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Why is the #MAGA #47 undercutting his Secretary of Health's #MAHA goals of eliminating exposure to toxins?

An emergency executive order requiring coal plants to keep running. Plants that everywhere besides #47s delusional mind are unneeded; plants whose pollution contributes significantly to sickness and death; plants that increase #EnergyCost - Even the #FossilFools of Industry don't think coal makes sense.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/20/trump-michigan-coal-power-plants?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#AirPollution #ClimateImpact #CostOfLiving

Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high.

One of Labour’s key election promises was to cut energy bills by £300 a year by 2030 while making Britain a “clean energy superpower”. The job is already halfway complete: renewable energy made up more than half the UK’s electricity for the first time last year.

So why does Britain continue to have one of the world's most expensive electricity markets?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250420-why-the-uks-electricity-costs-are-so-high?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UK #Energy #EnergyCost #RenewableEnergy #Gas #FossilFuels

How gas keeps the UK’s electricity bills so high – despite lots of cheap wind power.

Though prices have fallen somewhat since their peak in 2022, bills are still considerably higher than they have been historically. That’s despite the construction of vast wind farms in the North Sea – which, once built, provide electricity for very little extra cost.

What explains the UK’s pricey gas and electricity?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250303-how-gas-keeps-the-uks-electricity-bills-so-high-despite-lots-of-cheap-wind-power?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UK #Energy #Gas #WindPower #Electricity #EnergyPrices #EnergyCost

Great essay on the folly of multitasking:

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-multitasking-drains-your-brain/

#neuroscience #energycost

We have negative energy prices again today where I live. As much as about -0.08€/kWh from 13:00 to 14:00.

Since I work in the energy industry (on contract), I get why that is, but I wish the media wouldn't make such a big deal about it so people waste energy to reduce their electricity bill.

I too will try to spend energy in the time window, like do some laundry and drying, but not stuff I wouldn't otherwise do at a different time. Waste is still waste.

#EnergyCost #Electricity #Renewable

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/01/peter-dutton-nuclear-power-plan-cost-price-canada-ontario #nuclearpower, #energycost,

From 9 to 45 TWh: Urgent intervention for UHS needed for a cost-effective & swift energy transition [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/from-9-to-45-twh-urgent-intervention-for-uhs-needed-for-a-cost-effective-swift-energy-transition/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Costefficiency #decarbonisation #Energycost #energyresilience

A Change in The Development of Our Ovaries Could Have Led to Bigger Brains
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-change-in-the-development-of-our-ovaries-could-have-led-to-bigger-brains #hominin #brain #evolution #ovaries #energycost #follicles

I promised a blog post about how much it cost to heat our home in winter with heat pump vs. gas. Also about the much improved insulation. Here it is:

http://davidhembrow.blogspot.com/2024/04/relative-cost-of-heating-with-heat-pump.html

To summarise: In the worst case, our CO2 emissions are reduced by 95% vs. burning gas, we have no heating bill at all any more, and our home was warmer than before.

#VanHetGasAf #HeatPump #Insulation #EnergyBill #Heating #EnergyCost #CO2Budget #ZeroCO2Emission #EnergyEfficiency

Gas usage over time. We did our insulation on a limited budget so it took many years to do it all. Each measure brought lower gas usage and a warmer home. Eventually we got rid of the gas altogether.

We just received our "jaarafrekening". This is the final yearly invoice sent by our energy company. They are about to pay us €252, and we will continue to pay them €5 per month next year, just like last year. i.e. overall our energy company is paying us about €200 for last year's electricity. Everything in our home is powered by electricity. No gas connection. No wood burner.

Nothing that we've done to achieve a negative energy bill was especially expensive. In particular, our installation of a air-air heat pump and a couple of extra solar panels cost far less than several of our neighbours paid for the wood burning stoves they've installed, which stink up the neighbourhood all through winter.

We also don't have to buy wood to burn.

People concerned about the cost of heating with gas buy woodburners at a higher rate than heat pumps largely because they have no idea about the relative costs. If they knew, perhaps we could have clean air.

I'll write a comprehensive blog post at the end of March about energy consumption, costs & emissions due to the heatpump vs. gas this winter. I can tell you already that we using a *lot* less total energy now.