Your thoughts, @radreduction.bsky.social? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

OK, so councils will rush all of the following year's consents through a year earlier, to collect at the higher rate. Then none next year.

”People who care the most about the environment also do the most environmental damage with their jet-setting lifestyle, at least among those with the highest income and education.” This is why I choose to #eMTB to rivers and live sufficiently. www.newscientist.com/article/2527...

Across these five countries, crude production in April was down 42% compared to February.

The requirement for an Energy Strategy is still part of the Emissions Reduction Plan. The Government said late last year that the requirement to consult on changes to the ERP would be scrapped in a new amendment to the Climate Change Response Act in 2026 but I don't think that has happened yet.

More and more? World fossil energy per person in 2024 was still at 2007 levels – no overall increase in 18 years.

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"It's a money winner" www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social

No country is too small to matter. Nations that each emit around 1% of global CO2 may look negligible on their own, but together they produce about 30% of the total – roughly as much as China. If they sit it out, the maths doesn’t stack up.

Ilan Noy: "We will not even know the total value of damaged assets from the latest storm [in Wellington]. Surprisingly, governments in recent decades haven’t collected this information – perhaps preferring not to know the costs associated with extreme weather events." newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/01/w...

The helium shortage is now unavoidable. Another wonderful follow-on to the Iran War, and if you think helium doesn’t matter much, think again:

We're here to help. Here's our 6-point plan to mitigate the fuel crisis www.can.org.nz/open-letter-... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social @spokescanterbury.bsky.social @rnzrss.bsky.social

Here's 6 (six) affordable things the Govt and Councils should do ASAP to ease the fuel crisis, and save you money. Can you help? Sign our open letter to the PM www.can.org.nz

We're almost at 500 signatures - have you signed the letter yet? https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/campaigns/fuel-the-future/ 👉 Ask the New Zealand Government to urgently allow widespread safe cycling infrastructure in response to the energy crisis. #FueltheFuture #ShiftLanesNZ #FuelCrisis

A lot of focus on rising electricity prices – but real residential prices are still lower than 15 years ago. Meanwhile, the margin between industrial & residential prices, which grew dramatically after the reforms of the 1980s, has been shrinking. Why is that?

Here is NZ's diesel use last year. If you had to plan for Phase 4 & a say 20% shortfall in supply, how would you proceed? Ag forest fish 303 kt Industry 257 kt Buildings 173 kt Heavy vehicles (97% diesel) 1414 kt Light commercial vehicles (80% diesel) 855 kt Cars (8% diesel) 187 kt

In a fuel crisis, in a climate crisis, in an affordability crisis, why is Wellington cutting bike lane funding? Join us on Thursday to fight for a better city.

Bikes = jobs. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Government confirms international aviation and shipping emissions are to be included in national carbon budgets. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528813...

Watch out!

📣𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: A coalition of European mobility advocates is calling on governments at all levels to urgently scale up cycling as a fast, affordable and energy-efficient solution to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. 🔗Read the full article here: tinyurl.com/33jjwttd

Nice chart! Here is how New Zealand is doing. Transport is 39% of final energy consumption, industry 29%, buildings 27%, agriculture 6%. Data source: MBIE Energy in NZ 2025

The fuel crisis is a transport crisis - and government is too slow to react ⌛ Sign the call for emergency bike networks 🙏 Join us in repurposing our streets to keep Aotearoa moving during the fuel crisis. https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/campaigns/fuel-the-future/ #ShiftLanesNZ #FuelTheFuture

The Economist, 21 April: "By April 20th the last few oil tankers to cross Hormuz before the war began reached their destinations, in Malaysia and California... The outlook could worsen if America ... bans exports of refined products, which have risen by nearly half since the start of the war."

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Fossil energy is unaffordable, unhealthy, and unreliable.

NZ's progress in squeezing out the last bit of fossil electricity is undone by the transport sector, which uses far more fossil energy than electricity (12x as much in 2025) and is also prone to increase rapidly.

In New Zealand we already have 100% new e-bus sales, by policy, and will have 100% e-bus fleet by 2035, also by policy. Clean tech + regulation = win.

This fits. In New Zealand cars & cows are 71% of gross emissions (and our cows don't even eat corn).

This chart appears to be sourced from kpler.com, a reputable freight analytics firm, but the original is proprietary. If correct is suggests that mass flight cancellations are imminent, initially in Europe.

Or to put in another way, in 2025 energy emissions rose by 145 MtCO2 to a new high of 38.4 Gt, 5% above 2019 levels. "The increase coincided with record atmospheric CO2 concentrations of about 427 ppm, roughly 2.4 ppm higher than in 2024 and around 50% above pre-industrial levels."

Have a great time!

Your 'moment of doom' for Apr. 3, 2026 ~ Strangers on a strange planet. "Since climate change is also fundamentally disrupting atmospheric circulation patterns, we now have mega-unprecedented extreme events occurring with regularity." yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/the-...

The human face of science funding cuts – Expert Reaction

New article by AUT's Matt Halliday: How much is climate misinformation shaping NZ Government policy? blog.planetaryecology.org/2026/04/17/h...

Yesterday, we hosted a live screening of the People's Emergency Briefing. Throughout the film, UK scientists issued stark warnings about the climate crisis. Here are just a few responses made by our audience members following the film. @nebriefing.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

In a fuel crisis, why is Wellington back pedalling on bike lanes? Take action on Monday to save our bike lanes. @cyclewgtn.bsky.social

Bike vs Car Calculator: Find out how much you save cycling instead of driving. Based on real NZ fuel prices, IRD mileage rates, and your actual commute distance. Well worth sharing with a friend who's struggling with fuel prices. https://rideandsave.co.nz/ #fuelcrisis #choosebike

The Bicycle as Rebellion: Inside the new film 'A Simple Machine' and the Radical Case for Wanting Less. momentummag.com/the-bicycle-...

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Adelaide City Council is launching pop-up bike lanes as bike sales soar by 136% amid the fuel crisis. “With fuel supplies squeezed and prices through the roof, South Australians need alternatives to cars to get to work, school and the shops,” said Greens leader Robert Simms.

France first did this in the first oil crisis in the 70s by going Nuclear Power Now in 2026 it is finishing to job by going EV, heat pumps, and industry All able to use French Reactors, French Wind, and French Solar

You are invited to sign this open letter from Cycling Action Network calling on the government to build emergency bike networks. www.can.org.nz/open-letter-...

As the months roll on definitely bookmark @robbieandrew.bsky.social's EV registration page, to play spot-the-fuel-crisis-effect robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?la...

"Vingroup JSC has asked the Vietnamese government to replace a large LNG power project with renewable energy due to surging fuel prices linked to the Middle East conflict." hmm www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Here is also a blog summarising the talk and pointing to interesting related research from New Zealand / Aotearoa livingstreets.org.nz/car-dependen...

My talk on car dependence research for the Otago Transport Research Network & Living Streets Aotearoa Webinar Series is now on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUu-...

Diesel from $1.85 up to $4.09 Petrol from $2.55 up to $3.52 Last year NZ used 3.9 billion litres diesel, extra cost $8.7b and 2.9 billion litres petrol, extra cost $2.8b Total if prices stay high for a year: $11.5 billion