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@colinwalker79 Hydro electric is included into the renewable power. But does all that pumping use only wind and solar power? 🤔

“Our electricity is still mostly coming from gas”

@PrivateBrewing @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @g__j @BBCNewsnight Yeah 👍 It just transfers energy via propane…our heatsink on the Stove Jet is similar. We run on wasted thermal energy and make a log burner more efficient, acting like a sponge. I can see heat pumps being the future, but adoption is key.

@syniodesign @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @g__j @BBCNewsnight The vital aspect of heat pumps is that they move heat from one place to another - which is more efficient than generating it directly. So even when you use fossil fuels for electricity and have efficiency loss there - it's still overall more efficient than burning fuel for heat.

We've got to electrify everything. This can't be another Groundhog Day - it has to be the wake-up call. Our CEO @g__j was on @BBCNewsnight, repeating exactly what he said during the last gas crisis three-ish years ago. When Britain depends on gas it doesn't have, your bill pays the difference. Different crisis, same dependency.

@Agusx1211 @g__j Just quoted the program… youtu.be/Sqk4wBuiL6U?si…

Electricity is not always "4 times more expensive than gas", let alone these weeks Heck right now I can get 0.04 cents per kWh which is even lower than the cost of gas, of course it is time of day, but heat is easy to buffer Besides, we can produce our own power, gas we have to buy it to some other country, I rather live knowing that my electricity supports my country and not some far away power

Amazing but true…. Even if all the electricity powering a heat pump was generated from gas, it’s so efficient it uses a lot less gas than a boiler! And an electric car powered by electricity from gas uses less fossil fuel energy than a petrol car… ELECTRIFICATION IS AMAZING and ofc once you have heat pumps and electric cars you are not stuck with fossil fuels, you can use any source you like for the electricity. Only 2/3 of people can charge an EV at home, but no one can with petrol. Solar panels will charge cars and power heat pumps. But gas boilers and petrol cars are totally dependent on the horribly unreliable global fossil fuel market. Ofc, the fossil lobbyists know this which is why they use their astonishing wealth and influence to make people hate EVs and heat pumps

@Agusx1211 @g__j Guy Martin just explained now I get it. 😅 So heat pump is 4 times more efficient than gas boiler but electricity is 4 times the price so why would a consumer switch to a heat pump?

@syniodesign @g__j "I haven’t fathomed the technology behind heat pumps yet" No worries you have time, all this is very new anyway

@DrAndrewR Every day is a school day… I focus deeply on the products I develop which reduce gas and save people money. Personally I haven’t heard much positive feedback regarding heat pumps. Maybe Ed should get one installed and lead by example. #syniostovejet

What comments like this show is that heat pumps are so poorly understood, they don’t realise that even if all heat pumps run on electric generated by gas, they’re still significantly more efficient than boilers, and total gas consumption would fall substantially.

@KateFantom It’s amazing, but the elephant in the room is what happens when the sun doesn’t shine and wind doesn’t blow?

Whatever you read on the internet, please remember the facts. So far this year renewables have supplied over 42% of our grid energy. That’s more than any other energy source.

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight I also have air grate right next to my burner that pulls air from outside. Maybe this why the draw is so good. Let’s not take everything at face value and do our own independent research.

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight Yes who to believe, a university who's published their methodology and a known quality monitor in the correct place and random on Facebook with unknown equipment and placement

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight Maybe we should all cook outside and get rid of those candles just in case? 🤣

@ejwwest @LewisStanding1 @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @g__j @BBCNewsnight What are your insights?

@syniodesign @LewisStanding1 @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @g__j @BBCNewsnight Wow, you’ll be telling climate scientists that the climate has changed before as your next stunning “insight”.

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight My wife’s not going to be happy. Time to get rid of those smelly candles.

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight The immune system doesn't make memory B cells to particulate matter. Immunity is mediated through antigen presentation of pathogen proteins to B lymphocytes in lymph nodes. Particulate matter is too small to be interpreted as a possible antigen by human MJC receptors

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight Seals age Seals don't mean anything when you open the stove door to add another log. sheffield.ac.uk/news/indoor-wo….

@colinwalker79 Extracting energy from the sun and wind is great… what happens when we don’t have these energy sources? Blackouts for 12 hours?

People who ‘follow the data’ would probably use a sample period that’s a little longer than 12 hours How about, say, the last 12 months? In which time renewables have generated 42% of the UK’s electricity Gas, meanwhile, is at 28%

@LewisStanding1 Cooking and candles can create bigger indoor PM spikes than a modern sealed stove — but it all comes down to how the stove is used. I agree we should engineer a better system that captures the exhaust / chimney carbon. Building this system over the summer.

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Besides the facts show mass wood burning is terrible for the area, and the health of people that live there

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight Change my seals annually along with a service. So Drax can emit hundreds of tonnes of particulates and power heat pumps, but a sealed log burner is the problem?

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight The proof of a poison is in the dose. The more you get the more harm you get.

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight I think I trust independent studies from people online. Not organisations with hidden agendas. How parts per million are coming into the room when the fire is pulling air from the room? Humans lived in Smokey huts 🛖 for centuries and we don’t have any immunity?

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight The smallest particles get into the alveoli where they cause maximum harm and can get into your bloodstream that way. Lots of diseases linked to it, asthma, lung cancer, heart attacks, strokes dementia.

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight I find it strange how so much focus is at the bottom of the bar chart.

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight theguardian.com/environment/20….. This is an interesting piece of an interesting study Children's largest source of air pollution was from their homes from these things

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight You don’t have a log burner do you?

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight Problem is wind sweeps that smoke down into your neighbours lungs They didn't have a choice in your decision to burn, but have to live with the consequences. Plus every time you open it to add a log 🪵 smoke fills your home

@LewisStanding1 @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight I only use wood 🪵 It’s sealed unit and a candle is probably worse for you. Although it does annoy me seeing unburnt carbon coming from the chimney . I’m working on capturing this energy.

@syniodesign @g__j @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight As a respiratory doctor I urge you not to nature.com/articles/s4156… "Smokeless" fuels have more "ultra fine" particulates that cause the most health harms from air pollution.

@g__j @LewisStanding1 @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight Gas is expensive and finite, and we don’t yet have a full alternative when renewables drop. That’s why resilience matters — simple, reliable heat you control. Back to basics with a log burner and #Syniostovejet

@syniodesign @LewisStanding1 @andyffff @OctopusEnergy @BBCNewsnight We use gas as a back up! Really straight forward… ofc one day we can use interconnectors, batteries, etc but until then cheapest is use wind (and solar) when we can and gas when we can’t