I keep thinking about it and these are two facts that I can't get around. 1. Based on exit polling, the people who voted for Trump were massively misinformed, objectively speaking. 2. There is a massive right-wing media which disseminates this misinformation. It's not just

When gas is over: First city announces complete decommissioning of the gas distribution grid by 2035. Mannheim has a population of more than 300,000 people and will switch to district heating and heat pumps entirely. merkur.de/wirtschaft/gas…

It takes 4-7 years to train a PhD, often followed by years of postdocs, before a new researcher can find a semi-stable academic position. Repeated disruptions in funding for climate change science will have a lasting impact on not just current research, but entire careers. 12/

In September over 500,000 one way ACs were sold in the US. (Orange bars.) Those are home decarb opportunities lost for 10-20 years. The difference between a one way AC and a two way heat pump is about $150 in parts. ahrinet.org/system/files/2…

If you're wondering where people are, they're joining BlueSky in droves. Check it out! Very easy to migrate your follower list with a Chrome extension & lots of "starter packs" to quickly find & build communities over there. It's fun!! Like Twitter used to be!

Just an insanely cool way to visualize the LCC orographic machine keeping light snow going this evening. 3D weather maps are neat!

🚨Global Carbon Project 2024 assessment is out! Here are my fav 10 charts (from the 2nd half report😅): 1) Energy use by source. Fossil energy just keep growing; hydro and nuclear declining 😬; but renewables growing exponentially (at this rate they'll triple in a decade)!

You're right. Europe should have funded 10 Northvolts, not 1. There should be 9 bankruptcies, not 1. Then we'd have 1 $1T company making hundreds of thousands of jobs and unleashing the clean technology reindustrialization flywheel from Thessaloniki to Trondheim.

Just your regular reminder that pollution kills more Utahns than any other cause and is the #1 loss of life and it is primarily from auto emissions. The only way invesion and bad air quality is solved in Utah is with a near 100% EV fleet.

“There's a good chance that a decade from now, we'll be developing a dozen geothermal projects every single year,” says Logan Mitchell PhD 🇺🇸. buff.ly/EnccA6j

Historic: Coal has been the dominant fuel source for electricity generation worldwide since the early 20th century. This era is forever over: Renewables overtook coal in the electricity mix for the first time on record 34.3% to 33.1% ember-energy.org/latest-insight…

The government’s own data rebuts Trump Admin claims that wind and solar are driving up electricity prices, Politico reports share.google/RTIXPPQMXrTHUJ… “[T]he data say pretty much the opposite” of Trump & Secretary Wright’s claims.

Utah is among the top 5 states where you'll save the most money by driving an EV as compared to a gas car (+ no air pollution) #utpol nytimes.com/2025/10/08/ups…

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did several interviews with the Historical Society of the D.C. Circuit from 1995-2014. She stipulated that the transcripts would be available 5 years after her death. Those transcripts are now public. dcchs.org/judges/ginsbur… H/T Joe Palmore

The electricity system is the largest commodity supply chain in the world that doesn’t feature storage. Every technology benefits from storage. Top 1% of peak hours are 8% of your bill. Top 10% of hours are 40% of your bill. Batteries provide more tools to flatten out peaks.

Rounding to the nearest hundredth of a percent — 0% of Earth’s surface is occupied by solar panels. ~10% of electricity comes from them though.

Electricity costs are increasing nationwide, but the idea that clean energy drives up prices? The data clearly doesn't support those claims. States that added renewables fastest generally have lower electricity costs.