This chart by @nathanielbullard.com is one reason data centers are driving up our electricity prices. Tech companies usually build data centers close to cities, where accommodating their GW-scale power demand entails costly reinforcement of wires or transformers. Utilities pass those costs on to us.

I am in Berlin these days... and it is nice to be back And so this song by R.E.M. is in my mind! "It's the end of the world as we know it. And I feel fine" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...

The latest episode of PBS Weathered discusses climate sensitivity and the under representation in IPCC publications of likely future pathways of extreme heating. Worth watching!

OK, this one is going to annoy some people, but it needs to be said You should not try to re-open Ashford and Ebbsfleet for #CrossChannelRail trains concurrently, you have to choose one or the other And it should be ASHFORD Explained 👇 crosschannelrail.eu/ebbsfleet-or...

Your Dutch Cycling Moment of Zen youtube.com/watch?v=SmMRVeRs3vU

Stadler modernisiert 93 GTW-Züge der Schweizer Regionalbahn Thurbo und verkauft sie an die Ungarischen Staatsbahnen MAV. Dort erhalten sie ein zweites Leben. Stadler übernimmt die Thurbo-Fahrzeuge zwischen 2027 und 2034 in Tranchen und passt sie an die Anforderungen der MAV an.

This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India. It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Now that the economics are extremely obviously in favour of solar and batteries, it is entirely obvious that any individual still expanding fossil fuel use isn’t doing so for financial gain but because they’re part of a death cult.

GREENLAND MINERAL RESOURCES MINISTER SAYS WE HOPE FOR MORE CLARITY ON U.S. STANCE ON GREENLAND FROM MEETING WITH THE U.S. ON WEDNESDAY

Meanwhile on LinkedIn 🤦‍♂️ This “it’s too hard to even try” is just amazing It IS YOUR JOB TO TRY

Ready to kick-start your career in EU affairs in 2026?👋 Join CER as an intern to advocate rail as the backbone of a competitive and sustainable transport system in Europe. Apply before 11 January www.cer.be/about-us/jobs #EUjobs #EUinternship #CERtrainees

EVs aren’t the solution - trains and other forms of public transport are the solution. The good news is these tariff reductions could also improve battery imports from China to Europe - to improve electric trains that can run on batteries on routes without overhead power.

I’m both too individualistic (I want to live a self directed life) and collectivist (my interests are others’ interests) for France. And importantly not statist *enough* - the state does not know better what the people want than the individuals themselves do.

"Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year..." How many people know this? The economics are on the side of clean energy. The petrofascists know. Can they stop it?

Interesting-looking new study mapping different "archetypes of car dependence" in England and Wales doi.org/10.3389/frsc...

Billionaires plans for 2026:

It's always funny to me that if you took someone to both stations, and went 'so, ONE of these countries has put pointless barriers to trade between itself and the other, which is it?' I simply do not believe anyone would guess that St Pancras was the Brexit end.

A moment of clarity two hours delayed & under the sea Until Eurostar’s monopoly ends we’re not going to get any real progress on any #CrossChannelRail issues Not on Ashford or Ebbsfleet Not on new destinations The only questions worth answering from here are how to clear barriers to competition

As the greatest atmospheric polluter on earth exits climate agreements, Jan 6, 2026 becomes the hottest Jan 6th ever recorded in the ERA5 dataset at +1.65ºC above preindustrial. Of course records like this will keep breaking as the steady march to 2ºC and more continues. What a way to start 2026.

5 climate court battles to watch in 2026 www.eenews.net/articles/5-c...

Just finished this engaging—and disturbing—book. It documents how most energy “transitions” are such that older energy forms aren’t replaced, they continue to be used to support the newer forms. It proposes no clear solutions, but it’s a thought-provoking read (despite not having an index!).

The only solution is to block both X and Grok. I doubt any of the relevant authorities in the EU, UK or Australia will dare.

Very interesting article discussing possible relocation of Iran's capital due to climate change driven water insecurity. benshreadhewitt.substack.com/p/the-tehran...

This is especially prevalent in my #CrossChannelRail work, but applies to plenty of other rail topics as well: for a large part of my audience I am too pragmatic, for the others too radical. But there's method in my position in between. Blog post 👇 jonworth.eu/radical-enou...

All the worst things centrists warned would happen under Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn are now happening under Donald Trump and Keir Starmer. Weird how dumb neo liberal centrists are, isn’t it?

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

The real "get shit done" mayor.

What's that quiet?

Horrible. Details are scant in this article but says that the car driver was making a left turn. Drivers often blast through the Crescent Street bike lane crossings like they’re on fire, without looking, yielding, and exercising caution.

Despite two days of snow in Utrecht NL and people are still biking. Paths haven't been cleared over the weekend, but wide lanes, clear signals, and well-controlled car drivers make biking possible.

Bicycle Tows 15,000 Pounds

You'll be amazed to hear that on the stock market Chevron ⬆️9% Halliburton ⬆️10% Exxon ⬆️4% ConocoPhillips ⬆️8%

The conversation on Threads

Want a LOT more detail on all of this? My latest discussion with Richard Bowker on Green Signals about all of this went live today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAwz... I will respond to all outstanding questions on Youtube now

Happy orbit completion day everyone! May 2026 be the year fossil fuels finally go into terminal decline, and we start to heal the climate rather than destroy it. Happy new orbit!

Favorite bike memory 2025. Normalizing the kindergarten commute.

Good to get away for a few days and let the train take the strain.

Well done Euronews for abject 💩 1 is a re-launch (Paris-Berlin) 1 is a bit of an improvement but not new (Paris-München) 1 won’t even happen as there’s no money (Basel-Malmö) So you got 2 out of 5 right (Praha-København, London-Stirling) #CrossBorderRail www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...

THIS IS SO FUCKEN PUNK IT RULES

Your regular reminder that your commitment to freedom of speech is tested by how you react to speech you disagree with, not speech you like.

I Toured America With My Band. It Changed How I Understand the Energy Transition. #Climate

The people who think it's their parking space. The people who pass you on an exit ramp. The people who step in front of you at the grocery store to get their item first. The people who think driving 90 in a school zone just to get to starbucks faster is ok. Yea , these people ruin my good vibe....

Capitalism, Inequality and the Climate Crisis countercurrents.org/2025/12/capi...

Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath

“Sometimes I think we do ourselves a disservice by calling such options ‘bold,’ when frankly they’re just pragmatic common sense given the challenges cities face. The truth is, we tend to think of them as bold because not enough cities are doing them, even tho they should.” @momentummag.bsky.social

Want rail to perform better here, right now? SORT THE STOPPING PATTERN RUN MORE TRAINS PARIS-BARCELONA Why does SNCF not do it? Because it's #CrossBorderRail and it doesn't give a damn, just as it doesn't at all its other borders jonworth.eu/a-high-speed...

OK, so today's #CrossChannelRail news: Trenitalia is serious that it still wants to try to run to London Story is paywalled, but there's only really one noteworthy thing in here - that US private equity firm Certares is involved in the financing www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Mamdani plans to take the oath of office on New Year’s Eve in a disused subway station beneath city hall… “It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said. Encouraging.