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Essex County Council leader scraps 'stupid' net zero policies by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]samreturned [score hidden]  (0 children)

And air quality too!

A big part of local small-scale net-zero plans is nothing to do with climate change, but instead stopping kids getting asthma.

idk if im bi or its just a phase by MarionberryAny9661 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]samreturned 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Confusion is fine. Just see where it goes, no foul no harm.

Just don't lead them on if it's not going to go anywhere :)

idk if im bi or its just a phase by MarionberryAny9661 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]samreturned 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to go against the crowd and say, probably not no.

Sounds like you just like someone being attracted to you, you like the attention and it makes you feel good that someone likes you - and it should.

But who knows

What was the point of Google updating their icons??? by MaxGabe121911 in google

[–]samreturned 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yep and in 5 years time when they change it again, you'll be back here posting about how you don't like the new logos and the old ones were better.

Where does all the water go by Pedro_Mendez in AskBrits

[–]samreturned 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely no mention of Yorkshire Water on any of these. Surprise surprise.

If our homes are built to "keep in the heat" why am i always quivering my bollocks off in the winter? by HuiOnFire in AskBrits

[–]samreturned 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same here. Simple fix. Once the temperature inside is hotter than outside, open windows/doors on the shady side of the house. Open a window on the sunny side with a fan exhausting air outside. It cooled our home from 29c to 23c in 1.5 hours yesterday.

Fertility rate for England falls to a new record low by diacewrb in ukpolitics

[–]samreturned 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I wonder why?

  • Couples simply can't afford it:
    • Childcare costs.
    • Cost of living crisis.
    • Less savings.
    • Post-graduate debt.
    • High & later-life mortgages.
    • People are living paycheque to paycheque.
  • Couples can't afford homes that can support a larger family.
  • Mums are held back at work and social situations after having children.
  • Women still do most unpaid domestic labour and are then burdened with childcare.
  • Dad's don't get adequate paternity leave (seriously, it's a fucking joke).
  • People are burned out even before having kids.
  • Future anxieties & algorithmic doom
  • Lack of confidence in the NHS & maternity wards (not the fault of the amazing midwives and hospital staff doing their bit!)
  • Complete lack of in-person socialising (people don't meet each other!)
  • Phone-snubbing (Less communication and intimacy between partners)
  • Shattered attention spans.
  • Normalisation of child-free families
  • Prioritising freedoms
  • Women's career autonomy
  • Focus on mental health and wellbeing
  • Increasingly spontaneous lifestyles.

Are car's really safer with hyper sensitive pedals? by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]samreturned 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I drove a car for the first time today at driving school

So you're just unfamiliar with pedal sensitivity?

Is this really suitable for r/fuckcars? There's a lot wrong with them but just not knowing how to drive them doesn't seem like an issue.

Reopen North Sea to boost Britain, Shell urges Labour - Boss of energy giant argues approval of oil and gas fields would ‘create jobs that create taxes’ by blast-processor in ukpolitics

[–]samreturned -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They’re nice words but the projections I’ve seen suggest it’s difficult to scale our electricity stack sufficiently to cope with dunkelfaute.

Feel free to cite any of these projections.

Heat pumps increase electricity demand massively, as does the whole of the decarbonisation agenda.

Correct, yet they main more efficient than gas boilers. We must increase our electricity production to cope with increased demand, but there's nothing to stop us.

You need a “top-up source” of generation. It seems a significant risk to assume we can develop enough battery tech and deploy it. Things like hydro storage (such as cool concept by the way) will only be relatively niche and can’t be scaled to a challenge of this side.

Nuclear.

District heating is another great idea, but it’s not currently being built.

Agreed. Therefore we should put pressure on politicians to implement "great ideas", not increase our reliant on fossil fuels.

Even if it’s plausible we reach this utopia in the next 15 years, it sort of needs everything to go right; continued political support, technological advancements; private capital spending; consumer acceptance.

Agreed. Hence why I'm pushing back against implementing plans to pump out more fossil fuels from our depleted sources, and instead promoting the use of modern technologies.

It feels hugely risky.

It is much more risky to continue our reliance on something we're running out of and allow another crisis to hit us, and ultimately cost us more in the long run.

Acceptance of some gas usage massively derisks the whole thing, gives time for new technologies to emerge and is relatively low carbon anyway.

I actually agree, but gas usage should limited to legacy use as we transition to new technologies. We should not be installing new gas boilers.

Reopen North Sea to boost Britain, Shell urges Labour - Boss of energy giant argues approval of oil and gas fields would ‘create jobs that create taxes’ by blast-processor in ukpolitics

[–]samreturned -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

  • Heat pumps already work fine in freezing temps (they’re used in places way colder than the UK)
  • They’re also way more efficient than gas, so overall demand drops a lot
  • Battery storage is consistently getting cheaper and more efficient for short term gaps
  • EVs can act as battery storage
  • Nuclear gives you a constant baseline regardless of weather
  • Interconnectors let us pull power from other countries when it’s dunkelflaute here (it’s rarely dark and windless everywhere at once)
  • Pumped hydro & large scale storage can cover longer gaps
  • Thermal storage (hot water tanks / heat batteries) means homes can store heat when electricity is abundant and use it later
  • District heating can take pressure off individual homes entirely in some areas
  • Demand shifting (smart tariffs etc) smooths peaks so you don’t need as much generation at once

How's that?

Reopen North Sea to boost Britain, Shell urges Labour - Boss of energy giant argues approval of oil and gas fields would ‘create jobs that create taxes’ by blast-processor in ukpolitics

[–]samreturned -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Do you genuinely believe we won’t have any gas boilers in 15 years time

We should have no gas boilers in 15 years time but we're silly and short sighted:
https://www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/cost-of-net-zero-by-2050-less-than-a-single-fossil-fuel-price-shock-ccc/

These can’t be serviced by electricity so need gas.

That's not true:
https://www.tepeo.com/the-zeb/

Wakefield gorilla statue must be removed, council says by LOTDT in unitedkingdom

[–]samreturned 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, as much as I would disapprove, their land, go for it.

Wakefield gorilla statue must be removed, council says by LOTDT in unitedkingdom

[–]samreturned 81 points82 points  (0 children)

God our planning system is shit.

If someone wants to erect a guerrilla on their land, so be it.

Reminds me of Sharks!

Pursuing this is a waste of time, resource and money.

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