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#InsulateBritain

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Albert Cardona

@johannes_lehmann @Ruth_Mottram

My house in Cambridge was built with walls two bricks wide, in a two parallel, one across pattern. No cavity, and no insulation. Had coal-burning fireplaces at every room (unused but leaking cold air) and radiators heated form a gas furnace. Energy rating E.

We added 10 cm of a dense modern material to the walls, mostly wood pulp as far as I know, and changed the windows to double or triple glass panel. And replaced the heating with an air-source heat pump. Energy rating A+.

This should be done for easily more than half of all homes in the UK.
albert.rierol.net/tell/2022100

If, around 1900, all the effort, money, and thought that went into mining and transporting all that coal had gone into building houses with cavity walls and thicker windows, all of this mess would have been averted. Alas, a few fat cats wouldn't have become rich. Tragic. Time for the rich to pay it back.

albert.rierol.netTell (it like it is)
#InsulateBritain#insulation
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Albert Cardona

@Ruth_Mottram

"Homes in England had a median Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) score of 68 and homes in Wales had a median EPC score of 67, according to records from the 10 years up to March 2024; both scores are in band D."

ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationand

The UK government is so broke, or short-sighted, or both, that it's only considering a policy of bringing houses up to band C:

"This chapter discusses findings on energy efficiency ratings and heating systems and how this differs by tenure. It then goes on to discuss insulation measures in dwellings, smart meters by tenure and subjective overheating, then finishes with the average cost of improving dwellings to an energy efficiency rating band C."

gov.uk/government/statistics/c

Bear in mind that any house with an insulation less than in the A band is going to pay a lot in heating and cooling. A lot. It's like a tax on the poor, or a punishment: to endure cold winters and hot summers.

www.ons.gov.ukEnergy efficiency of housing in England and Wales - Office for National StatisticsInsights on the energy efficiency and central heating main fuel type for new and existing homes by property type, tenure, and property age for national and subnational geographies.
#UK#EnergyRating#insulation
Simon Brooke

"Oligarchs and corporations on both sides of the Atlantic want to stamp out any threat to their interests. In the US, this effort has been led by the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. In the UK, the commissioner for countering extremism, Robin Simcox, appointed by the Conservative government, but who remains in post until July, previously worked at … the Heritage Foundation" -- George Monbiot

#ExtinctionRebellion
#InsulateBritain
#PolyCrisis
#Protest

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that’s the price of protest in Britain todayBy George Monbiot
Simon Brooke

"Last year [UK police] sent over 1,000 officers from 39 forces, spending £3m, to shut down a climate camp and arrest 24 people, on the grounds that they might have been planning to occupy a road outside a power station. At the same time, they fail even to investigate serious organised crime, citing insufficient resources" -- George Monbiot

#ExtinctionRebellion
#InsulateBritain
#PolyCrisis
#Protest

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that’s the price of protest in Britain todayBy George Monbiot
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Simon Brooke

"Keir #Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks" -- George Monbiot

#ExtinctionRebellion
#InsulateBritain
#PolyCrisis
#Protest

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that’s the price of protest in Britain todayBy George Monbiot
Simon Brooke

“An incoming administration not only cancels federal grants but declares recipients as criminals. All these grantees applied under government calls FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, were reviewed and accepted. Trump wants to jail them.“

He's obviously been taking noted on civil liberties from the UK, which routinely jails climate activists.

#ClimateEmergency
#InsulateBritain
#ExtinctionRebellion

newrepublic.com/post/192660/tr

The New Republic · Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate GroupsThe Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
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a fading echo

@AbramKedge @tompearce49
At a similar time with not wildly different perceptions.

Houses to be fair are a lot better now, as they needed to be #insulateBritain and therefore absolutely more expensive to build or to have been brought up to standard, but not in the observed ratio.

Thatcher et al stealing the council housing and preventing replacement was a huge bad thing.

ZNet (unofficial)

Disruptive climate protests, like those by #JustStopOil, annoy some but actually work in shifting public opinion and driving policy change. For example, protests by #ExtinctionRebellion and #InsulateBritain led to increased media coverage and influenced climate legislation.

While some argue that disruptive actions hurt the cause, history shows that nonviolent civil disobedience, even when illegal, can be effective in sparking change, as long as it stays nonviolent. #uk

znetwork.org/znetarticle/peace

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hambach18

Ich isoliere unsere Küche von außen mit expandiertem PolyStyrol. Die 10 cm dicken Platten dafür gibts in einem lokalen BaustoffMarkt und lassen sich auch mit dem Fahrrad transportieren. Das geht aufgrund der fast 3 m² Segelfläche nur bei wenig Wind und es muss geschoben werden.
Das Ding kostet 24 Pfund, umgerechnet 29 Euro, Maße 2,4m*1,2m*0,1m, wiegt etwa 5 kg und verursachte etwa 20 kgCO₂eq in der Produktion.
#CarryShitOlympics #InsulateBritain

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FREE🇵🇸PALESTINE, CRUSH ZIONISM

@luckytran
Protesters are NEVER the problem











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@greenparty
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Every action you take makes a difference
Drive less
fly never
eat local & vegetarian
Eat less meat
use renewables where poss & affordable
Save water
Reuse, fix, recycle
Insulate, insulate, insulate!
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