Adam Bell

Director of Policy at Stonehaven. Ex BEIS. Energy geek. All skeets in a personal capacity. @adam_grant_bell on the bird site
Joined July 2023
  • This is a cracking thread, doing the hard yards on regulatory reform. On aircon in particular, it will be heavily correlated with solar output making it very much a no brainer design option. We need to get out of the mindset that any additional energy demand must be prevented.
    • Our latest report looks at five 'anti-supply measures' that are a major bottleneck on urban housebuilding and the 1.5m new home target - a quick thread below on what they are, why they're a problem, and how to fix them:
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  • Although this was intended in jest, I can't see an endgame for fewer cheaper immigrants + an aging population + a shrinking workforce that isn't, "We can no longer afford to fund social care."
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  • A fantastic thread on how the Government could immediately save money by cracking down on those classic benefit fraudsters, sheep.
    • 1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
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