kevinjohnsonmbe

Big fracking feature on Newsnight.... Nudging or journalism? People ARE talking about options and fracking is one. I don’t like it but I believe it is going to become a mainstream option.

No, no, not at all! I was encouraging - it is the diversity and challenge to accepted norms which add the most interest. I struggle to stay focussed on some of the more serious issues - life’s too short. Just having fun.

What do they do then, float? Isn't that swimming anyway?? What do they do when they are under water then, that's not floating...?

Holy shityapants Batman! @Khriss with a K, seen it?

All understood - we’re similar, solar PV, solar thermal and biomass (pellets) wind turbine wasn’t an option since we’re not in clean wind. I must sit down and do the numbers at some point.

I had a cheese and marmite pasty today - won’t be doing that again....

According to the NNSS - some are. We could discuss invasive v non native but I’m not convinced it’d pay dividends. Non-native Species Information - GB non-native species secretariat WWW.NONNATIVESPECIES.ORG Who in the name of all that is Holy has the time / money to worry about this sort of thing? Given the magnitude of increases in understory ivy frequency and its possible impacts, scientists, policy makers, and resource managers must be mindful of the patterns, processes, and implications of potential “lianification” of temperate forests. I’m standing by @Stubby ‘s approach. If it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, if it swims like a duck...... It’s probably a duck (substitute ivy for duck and teach for the silky in many circumstances) We’re simple folk here JC. Often times someone with high falutin scientific knowledge happens by but.... ....A bit like the Middle Ages (when witches were (possibly) just poor misunderstood souls persecuted for their irregular knowledge and practices) empirical scientific data and demonstrable evidence based, peer reviewed facts are rarely welcome here. It upsets the natives 🧑🏻‍🌾🔥 {if you can fight through the early perception of prickliness and stay the course - stay long enough for folks to get used to having you around maybe, then the real insults will start - stick around pal, it’s a blast 😂👍🏻 Just don’t show fear, treat it like a wild dog - maintain eye contact, hold your ground, if you have to back away, and only if you really have to, back away slowly, confidently and, ideally, with a whiff of Gallic indifference as if you have somewhere better to be anyway...)

An interesting test case - which presents the greater ecological value, the ivy or the tree which hosts it. Im a vote for the Ivy! Remove the Ivy to save the tree from blowing over or leave the ivy at risk the tree might blow over removing or partially removing the scaffold for the Ivy, or just leave it all alone to do it’s own self optimisation.... Meanwhile, bees, beasties, bats and moths enjoy the habitat. Could you clarify what you meant by: “...an amateur and increasing interest in ivy and its potential threat to the environment...” Are you saying you see Ivy as a threat to the environment or have I miss read your intent?

In a similar fashion - Holly leaves present different characteristics according to growth situation. Spiky up to about the height of browsing deer and other herbivores - then not spiky beyond nibble range. It would take more resource to produce the spiky leaves and no point doing so above browsing range. Not sure it been proven scientifically - but I like it as a suggestion. Trees - don’t do unnecessary shit....

I was thinking more along the lines energy required in panel production process but that’s what I mean when I say we all have ways and means of making the available information ‘fit’ the justification of our actions.....

There’s ‘pure’ figures and then there’s the ‘worth’ of personal satisfaction of knowing you have reduced your contribution to corporate profit of energy companies. Can a value even be put on that? Of course (if it even exists outside of my twisted economic logic) everyone would add different (if any) weight to those elements of justification which don’t fit in a spreadsheet. Mad really, the figures need to be there or thereabouts, or at least not too far out - but I still ‘feel’ like I want a battery system.

£11.3k worth - but only if you use it all no? Unused (back into grid) is at the token effort £rate isn’t it? Secret being - if max return to investment and best use of tariff is the prime motivation - you gotta use it all or store it. Im starting to look at battery packs - should have done it much sooner - if I can push my free leccy a bit further past sunset I’ll be happy.

Kinnel J - even in (your) jest, comments like that are NEVER forgotten and NEVER forgiven..... Even the wives and sweethearts (may they never meet) with the very best sense of humour will stab you in the eye with a bic for a comment like that.... You’ll have forgotten - quite naturally - as the decades fade into centuries.... She will NOT forget..... EVER!

Don’t bank on it - sounds like e🍳🍳s is inbound....

Is it a Husky or a Sthil? Which is best eh?

For the love of God NO! I just want J to find somewhere he likes and stop f*cking moaning....

No, you’re absolutely right - it’s not just about domestic bills. EVERYTHING that draws energy in its process is going to be subject to increased cost. It’s gonna get ugly real quick. Sunnak’s 200squid off a bill to be repaid over 4 years (or what ever it is he’s conjured up) is poorly considered and a complete farce. As if energy bills aren’t “user unfriendly” enough already now he’s gone and added another layer of complexity.

And with an electoral system such as we enjoy - “short term” is all that has / will be considered. They've all played musical chairs with strategic energy policy over the decades and now the music is about to stop... Pop another log on the fire treacle...

Lots of really good points already! Electric cars ain’t gonna seem quite such a good idea if ⚡️ Keeps going up - my mate, the smug bastard during the recent fuel “shortage” ain’t quite so smug at the moment 😂 and, he’s going through tyres on his Tesla a lot quicker than expected due to the acceleration - he didn’t see that coming either 😂 Fossil fuel usage, fracking, nuclear.... All the ‘unpopular’ systems of the recent past will be brought right back into political favour when the masses start seeing the real time cost of the aspirational low carbon future. Can’t say I like it, but I can see it happening - fracking has the potential to ‘solve’ the short term problem. Jam tomorrow or fracking today.... As J has frequently pointed out - UK electorate is a fickle, thick as mince, short sighted and self centred. With decades of successive governments passing the buck and ducking long term energy policy we’re only headed in one direction and Greta ain’t gonna like it 🤬

The “Cornish way” makes no sense.... (I think this is true of many things that are subject to the “Cornish way” 😂)

Of the jam I presume you mean....? Its scone, then cream, then jam, then a 🍓 on top. Anything else is illogical.

@MarkJ - I think my capitalist credentials are being questioned / usurped by Richie’s new best mate above....

I dunno - is it even relevant? Profit quadrupled - as it is being reported. Domestic bills doubled - profit quadrupled. The optics of that are not good...

What sort of question is that? Even allowing for your north of Hadrian’s Wall heathenry and off shore rough neckery, what sort of self respecting anarchist wouldn’t be home in time for afternoon tea? Scones BTW not crumpets!

We’re 99.5% own sourced / processed / seasoned wood heated although I do run biomass central heating for an hour or so per month just to push the fluids around a bit. Starting to seriously look at battery storage for the solar PV now. Seems like even quite a hefty investment will have fairly rapid pay down if elec prices stay on the up. It’s a bloody scandal really - Shell profits quadruple to 18 billion and domestic prices set to double. Them riots is coming....