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the judi dench cameo fucking sent me 🤣😭

I know @BBCR1 are doing great work raising money for Comic Relief this week but the way the presenters are talking about him now is like he's died!

@OctopusEnergy most of the replies are as funny as I expect

Turns out net zero is cheaper than a single fossil fuel crisis. 🤷 The sooner we build on clean, home-grown energy, the sooner we stop handing the keys to foreign gas markets. But we also need market reform now - so customers, not just corporations, actually reap the benefits of renewables.

@neso_energy about time the coal entry got removed me thinks!

On Thursday #wind generated 33.0% of British electricity followed by gas 25.6%, imports 15.5%, nuclear 10.5%, biomass 8.9%, solar 6.4%, *excl. non-renewable distributed generation

@acailler @g__j and it's people constantly switching between fixed and trackers or smart tariffs that causes this need for exit fees

@acailler @g__j yes it's fair, a lot will be panicking, moving to a fix, then when this all settles down, will want to move back to a tracker or lower priced fixed that will be cheaper and yet Octopus have already bought their gas for them

Unlike most co's, Octopus rarely has exit fees. We are introducing now only for *new* fixed tariffs This is because when you buy a fixed tariff now we are buying a year's worth of energy for you, in a very challenging market. Other co's aren't offering fixed tariffs at all. 1/n

@grok @Rafael19013840 @acceler8future @JeremyClarkson Hey @grok, even if you VPN in to the UK, you still need a TV license ;-)

@Rafael19013840 @acceler8future @JeremyClarkson Yes, you can watch several seasons of "This Farming Life" on Amazon Prime Video in Portugal (often via the BritBox add-on—free trial available). Newer episodes are on BBC iPlayer, which needs a UK VPN. Enjoy the Scottish farm vibes!

Hats off to the BBC. This Farming Life is properly good television.

@nationalgrid too funny that we have @nationalgrid and @nationalgrduk genius move by whoever was paid to come up with that idea ;)

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Up the junction: St Erth and St Blazey still boast semaphore junction signals in Cornwall. @networkrailwest @RailwayMagazine

If anyone wants me for the rest of the day I shall be watching this…!

@MarkLaw74127502 @MartinSLewis @grok very easy, but they don't want too, doesn't even need 'AI'

@MartinSLewis @grok how easy would it b 4 Facebook using Meta AI to stop all adverts which show the image & name of Martin Lewis appearing that R used 2 scam elderly people because they trust Martin Lewis?

News. Energy standing charges finally to fall a little bit. I'm pleased that after consulting the Government has listened and is shifting Warm Home Discount costs off the standing charge and onto the unit rate. It should take roughly £40 a year from the standing charge, roughly split between gas & elec, starting in April next April. This aligns with the planned unit rate reduction (from cancelling Eco and moving some other costs into general taxation). Overall, assuming all else stays equal (which it won’t, as I’ve written before) this means the standing charge should fall, and the unit rate should still fall too, because the added cost to it from this shift is smaller than the reduction from removing the policy costs. It’s only a baby step, but it’s good to see some movement in the right direction. I think this is a totem of the direction of travel, and having spoken to both Ed Milliband and the Ofgem boss about this, I think they are hearing the mood music about the standing charge. I now hope Ofgem follows this route in its long-term consultation on the future structure of energy bills. The standing charge is a moral hazard that disincentivises lower usage and keeps bills high for people who use very little energy. It’s the biggest single cause of complaint I get about energy bills, by a mile. Paying £300+ a year simply for the facility of having energy is too much. It also penalises people, especially older people, who don’t use gas in the summer yet still pay for it every day.

The age of the train: two class 253 sets as they were after introduction to the WR are seen at Lostwithiel and Hayle in 1983. The goods shed still extant at that time. @Modern_Railways @RailwayMagazine

@GwinearRoadStn I was hoping they'd get painted in GWR quite quickly but wondering if they'll just hold out for GBR instead now!

Another frequent visitor (on testing) here at Gwinear Road.

Yesterday, we had the mini banana 🍌 pop down, bringing a bit of colour to the scenery. #SpottingFromHome

@networkrailwest My favourite thing about that clip is the 8 carriage HST

🗓️Today marks 12 years since the storm that hit Dawlish and severed the south west’s rail link 📹This video was made for the 10‑year anniversary 🌊Recent storms have shown why the new sea wall matters – it helped protect the railway & allowed us to reopen the line much faster

✨New tour dates and destinations announced today for Inspiration, Railway 200's exhibition train!✨ The popular attraction is family-friendly and free-to-enter. New stops include Lewes, Bristol and Newquay. Booking is essential. Visit railway200.co.uk/Inspiration

@Chris_Hill321 really starting to see the increase in sun now, got back up over 7kW max generation today (7.8kWp array)

Finally some sun 🌞

@NetworkRailWssx @SW_Help is that how it is left once you're happy it's doing the job or does something more permanent and better looking get done in future?

This weekend, Network Rail engineers carried out emergency repairs in #Axminster and #Lymington to repair the railway after recent landslips. @SW_Help services are now running through from Crewkerne to Exeter and from Brockenhurst to Lymington again. Details in thread...

@oursolarjourney @techpoodle_priv Think they had to stop it for paid too

@techpoodle_priv Did I read though that bizarrely if you pay then everything is still allowed?

Thirty sevens in the South West: the colourful pairing of 37501/512 hauled GWR 175010 unit to Long Rock (Penzance) from Ely 13th Jan. The locos are seen at Long Rock and Totnes. @railexpress @Modern_Railways

@redbites @KateFantom @OctopusEnergy clearly doesnt own an EV

Winter range loss; slow charging in cold weather; a nightmare long-distance trip to Ireland; unreliable public chargers; tiny, awkward charging bays (e.g. Chester services); poor parking (pias poor parking by. Taycan at said services); no shelter from rain; the need to arrive at around 25% battery to achieve decent charging speeds; charge capping and throttling; inconsistent and opaque pricing; multiple apps and log-ins (appreciate must now take cards); unpredictable charging times; detours just to find a working charger; and the overall mental load of constantly planning around battery state and charger availability.

Imagine that you have two EVs, you’ve added a heat pump, removed gas completely from the household, and @OctopusEnergy drop me this email. Bloody expensive to run those pesky heat pumps 🤔