Robert Parry

@7Kiwi I don't think it's claiming that. It's claiming that the drop in values in the last 12 months (for a mix of new and used) is less for EVs than for ICE. But it's poorly worded (misleadingly worded ?) I drive an EV, so I'm on that side. But I hate misinformation like this

I simply don't believe that EVs depreciate only 2% in the first year. Nor that ICE vehicles depreciate only 9% either. What statistical trickery have you used?

@PeterDClack Such a huge real problem that you have to use a FAKE AI image to support your bullshit claim Could you possibly do a fake AI image of an oil spill, birds coated in oil ? Oh wait, you don't have to. Because there are plenty of REAL images of that

Europe’s January 1 turbine blade landfill ban is a 'virtue driven' spreadsheet solution meeting the cold, hard light of reality. The 43 million tons of blade waste projected by 2050 consists largely of glass-fibre and carbon-fibre resins - that are notoriously energy-intensive to break down. No one is 'recycling' them into new blades though. They are being 'downcycled' into cement filler or park benches. But just how many park benches can one planet use?" It's not really 'renewable' if the turbine hardware has a one-way trip to a graveyard. At least there is choice, with hundreds blade graveyards now scattered throughout the parks, woodlands and farmyards of western society.

@Pierrot_shedtwt Or, alternatively, it means you're not willing to pander to their mental illness. Put it this way. Say a friend claims they are the King, or Prime Minister. Do you bow before them, comply with their every whim ? Or do you hope they get help, help them get help to recover ?

@KirstiMiller30 Thank you for your post, Warren Miller. Warren doesn't say it in his bio, but he was a male athlete. And now he wants to pretend to be a woman, and compete against women Probably because he's no longer good enough to beat the men

There are so many fallacies about female bodies in sports. We don't know what women athletes can do yet. It is clear that there is male performance advantage over females. It is reductionist (and wrong) to suggest the performance gap is all about biology (e.g. testosterone). Based on the present evidence, it is reasonable to suggest that biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors contribute to the range of gender gaps observed across sports. Males on average are stronger than women due to the relative % of muscle vs fat, & to power that extra muscle they have more (haemoglobin) in the blood all of which are controlled by hormones, they are not set at puberty. A number of gender/sex-independent factors contribute to the regulation of adult muscle mass, including genetics, race, adiposity, training, diet, and birth order. For example, data from twin studies suggests up to 50% to 60% of the difference in muscle mass and strength may be due to genetic factors without clear gender influences. Said differently, the amount of muscle mass and strength displayed by an individual may be influenced by non-sex genetics to a level that rivals or exceeds the influence of gender/sex. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1827102… Fast-twitch muscle fibers~Myth! This study of elite weightlifters, found women had as many, or more, fast-twitch fibers as men, & concluded that “athlete caliber &/or years competing in the sport influence muscle fiber proportion more than sex per se.” journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… Elites Sports don't just let men or trans women self ID and compete in the female category. Trans women athletes have to be on approved gender affirming hormone treatment (GAHT) for a minimum of 1, 2 or 3 years depending on the sport. GAHT cannot shrink heingth, suppressed testosterone does result in reduced bone mineral density & muscle mass over time and inhibits the ability to build as much muscle as those who have their normal or high concentrations of testosterone. Testosterone suppression also reduces hemoglobin concentrations to c_s female levels within the first 3-4 months of treatment, while estrogen supplementation greatly increases the total body fat percentage in trans women. This results in what we call reduced fat-free mass. Fat provides resistance for movement, as opposed to a muscle, which provides torque for movement. Consequently, the more fat-free mass someone has, the better athlete they are likely to be — independent of sex or skill level. With the reduction of the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in blood to c1s female levels after 3-4 months of GAHT, and a trans woman's body will be significantly underpowered. Trans women athletes on GAHT have less delivery of oxygen to their working muscles produces a higher rate of metabolites and consequently results in muscle fatigue, (this is the opposite of blood doping). Based on this data, a c_sgender male and a trans woman cannot be equated. Trans women are physiologically different from men even before the onset of GAHT, hence I believe the basis of any blanket ban policy is flawed. On a case-by-case basis, testosterone suppression coupled with estrogen supplementation is the best way to make decisions for the eligibility of trans women and girls competing in female the female eltite category of sports that requires strength, speed or endurance capabilities. It's ultimately a question of how long that treatment should be for each athlete in each sport; however, research must do the talking for me. transresearch.org.au/post/trans-wom…

@KirstiMiller30 Hello Warren - yes, that's your original name, as you were born a man, with that name. For me, Parkrun is a way to test myself. For others, it's a race. That's their choice. Just as it was your choice to pretend to be a woman. And it's our choice to say you're still a man

FACTS~ Park Runs are about beating your personal best and not the competition.

@wallacedadmsk05 You can get a very decent used electric car for £5k or less these days, you’re defending the indefensible here

@GlammaSooz If I’m the uneducated one, then why are you using a fake AI image in your original post? Possibly because the reality is quite different ?

@attnspanofaduck I know the FACTS very well. I focus on the deaths, the extremely high costs, the destruction of wildlife and their habitats. Fossil fuels are necessary for wind to exist. You’re uneducated on the matter and know little to nothing about any of that.

Wind energy fills landfills without ever producing enough electricity to pay for itself. Do you want 43 tons of blades in landfills? Do you want the chemicals leeching into the soil and water table?

@GlammaSooz But you are ignoring the destruction of wildlife caused by oil, oil spills worldwide. Yes, fossil fuels are necessary. But reducing their use is a good thing. Demonising wind and solar is just being a shill for Exxon etc

@GlammaSooz And yet you conveniently ignore the 13.8 million tonnes of oil burnt every day, and instead you concentrate on the 42 million tonnes of turbines over 20 years Reality isn’t your strong point

@attnspanofaduck I worked for a renewable energy company. I know the reality and the facts better than you.

@DanielJMath1 Berwick upon tweed is in England

No you fucking haven’t. The Asda in Berwick is in Scotland.

@GlammaSooz You must be MAGA. See facts, ignore them and make up some imaginary ones to prove your point

@attnspanofaduck There is very less pollution from oil and gas being used for heat than windmills.

@PeterDClack How much oil does the world use per day ? About 102 million barrels. Which is about 13.8 million tonnes So 3.1 days of oil use = 20 years of turbine use. So by your own calculations, the turbines are roughly (365/3.1) x 20 = 2354 times cleaner than burning oil. Thanks !

The world will have to deal with 43 million tons of decommissioned wind turbine blades by Net Zero in 2050. To put that in perspective, it’s the equivalent weight of 215,000 locomotives. These blades are made of high-strength composites designed to survive decades of brutal weather, and they are notoriously difficult to recycle. They were built to last, but they weren't built to disappear. Every turbine standing today will likely be decommissioned and replaced at least once before 2050. Without a cost-effective way to recycle fibre-reinforced polymers, the majority of these massive blades are destined for eternity - buried forever in turbine graveyards. China, Europe, and the US will account for the vast majority of this waste, creating a mountainous industrial heartache that many Net Zero models simply haven't priced in. But 43 million tons of purely composite blade waste every 20 years is a colossal physical reality.

@tomhfh All you're doing is proving that you're too thick to be allowed to do anything responsible in life I see you work for GBeebies. Kinda fits

Stupid EU bottle cap just spilt orange juice on me. Lots of OJ in the lid, gets you before you can even rip the bastard thing off.

@LansdellBilly @A1an_M The 20% is the important bit though Imagine having enough fuel to do 80 miles when you've got a 100 mile trip to the airport, it's the 20 last miles that matter, you're going to miss your flight and not get to the beach holiday

@attnspanofaduck @A1an_M No, it's the Pareto Principle. Most skilled jobs are 20% skill, experience and training, and 80% donkey work that could be done school-leaver with D grade GCSEs... or an illegal migrant.

Great explanation here 👇 of how the minimum wage increases unemployment. Another example from my own experience. I have a long boundary fence at the back of the house (the joys of living on a corner plot). In the past when it blew down or rotted away I'd call a gardening company to come and fix it. But prices have gone up so much (for all the reasons Peter explains) that I'm not prepared to pay them any more and now do the job myself. Slowly and not very well. Mending fences isn’t a particularly skilled job. It would be an ideal first job (or maybe summer job) and first step on the job ladder for a school leaver. But the minimum wage makes hiring school leavers or students for this kind of thing unaffordable. So the job doesn't get created, opportunities for school leavers dry up, they spend their time in their parents' house on benefits, and I spend my weekends hammering my thumbs, and, occasionally, nails. It's just another example of how socialists think they are being kind with their policies of "fairness", but their dogmatic ideology and failure to think about second-order effects, ends up harming the people they think they're helping.

@mushycrouton Yeah, because in marriage (whether gay, lesbian or straight), you have various bits of your body surgically altered, chopped off, etc. Oh wait. No. That's only when you 'go trans'

So-called straight “marriage” has a higher regret rate than gender reassignment and gender affirming care. The logical conclusion is that straight “marriage” must be banned.

@A1an_M Ahh, the Dunning-Kruger effect. fencing contractors make it look easy is because they have done it for years, not because it is easy

@attnspanofaduck By the end of doing the job once, for the first time, I'll be able to do it again, quickly and well. This is true of most DIY. That doesn't make it a highly skilled job, requiring someone with 30 years experience.

@speakoutsister The ‘victim’ didn’t take the phone in to the police for 3 weeks, so it couldn’t be proved that it was damaged at the time You know, evidence, proof, these little things that you need for a criminal conviction

Is alleged criminal damage now part of free speech? Because that's what he was acquitted of yesterday. Not on the basis that he didn't throw a phone, which was undisputed, but that the court couldn't be sure throwing it caused damage.

@Summer62603933 @bremahit @MrsLund1 If you genuinely have evidence that people are evading tax, then publish names. Otherwise it’s just rumour and speculation

@attnspanofaduck @bremahit @MrsLund1 It was put in place to make money and to score political points. People working in Gwynedd council have second homes and know how to get around the premium, as do AMs, MS, and MPs.

Imagine receiving a council tax bill for over £23,000. A recently widowed friend of mine has a holiday let which provides her main income. She’s in her 70s. Due to the 183 day rule and the premium imposed on houses that are not reaching this threshold, this is the backdated 3 year bill that she has just received. This is what Labour and Plaid Cymru are doing to Wales with their sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut policy.