Giovanni Toffoletto

Excellent overview as always of the current solar/energy state of the art.

The Race to Save America’s Democracy Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.

Talking about 2028 is dangerously naive; the danger is now. Trump is directing the military and justice department to go to "war" on US cities and his enemies, from TV hosts to former FBI directors. Keeping the 2026 midterms fair may be the last stand. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This is the way. Wake up democrats and unite.

Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

This seems great news but the IEA makes it sound like a problem.

Still means it’s growing though… it needs to decline if we want to make it as a species.

To see declining emissions 100% of oil & gas investment should be on offsetting losses and it shouldn’t be enough to actually offset them.

#keepitintheground

I wonder if once the situation is critical enough the ultra-right of Meloni, Orban and co will face the music and finally give in to further EU unity.

The push might come from the “cleaned up” Meloni herself?

Leaked scene from the new Mad Max movie or real life in Gaza?

This is insane.

Those are human beings intentionally starved to death. Shame on Israel and the world for allowing this to happen.

Is OpenAI also being sued by this class? What have they done?

Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings

My reporting has come to the attention of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney. Here’s the response I provided to the @thedailybeast.bsky.social

How can gas be down so much? WWS hasn’t grown that much.

Where did the rest of the electricity come from?

Yeah I’ve noticed it a couple of times myself going off the rails. Can’t understand why/how

Unfortunately bsky discover just isn’t as interesting as X…. I’m afraid it’s just due to the size of the network compared to X. Less content and less likes to identify the good stuff.

Amazing how most VCs are so shortsighted they don’t even see things once they have already happened.

South Park is poetry

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“renewables are booming despite fossil fuels getting nearly nine times the government consumption subsidies as they do. In 2023, global fossil fuel subsidies amounted to $620 billion, compared to $70 billion for renewables, the UN report said”

Quick reminder of the power of lobbies and govt capture

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“He told the Journal he was preparing to file a lawsuit if it published an article. “I’m gonna sue The Wall Street Journal just like I sued everyone else,” he said.”

Now it even tags users?!

Completely off the rails.

I'm all for trying to ease intergenerational tensions, but the people who are most opposed to reaching net zero by 2050 are literally those who will not be around to face the consequences.

This train has already left the station and is picking up speed.

Solar will go exponential. The market forces are clear.

The grid definitely wasn’t a “no-go” for going from a renewables share of “34% in 2019 to 47% in 2024, as the fossil share declined from 39% to a historic low of 29%”

With specific countries at much higher RES penetrations with no issues.

It sounds like unnecessary fear mongering.

European Electricity Review 2025 | Ember The EU’s electricity transition continued at pace in 2024, as solar overtook coal for the first time and gas declined for the fifth year in a row.

The “unreliable grid” is already handling the transition.

Of course more investment is needed but the EU already produced around 47% of power from renewables in 2024 & rising fast.

It’s a long process that is already happening and there is no going back.

See: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

How is this very bad news for the EU’s climate ambitions?

Ottima analisi.

🧵 Ciò che distingue un campo di concentramento da una prigione è che il campo è fuori da qualsiasi giurisdizione. I prigionieri non sono accusati di alcun reato né sottoposti a processo. Sono imprigionati sulla base di un sospetto, delle loro opinioni o della loro identità

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Why are you trying to connect the energy transition to totally unrelated events?

You seem to be pushing a fabricated narrative that energy transition=blackouts and energy insecurity by connecting negative events that are unrelated to renewables.

Why?

What does the transition have to do with it?

You need working transformers if you want to have a functioning grid regardless of how you generate power.

Good to see gas finally going down. Solar with batteries is displacing gas and not just covering new demand.

NEW | Solar is now California’s #1 electricity source ☀️

Over the past 12 months (to April), solar generated more electricity than any other source in California — surpassing gas for the first time in history.

Rapid solar + battery deployment will keep this trend going 🔋⚡️