carbonchoices.uk/index.php/blog… 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. The Guardian Why don't you declare the carbon impact of every advert for holidays in your paper?

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/upc… Just letting you know about some forthcoming talks about Retrofit and heat pumps in the Richmond and Hampton area.

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/dir… 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.

youtu.be/VlDChSmyf-0 How to build a green mega project - and how not to.

youtu.be/skYCOlcdSlg Information packed video from Rosemary Barnes 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.

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/sol… 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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protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/the… 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!

youtube.com/watch?v=OEMQAb… Fascinating historical perspective by Chris Jardine of the growth of solar PV in the UK. Fascinating to the see the interplay of price, subsidies, installer base and the change in the economics of domestic installations.

youtu.be/EJfYhOlCYeE Rosemary Barnes takes a look at tidal power. I had always wondered why tidal power had not grown more rapidly. Rosie explains it all.

#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 heimildin.is/FGY3 via Heimildin

youtu.be/4qND0yDo7jA In these grim times, small 'good news' stories such as this one really lift my spirits.

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/the… This is a gullible idiot's perspective on the Climeworks scam. I am learning...

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/mus… Looking for something lighter? I've just spent several days measuring the frequencies with which different styles of wine glass vibrate as they are filled. The results are honestly fascinating...

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/ica… I got a chance to visit a new UK manufacturer of domestic heat pumps, ICAX. And it is possible to do things differently.

youtu.be/EqupcBoH3hQ The future of Green Shipping is still very unclear. In this video Rosie Barnes (the Rosie in Rosemary Barnes) goes through the possibilities with her usual acumen. It's a tough one...

Snapfish UK Customer Services Order ID: 40395000321086 The picture on the print you sent me as depicted in the 'Design Studio'.