Colin Merritt @Merrittable
PhD plant scientist; ex gov. research; Uni lecturer; exMonsanto Tech/comms; Consultant - (@FarmingFutures @DEI_Durham). Local Councillor, Dad, mischief-maker! uk.linkedin.com/pub/colin-merr… North Yorkshire Joined January 2010-
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CO₂ recovered from a historic low point of 190 ppm in the Last Glacial Maximum 21,000 years ago (the threshold for the survival of plants) to drive the modern Green Revolution. Agriculture rose in the Fertile Crescent 9,000 years ago & has since sustained the rise of every human…
Keir Starmer lied his way into No 10, his reasons for digital ID are further lies.
Sad but true
It's so refreshing to hear Tory MPs says the sort of things about energy density that civil servants kept from them saying when they were in power. Next let's hear about Eroei - energy return on energy invested.
It's so refreshing to hear Tory MPs says the sort of things about energy density that civil servants kept from them saying when they were in power. Next let's hear about Eroei - energy return on energy invested.
This level of treason among our authorities is a staggering betrayal of our country. Don’t ever forgive them.
This level of treason among our authorities is a staggering betrayal of our country. Don’t ever forgive them.
@FarmersGuardian Why do they give roles to someone who knows nothing about the chosen industry? 🤷♂️
"When power fears words more than violence, it’s not protecting the public, it’s protecting itself." This is the key. Examine any government scandal and you found at the heart of it rampant bureaucratic self interest.
"When power fears words more than violence, it’s not protecting the public, it’s protecting itself." This is the key. Examine any government scandal and you found at the heart of it rampant bureaucratic self interest.
CO₂ does not drive changes in the climate & ice ages arose when CO₂ was 10 times higher. CO₂ does not change weather but it is the foundation for life via the miracle of photosynthetic cyanobacteria & creating the rise of oxygen. From 1.6b to 500K years ago cyanobacteria…
At last some common sense! Bananas that don’t go brown among gene-edited foods coming to supermarkets – thanks to Brexit (Telegraph) telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/3…
Maybe they should open a branch in Epping
The modern warming period began 300 years ago, not 150 years ago. This was before the rise of modern industrial society or increased CO₂ levels. This is well documented because the central England temperature record is the longest continuous record in the world. Records began in…
Renewable energy is based on a false premise, that we must reduce CO₂ emissions to forestall dangerous warming. Yet how much warming is dangerous? The IPCC says 2°C is dangerous, ignoring the Cretaceous when global temperature was at least 10°C warmer or the Paleocene-Eocene…
And unlike 1976, our debt to GDP ratio is almost 100%, and an IMF bailout is not even possible...
And unlike 1976, our debt to GDP ratio is almost 100%, and an IMF bailout is not even possible...
Human society produces as little as 3% of all atmospheric CO₂, a recent study has found. This rejects the UN's global warming narrative, which blames anthropogenic warming. The study finds that almost all CO₂ is produced from naturally occurring geological or biological…
Have to say I agree these very different headlines highlight the very biased and nastily judgemental nature of the BBC on this crucial matter of injustice. @BBCNews you should be ashamed of yourselves!
Have to say I agree these very different headlines highlight the very biased and nastily judgemental nature of the BBC on this crucial matter of injustice. @BBCNews you should be ashamed of yourselves!
Perhaps we should send China some help. I suggest Ed Miliband.
This is Ed’s Climate change envoy, Rachel Kyte. Not only do tax payers fund her non job salary of £130,000 … But we’re also funding her jaunts around the world. She’s travelled over 75,000 air miles since September, costing taxpayers almost £40,000! Shh… she’s saving the…
@7Kiwi The UK's share of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions is approximately 0.8% (based on 2023 data, with 2024 estimates similar). Reaching net zero would reduce global emissions by less than 0.8% making absolutely no difference.
UK Natural gas prices below 78p/therm, similar to levels seen in late 2018. Why are our gas and electricity bills still so high?
A note to all those climate crisis cow-haters: Note in the graph below the huge dip in emissions during covid-19. I don’t have data, but I suggest that dip had nothing to do with cuts to cattle herds or their bodily emissions!! Yet another inconvenient truth about climate scam
A note to all those climate crisis cow-haters: Note in the graph below the huge dip in emissions during covid-19. I don’t have data, but I suggest that dip had nothing to do with cuts to cattle herds or their bodily emissions!! Yet another inconvenient truth about climate scam

Paul Temple @PaulWoldfarm
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Johann Tasker 🇺�... @johanntasker
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FarmWise @FarmWiseLabs
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Ben Briggs @Ben1Briggs
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Johann Tasker 🇺�... @johanntasker
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Rob Yorke @blackgull
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Science, Not Ideology @AgBioWorld
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Tom Bradshaw @ProagriLtd
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Belinda Clarke OBE @Belinda_Clarke
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Geoff Mackey @geoffmackey1
1K Followers 2K Following Own views; accented; ecoworrier; Rotarian; SustainableDad; DBA, MBA, BSc in the mists of time; thinks, considers, talks lots; Working@Chamerion; FRSC FIoD FISEP
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78K Followers 500 Following Leading UK farming website. Latest agricultural and rural news from across the country - always Backing British Farming 🚜 🇬🇧
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Watts Up With That @wattsupwiththat
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Climate Dispatch @ccdeditor
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The Celtic Critic @timodonnell14
17K Followers 15K Following i I am not a number... I am a free man. No DMs
Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX
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Climate Realists🌞 @ClimateRealists
78K Followers 1K Following The Fingerprint of the Sun can be seen all over the Earths climate with changing weather patterns, causing warming and cooling. My opinion.. is just that.
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