You can tell AI is a very real industry by the way it implodes unless a sympathetic political party has totally unchecked power
An important, and I think under-appreciated, result of the ongoing war on Iran is how high oil prices drive general inflation, bond yields and interest rates on debt such as mortgages. Useful study here. See also my TT#16 for much more: www.transitiontimes.net/tt-16-iran-i...
TT#16 – Iran-ic Energy Dominance
Just as soaring food prices resulted in the Arab Spring, soaring fuel prices today could spell doom for petrostate leaders. In its pursuit of 'energy dominance' through oil and gas production, the Tru...
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ECIU@eciu.net · 2d agoWhat do oil prices have to do with your mortgage? More than you might think New ECIU analysis finds changes in oil prices and UK mortgage offers have moved closely together over the past 2 years 🧵
Absolutely! And a huge shout-out to the tireless campaigning of @pattydurand.bsky.social and Georgians for Affordable Energy, and everyone who made that PSC election something to really focus on (after the prior leadership saddled them with the most expensive power plants ever built: Vogtle 3 & 4).
Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is...a much bigger deal than you might think. So many thanks to everyone at @thirdactorg.bsky.social and elsewhere who fought so hard for this win thecurrentga.org/2026/11/03/d...
Coast to coast, after a period of white supremacy politics by the Trump administration unprecedented in modern history, the country elected the most diverse set of leaders it has ever seen. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-flabber...
My flabbers are gasted.
Voters gave America another chance last night.
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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...
Solar and batteries at every school, post office, and library in America, and rebuild these social infrastructure for the future.
🚨 BLADES ON THE MOVE 🚨 At one of our Octopus Energy Generation sites in rural France, we’re “repowering” old turbines by replacing them with more efficient, modern and bigger turbines. And huge blades = HUGE LOGISTICS to get these bad boys up and running. (🧵1/5)
20% of Massachusetts homes use heating oil -- and with prices at record highs, families are facing a bank-breaking winter. I spoke with several people who are feeling anxious, and then looked at the landscape for assistance @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2026/11...
As winter heating season begins, Mass. residents face record high fuel oil costs
With heating oil prices at a record high, many households in Massachusetts are staring down bank-breaking heating bills this winter.
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How Iran Battered U.S. Bases and Caused Billions in Damage www.wsj.com/world/middle...
How Iran Battered U.S. Bases and Caused Billions in Damage
Satellite imagery shows damage at more than two dozen installations, in the fullest accounting of the destruction yet.
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Let's hear it for the farm workers who harvested the pumpkins that are decorating homes across America for #Halloween today. These pumpkins came from Greenfield CA. #WeFeedYou
"The surge in construction of fossil-fueled power plants to run AI data centers is set to undo 15 years’ worth of greenhouse gas reductions from US electricity generation, according to an internal analysis by the Sierra Club." (See also NN#3: www.transitiontimes.net/nn-3-data-ce...)
NN#3: Data Center Revolt
We’ve been told that we have to accept data centers being located in our communities and on our grids. But before we do, we ought to demand answers to some major questions about our social priorities.
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Chris Nelder@chrisnelder.bsky.social · last wk.Thank you @eroston.bsky.social and colleagues for highlighting the emissions of data centers, which hasn't gotten nearly enough attention IMO. (My piece on that is here: www.transitiontimes.net/tt-15-data-c...) 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NEW BRIGHT SPOTS: Even on 100% gas power, heat pumps cut emissions by ~48% and EVs by about half. The authors of an “electrification doesn’t cut emissions” paper made a series of compounding mistakes and used misleading assumptions. Here's why. janrosenow.substack.com/p/heat-pumps...
Heat pumps and EVs cut emissions, even on a gas-only grid
A widely reported paper claimed heat pumps and EVs deliver no carbon savings until the grid is clean. Here's why it's wrong.
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In 1990, about 20 million animals a year were euthanized in kill shelters. Today, over half the shelters in the US are designated no-kill and less than 500,000 animals are euthanized.
Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · 2w agoSocial media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
German airline Lufthansa has postponed the resumption of flights to Dubai until November 25, extending its suspension of services to the United Arab Emirates. War is coming….
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Nuke these companies from orbit. That they still exist and thrive in our country is a moral stain. That they have so much money that they can effect our elections in this way is an abomination.
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 2w agoCampaign spending from GEO Group and CoreCivic, the 2 main private prison/ICE detention companies, suggest they've mostly given up on the House and are trying to save the Senate for the GOP. Major recipients: Susan Collins, Ashley Moody, Ken Paxton, Mike Rogers, Jon Husted, Ashley Hinson
Not just the fastest, or the cheapest, or the best, but the *only* possible solution to climate change is a rapid global buildout of clean energy infrastructure. If you're standing in the way of that, you're not working on climate change & should be honest with yourself about your priorities.
Are the echoes of the Arab Spring more audible now? Is it clearer how these recent riots are not just about disaffected youths and poor public services, but are connected to the riots and protests across the entire world owing to soaring oil & gas prices owing to the wars on Iran and Ukraine? 7/x
Not only was #Digger a great movie but it had great music, and I can’t get it out of my head.
Here's something you may NOT know about beluga whales: they have squishy foreheads. This area is called the MELON, and it's a specialized organ filled with fat, oil & wax that acts as a deformable acoustic lens, focusing sound waves into the water around them. But wait, there's MORE!
Whale Tales@whaletalesorg.bsky.social · 2w agoAn extra spooky booluga for you on this #WhaleWednesday in spooky season. 🖌️All Everything Dolphin #WhaleTales
Folks, my friend in southeastern Connecticut just had 128 gallons of home heating oil delivered. The price? $750 dollars. This a real world, on the ground crisis in the making. Oil delivery season is upon us. #fact
i wrote about why i think everyone (esp people working on climate) should see digger. unfortunately i had to spoil digger in order to write about digger. so do me a favor and see digger and then come back and read my review
Everyone Hates ‘Digger.’ It’s the Perfect Climate Movie
The deeply uncomfortable film forces audiences to confront what types of stories we tell ourselves about who has economic and political power.
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*Look, science fiction was invented in the 1920s, while libraries have been burning-down ever since Sumeria *However, Artificial Intelligences getting burned down by remotely-targeted robot missiles, that's an exciting new trend *Is this situation some fantasist's "anxiety," no it isn't
Undercaffeinated Eel@caffeinatedeel.bsky.social · 4w agoIt's funny, really: sci-fi literally depicts this stuff - desscrution of digital databases leading to complete loss of knowledge. Then again, that's more a case of just reflecting the anxieties of the present rather than predicting the future. Disturbing to see it play out, though.
10. We oughtta be building more wind, especially in seasonal climates like Europe. Solar will get built anyway, it’s cheap, but wind blows at night and in the winter. We’re going to need something to charge the batteries in winter, especially with rising heatpump use.
6. In a way, it’s reassuring that solar is saturating, as it means solar is actually displacing fossil fuel rather than power demand increasing vertically. But it means the beginning of a new phase: the age of cheap solar and batteries. This too will pass, but it’s just getting started now.
5. Solar is still the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places that aren’t yet running into saturation effects are grid access and permitting.