Quite a lot, as it turns out.
WHO KNEW ????
Originally shared by Joerg Fliege
In the spirit of "what has the EU ever done for us?", someone coded a Google Maps overlay with postcode search for EU projects. Plug in a postcode, and see what the EU has funded in the area.
https://www.myeu.uk/#/
Interesting, 9 different projects with 5 miles of me. Most research oriented, one funding of a visual arts festival.
ReplyDeleteAnd another one just on the other side -- EU funding of a broad-based research project on heat pumps for domestic heating.
ReplyDeleteIt's particularly relevant as my furnace is overdue for replacement, being a 50 year old forced air furnace, a rarity in the UK. It's also ed me to a useful industry organisation, the European Heat Pump Association: https://www.ehpa.org/
cordis.europa.eu - Final Report Summary - HEAT4U (Gas Absorption Heat Pump solution for existing residential buildings) | Report Summary | HEAT4U | FP7 | CORDIS | European Commission
"Oh. Peace? Shut up!"
ReplyDeleteAye, there's the rub. People don't value constant benefits - no-one gasps with delight every time they turn on a light. They value things which are continuously varying but familiar. If the EU sponsored pubs and sports matches, Britons would swap God Save The Queen for Ode To Joy overnight.
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