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@mattyniven @BenGrahamUK @jonburkeUK @Ed_Miliband Let's ignore climate. Surely we should all want complete energy security for the UK? Let's stop calling it Net Zero and call it Energy Sovereignty. What's not to like - for similar capital inputs we can have 20 to 30 year of energy with zero fuel inputs and lower maintenance cost

@TheStub @BenGrahamUK @jonburkeUK There is no climate crisis. We need our own O&G. Don’t fall for the mad, red @Ed_Miliband I’ll informed propaganda.

My brother is an electrician who works in offshore wind. He sent me this photo of the largest turbine installation vessel in the world. Skilled jobs, good pay, & secure futures. While fossil fuels shed jobs & destroy the planet, renewables are delivering for the working class.

@astacopsis @jonburkeUK True about the gearbox oil, but that is ~800L every 7 to 10 years. Latest designs eliminate these entirely. We currently don't have a good solution to maritime fuel, but lots of people are working on it - and it becomes a single thing to solve that is used infrequently.

None of it would happen without the bunker oil fueling the ship, the coking coal to make the steel for the ship or the factories to make the turbine blades and lets not forget the hundreds of liters of oil needed in the turbine gear boxes. Now this doesn't mean I think renewables are bad. It just means I think we have a long way to go before we don't need coal and oil. Decades of use I recon.

@BenGrahamUK @jonburkeUK The maths: Reaching Net Zero by 2050 costs the UK less than a single fossil fuel price shock. 💰 Net cost: ~£4bn/yr 🛡️ Benefit: £2.20–£4.10 return for every £1 spent 🚫 Inaction: Debt spiralling to 290% of GDP (OBR) Investment > Inaction. Full report: theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/cos…

@BenGrahamUK @jonburkeUK This tweet needs figures, because by every measure net zero is economic benefit and energy security for the UK. Multiple reports have shown that "net zero" is a fraction of the costs of doing nothing. And imagine living in a world where we are insulated from global energy crisis

@jonburkeUK This is exactly what the government should be doing. This is national security, lower costs for people and last of all a climate friendly move.

Boom! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@FredStout20 @ryanleeball @JillBelch Wind is the cheapest Levelised Cost of Energy. You build it once and your ongoing fuel costs are zero. This is allowing that maintenance is the same, but wind turbines require much less maintenance and therefore even the day to day costs are lower.

@FredStout20 @ryanleeball @JillBelch Comparing a 30year energy asset to a 10year 'money maker' that depletes is apples to oranges 📉Oil:70% production drop in 2 yrs, land is scared, prices fluctuate 🌬️Wind:99% of land is farmable, fuel is $0.It’s the cheapest electricity One is extraction; the other is investment

Almost every sentence here is wrong Wind farms allow farming to continue around them, their land footprint is small, &they produce the cheapest new electricity available Turbines are steel, concrete & copper, & much is reusable or recyclable Calling it a scam doesn’t make it one.

@FredStout20 @ryanleeball @JillBelch So oil wells are almost as good as wind turbines? Obviously wind turbines have the benefit of the really small footprint AND not pulling damaging toxic substances from the earth 🤔😂

@ryanleeball @JillBelch Cali buddy. And that oil field is ancient. One well per four square miles and more now with directional drilling. You are WRONG/

Just driven over 100 miles from West to East Wales. Went through four 20mph areas, three took less than a minute to get through,the rest of the journey, 50mph,60mph and national speed limits. Stop listening to the rubbish being spouted about 20mph blanket speed limits in Wales.

@OwsWills They get angry about irrelevant small boats so support the proponents of second homes - the real immigration that damages their lives.

It bears repeating that Welsh Government has *no* control over Immigration. So voting Reform in the Welsh General Election because you’re cross about small boats on the Kent shoreline is an utterly mindless exercise.

@Covbluenose @jonburkeUK Which is why we should be investing hard in storage to get rid of legacy energy sources from the grid.

@jonburkeUK The point is that yesterday gas was only needed for 17.8% of supply but when the wind stops blowing it will fill the gap, as it regularly does such as here a few weeks ago when renewables could only provide a “paltry” 15.7%…..

Sorry Kathryn, yesterday wind provided 54.9% of U.K electricity; renewables 58.5%; and gas a paltry 17.8%. Last year, domestic renewables provided 44% of U.K electricity. You realise I can use the internet, right?

@grok @smithlc @Grady_Booch That is the most sensible reply you'll give to this 🤣

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@grok @smithlc @Grady_Booch It doesn't matter, you'd be wrong

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@grok @smithlc @Grady_Booch @grok what are the chances it would work but free first time? How could we tell? 🤣

With 1000 subagents on 20-hour days, the ~60M-line SSA COBOL codebase (plus millions more legacy) could be fully rebuilt and modernized in about 45 days. That's ~30 days for AI-driven analysis/translation/refactoring in parallel, plus 15 days for exhaustive testing and validation to protect payments for 70M+ people. No disruptions.

@fesshole Then say this. They can't sack you, and it is your duty to hold them to account. You could go though each policy without saying the source and directly point out why they are against Christ

I'm a vicar in a small rural village. I could never say this to my flock because of the outcry, but Reform are blatantly opposed to genuine Christian values and it's clear that anyone considering voting for them has not been listening to a single word I say each week

0.9% of the UK population is here illeagally, yet Reform UK blame them for 100% of Britain's problems and it receives 90% of British Media time. It's a con.

@toddsaunders AI shows that everything that underpins capitalism is a fallacy and it's time to move to something new.

We all knew this was coming… but today I heard about it actually happening. A seed stage company backed by a well known VC openly admitted (in a board deck) that their strategy is to get access to a large incumbent’s software from a customer, clone the entire thing using Claude Code, and offer it at 90% less. Not “build something better.” Just copy it and offer it for less. The VC endorsed this as the GTM strategy. And even wrote back in writing that it was a good idea. Using a customer’s licensed access to reverse engineer a product and clone it is ethically bankrupt. I don’t know how else to put it. It likely violates terms of service. It may violate trade secret law as well (but I’m certainly not a lawyer). And a reputable VC putting this in writing in a board deck is genuinely insane. But it’s going to happen anyway. Everywhere… all the time. I don’t know where this ends, but we all knew this was coming and now it’s here.

This should be criminalised as promotion of violence and endangering those in public life in this case the PM. As someone who has faced multiple death threats, this is not funny

@pablosaul439 @DeathMetalV He's not going to sleep with you bro.

@DeathMetalV I think it does.

Dude disowned one of his kids. He's a fucking loser.

@CanadayGio @sizzle_sarah @NYCMayor You're saying that like you lent them your copy and want it back. Desperately seeking your Bible, never understanding Christs gospel of love

@sizzle_sarah @NYCMayor SWEARING IN ON THE QURAN INSTEAD OF OUR BIBLE.

Yesterday, white supremacist Jake Lang organized a protest outside Gracie Mansion rooted in bigotry and racism. Such hate has no place in New York City. It is an affront to our city’s values and the unity that defines who we are. What followed was even more disturbing. Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are. I want to thank the brave men and women of the NYPD who acted quickly to keep New Yorkers safe. Our officers ran toward danger without hesitation, demonstrating once again the courage and dedication it takes to protect this city every single day. My administration is closely monitoring the situation and I remain in close contact with our Police Commissioner.