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I joke around on here, sure. that doesn't mean you can rock up in my DMs and say anything you want

So just in case you lovely tooters can help me along…I’ve been campaigning for a ban on disposable bbqs over the last year or so.
Just a bit of clarity about what started this campaign and my own circumstances. 
I don’t represent any other group or institution. I’m not funded. 
I’m a dad, a teacher. And my little 9 yo boy got badly injured by a disposable bbq in 2020 
Will received his injuries by running through sand where a disposable bbq had been used several hours before. The bbq had cooled and the owners had removed it to dispose of properly.
The surface of the sand was cool but the thermal nature of dry sand meant that the heat had retained deep down.
Wills accident could happen to anyone. The nature of these items (no legs etc) means that they are usually used straight on the ground causing a range of issues (see parks and moorlands also). 
When they are used on sand like in this instance and then cleared away/taken home, an invisible danger remains on the site for those arriving. 
They have prohibition restrictions in some localities but the problems with environmental damage, waste and injury persists…simply because restrictions are incredibly hard to enforce/police. As long as these are available they will be used and will cause problems often to people or environments that had nothing to do with its original purchase and use. 
And I’m not in any way anti BBQ. I just think it should be done safely. And banning these items would go a long way to helping.
I suppose I think of this like fireworks. 
All fireworks have safety instructions, disposal instructions etc etc. They’re obviously dangerous in some circumstances so you assume people will be sensible.
But in spite of this and in spite of the control measures that are put in place - some types of firework are still just too risky to have available. Sometimes because ‘people’ can’t be trusted to be sensible with them.
And sometimes simply because they’re just inherently dangerous (eg the good old ‘jumping jacks’ back in the 70’s). Eventually you have to draw a line somewhere and say that the cost/benefit balance isn’t quite right with some items…
So we don’t have to ban everything and all fireworks by any means - just the jumping jacks that we watch every year and say “Nah…this ain’t right” 
Not all - but some aren’t worth it.
We’re not raising this just because of our experience… it’s because it’s so many peoples experience. These injuries are frighteningly common (4 that have been similar in nature in the last 10 days).
So these problems alongside the huge amounts of litter they cause, the vast amounts of single use waste the produce and the catastrophic wildfires they cause. 
We simply want to help stop this happening to be anyone else - because it happens very regularly unfortunately 
I hope that clarifies things 
Please do take a minute to sign our petition

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618664
#environment #waste #bbq #BanDisposableBBQs #firedanger #litter

The UK wants to trial hydrogen for heating.

But some of the locals have doubts which isn’t surprising given that no independent evidence supports the widespread use of hydrogen for heating. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/21/no-choice-hydrogen-heating-pilot-whitby-ellesmere-port-lab-rats

NEW: We are pleased that following our legal intervention the Charity Commission has agreed to investigate the sinister Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Public funds should never be used to subsidise lobbying by those who deny or minimise climate change. https://glplive.org/gwpf-211122-tw

@goodlawproject

Utterly farcical that a mysteriously funded organisation whose sole function is to carefully craft disinformation to con the public at large (scientists know its crap) should have charity tax status.

Experimenting with a per-BMU filter for the realtime wind generation map. Eventually this will be searchable by wind farm as well as BMU.

This data used to be shown inside a bunch of messy popups and having it on the sidebar allows for much more flexibility.

Still a ways to go.

#Energy #RenewableEnergy #WindPower #DataViz

So the entire German workforce were fired in the purges and they are now collectively organising a lawsuit and I don't think there's enough popcorn in the world for Elon Musk vs EU labour laws

The UK's goods export performance since 2012 Q1 and normalised to 2016Q1

It's been underperforming since then

From the OECD

https://data.oecd.org/trade/trade-in-goods.htm#indicator-chart

Zoomed in - #Brexit #BrexitBonus

Tiny particles of rum, pineapple and coconut are soon to be beamed around the new 27km tunnel of the Large Piña Collider.

Proud to say that when I tweeted this it was liked by CERN. So don't be surprised if you see them attempt this at some point in the future.

I joined this site a fortnight ago today.

I did not have a clue how it worked, or about its lore and culture.

Now, it seems intuitive - though not because I am adept but because networks and protocols are familiar and practical things.

We use them all the time: www, mobiles, emails, etc.

And this place is structured to encourage calm civility.

It was Twitter which was strange and, in many ways, inhumane - rewarding clicks and rage and vileness.

We just got used to it.

And now we are out.