Warren Allison

@jonburkeUK @KathrynPorter26 Jon, I would stop tweeting as most people agree with Kathryn who puts far better reasoned views forward than you do.

@KathrynPorter26 1/ I’m glad we have now established that, as I stated, 100% of extracted North Sea oil and gas belongs to private companies. 2/ I didn’t mention the U.K monopolising all North Sea oil supply. 3/ We don’t have “significant resources”. 93% of the basin has been drained.

I’ve found another one pretending that Britain ‘owns’ its North Sea oil and gas. This one even invokes the Petroleum Act 1998, which explicitly states that, upon extraction, 100% of North Sea oil and gas immediately passes into the ownership of private companies…😂

@Turbinetravel @KathrynPorter26 @jonburkeUK I would agree, Kathryn has the patience of a saint. I have been an Environmental manager for 20 years and unfortunately Jon is not prepared to listen to somone who has an alternative view to his dogmatic approach, which means he cannot reconcile he might be wrong.

@KathrynPorter26 @jonburkeUK @KathrynPorter26 I’ve got to give you credit for responding & correcting the relentless misinformation put out by this guy. The patience in your DNA is 100x mine for sure.

The stench of desperation from the fossil fuel fanboys in my notifications is palpable. Their latest ruse is to claim Britain owns its North Sea oil and gas reserves when 100% of the oil and gas pumped from our waters is in private hands. Not some. Not most. ALL OF IT.

@piggy_jags @ChrisGPackham I work in food manufacturing and Chris has no idea about the food chain and where the material is actually coming from and the lower standards, adulteration, etc. He really does need to educate himself before spouting off.

@ChrisGPackham Just the basics Chris. Every Tractor, lorry, ship runs on that fossil fuel. Even if your organic prices will go up. Learn about the food chain before you criticise it. Imported pulses, rice, fruit, veg all rely on diesel engines.

Food prices likely to rise due to Iran war, farmers' union says . . . of course it does , as it’s nitrogen pumping , pesticide dumping paymasters profit from fossil fuel dependency to drive the industrial agriculture which is killing our home . . . bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@jonburkeUK @Rod__Mason @DeborahMeaden Whats the estimate for tonight without solar.

@Rod__Mason @DeborahMeaden Please refer to my other posts.

Reply guys of X may wish to pour a stiff one, grab a seat, and keep the smelling salts to hand…because Britain’s electricity is currently 82% zero carbon!

@LoftusSteve @lewis_goodall How is he a Government minister.

Gibberish. There is no "getting off fossil fuels". His own plans required lots of gas for decades for both electricity and heating. So absolutely no reason it shouldn't be from the North Sea. @lewis_goodall cooked him.

@PeterStefanovi2 @bbclaurak How is he a Government minister.

“The biggest chunk (of the cost of a litre of petrol) fuel duty, that goes to the government so you’re in control of the biggest chunk of the cost that people pay at the pump” @bbclaurak

@LukeJohnsonRCP How is he a Government minister.

Britain's economy and industrial base are doomed while ideological maniacs like Miliband are in charge of our energy policy. Why would anyone ever invest in a country that allows such dissembling zealots so much power? The govt takes 55% while retailers take 6%.

@BenGoldsmith Come to the Lake District to see what the Ullswater Catchment Management CIC is doing with farmers, land owners, National Trust Environment Agency in the Ullswater area They haven't taken sheep off the fells but have improved nature which many environmental orgs could learn from

@WarrenAllison18 Overdevelopment is also a big issue of course.

People with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo in our landscapes argue forcefully that nature is doing just fine in Britain, when in fact we’ve lost more of our nature than almost any other country in the world.

@KathrynPorter26 @BladeoftheS Kathryn, I would agree, which is not doing our long term security of energy supply any good. Almost as bad as food security where you have people saying we can just buy it from other countries.

@BladeoftheS BP hardly produces anything in the North Sea. The largest producer is Harbour Energy although it is moving most of its operations overseas and making people redundant The ignorance on this topic is astounding

Margaret Thatcher sold the North Sea gas/oil. £6tn worth for £6bn. She should have been thrown in jail and the contract to sell BP torn up.

@KathrynPorter26 @DeborahMeaden Deborah I think your understanding is poor which is concerning. A company in our city is next to the main electric sub station and they have to run their plant on diesel as there is insufficient capacity on the grid.

No, it's not as you would know if you knew the first thing about energy 1. Renewables only produce electricity which is less than 20% of UK energy demand 2. It's impossible to electrify millions of homes, cars, trucks and industry in a few years... It will take over a decade if ever 3. Miliband only plans to decarbonise electricity in 2030...his strategy is to hope nothing bad happens in the meantime AND we can electrify in an unfeasibly short time 4. The REALITY is we will continue to need oil and gas for decades. Even the CCC doesn't think we'll have stopped by 2050. So we should maximise our own production 5. And we should NOT rush to build renewables because they are extremely expensive. Only at the height of the gas crisis in 2022 were they cheaper at the wholesale level (see charts). Their intermittency and low energy density make them uneconomic. Trying to rush deployment only makes them more so

THIS is the appropriate response ..it is the fastest, cheapest way to a more secure energy source.

@KathrynPorter26 @DeborahMeaden Kathryn, agree. I'm helping our parent company which is a large manufacturer to look at net zero and it will be incredibly difficult for done of the reasons you stated. One is the infrastructure to bring the huge amount of electricity that would be required to the factories.

@GoodLawProject If renewables are do cheap, why is 30% of the electricity costs at our manufacturing plants due to Govt levies that is subsidies for renewables.

Absolutely bang on from George Monbiot here 🎯 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@richbanks86 @SE22mum @TimMiddleton6 @terrybnd @natalieben We have put litter pickers and bags in the car now, to pick up rubbish when going to the Lakes. Having an interest in industrial archaeology in the LD, even the more remote sites are having rubbish and human detritus leftm

@SE22mum @TimMiddleton6 @terrybnd @WarrenAllison18 @natalieben I helped out during the floods in the lake district in 2015. 2 people from London went up Bowfell for an Instagram shoot. Left rubbish at the tarn at the top of the band, then demanded I help them over a flooded stream as they had sandals on...lack of education causes problems.

#RightToRoam - there is so little nature on these depleted islands, we need access to all of it theguardian.com/environment/20…

@KathrynPorter26 @ret_ward I have been an Environmental manager in a large business for 20 years and the environment has just become another way for some people, organisations and especially big business to make money.

@KathrynPorter26 @ret_ward I go with Kathryn's tweet, she is well researched, not putting out soundbites. Bob Could you explain why 30% of our electricity costs at our manufacturing plants are due to Govt levies that is subsidies for renewables.

More nonsense from @KathrynPorter26. Over the past three years, total tax revenues from U.K. oil and gas production has been £19.6 billion, less than half the £44 billion of taxpayers money spent protecting consumers during the last fossil fuel crisis. Our ruinous dependence.

@RosieP4 @guyshrubsole @paulpowlesland @OurSacredGrove Yet they profess to be environmentalists, words fail me.

Seriously? A mass trespass in nesting season??? How can the right to roamers not realise it is a horrific policy for nature? @guyshrubsole @paulpowlesland please tell me that the press go this wrong and you are not planing a mass trespass? @OurSacredGrove fyi

@bronwengwriter @aSamEvans Guy Shrubsole did the same to me, seems they don't like people who don't support their narrative, but how much damage do they do?

@aSamEvans For some weird reason Natalie Bennett has blocked me. I really can't understand why. I'm sure I never said anything controversial to her. We do need access to nature but people don't always understand they can't bring their dogs/can't walk absolutely anywhere.

The biggest threat to nature is those who think access anywhere will increase nature levels further!

@richbanks86 @terrybnd @TimMiddleton6 @natalieben One example here in the Lake District is at Rannerdale which has one of the finest expanse of Bluebells. The National Trust have had to try and fence of large parts as people were desperate to get their photo of being surrounded by the plant even if it meant destroying them.

@terrybnd @TimMiddleton6 @WarrenAllison18 @natalieben I've seen it first hand, people being under prepared, littering or even starting fires, when I've talked to them all of them have grown up in cities. Too many people haven't heard of leave no trace. Not taught in schools. Even educational TV shows don't exist now.

@terrybnd @RichPrideaux I look at what the Ullswater Catchment Management CIC is doing with farmers, land owners, National Trust and Environment Agency in the Ullswater Valley to improve biodiversity and they could teach many environmental orgs how to do it properly.

I politely agree. My work and campaigning has always been about education and respect for the outdoors and culture. I keep saying it but…nature needs space too! From precious habitats to endangered species and more besides. I’m all up for outdoors access but it comes with great responsibility.

As someone who has made a good chunk of their income from taking people into woodlands for recreation and outdoor education - this is such a batshit idea. 1/depends how annoyed I get