@liamconlon.bsky.social if pay-per-mile charging is introduced for EVs it will harm the transition to EVs. This is bad not only for carbon targets but also local air quality. Fuel duty has not been raised for 14 years - it was even reduced in 2022. Please make sure EV pay-per-mile doesn't happen.

BEV increasing, petrol and diesel decreasing. Again. www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data...

"In October, wind was the primary source of electricity generation". Again. www.neso.energy/energy-101/g...

Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says

Farage is asked about another two of his MEPs, who made the same pro-Russia statements that Nathan Gill has now pled guilty to being bribed to make. "Opinions are opinions." Farage's defence seems to be that they arrived at those views independently and it has nowt to do with him. Hmm. 🤔 ~AA

This is hilarious!

Do EV batteries last? 650000 mile/10 year warranty on this car's battery youtu.be/-UsHS4aQKdY

🚨 TOURING ARTISTS 🚨 Anna Sabine MP: "Since Brexit, British musicians European tours have dropped by around 9% year on year as a mountain of bureaucracy blocks those hoping to cut their teeth on the European circuit"

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) pump out 5 times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show. Running costs understated. PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol/diesel cars Underestimate of emissions lets carmakers avoid fines. Why do govts not corroborate industry claims?

Get a BEV not a PHEV www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...

History repeats.

I wonder what attracted him to a party led by a massive Putin fan… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Very impressive. youtu.be/XabFwevnkgY

This is terrifying

Just had a quick peek at "the bad place" (X) and it should be renamed "daytime TV" because it's now so full of bad actors

Drove past a mini roundabout that had been spray painted with a red cross. It was pathetic. If done well, St George's Cross mini roundabouts could look good. But what I saw was a couple of shaky, thin lines on a faded mini roundabout. No pride or respect shown at all. Just looked like shit graffiti.

Squeee, it’s nearly time for @Manchester Tech Festival again! And this time I’m extra excited because I’ll be running a workshop on facilitating ensemble / mob programming. It’ll be part of the leadership day and perfect for tech leadership who want to encourage their teams to do close collaboration

More fossil fuel thuggery, this time aimed at Brown University, in the service of climate denial. “Shut up your researchers or we’ll sic the Trump administration on your funding.” Classy.

Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now they want to silence him.

Why was there a Kindertransport? Because we wouldn't let their parents come with them. Five years into the Nazi persecution, we wouldn't let their parents come with them. And we insisted every child had someone to meet their "costs". And we only agreed on condition most would "re-emigrate".

Europe slowly adjusting to abandonment by the USA firms up support for Ukraine Let us not make the mistake last made in 1938-39 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fire risk prompts 72,000-car Stellantis UK recall | Auto Express share.google/BuC5vf7wMaU0...

Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show

A wasp nest with radiation levels 10 times higher than permitted under federal regulations was discovered at a site in South Carolina that handles nuclear waste.

This guy, influential within Reform UK, claims Nigel & minions will force "nasty cough medicine down the country's throat" in first 100 days in power - taking lessons from Trump Be warned Wales - they'll start in the Senedd if you vote for these grifters next May www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#FossilFuels - so many under-considered environmental impacts www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Chinese real-world self-driving test: 36 cars, 216 crashes, with Tesla on top

Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Be careful what you wish for Two Tier Nigel brexitrage.com/two-tier-hea...

www.racfoundation.org/media-centre... Matches my experience. I've driven more long distance trips in an EV than when I've had an ICE car. I think reasons are both the better driving experience - quieter, smoother and easier in stop/start traffic jams, and partly the reduction in cost

I've booked my place for CITCON - an excellent open source conference for people involved in software development. citconf.com/london2025/

The Battle River-Crowfoot riding has >40,000 inactive wells with estimated cleanup costs of $1.5 BILLION. Of those 40K wells, CNRL owns 8400 of them. Alberta's new "Mature Asset Strategy" will let O&G companies like CNRL push their cleanup costs onto taxpayers. therockies.life/the-1-5-bill... #ABLeg

Why don't we drive EVs using both feet? Brake pedal could override accelerator pedal (IE any depression of brake pedal could have the same effect as if you'd completely lifted off the accelerator pedal). Would be possible to make EVs behave like this because accelerator pedal is always "by wire".

Manufacturers that don't understand the BEV transition is happening (whether they want it or not), will go bust or get bought for the brand name. There will be some big name casualties. They'll be some new names that'll become enormous, most obviously BYD. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

But my mate down the pub says nobody wants EVs ... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

It may not disgracefully get anywhere near the front pages anymore but in the week that Putin launched a record 550 drones and missiles on Friday alone largely at civilian targets this decision is utterly sickening

Interesting video about a test of EV WLTP vs real world range, by a Norwegian motoring organisation: youtu.be/rrZIO9m85-s also written up here: evcube.net/lucid-air-wi...

SMMT car registration data out for June. 39% increase in registrations compared to last year. Now over 24% market share. There's so much anti EV propaganda claiming that EV sales are down, and some legacy car manufacturers are still in denial. www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data...

Nigel Farage to Headline Tufton Street Climate Denial Event www.desmog.com/2025/06/18/n...

Around 30,000 deaths will be linked to toxic air in the UK in 2025, according to a report from leading doctors, as they urged the government to "recognise air pollution as a key public health issue" news.sky.com/story/thousa...

@ramez.bsky.social: "More EVs are now sold every year in China than cars - of all sorts - are sold in the US. This trend isn't stopping. EVs are all of the growth in the global auto market since 2017." #alwaysbecharging

Despite claiming to represent a break with the current political establishment, Reform is largely funded by ex-Tory donors with links to fossil fuels, the financial services industry and an unusual high number of overseas backers with links to tax havens. www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

SMMT figures for May now out. BEV sales up, petrol and diesel down. Diesel is now a very small proportion of the new car market, which I'm happy about because some of the diesel sold in UK comes from Russian crude refined in India, funding Putin's invasion of Ukraine. www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If you want to do something about it, sign this: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Corporations killing us for profit. Excess pollution emitted as a result of the Dieselgate scandal killed 16,000 people in the UK. Vehicle pollution tests were rigged. 124,000 early deaths in UK+EU. Economic damage of €760bn (£637bn). Rise in asthma. Anyone prosecuted for manslaughter?

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... An estimated 16,000 litres of petroleum products were released into the Indian Ocean on 8 May during decommissioning at the company’s Griffin field, 58km north-west of Exmouth and 60km from Ningaloo marine park. The field stopped production in 2009.