article by Daan Walter: Renewables allow us to pay less, not twice. What Kemi Badenoch, and many others, get wrong about renewables. The article …
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March 2025 was super sunny - and so running costs (including heating) for my 162 m^2 home were reduced from around £1.30/day last year to just £0.55 this year.
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Tuesday 1st April 2025 Friends, two years ago at this time of year I wrote: “March 2023 has been dull. Really. Really. Dull. I long for sunshine.” My depression did not just arise from …
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Information packed video from @engwithrosie about the significance of China's dominant position in the energy transition. It's packed with insights placing the China data in context - a strongly recommended 15 minutes.
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Is Direct Air Capture of One Billion Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide per year conceivable?. Just barely. 1 billion tonnes is 1/37th of current emissions.
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2 March 2025 Friends, back in September 2024, I wrote about my increasing scepticism of the feasibility of projects seeking to capture CO2 directly from the atmosphere. I had been paying one such c…
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Just letting you know about some forthcoming talks about Retrofit and heat pumps in the Richmond and Hampton area.
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Friends, I will be giving some more talks about retrofit and heat pumps in the coming months. Please do spread the word! Hampton Hub: 13th March 2025 At Hampton Hub on the evening of Thursday 13th …
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A bleak look at the carbon cost of travelling. Some firms advertise the carbon impact of their tours, but exclude the flights to and from the starting point. @guardian Why don't you declare the carbon impact of every advert for holidays in your paper?.
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Can tourism be green? What is your carbon footprint when travelling? Should I fly?
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