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Three Dog Night - Never Been to Spain

#music

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The Washington Post shows the main heat sources of US homes. 47% natural gas, 40% electricity, 5% propane, 4% oil, 2% wood and 2% other.

#Environment #mapporn #Renewable Energy #dataisbeautiful

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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Killing The Blues

#music

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who’ll Stop The Rain

#music #creedence clearwater revival #ccr

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At least 36,000 heat pumps were installed in homes and businesses across the UK last year, according to the Heat Pump Association, and installations are expected to almost double this year.

The RHI pays out £6,000 in quarterly instalments over a seven-year period to help defray the costs of heat pumps. Ministers are reported to be considering replacing it with a £400m boiler scrappage scheme, which would offer £7,000 grants.

Heat pumps are already popular, but the cost is many times the price of a gas boiler, starting at £6,000 for an air source pump; for a ground source pump the price could climb from £10,000. And many homes need extensive insulation work before they can be installed.

#energy industry #renewable energy #business #energy #environment

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Cream - White Room

#music

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New engineering idea could make it easier to build hydropower storage facilities, making renewable sources more viable as a 24/7 electricity supply.

#Environment

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In 2019, around 54 percent of vegetables and 16 percent of fruit supplied in the UK was home grown.  In other parts of our shopping basket, the UK supplied 58 percent of the cheese, 65 percent of the chicken, 86 percent of the beef, and 89 percent of the eggs we eat.

BBC News

#Environment

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Flowing Data highlights the excellent series helping people to pick the right colours for charts by Lisa Charlotte Rost.

#dataisbeautiful

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The Traveling Wilburys - Tweeter & the Monkey Man

#music

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This map of FM radio stations in the US is fascinating. Thanks to Erin Davis for creating it, and FlowingData for bringing it to my attention.

#dataisbeautiful

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The RadRover step-thru bike looks pretty unique and the $1499 price means it’s one to consider for anyone in the market for an e-bike.

#Electric Vehicles

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I found this infographic by Nathan Yau over at Flowing Data showing the shift in US jobs from 1950-2017 pretty interesting.

#economics

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First electric commercial flight by Harbour Air using a converted DeHavilland Beaver with a 750hp electric motor. Only a 70 mile range but an impressive start.

#Electric Vehicles #electric plane

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Lloyd Alter of Treehugger reviews hemp insulation; a natural alternative to fibreglass batts that delivers an equivalent R-value - a 5.5 inch batt delivering R-20. Priced around the same as mineral wool and polystyrene panels.

#Architecture #Environment

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Gogoro launches their latest electric scooter with swappable battery pack. These have 21 litres of storage and a range up to 85km. The Taiwan-based startup has sold over 200k of its original model around the world, and this new version will cost roughly $1800.

#Electric Vehicles

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Modern spin on traditional Japanese design by Alts Design Office in Kyoto.

#Architecture