There is only decline ahead for the combustion sector, no amount of bad policy can save it. Including expensive LNG- a truly terrible bet over electrfying faster. Great outline here, via @volts.wtf open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...

Around the world cities are turning their main city streets into pedestrianised zones. So is London. “The Mayor strongly believes that pedestrianisation has a vital part to play to create a cleaner, safer, and more accessible space where people can shop, dine, and gather in comfort and safety.”

The CEO of Australia's main grid says nearly 100% renewables possible by 2035-2040. “Our old coal-fired power stations are breaking down; they’re retiring,” he said. ​“They’re getting replaced by the least-cost energy, which is renewable energy..." #energysky www.wired.com/story/as-coa...

Imagine being a billionaire leader of the free world and the richest man on earth and not building hospitals or schools or research facilities with their names on them.

A perfect text explaining why your city should develop its cycleway network. All the best arguments that you probably already know, but really well written, and very difficult to oppose.

yes, harmful addictions are addressed by replacing the bad habit with better ones, not by finding another even more expensive source of the bad drug.

Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup. If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock. www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Op-ed of mine in The Post today on behalf of @greaterauckland.bsky.social on why urban cycling infrastructure is really important (and why urban roading infrastructure is not) www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

Bordeaux was probably the French tram network that most resembled in its design the idea of modern french trams as "2D metros", i.e. with lines that are operationally independent. It's now moving to a more interlined structure, as more and more French systems are doing. youtube.com/shorts/17HtT...

Truth - @haydendonnell.bsky.social thespinoff.co.nz/society/19-1...

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Fossil cars are a sad old technology, the steam trains of our era, it’s all over. Very soon they too will only be in quaint museums and on closed joyride tracks for nostalgics…

NZ’s electric car sales dropped 70% last year while global sales rose, but the Transport Minister says his policies aren’t to blame. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/18/g...

☀️ Solar power has scaled up faster than any other source of electricity in history ↗️ It took just 8 years to go from 100 TWh to 1000 TWh. It will only take 3 years to go from 1000 TWh to 2000 TWh!

I have followed Gary Stevenson for a while. He makes the wealth inequality discussion clear. 30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

We are now at the point where this applies: Whatever the problem, the answer is solar + batteries. Economy? Cost of Living? Resilience? Reliability? Security of supply? National security? Independence? Grid stability? Decarb? Social stability? Community funding? … www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bus...

We do not need LNG imports, we need to understand the energy revolution is already here. Described below with a fresh metaphor that perhaps can get through to the backward facing crowd…? open.substack.com/pub/electrot...

To save the CBD, stop calling it the CBD. To succeed in a post-Covid world, city centres need to be more than ‘central business districts’. thespinoff.co.nz/business/18-...

The fuel of ‘last resort’ — How imported fossil gas became the Luxon Government’s first choice in the #ClimateCrisis — despite all the science and common sense showing it’s a stupid idea 👇 The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

China is proof that the #EletrotechRevolution is here‼️ In just three years, 🇨🇳 TRIPLED energy storage—supercharged by the growth in lithium-ion batteries which overtook pumped hydro in 2024🔋 Follow Ember during #COP30 to see how far the #energytransition has come. https://loom.ly/VxTHZQc

#TrainNews: Te Huia have launched a survey on the future of Te Huia. Te Huia says this information will help to shape what Te Huia might look like in the future. MORE: yourvoicematters.waikatoregion.govt.nz/future-of-te...

IEA, with very conservative scenarios show: 1. The transition is structural (ie unstoppable) 2. The cheapest for consumers. = the faster govt’s invest in the future, the better for their economy. Great listen,feat NZ’s own @davidxvx.bsky.social making huge sense: youtu.be/1n9JJvw0vo8?...

This is a great article. #China is smashing #Trump’s #US on this front: economically and geo-strategically. When people look back at this time they may well wonder how the #USA could’ve so spectacularly dropped the ball. Click on link to read… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Kind of wonderful to now have mainstream voices saying the things we spent so long being ridiculed for claiming: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

#Spain ‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You should build bike lanes for people who are not currently biking and build housing for people who don't currently live in your neighborhood.

This is the entire point of distinguishing "electrotech" from the broader "cleantech." We need a way to talk about all & only the stuff that IS efficient and DOES come down cost curves. Not true of all cleantech!

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In further shocking news from the US, TxDOT discovers modes beyond the freeway: youtu.be/jVyy8K3DYYY?...

Solar and wind are covering ALL new power demand worldwide in the first three quarters of 2025 electrek.co/2025/11/13/s... #upshift 🔌💡

While technological progress involves some job loss, it also creates new jobs. Those in the tech, clean energy, and health sectors are set to grow fastest. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

China’s Solar Panels Are Lighting Up the World 🌞🌞🌞 by @davidfickling.bsky.social: "The implications are immense Countries that have been trapped in energy poverty for generations due to the cost of imported fossil fuels may have a chance to grow faster thanks to cheaper renewables" #alwaysbecharging

Traditional economics can’t respond to global crises like inequality and climate change.

Remember all the hype about how Uber and Lyft would allow people to live car-free? Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all. Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter: glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...

Auckland’s grand neo-classical museum “sits all alone, out of the city, on the tihi of Pukekawa; commanding a great view and set in fine grounds. Exquisite apart.” @patrickreynolds.bsky.social makes the case for better more equitable access to this taonga. www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2025/11/12/a...

As we head into summer, remember to keep combustion vehicles away from dry grass as they have a tendency to do this.🔥 This happened in NZ and 28 vehicles were damaged. Hopefully combustion cars won't cause too many forest fires this season.

Street upgrade at Westmere shops, including the addition of bike lanes, seems to have sparked a boom in new and improved hospo businesses there. here’s the latest addition: www.thedenizen.co.nz/gastronomy/w...

Marty Duda interviewing László from Ringlets about new album… youtu.be/Y41momoKb7Y?...

China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months. The rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) saw CO2 emissions from transport fuel drop by 5% year-on-year, while there were also declines from cement and steel production. (1/2)

Treasury is saying "woe is us" again and suggesting asset sales. So here's a reminder from the OECD that our Govt actually has a net worth ($191bn per Treasury) which makes us an outlier globally. www.oecd.org/en/data/indi...

“China’s package of automation, digitalization, and electrification offers firms and nations not just carbon-reduction but also—more persuasively—productivity, efficiency, and energy sovereignty.” Economist special report very @thepolycrisis.bsky.social coded www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...

Broad coalition, obviously: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

things that arent the future of civilization - chatbots - crypto - robot butlers - cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people things that actually are the future of civilization - free clean energy

Good morning with good news: Global renewable additions in 2025 will be another record high of 793 GW, a rise of 11% compared to 717 GW in 2024. Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%. 2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar. ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky