Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu

@BenAdamSmith I guess it is a bit chicken and egg. Are customers asking the builder for advice on improving insulation? Are builders offering insulation advice? Is it all just about cost?

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@bjames280961 @ULTRA_GARBO Fair enough. You are of course entitled to your opinions but climate change is a factual scientific reality and if you can't understand this than I can't help you. Although you could read this: https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

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@ULTRA_GARBO I could reply but you have no face and no name - so I won't.

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We know how to build warm houses and yet most new houses built by most builders are not. Given we are in the midst of a climate crisis this state of affairs is frankly criminal.
RT @BenAdamSmith: This is my favourite time of year to be a #Passivhaus owner. The sun is out and it is -2 Celsius outside. Inside, however, the radiators are off… but it’s a steady 20 Celsius.

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@TomBlenkinsop I’m old enough to remember we used to berate the old Soviet Union & it’s satellite states for denying its citizens the right to strike. Doesn’t she know it’s as fundamental to a democracy as the right to vote?

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Even the UK’s new homes are not well insulated.
RT @GreenpeaceUK: SHOCKING FACT: The UK has the LEAST energy efficient houses in Western Europe.

It's almost like we need to insulate Britain...

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@MichaelSadgrove @NTHadriansWall The sycamore tree like the dormouse was introduced to Britain by the Romans. Neither therefore are natives.

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Due to catching covid I was unable to make a planned visit this year to the Sara Cultural Centre in Sweden which is one of the world's tallest wooden buildings. Maybe I'll make it in 2023?
https://smartcitysweden.com/best-practice/394/sara-cultural-centre-one-of-the-worlds-tallest-timber-buildings/ #smartcitysweden

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@CarbonMrktWatch What is @CarbonMrktWatch 's view on the long-term storing of carbon in timber in the built environment? And that the amount of carbon stored is measured & then carbon credits are generated against this stored carbon as per this example: https://www.prweb.com/releases/2022/9/prweb18906508.htm ? Thanks.

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RT @TheInsiderPaper: JUST IN - White House Press Sec says Elon Musk's attacks on Fauci "dangerous," "very disgusting," and "divorced from reality."

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@ianpeacock If I'm not mistaken there is an 8 missing on the third line down twelve characters in. If so this would explain why you didn't understand the message from the taxi company.

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RT @Dan_Acher: Ever so accurate.
"Every winter, fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets & roads for cars, making them faster & more dangerous, & how much space we could reclaim for people & public life" via @fietsprofessor

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Strong case study from Australia showing how counterintuitively you can turn 20% of your farm over to growing timber & wood fibre thereby increasing biodiversity AND at the same time increase food production. Classic agroforestry win-win
https://ausfpa.com.au/climate-smart-farming-with-forestry-takes-centre-stage-in-nff-and-afpa-joint-push-into-world-climate-conference-in-egypt/
@forestsandwood

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This might be a visual prediction of how London will look if we don't address climate change and the sea level rises as a consequence of our inaction.
RT @matthew_downie: A lot of snow snaps, but what about this from above it all…

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@SustainableTall Presumably this figure is achieved using fossil fuel-based materials which themselves have a fairly large carbon footprint. My guesstimate is we could achieve a 10 to 30% high saving if nature-based materials such as wood fibre insulation were used. BUT no figures seem to exist.

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This book from Island Press sets out clearly & accessibly how we can turn the construction industry from a huge emitter of carbon into the opposite - a carbon sink. Multiple doors for entrepreneurs to head through! ⁦
⁦@CEIBois⁩ ⁦@TimberDevUK⁩ ⁦@Wood4Bauhaus⁩

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@NQOsprey @forestsandwood @TimberDevUK Why would increasing the amount of food you produce and hence increasing your income be a 'kick in the teeth'?

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@jonburkeUK You should worry, I'm 60 and have no memory of 1966!

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@adrianmcmenamin Now, what did I say. 😀

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