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Richard Lowes

@heatpolicyrich

Objective, independent, energy (policy) analysis. Clean heating and gas. Snr Associate @RegAssistProj. Fellow @exeterepg. Non-exec @scotgov+surfing+dogs

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Matt Friend(@friend_matt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great thread with pretty much all of the points I would have made (and many more, better ones; and better put too). Richard Lowes's thread also worth reading.
I'd add two other thoughts:

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I'm blocked by Mike Foster yet still the unpleasantness continues. Publishing a statement that I'm 'not a neutral observor' when I have no financial investment in heating, publish all my research open access and list my income says all you need to know about him.

I'm blocked by Mike Foster yet still the unpleasantness continues. Publishing a statement that I'm 'not a neutral observor' when I have no financial investment in heating, publish all my research open access and list my income says all you need to know about him. #projecting
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Rishi Sunak says he will attend COP27

“There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change,” the PM stated

Rishi Sunak
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crisis

energylivenews.com/2022/11/02/ris…

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Tom Collins(@TomCollinsBosch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To people promoting that we exclusively electrify heat to decarbonise: I am seeing more and more tweets slamming hydrogen, but none answering the barriers to pure electrification. Please could you offer some realistic, meaningful and non-dismissive answers to these questions? 🧵

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And while this all looks terribly difficult, and capital intensive, I don't see hydrogen at mass scales in homes as a better option. It looks overall more expensive, more resource intensive and slower - and the whole idea risks delaying action. So that's my take.

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Darn I missed a point on driving consumer demand. Yes very tricky. Will need a combination of measures including communication and eventual regulation.

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I think in some limited instances, hybrids may make sense. But I think many of the space issued are exacerbated by them, and I'm not convinced of the economics either. HP innovation also seems to have overtaken them.
twitter.com/TomCollinsBosc…

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On network capacity, we've known for years that under decarbonisation capacity needs to increase and it needs investment. Innovation can limit costs (see National Grid UK Customers (ex-WPD) for SW proposed capacity increase but charge reduction). But much more copper needed. twitter.com/TomCollinsBosc…

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