Ethiopia’s Aggressive Bet on Electric Cars | Bloomberg Primer #ev youtu.be/aa2VfXs3qY0
The World's Most Aggressive EV Push Isn't in China | Bloomberg Primer
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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Richard Knott
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He/him Legal IT consultant Ev enthusiast Bunny hugger Also on Mastodon: @richardknott@mastodon.social
jesus christ get Representative Mouth Sounds over here off my TV
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h ago"I wanted to see if you wanted to fill in the silence, but you don't" -- OOOOOF this Haley Stevens interview on CNN is BRUTAL
ICE agents apparently searched for themselves in the leaked database, thereby revealing their identities
The world's switch to electric cars. 🌍 60 countries, about 72 million new cars a year. Over the last 12 months, 19.8% of new cars were BEV. The fitted model (exclusively dependent on past data) has BEV passing ICE in mid-2030 and reaching 50% a year later.
🔋 China exempts sodium-ion batteries from the “consumption tax”, applied from Sep 1, 2026. The break is to last two years. China knows that the current status quo is not sustainable and is pushing hard for the diversification of battery chemistries. #battchat #batteries #energysky #greensky
"Meanwhile, an electric vehicle battery today costs 10 times less than it did 15 years ago. Solar panels cost 200 times less than they did 40 years ago. Wind turbines have come down two-thirds in price over the last 20 years."
‘It’s only when you see 49-ton trucks in China running on batteries that you realize how serious electrification is’: Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson on Europe’s incumbency problem | Fortune
In 2015, Greg Jackson founded Octopus Energy, now one of the biggest energy suppliers in Europe. He talks to Fortune about the continent’s electrification challenge—and reveals the one decision he too...
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worser and worser #BAAJA could actually enable Trump to shunt billions of taxpayer dollars to oil and gas companies: "The President can just settle with all the developers and essentially subsidize their activities, without any court approval required." this is not good
In my experience, a lot of journalists are still pretty unwilling to believe that companies (and politicians, and...) will just lie. That’s a particularly bad perspective to hold when you’re covering the crypto sector.
@richardknott.eurosky.social @allshorts.bsky.social Trump's $10 Billion Epstein Lawsuit BACKFIRES in Brutal Court Ruling youtu.be/8O-Mq1E-uao?... via #YouTube
Trump's $10 Billion Epstein Lawsuit BACKFIRES in Brutal Court Ruling
YouTube video by Dave Aronberg / Florida LawMan
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Gas, not renewables, is the biggest driver of UK electricity bills. Pricier gas explains nearly 90% of the rise in household bills since 2020. Gas plants still set the power price most of the time. Cutting gas is the surest way to cut bills. janrosenow.substack.com/p/realism-ne...
Russia may launch another large-scale missile and drone attack within the next 24 hours. They report Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers are being prepared, along with at least 31 Iskander, S-400, Zircon and Oniks missiles. Energy infrastructure is considered a likely target. #Ukraine
Hard to see Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa and Sade as ‘British only’ — and Lennon and McCartney sons of Irish immigrants GB News’ arid idea of Britpop would exclude George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Cliff Richard… The list is long. This diversity IS the heart of our vibrant culture
"POET has been pleased with the results so far and plans to switch off its gas boilers nearly year-round. The cost of the steam it gets from Antora is competitive with buying natural gas, the company said. "
New Batteries That Store Blistering Heat Are Taking Off (Gift Article)
Large batteries that store electricity have revolutionized power grids and car markets. Now some start-ups are betting that “heat batteries” could be just as transformative.
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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🧵🚨How Israel-backed entities interfered in European elections with far-right racist propaganda in 2026 Focusing on 2026 most recent first: France's Senate election & Saxony-Anhalt in Sept 2026, Italy's local elections in May and June, & the June 2024 European vote. 1/17 🇪🇺
"Hydrogen demand forecast for Japan presented in 2014 was... Hydrogen Stations Forecast: 1,000 locations by 2025 → Actual: ~150 loc FCVs (Fuel Cell Vehicles) Forecast: 2M units by 2025 → Actual: 8,300 units Hydrogen $ 2014: 1,100 yen/kg → 2025: 1,650 yen~2,200 yen" ⚡️⚡ x.com/akv_jv/statu...
That after repeatedly calling Lavrov a liar to his face and stating unequivocally that Russia started this illegal war.
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d agoStrongly approve of this - G20 photocall cancelled after Ed Miliband and other foreign ministers refuse to be pictured with Russia's Sergei Lavrov news.sky.com/story/g20-ph...
The degree of raging, brazen Islamophobia in the Michigan Senate campaign outstrips any anti-Semitism there by orders of magnitude. People can try to both-sides this—and, in particular, they may try to pretend otherwise by magnifying the anti-Semitism—but the evidence is clear, and disturbing.
In 2006 I coauthored a report for the German government which also covered CCS and concluded: "Therefore, sequestration can only be regarded as an acceptable climate mitigation technology if long-term CO2 storage for at least 10,000 years can be guaranteed." I.e., it is not a realistic option.
The Future Oceans – Warming Up, Rising High, Turning Sour
Latest research findings show that failure to check mankind’s emissions of carbon dioxide will have severe consequences for the world’s oceans.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley@globalecoguy.bsky.social · 3d agoIf you didn’t have doubts about these industrial carbon capture schemes — especially CCS and DAC — you should read and think again… www.propublica.org/article/carb...
BP quarterly $8.46bn (£6.3bn) profits hit ‘obscene’ 18-year high. Shareholders and execs profit from wars, household and business hit hard. No curbs on profiteering. Will fuel inflation and poverty. Chancellor didn't levy windfall tax on energy companies.
BP profits hit ‘obscene’ 18-year high as Iran war drives up oil refining margins
Oil giant comes under fire from climate campaigners, as its earnings reach $8.46bn while ‘innocent civilians suffer’
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When do countries transition to BEV and how long does it take them? Asia and South America transitions first. Europe is far from a leading position and North America is close to the bottom.
The United States government is actively helping Russians kill Ukrainian civilians.
Trump Rolling Back Methane Pollution Safeguards cleantechnica.com/2026/10/28/t...
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