Frankly astonishing piece by @alexisconran.com on all the data our phones keep on us and what they do with it (it's not good). open.substack.com/pub/scamproo...
Considered yourself robbed Jonn. I did the same on @russincheshire.bsky.social a while back.
Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social · 4h agoFOR ONE DAY ONLY: A History of the World in 47 Borders is 99p on Kindle and thus, also, elsewhere. Is this a good thing? Shouldn't two years of my life cost more than that? Who can say! Get it while it's cheap! www.amazon.co.uk/History-Worl...
The story isn't just that batteries are getting cheaper. It's that batteries are getting cheaper while gas is getting more expensive. When the disruptor's costs fall as the incumbent's costs rise, adoption can accelerate far faster than most people expect. #SWB #Bettrification #Renewables
Batteries are getting cheaper while gas gets pricier. Here’s why
The battery boom is accelerating Australia’s shift away from gas.
theconversation.com
"Grocers are already bringing in more products from abroad because of the poor conditions at home" But the time is coming - soon - when countries will hold onto their own And the UK imports getting on for half its food www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farmers warn shoppers face smaller and more expensive vegetables due to hot weather
This year's harvest could be the worst on record due to the exceptionally dry spring and summer.
bbc.co.uk
Monocrops for jet feed is just as bad as monocrops for cattle feed. What will be next?
Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 9h agoFruit to produce jet fuel: another greenwashing scam, directly from the fossil fuel industry, that will turn an area of Brazilian countryside the size of LA into a monoculture. 🧵
You won't regret clicking on this beautifully told story by @lsommer.bsky.social about the Pacific Ocean and how the Trump regime is opening some marine monuments to commercial fishing.
These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
apps.npr.org
Why is Britain a tinderbox? Because: 1) The climate crisis, obvs; but also - 2) *6.4 million hectares* of farmland in England & Wales is riddled with field drains - draining water from the land where it could be retaining it. Make Britain Wet Again! ahdb.org.uk/drainage
Rod Liddle was an active and enthusiastic member of the truly crazy rump SDP. Feel this important detail has been somewhat absent from his obituaries.
My latest on Substack (free). How one incredibly stupid Excel error broke Britain. russincheshire.substack.com/p/the-spread...
The Spreadsheet That Broke Britain
The absurd error behind austerity, stagnation and the rise of populist rage.
russincheshire.substack.com
How polluters create a Circle of Denial on the climate & nature crisis. We need politicians with vision and courage to break it.
I need 200 brave souls to read a free advance copy of "The Wolf That Chews Rocks" — a book about why dogs are such revolting little lunatics. Read the excerpt. Apply to be a reader. Try not to think about the fox poo. #BookSky thewolfthatchewsrocks.com
The Wolf That Chews Rocks
Why your dog is weird, according to science. A funny, affectionate journey through the evolution, behaviour and baffling inner life of dogs.
thewolfthatchewsrocks.com
New piece from me: Getting over the 2030 energy bill bump On how we're in a period of unusually high energy bills that we should be able to escape from - but only if we start making serious progress on electrification www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-ene...
The energy edit: getting over the 2030 energy bill bump
Every six weeks Andrew Sissons assesses the most important signals and trends underpinning the UK’s energy transition.
nesta.org.uk
Heat pumps are winning Americans over. In the first quarter they outsold fossil-fuel furnaces by 32%, the fourth year running that manufacturers have shipped more heat pumps than furnaces. Nearly half of new US homes built in 2024 came with one. Grist buff.ly/I8XwuLA #ShareGoodNewsToo
The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps
In the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful.
buff.ly
1/4 The Government's own National Security Assessment identifies biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as imminent risks to our security, resilience and prosperity.
📣 I’ve been busy! An announcement 📣 I’ve been quiet on Bluesky lately, because behind the scenes I’ve been working hard with @ev-newt.bsky.social and @nissanevownersuk.bsky.social on the CtrlAltRefuel project. It’s new(ish), full of news plus there’s a YouTube channel.
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
5/5 The contest is not simply over speed. China has too much power in Xi and his cohort; America has too much in Trump and his Silicon Valley allies. The edge will go to the country that resists ideology and corruption—and gives people agency in their future. Read: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Future, Made in China
Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.
newyorker.com
Interesting! Ferry plugs-in to run on electricity, not diesel or LNG, when docked. Incremental electrification. www.bbc.com/news/article... #energysky
First Brittany Ferry uses Portsmouth Port's plug-in electricity
The Brittany Ferries hybrid vessel plugged into the new £24.4m facility at Portsmouth Port.
bbc.com
All by herself, my wife concluded that a Kia EV3 will be our next (used) car despite having sat in both the EV5 & EV9. I call that a big win. The dealer helped by saying that the battery in the 5 was the same as the 3 which will go further and a little bit faster! 7 yr warranty for the win. Proud.
A good story that spreads far and wide will sell more of x than any form of media. By that metric, a great storyteller is worth their weight in gold. Fair play Kevin - and good luck to your mum and dad although I doubt they'll need it...
Kevin Williams@gaytonausa.bsky.social · 2d agoWrote this over the weekend: I was really worried when my parents showed up with a new Ioniq 6 lease in the middle of rural North Carolina. There aren’t many charging stations, and this was now their only car. Turns out, my worrying was for nothing. They love it. insideevs.com/features/803...
Euan’s really good, isn’t he? Knows his stuff. (And he’ll be back a little later this season talking about new battery chemistries)
Listened to this pod on the train this morning. Well worth an hour of your time (or 40 mins on 1.5 speed!). It complemented an excellent pod featuring battery chemist @106euan.bsky.social who joined Gary on the @evmusings.bsky.social podcast which I listened to yesterday on my morning dog walk.
Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social · 2d agoBatteries at a music/culture festival! And we even had a tent-full of people to listen to us, because what batteries can do, how we use them, and their influence in our world really is going to shape our future. This is also out as today’s Everything Electric podcast.
If Farage gets <60% of the vote he's toast. There is a very realistic prospect that this could happen. If would have been even more interesting if Rupert Lowe's lot had joined the fray but even he was not stupid enough to take the bait. Unlike the:
Cute Fox Begs to Be Let In
ALT: Cute Fox Begs to Be Let In
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Tom Haddon@tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 2d agoHard agree.
In NI, we've no access to the BUS Scheme. Smart Meters only rolling out in 2028. We also have (by a wide margin) the highest penetration rate of oil fired central heating in Western Europe (c. 60%). I moved to gas (from oil) in 2021 when our area got access to the (still expanding!) gas pipeline.
Richard Lowes@richardlowes.bsky.social · 2d agoVery pleased to have been featured in this detailed article on the UK's heat pump market and why growth for this year is looking sluggish, primarily the cut of the Energy Company Obligation Scheme and no replacement yet. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/aa87389...
Excellent thread.
Akshat Rathi@akshatrathi.bsky.social · 2d agoThe world reached 1,000 GW of solar installed in 2022, Bloomberg Green's story headline was "Clean Power Isn’t Reaching Those Who Need It Most" Is that claim still true at 3,000 GW? The chart below hides an interesting story. Thread below 🧵 My story: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Astonishing piece which needs to be shared far and wide. Bravo good sir.
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d ago‘Renewables offer humanity an unlikely exit ramp off our current highway to #climate hell – if only our politicians & business leaders had the wit & mettle to grasp this slenderest of lifelines’ My take in Irish Examiner today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
This, from @akshatrathi.bsky.social, is correct for commercial and industrial PV installations but I think domestic installations are different. Self-consumption, mainly with EVs and heat pumps, can still win compared to negative wholesale prices thanks to the avoidance of taxes and grid fees.
Akshat Rathi@akshatrathi.bsky.social · 2d agoA few weeks ago, the world crossed a major solar milestone: 3 terawatt installed. Why did no one notice? 0.1 TW to 1 TW: 120 months 1 TW to 2 TW: 29 months 2 TW to 3 TW: 19 months Gift link to the story 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
