Watching history documentaries, like channel 5's Pompeii: Life in the City, with it's portrayal of rich people and slaves, makes me think we haven't changed a bit.
Wannabe Film Producer. Allergic to lots of stuff. Severe mould allergy. Atheist. Clean Air Campaigner. Universal Basic Income. Bristol, UK
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Watching history documentaries, like channel 5's Pompeii: Life in the City, with it's portrayal of rich people and slaves, makes me think we haven't changed a bit.
I’m gonna post this at least three times today…..
We must ALL demand clean air. For our own & our children’s brain health. “Unlike age or genetics, this is something we can change. The most direct implication is that clean air policies are brain health policies.” #AirPollution
Notice the difference? UK unique - no known EU/other major country excludes 65–74 from 2025 #COVID boosters. JCVI rationale = “It finds age-thresholds rise once vaccine purchase costs included, making older-age programmes the cost-effective choice” ie it’s too costly to save lives It’s disgraceful
Misleading, @BBCNews, while North Sea remains a major oil producer, only a small fraction actually refined & used in UK. Most is exported globally. We don’t own it. We shouldn’t drill it It doesn’t give us any #energy security. #Renewables do Permission should be denied
New story on our website: “…listening to people chopping up their firewood at all hours of the day and night is triggering for mine and my children’s post traumatic stress disorder.”
Delegates at UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) asked what % of the global population would say they were willing to give 1% of their income to help fix #ClimateChange. The estimate was 37%, but recent research found the true figure is 69%. And 89% said Govts “should do more to fight global warming”.
"A preventable #Health crisis". With 85,000 children attending hospitals and 35,000 being admitted last year, the scale of this crisis requires urgent action from @london.gov.uk , local councils, and the Government. #AirPollution
My favourite EV! 🙂
Yep. And has a fan to increase downforce.
Anyone NOT see the trend? #ClimateCrisis.
Any chance of @charnwoodstoves.bsky.social replying to me?? They always go quiet when I post real facts about wood burning. Charnwood - Please prove how you can make a wood burning stove have the same emissions as a gas boiler Oh! You haven't replied because it's impossible, so you can't prove it
@charnwoodstoves.bsky.social seem to have gone quiet, and don't want to reply to our comments. Haven't replied to other data I've shown them either. And just to highlight again it's not a single case. It's 500 people a week who die prematurely due to the impact of air pollution.
Would be great to hear Starmer say this, again & again. Why have the Reform deniers got all the spotlight?
Only half of the UK public are aware that wood-fuelled power stations exist at all, and only half are concerned about the #AirPollution that comes from domestic burning (wood burning stoves and open fires). Read @globalactionplan.bsky.social's new evidence review on #WoodBurning 👇.
What happened to our suggestions? Our story behind the names was really compelling: ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Chevron, BP, PetroChina, ConocoPhillips, TotalEnergies
Great idea. Don’t be fooled by pictures suggesting wood burning is nice It’s toxic It harms you, your family & your neighbours.
Yes it's August, but now's the time to email interior magazine editors about their #Christmas editions. Can you write to them, asking them to consider not using images of blazing fires on their front covers or within features this year? #AirPollution #WoodBurning
Yep, there are a few places in the world where people need to burn wood. I'm in the UK. Here there are 8% of homes that have wood burners, 95% of which have other sources of heating. Wood burning should be reduced so the only people burning are doing it for necessity and not aesthetics.
Yes I totally agree. It is despicable. And saying "Legislating from single cases risks creating laws that sound moral but don’t deliver true systemic change." just highlights his lack of understanding. Millions have been affected by air pollution in the last 100 years. It's not just 1 case.
Yes, they are connected because some pollutants impact both. If you look at these 2 pages on IoUH website they don't mention climate change at all. urbanhealth.org.uk/our-work/urb... urbanhealth.org.uk/who-we-are/a... 2/2
No, it's not. The 1st paragraph doesn't make sense. And the 2nd paragraph has this "One example is Impact on Urban Health who frames climate change through a single lens: air pollution." Nope! IoUH focus on pollution that causes health issues. NOT climate change pollution. 1/2
I think Peter was saying you should be a bit more vocal about biomass not being a solution for decarbonisation. Just another one to add to all the myths out there. You do a great job. Does feel like domestic wood burning is ignored, because people like a pretty flame!
Wood stove owner learns how it is polluting his home, says he regrets decision to install a wood stove: youtu.be/haIaG844J08?...
Our bills are going up because the electricity prices are tied to gas the majority of the time. We need market reform to get the prices to go down. youtu.be/ECTGhvVpsQc?...
It was time for a rethink years ago! It is a no brainer just stop burning stuff!
You sent the link for your stoves, to show the pollution tests. One stove has Particulates at 17 mg/Nm³. Particulates of Gas Boilers are so low, they aren't able to detect it easily, so it's advised to use 1 mg/Nm³. So your stove is at least 17 times more polluting. 2/2 bsky.app/profile/char...
One fact that I keep stating is that you can't make a wood burning stove that has the same PM2.5 emissions as a gas boiler for the same amount of heat. You've said you can, but have never proved it. Which reminds me. See next post. 1/2
You are the one that needs to have a closer look. If you really cared about health, you wouldn't make wood burning stoves. Compare the emissions of your "eco" stoves to gas boilers and heat pumps. You've said you can make a wood burning stove that has the same emissions, but never proved it!
All of it. But especially the description of people that care about people’s health. "Campaign groups, pressure organisations and self-appointed moral guardians" It's not about morals. It's about causing the least harm we can. By your logic in the article, then children could smoke cigarettes!
I couldn't get past the first paragraph without thinking this was a lot of nonsense. We have improved heating. Compare your wood burning stoves to gas boilers and heat pumps. That's the heating we should be using. You can't make a wood burning stove that has the same emissions as a heat pump.
I can fully attest to the quality of Pete's work - both as a scientist and as a communicator. I can't wait to see his film - if you want to too, then get in touch with him + your local Indi cinema 👇🔥
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I found some hopium. Lots of interesting stats in this article. Renewable energy will win, despite the capture of politicians by the fossil fuel industry.
Definitely!🙂
Electric cars are fun. I only booked a Compact and they upgraded me. It almost drives itself as the cruise control sees other cars and speed limit signs! Rear wheel drive too! I'm happy to be driving along knowing I'm not polluting the air as much as a combustion car.
“Internal records, studies and interviews with current and former agency officials reveal another motivation [for avoiding masks]: Embracing masks would mean admitting how dangerous wildfire smoke really is.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
Or your own.
Just say you don't care about other people's health. It will be a lot easier. Oh and it's definitely not a bullshit agenda because there's literally thousands of studies in the last century. But don't let the facts get in the way of your fact-resistant opinion.
That's your definition. It doesn't match my definition. And there are many scientists that that say wood burning is not climate neutral. Here's one. He actually says it's doubly destructive. bsky.app/profile/glob...
Wood burning contributes to climate change. We have better options. If you used a heat pump with electricity generated from gas, you would only need the a third of the energy. And if you used a heat pump with renewable energy then that's perfect.
CO2 contributes to global warming. Doesn't matter about where it comes from. thebulletin.org/premium/2022... 2/2
That's only because you define it is not in the natural part of the cycle. Change the timeframe to 1 sec before you burn the wood, and the carbon released still isn't in the natural part of the cycle. Physics doesn't care how old a molecule of carbon is. And the CO2 molecule is brand new! 1/2
Supply the link please. I have a chronic illness, which is made worse by poor air quality. My time, energy and money are limited. You never answer many of the questions we ask. I have no trust that you will listen because you don't listen on social media.
All energy is solar energy. Fossil fuels were organic materials. Just a very long time ago. Trees take much longer to rot compared to burning. So you don't increase CO2 as quickly. And then rotting trees don't produce all the health damaging pollution. We have much better options for heating.
So you can post a test report so that I don't have to come and see you. Strange that you never post any testing results.
When it comes to emissions it is relatively simple. You test them. Unless you have an independent scientist and a dedicated laboratory-based test facility, there is no point in coming to see you. You are biased because you want to sell stoves. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s...
How can I see the invisible emissions? If you are basing your opinion about low emissions on watching wood burn, then you really don't understand emissions.
Post the test results. I don't need to visit to see a report.
How do you know they are lower emissions? Done a test?? They probably have much higher emissions of ultrafine particles, because that's what happens when you burn more efficiently at higher temperatures. So much crap in your article. You never compare modern stoves to gas boilers or heatpumps.
They are not sustainable as they damage the environment and peoples' health. And they are more expensive than gas heating. urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...
Assuming burning stats from Annex A, Defra Domestic Wood Burning survey 2022/23 (NAEI use this), 14.75% of outdoor burning occurs in London, then 100.3tonnes of PM2.5 would be saved by asking people to move to electric or gas BBQs. Four times ULEZ PM2.5 savings @mayoroflondon.bsky.social!
Hey, @UKLabour, don’t drop the energy companies windfall tax as rumoured. But instead of 90% tax relief for #FossilFuel investments (so they hardly pay anything), change the tax relief to be for #Renewables investment It’s a no brainer. This really makes sense. Please.
There are British young people who would like to train as doctors and nurses but they are also put off by the amount of student loan they would take on. My daughter dismissed post grad medicine for this reason.
New: our research reveals almost 114,000 children were admitted or went to London hospitals with serious breathing problems last year. “These figures are heartbreaking and should finally shame our political leaders into action." #AirPollution #Health
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Lando is holding his trophy upside down! 🙂
Well you are odd for not being able to see that your passion also harms people. If what you are doing involves making products that allow people to burn, then there's no point in coming to see you.
It’s time to stop romanticizing air pollution. Great work by @mumsforlungs.bsky.social!
And when you are comparing PM2.5, you should be really doing it against gas boilers, not older stoves and fireplaces. PM2.5 for Ecodesign burning dry and seasoned wood is now higher than gas boilers, and also Power Stations burning gas.
Again you are only mentioning PM2.5. There are also scientists that have confirmed more efficient burning creates more PM0.1. Also look at cancer causing 16PAH in the NAEI data. Ecodesign just burning dry and seasoned wood went above all road transport.
Which means you are passionate about causing health issues to the neighbours of wood burners. It is not possible to burn wood for heat without higher emissions than gas boilers or heat pumps. You don't really care about other people.
Please sign this petition by @asthmaandlung.org.uk, which urges the UK Government to adopt the WHO's ambitious #CleanAir standards & create a clear plan to reach them. In October, they will hand the petition in at 10 Downing Street - please support a cleaner, healthier UK. #AirPollution
Unfortunately "clean as possible" for modern wood burning stoves is nowhere near as clean as gas or electric heating. People suffering from lung conditions who have neighbours with wood burning stoves don't have positive well-being. You don't care about people's health.
Tell us how you can make a wood burning stove have the same emissions per unit of heat as a gas boiler. You said you could do it, but have never explained.
Perfect if you want to poison yourself and your neighbours. Find out more here: www.cleanairhub.org.uk
Same emissions PER UNIT OF ENERGY
You still haven't explained how you can make a wood burning stove that has the same emissions as gas boilers and heat pumps. You said you can do it, but you have never explained how. Do that first, before arranging for a discussion.
Definitely not! What you are great at, is cherry picking data, and never comparing modern stoves to gas boilers and heat pumps. It's like you care about money more than people's health. You are great at that too.
You don't recognise sarcasm then?
As I said earlier I don't want to ban all burning. Banning wood burning stoves would definitely give environmental improvements for health and the planet. Renewables and heat pumps would help even more. Tidal and Geothermal energy would provide a good baseload for electricity generation.
He managed to get that to a marshall.
You've assumed I meant climate change emissions in my reply to a wood stove manufacturer. I didn't. I am mostly concerned about health damaging emissions from any source. Air pollution is currently causing more health issues and deaths than climate change. Climate change appears to be catching up!
I recognise the name Hypx from twitter. One of the people that thinks "hydrogen is the future for cars". Just because you can fill it up faster than you can charge. It's definitely not the future for cars!
I never said I wanted to. It's very hard to explain all the detail in 1 social media post. For heating, energy and transport we should stop burning stuff. Or reduce as much as possible. We have many other methods that don't require burning.
It's really simple, we need to stop burning stuff. Whether that's fossil fuels, wood, waste, hydrogen etc. All combustion causes emissions. That's where stove users don't think. We just need to #StopBurningStuff
Compare them to gas heating and heat pumps and they are not low emission. "By comparing newer certified wood stoves to only the most polluting heat sources, it gives the impression they are far less polluting than they actually are." www.dsawsp.org/secondhand-s...
Road transport is already being electrified. Low emission wood burners do not exist. All combustion creates emissions. 1 wood burner is a lot more polluting than 1 vehicle. It's nearly £1bn every year in health costs due to wood smoke pollution. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A great video from @simonoxfphys about the rise in anti #NetZero propaganda over the last few years featuring @CarbonBrief ‘s @DrSimEvans. youtu.be/bX1n25rN8yg?... #Climate #Energy #AirPollution #Health #StopBurningStuff
I really shouldn't have pressed the unmute button! www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10...
Then you should have added that when you said wood smoke pollution is not a major source. Not a major source IN RURAL AREAS.
Wood smoke pollution is higher than gas. Wood is renewable! Ha ha ha. That's so funny. It takes so long to grow tho. There's a reason that Australian energy companies are installing renewable energy, solar and wind, on remote farms. Now where is the mute button. You have a fact-resistant opinion.
For some people in Australia, domestic woodburning is the major source of air pollution. One wood burning stove is very polluting compared to one car or truck. www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...
I just signed a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
Important research but disappointing that @theguardian.com keeps promoting the myth that road vehicles are the largest polluters in the UK. Wood burning is used by a tiny minority (<3m) yet causes similar levels of PM2.5 pollution to all 41.4 million road vehicles. Its also unnecessary pollution.
🧠Air pollution increases the risk of dementia. ❗️For every 10 micrograms per cubic metre of fine particulate pollution, a person's risk of dementia increases by 17%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The advanced in A I will soon render most jobs obsolete. In the next General Election each party should have a strong position in the manifesto about UBI BBC News - Council in Peterborough turns experienced worker into AI chatbot - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Which is preparing them for most office jobs, where just being present is seen as being productive. It shouldn't be that way at all.
The most comprehensive study of its kind has found a positive and statistically-significant association between fine particle pollution (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), soot and #Dementia. "Far more needs to be done to tackle this invisible threat". #AirPollution
When you are going to tell us how you can make a wood burning stove that has the same PM2.5 emissions per unit of heat as a gas boiler or a heat pump? You could write an article about that, but you haven't. We've been waiting a long time. You don't care about clean air.
Well done everyone at Mums For Lungs. That's a big result. 🙂
BREAKING: We won! 💪 🙌 We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
Dr Isolde Radford, senior policy manager at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: “This rigorous review adds to mounting evidence that exposure to air pollution – from traffic fumes to wood burners – increases the risk of developing dementia." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"PM2.5, which comes from vehicle emissions, power plants and woodburning stoves and fireplaces. More specifically, the study found that for every 10 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5, an individual’s relative risk of dementia would increase by 17%." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Their net income will decrease. They will pay more tax. What you are proposing is not UBI. It's Conditional Basic Income. Which involves means testing and that makes the system less efficient and more expensive. The majority of UBI advocates agree that UBI is Universal and Unconditional.
If you restrict who can receive UBI then it's not UBI. It has to be universal. The rich will pay more in taxes if UBI is implemented so they will not be better off. youtu.be/QpQ4-lorY3Q
The maths that don't work are that the world has enough resources for everyone not to live in poverty. So why is there poverty? UBI maths haven't been tested yet, so you can't say they don't work. I think if you get the tax regime correct then they will work.
We really should be getting on with implementing tidal. "The Severn estuary holds the largest share of the UK’s tidal range energy potential, estimated at 8 to 12 gigawatts, and could contribute up to 7% of the UK’s electricity needs." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Again you are making up stuff that I didn't say. Nuclear has it's place in the energy mix.
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