Yeah, he seems to be comparing primary energy, but electric vehicles are so much more efficient than ICE it doesn’t need the same energy density… of course for flight it’s a different story

Consumer Energy Resources could lower costs for all consumers 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 Sources: AEMO; Clean Energy Regulator Ensuring all households can electrify requires addressing the barriers faced by individual consumers A well-managed uptake of CER can reduce costs for all consumers A broad-based uptake of CER reduces the energy costs for households who purchase these assets, and it lowers costs for all consumers by avoiding the need for additional network investment and reducing the risk of wholesale price spikes if well coordinated. A coordinated use of CER by households could be promoted by: • Increasing the visibility of these resources to the market operator, AEMO, as recommended by the NEM Expert Panel. • Incentives for these investments to be more price-responsive. Reforms to network and retail pricing, that we are developing in the Pricing Review, would complement these incentives by providing consumers with more efficient price signals. This would harness behind-the-meter resources to boost wholesale market competition. Ensure the broadest spectrum of households can electrify The continued uptake of rooftop solar shows households continue to embrace clean energy, even with reducing Government subsidies. The uptake of home batteries provides an opportunity for more coordinated demand side resources. As households with solar, batteries, and other CER are projected to enjoy lower costs, ensuring all households have options to electrify requires addressing the varied barriers that face individual consumers. These include, but are not be limited to, being able to afford to electrify. A nationally consistent framework for CER A nationally consistent technical regulatory framework for CER, through the Commonwealth Government’s CER Taskforce, is essential so that consumers and industry have the information they need to maximise the scope for new technologies to support the grid and ensure the benefits flow-on to consume

See what happens when government policy creates incentives? More of this please!

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Indeed it appear they are not physics informed models, this paper appears to be some earlier work: www.science.org/stoken/autho...

There’s difference between physics informed machine learning and physics based models, see NVIDIA developer.nvidia.com/blog/forecas...

I believe these are physics informed models that are grounded in reality by incorporating boundary conditions and PDEs into the training loss. Much more useful than LLMs

Reading Less is More for the third time. #degrowth for the win

&udm=14 - Chrome Web Store Modifies Google Search URLs to include '&udm=14' when enabled.

To avoid this nonsense (and waste) I use a udm=14 plugin like this chromewebstore.google.com/detail/udm14...

At the next COP there should be a welcome event for fossil fuel lobbyists, in the basement, for two weeks

Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.

If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.

a chart showing that there are countries with growing economies and falling emissions; though a lot of the countries don't really have falling emissions???

Imagine how fast global emissions could be falling if having an economy that centred human wellbeing rather than constant growth was allowed 🫠

(also a fair few of these countries have stagnant rather than falling emissions.....)

robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/

Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says 10bn tonnes must be captured from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström

It might be true that the world needs to remove ten billion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere every year but it’s never going to happen for many different reasons: technical, financial, social, environmental, governance, etc. If we don’t reduce CO₂ emissions, we’re screwed. That’s it.

@ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky Here's the other problem: as @climateactiontracker.org point out in the report Gates' staffers either didn't read or chose to ignore - the shifting projections from 'bad' to 'less bad' STOPPED SHIFTING after covid and MIGHT BE SHIFTING BACK TOWARDS MORE BAD https://climateactiontracker.org/documents/1277/CAT_2024-11-14_GlobalUpdate_COP29.pdf

Damn I missed this is part 😔

a chart showing the shifting projections of temp each year

Here's the other problem: as @climateactiontracker.org point out in the report Gates' staffers either didn't read or chose to ignore - the shifting projections from 'bad' to 'less bad' STOPPED SHIFTING after covid and MIGHT BE SHIFTING BACK TOWARDS MORE BAD

climateactiontracker.org/documents/12...

Sustainable Views Tony Blair Institute urges focus on cheap power The former UK prime minister's think-tank backs net zero, but calls on the government to alter its approach to decarbonisation The last... . 7 minutes ago Bloomberg.com UK Should Drop 2030 Clean Power Goal, Tony Blair Institute Says The UK should row back on its flagship goal to decarbonize its electricity supply by 2030 and replace it with more gradual strategy focused... . 11 hours ago Business Green Clean Power 2030: Tony Blair Institute calls for 'reframing' of flagship target Government signals it is prepared to miss goal if costs prove excessive, as influential think tank recommends target should be kept but with... . 1 hour ago The Independent Tony Blair Institute urges shift in focus from clean to cheaper power by 2030 A paper by the former Labour PM's think tank is the latest intervention in an increasingly fractious energy debate. . 11 hours ago

How about we shift from centre-right dweebs dishonestly trying to reframe our intentions and towards actually being honest with people about how renewable energy only makes your bills cheaper, cuts air pollution and cuts greenhouse gases if politicians actually directly tackle corporate power

100% and this also goes for hydrogen switching

the “Queensland Environmental Protection Agency” – an agency that has not existed since 2009. It also refers to the “Australian Regional Planning Commission” and the “Queensland Planning Authority” – neither of which exists. The other submission, which does not name an author, claimed “case studies from the Oakey Wind Farm in Queensland” had reported “widespread contamination” at the site. But there is no windfarm in Oakey and the cited “Oakey Wind Farm Contamination Report” does not exist. Some properties in the town were contaminated by Pfas chemicals used in firefighting foam at a defence base. Dr Aaron Snoswell, a senior research fellow in AI accountability at the Queensland University of Technology’s GenAI Lab, put a small sample of the submissions through checking platforms – which also run on AI.

- Anti-wind group uses slopbot for disinfo inquiry sub: creates an extra new wind farm

- Academic uses fake slop detector for the story

- Guardian itself has a "partnership" with OpenAI

- More and more climate groups themselves using GenAI to write submissions

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How AI can unlock an extra trillion barrels of oil And deliver the volumes needed to meet resilient demand 15 October 2025 3 minute read Share on LinkedInShare on BlueskyShare on XShare by email Simon Flowers Chairman, Chief Analyst and author of The Edge Andrew Latham Senior Vice President, Energy Research Orla Marnell Principal Data Scientist, Upstream Josh Dixon Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Stronger-for-longer oil demand will heap pressure on the upstream industry to deliver new supply. I asked our subsurface experts, Dr Andrew Latham, Orla Marnell and Josh Dixon how artificial intelligence can identify opportunities to meet the challenge. Why do we need to unlock new supply? The slow pace of the energy transition means that oil demand is likely to be far more resilient than some thought just a few years ago. Wood Mackenzie forecasts annual consumption won’t peak until the early to mid-2030s, and cumulative demand will be almost 1,000 billion barrels through 2050. Firm demand throws the spotlight onto where new supply can be sourced. Production from assets already onstream or justified for development will gradually decline under current investment plans from just over 100 million b/d today to 50 million b/d 2050, cumulatively 650 billion barrels. That leaves a huge supply gap of 300 million barrels.

It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread.

As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT

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Hey Grok, What's a Waste of Energy? - by Bill McKibben AI amidst the climate emergency

billmckibben.substack.com/p/hey-grok-w... Bill makes the point that AI is enabling build out of likely unneeded fossil thermal plants with speculative demand increases.

Arguing that ppl should stay on X to 'be part of the conversation' or whatever is precisely equivalent to all the Very Serious centrist nerds arguing we should lean into right-wing framing for climate advocacy bc the movement is losing momentum.

In both cases: it only helps the shift rightwards

My hope (probably naive) is that the economics will shift enough that the transition to zero emissions will run ahead. Obviously that’s ignoring govt propping up fossil fuels and the structural changes needed from states.

We will never know the true economic value of the environment; it's a fool's errand. Nature's most important values are priceless, they can never be measured in dollars and cents, but they must be conserved.

Motherfucking wind farms…

Rooftop solar power in Australia is the cheapest power available to consumers in the world, full stop. I wish more people knew that.

Solar power is now California's largest source of electricity. ☀️🔌💡

EU may allow carbon credits from developing countries to count towards climate goals Exclusive: Green groups furious at plans to let member states buy controversial carbon offsets from overseas

The planet doesn’t care about where we take CO₂ out of the air, but it does care how we do it. Tree planting or forest restoration should not be used to offset fossil fuel CO₂ emissions because it doesn't work.

Great piece in today's NYTimes on the recent acceleration of global warming (and its impacts), featuring comments from Kate Marvel, Daniel Swain, Cecilia Bitz, and me: www.nytimes.com/2025...

Would this explain the lack of signal from NW Australia as well?

a chart showing that lng is almost as bad for climate as coal

A new International Energy Agency (IEA) assessment of the lifecycle emissions of coal vs LNG shows that LNG only offers a pitiful reduction in emissions compared to coal

Gas talking points present themselves as a 'climate solution', but they're a climate cause

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‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding

‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

- Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say

#climatecrisis
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