James Murray

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    30 Apr 2021

    I've written a thing in defence of net zero. It's pretty long but hopefully it's convincing, or failing that, constructive.

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Really good thread this.

    A parochial thought about energy. Small & medium business is absent from the conversation. For the last month my gym has had its radiators on full and windows open Besides a parable for the Security Strategy trying to please both sides, there's a wider story here 🧵
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  3. Retweeted
    24 hours ago

    Things that are less popular than onshore wind power: a thread...

    Two adults carrying a young child walk through a beautiful field of sunflowers, with wind turbines visible in the background. They all have heart emojis above their heads.
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  4. 16 hours ago

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  5. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    We love to see it! Investment in hydrogen production & infrastructure = more "A new £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, which will directly fund the development of low carbon production projects." via

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  6. Retweeted
    Apr 7

    Every time you go on the telly and talk about "energy efficiency in homes" to "meet net zero", a kitten dies. More prosaically, most people get really bored, wonder why you can't just say "homes you can afford to heat", or chuck another mog on the fire to keep warm.

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  7. 19 hours ago

    But like many others I can't help but feel a bit despairing at all, cos this.

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  8. 19 hours ago

    . and I have written a piece on why the Energy Security Strategy may nbot have been quite as bad as it first looked. BG+

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    19 hours ago

    The global fleet of plug-in passenger vehicles is set to pass 20 million this quarter. Heading for 26 million by the end of the year. More in my latest piece on and :

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  10. Retweeted
    Apr 8

    my long awaited response to the energy security strategy

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  11. Retweeted
    Apr 7

    Sunak is insulting the public by claiming his wife would have to give up Indian citizenship to end her non-dom status – the two have *no connection*.

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  12. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    . and I explore why the reaction to the Energy Security Strategy has been quite so dismal

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  13. 22 hours ago

    Green news

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  14. 23 hours ago

    Long read on what went wrong (and what went right) with the Energy Security Strategy. BG+

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  15. 24 hours ago

    Nice milestone for

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  16. 24 hours ago

    Only 90%?

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  17. 24 hours ago

    Likewise, this is a positive move that should have been tied into the Energy Security Strategy.

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  18. 24 hours ago

    Big deal this. Strange the funding and detail wasn't included in the Energy Security Strategy.

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    Apr 8

    On reflection: The energy security review gave a chance to abandon . He didn’t. Despite the absence of demand measures, and the expansion of North Sea gas, that was significant.

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    Apr 7

    Excellent pie by . So good to see some sophisticated and knowledgeable analysis after so much shallow, uniformed (and lazy) stuff elsewhere over recent weeks.

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  21. Apr 7

    ‘I think we should try and invest to make the world and society slightly better and not invest so much in dangerous and damaging stuff’ ‘Why would you say that you hateful Commie bastard?’

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