23 Aug 2026
Solar PV installations hit record levels in 2025. Again. But that growth is now at risk of stalling. So how can that possibly be, and what are governments and commerce doing about it?
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21 Aug 2026
If there’s so much rain, how do we keep running out of water? Check out “The Book” here: https://mdsh.io/osullivanluke Use code LUKE for 10% off. Watch more from my channel: • Ones you should watch
Hi, my name’s Luke. I make videos about things I think are pretty mad. That’s usually cities, transport, and infrastructure — but not always.
Thank you to the Environment Agency for their involvement with this video. I reached out to them to check it over before filming to make sure that it was generally accurate. As always, they did not have a say over the video, its contents, or any opinions presented.
For full transparency, their feedback was the following: “Its water companies who impose hosepipe bans not the Environment Agency or Government. Leakage is at 19% rather than 20%.
The 7% rainfall figure is now 10%. For context the Jaws of Death speech was under James Bevan so quite a few years back (we don’t use that language anymore). Beckton is not the first desalination plant – Southwest Water runs a successful one in Isles of Scilly. On Beckton deal – we have learnt lessons from this and as our climate changes, our electricity network is decarbonised, desalination will be part of our future resilience water supply.”
Supporting imagery from Wikimedia Creative Commons, Alamy, and the British Newspaper Archive.
Fantastic day wandering the streets of Kingston, watching the artists at work, chatting with some of them. Posted 2 pics of the last one because the eyes followed the viewer no matter what angle you view it from. It’s the 2nd year of this festival and I hope they keep it going. There’s still some street art about from last year’s festival. New art was on buildings, shop windows, hoardings, doors, in corners and up alleyways. List of artists via the link.
An interesting warning from one of the ponds in Alexandra Park in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow. As usual with such signs, it's the work of A Sign Of Humour.#glasgow #alexandrapark #streetart #flamingos #kebabs
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