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The Canadian wildfire smoke plume looks like an American Eagle on its final flight.

This is truly incredibly good energy news!

Lower costs and better for the climate!

Win Win.

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

Graphic: the difference between Planning & Engineering

I feel too often planning & engineering are indistinguishable to many people, and often are understood as "just another study" that kicks the can down the road on inaction. For transit projects, both are needed, and engineering is essential to advance to construction and, ultimately, service.

A fantastic way to have #ClimateInfluence is by loving UP the local restaurants/businesses that pay attention to details like having bike racks. Smart move, @hillfamilybiking.org !

We could use more of this on this platform (and Instagram too). #NamingAndFaming is an underutilized tool.

Effects of uncoordinated electrification on energy burdens for natural gas customers - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Effects of uncoordinated electrification on energy burdens for natural gas customers

Interesting new paper from @energymorgan.bsky.social et al. "Households that dont electrify may bear a 46% increase in gas bills on average over the next 15 years (relative to current costs). Targeted electrification may help to alleviate energy burdens." #enegrySky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The greatness of a nation can be judged by how easy it is to travel with bicycles by train, if it has functional passenger trains at all.

Track next to a green field

Welcome to today's thread - 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 44 - 3 August - Wien – Sopron - Deutschkreutz - Kőszeg - Szombathely - Fertőszentmiklós - Wien

Today's new borders:
Deutschkreutz 🇦🇹 - Harka 🇭🇺
Lutzmannsburg 🇦🇹 - Répcevis 🇭🇺
Rattersdorf 🇦🇹 - Köszeg […]

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Exactly 💥

Solar and battery can reduce energy costs and provide affordable outage backup for US households - Nature Energy Rooftop solar and battery storage can reduce energy costs and provide affordable back-up power for over 60% of US households, but benefits often bypass the high outage risk and disadvantaged communiti...

Solar and battery can reduce energy costs and provide affordable outage backup for US households.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The dimwit doesn’t know batteries exist? 🤣

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

Good morning with good news: Solar and wind globally generated a record 471 TWh in May 2025 or 19.3% of the world's electricity!

Global S&W Generation in May
2025 471 TWh
2024 400 TWh
2023 360 TWh
2022 311 TWh
2021 267 TWh
2020 214 TWh
2019 188 TWh

It skyrocketed 154% since 2019. Wow!
#energysky

If we can reduce fossil fuel emissions by the same 1500% as the % Trump claims to have reduced drug prices with then Earth’s climate would be able to return to its beautiful pre-industrial climate within a just 5 to 6 years!

We will capture 15 years of emissions every year!

An interesting question to consider while listening to the Carbon Bros podcast.

While the podcast interrogates the origins of the disinformation supply side, this post interrogates the fertile demand side.

How did this ground for fossil fuel disinformation even become so fertile and susceptible…

#CrossBorderHike
@jonworth.eu

A strategy to utilise Scotland’s wind wealth - Bylines Scotland Scotland is advancing in the production of low-carbon power, yet the benefits are currently not felt

"To capture even more value, Scotland should not only use the electricity it generates – it should manufacture the infrastructure needed to do so."

YAYILARAK OTURMAYINIZ! LÜTFEN DIGER YOLCULARI RAHATSIZ EDECEK SEKILDE OTURMAYINIZ.

I do appreciate the no manspreading signs on the Istanbul Metro

Developing some potential merch inspired by the animations I've created over the years. 👀

National Rail Disruptions Storm Floris will affect LNER services on Monday 4 August: do not travel north of Newcastle

Storm Floris will affect LNER services on Monday 4 August: do not travel north of Newcastle

Great to ride Turkey’s high speed train - the YHT. This Velaro train was a joy to ride…once it got up to speed (it takes nearly an hour to leave Istanbul??).

Istanbul to Ankara in under 5 hours still beats flying. Solo occupancy of this club compartment with light meal included? About £100. 🤩

GRETA: STILL AN INSPIRATION - Jonathon Porritt Greta Thunberg remains a vital voice — linking climate activism with human rights and justice. Jonathon Porritt explores why that matters more than ever.

"Greta Thunberg campaigns as passionately on Gaza, human rights and economic injustice as she does on the climate crisis. The simple truth of it is that it’s all connected."
jonathonporritt.com/greta-thunbe...

Watch this video 100 times today!

YouTube video by Hard Reset The Ultimate Battery Hack: Recycling

A good video about the latest developments in battery recycling

And many European nuclear power plants rely on cool river water, so they are not useful sources of energy.

Most nuclear power plants in Europe provide zero electricity during droughts and heat waves because the river water is too warm or too low.

Solar, wind & batteries are the best option.

How heatwaves are changing electricity demand in Europe: I’m quoted in the FT on the unprecedented challenges our energy systems face this summer.

As repeated heatwaves drive demand we’re witnessing a “massive change” in how and when energy is used.

full article: www.ft.com/content/23b3...

Sea Level Mis-information from DOE Here in the USA, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a report titled “A Critical Review of the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” It is a product of the &#8…

That's just one of many instances of distortion and misinformation in the US Department of Energy "Critical Review on the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions".
Which in fact is a fossil fuel propaganda scam.
Let's hope Americans are not that easily fooled.
tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...

Being new on Bluesky and finding out my video went a bit viral here as well is nice :) Critical Mass Bergen will go live on Bluesky soon!

Who needs the Caledonian Sleeper lounge (we are travelling too low a class to be admitted) when you have the best waiting room in the form of the Bhel Poori House on Drummond Street, two minutes walk from Euston?

Trump likes to push the lie that wind turbines cause cancer, but the only way that would happen is if you grounded them down to a powder and snorted it, probably; kind of like inhaling air pollution from burning fossil fuels.