Auke Hoekstra
@aukehoekstra.bsky.social
Sharing hope and debunking FUD against electric vehicles and renewable energy. Director NEONresearch.nl @TUeindhoven Founder Zenmo.com.
And not before time. This industry is an abomination, and should be shut down altogether.
Ian Fraser@ianfraser.bsky.social · 3d agoBritish salmon is to be stripped of its organic status by the Soil Association. The organic logo will be removed from all packets of salmon following environmental and welfare failures across the industry. @adamvaughan.bsky.social
It begins (hopefully). Some of this is short term, but oil demand destruction by EVs should be structural.
Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org · 2d agoGlobal carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels are projected to fall by around 0.4% in 2026. This is based on the latest preliminary estimates from the Global Carbon Project, published today.
Not surprised at all. They beef industry has done more effective greenwashing than even the fossil fuel industry…
Zach Boren@zdboren.bsky.social · 3d agonew @grilledmedia.bsky.social investigation with @theguardian.com on the first day of COP: the US beef industry introduced a lesson teaching teenagers about cattle's climate impact. then ranchers revolted, and the lesson was scrapped www.grilled.media/big-beefs-me...
1/ New research @luf.fi maps transition pathways for Russia doi.org/10.1016/j.eg.... Central question: Can a country switch from extracting & exporting fossil fuels to a carbon-neutral energy system? Russia is one of the world’s largest energy suppliers & CO2 emitters.
This indicates Trump understands he's on the way out. That in turn makes me hopeful there will be a peaceful transfer of power. (And by all means tone down the Cheesecake Factory vibes afaic :-) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump signs proclamation to try to prevent changes to gold-covered Oval Office
President seeks to make Oval Office a national monument to ensure designs are not ‘ripped down by stupid people’
theguardian.com
Way too much effort is put towards attempts to lower beef's impacts (feed additives, better grazing, etc) Instead, as this new study shows, we get far more benefits via developing widely palatable plant based options. & just make tofu, beans, & seitan abundantly accessible. doi.org/10.55845/pzh...
There is never a moment Senator Schumer cannot fail to meet.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last wk.“You’re gonna give me a heart attack! What the f*ck are you talking about??” @SamSeder crashes out over out of touch *leader* @SenSchumer on @majorityfm @TheDemocrats
Today on Volts: power electronics have taken over everything in our lives ... except, oddly, the electricity grid, which is still held together by millions of analog iron-and-copper transformers. I talk with an engineer about the extraordinary potential of smart, digital, solid-state transformers.
The transformative potential of solid-state transformers
A conversation with Raghu Belur of Enphase.
volts.wtf
Answer for everyone curious about this: If you see "MSNOW contributor" or "CNN analyst" or something, those people get paid. Others, no. I have never had a contract to do that. Most academics, journos, etc, just do it as public outreach and to talk about their work.
John Nowicki@johnnowicki.bsky.social · last wk.Serious question. Don’t talking heads get $ for being on air, or is that “just exposure” outside of network staff?
Solar. Beating expectations — time and time again. Basically the opposite of loser “solutions” like DACCS, CCS, new nuclear, fossil fuel-generated hydrogen, etc.
Auke Hoekstra@aukehoekstra.bsky.social · last wk.Just made an update from "my" Solar reality vs IEA graph for an upcoming book called "Power to the People". The difference is still going strong...
Isn't it amazing that activists have to do this? Why in heaven's name is bottom trawling allowed in *protected areas*?
Greenpeace International 🌍@greenpeace.org · last wk.PRESS RELEASE: Activists aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have placed giant boulders to block bottom trawling across 116 km² of the Southern North Sea Marine Protected Area. The UK government must ban destructive fishing in ALL protected waters. #ProtectTheOceans
I'm also watching the elections with interest but I think I speak for a lot of Europeans when I say I'm more and more detached. The EU and US used to be BFFs but Trump made clear the close relationship we had after WW2 is over and Brexit also made it easier to distance ourselves.
Dave Keating@davekeating.substack.com · last wk.Another US election, another night of all-night breathless coverage by European media. Europeans should spend less time obsessing over American politics and more time building a Europe in which US elections aren't treated as more important than their own.
Just made an update from "my" Solar reality vs IEA graph for an upcoming book called "Power to the People". The difference is still going strong...
The UK. A place where, if you give an old person holding a placard a drink of water, you're a terrorist.
1/ New research @lut.fi on pathways for the energy-industry transition of #Pakistan: doi.org/10.1049/rpg2... The study shows how Pakistan can power its #EnergyTransition with its indigenous renewable resources by 2050 at the lowest cost.
This plot is still the best thing I’ve seen on industrial carbon capture (CCS & DAC) this year… From Pro Publica projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...
Damn, it’s nice to see a climate dataviz that shows humans blasting past projections in a *positive* way. Last week I (belatedly) learned about @aukehoekstra.bsky.social's 2017 Twitter-famous solar capacity chart. Here's my animated homage. Read more here: www.jenchristiansen.com/climate/exce... 📊
🚨"Internal memos among company scientists and executives obtained by The Times reveal that for at least half a century, the plastics industry has been aware of and concerned about the potential for microplastic contamination in the human body."
Industry executives knew for decades that microplastics were infiltrating the human body
Decades before microplastics were found in human hearts and brains, industry executives privately knew about tiny plastic particles crossing the gut lining, documents from the 1970s and 1980s show.
latimes.com
For one excellent treatment of how slavery has had long term effects on American politics, see Deep Roots by Archaya, Blackwell and Sen.
Jonathan Ladd@jonathanmladd.com · 2w agovia @jenvictor.bsky.social. starkeycomics.com/2021/06/11/h...
In the least surprising news of the week, U.S. diesel prices rose for a second week after Trump announced a sanctions waiver for Russian diesel. The point isn't cheaper fuel. It's the theater of “hard choices” that reliably benefit Putin and rarely anyone else.
Lauri Myllyvirta@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 2w agoNew from me: The US has faced a higher cost than any other country from the global Hormuz oil shock, with the crisis adding $160 billion to its fuel bill — or $471 per person on average — despite being the world’s largest oil producer.
Bali has been facing a near breakdown in its transport system as fuel shortages lead to hours of queues at petrol stations. The government’s chaotic policy on support for battery motorbikes, and its economy-breaking subsidies for petrol, are to blame: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Bali’s Tourist Paradise Is Stuck in a Gasoline Queue
If you’re hoping a trip to Bali might give you a relaxing taste of paradise amid the turmoil of 2026, you might want to think again. Ripples from the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz are lapping Indon...
bloomberg.com
This is a tremendous although horrifying report Make sure to watch
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 3w agoCharting a week in the West Bank with settler attacks, demolitions and roadblocks www.channel4.com/news/chartin...
Told you so. This is what real technology agnostic (instead of German car lobby "agnostic") car developments look like. Truck are coming along also (after a slow start). This will quickly overtake any EU EV mandates (let alone US laggard policies).
Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 3w agoMIND-BLOWING STATS: A record two-thirds of new cars in China are now electric (NEVs*), while combustion-car sales have fallen by two-thirds since they peaked in 2017 – In 2020, ~95% of sales were combustion-engine cars – By Sep 2026, they crashed to 33% – On the flip side, NEVs hit a record 67% 🧵
What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.
JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...
How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)
The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
nytimes.com
Just now, the EU wholesale natural gas price reached a new high since the US and Israel started their war against Iran: 94 €/MWh. That's about three times the price before the war. Good to know that ..
“privatised water and the regulators have failed so badly that England pays among the highest bills in Europe, while nearly every river is illegally polluted, taps run dry and a trillion litres of water is leaked each year…
