First time in history, an oil crisis isn’t strengthening the system—it’s accelerating the exit 1973, 1979, 2008… every shock reinforced oil This time? We’ve got an off-ramp: EVs, solar, batteries Crisis → electrify → less oil The system doesn’t recover… it gets replaced #Bettrification

I think it foreshadows a future in which every battery system connected to the grid has a grid forming inverter. Every one of them becomes a source of frequency and voltage stabilisation. The grid becomes rock solid. www.volts.wtf/p/how-invert... docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy24ost...

This is the right approach to tackling energy affordability in New England. Focus on low-cost solar, energy storage, and demand side management: www.utilitydive.com/news/massach...

Renewable energy, energy storage, heat pumps & EVs technology are improving at astonishing rates, increasing dramatically in deployment globally & dropping in cost. You have to work to keep up & be willing to update your perspective or you miss opportunities. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

I wrote a lot about Bob Mueller across a lot of chapters of his career. I wanted to share two @wired.com pieces that I wrote about his defining life experiences—both a picture of an era of public service all but lost today: 1) His brave *voluntary* service in Vietnam: www.wired.com/story/robert...

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

The British Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all older white men. A new law now phases them out, for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. n.pr/415FdjL

Pakistan makes an excellent case for transitioning off of methane too. Ever since the Kremlin disrupted the global energy markets in 2022, they deployed solar and batteries at a rapid pace and have saved $12B on CH4 they would have purchased and will save $6B just this year alone.

Electric vehicles are already cutting 2.3 million barrels of oil demand per day. That's about to double under a business-as-usual scenario this decade. It could go faster if EV sales rise, which there are indications they will at this oil price. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Once his knee had healed, Mueller went back to the military doctors. In 1967—just before Donald Trump received his own medical deferment for heel spurs—Mueller started Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia."

Pan Am 103 has largely been forgotten but it remains relevant for so many reasons far beyond aviation security. The foreign policy history along makes it something we should never forget.

I just looked up how the war is treating NYS propane prices and: oof there’s no avoiding pain, natural gas prices spiking is driving up electric supply prices too, but look at that week to week price jump 💀

"...in January, just seven traditional petrol cars were sold in Norway." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Garrett Graff has written a few profiles on Mueller after spending hundreds of hours with him since the early 2000s. Here are two excerpts about Mueller's clothing views. I set out to find Mueller's tailor years ago. Graff told me that he remembers Mueller wearing RTW Brooks Brothers

Ignore shitty takes from shitty people and instead read respectful obits from decent people about the passing of Bob Mueller

autos.yahoo.com/ev-and-futur... Delivering an improved user experience to people who drive ALL THE TIME is going to be a huge market advantage for electric trucks.

It’s the Stop doing stenography for bad faith actors challenge

So, yesterday the US set a new March temperature record of 110 degrees, beating the old record by two degrees. Today the US set a new March temperature record of 112 degrees, beating the new record by two degrees and the old one by four degrees.

We as Americans cannot fathom how profoundly destabilizing Trump’s insane Greenland saber-rattling was to European allies. It was a rupture that will never be fully repaired — and yet America has already forgotten it.

Things it would be helpful if everyone knew that add to the many reasons we should be rapidly working to end our dependence on fossil fuels. 👇

I am coming to Burlington on April 13th to speak at the Electrify Vermont Summit Vermont has a real shot to lower electricity rates and strengthen the regional grid—but only if it treats distributed energy as infrastructure, not a side project. Here’s how 🧵 www.linkedin.com/posts/alliso...

So the president is sending in 2,500 Marines as the first ground troops deployed in this war, but that's not going to lead to any further escalation? We've heard that exact same claim before, right down to the specific 2,500 number -- Vietnam, March 1965. Remind me, how did that wind up working?

Succinctly put. Thanks, I hate it.

I wrote something years ago. At the time it was an angry answer to the Second Gulf War. But it still applies to American misrule. Slim Charles > The entire Trump administration.

The energy transition isn’t mainly about replacing fuels—it’s about switching from inefficient heat-based systems (molecules) to efficient electrical systems (electrons). open.substack.com/pub/electrot...

The greatest trick the oil industry ever pulled is convincing the world that climate = electricity.

Yesterday was my sobriety anniversary, won’t say for how long because when I was first in the program people who had two whole weeks gave me hope, but I figured people with a year or more couldn’t be as alcoholic as I was. If you’re new, though, trust me: have hope.

US gasoline demand has been flat for nearly 2 decades. That’s because of higher vehicle efficiency and EV penetration. These are Americans saving money. Why the hell are the Trump WH - and his GOP enablers spending $1B per day to fund a bad and dying habit?

War rationale as self-licking ice cream cone

India has a once-in-a-century opportunity to become a global energy superpower. Not because of oil or gas. Because of solar, wind, storage, and hydrogen. A $1T India New Energy Transition Fund could turn energy imports into energy exports. 🧵

On LNG it violates the thesis of the New Joule Order. Countries want Energy Sovereignty and Localization. So replacing oil with LNG creates the same macro problems on the use of US$ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Revolution Wind’s historic start marks a new era in CT energy. I am thrilled that it has begun delivering power to our state & others, despite despicable Trump Administration attempts to stop it.

BIG NEWS: Revolution Wind is powered up and delivering for Rhode Islanders! This is what happens when smart investment, union labor, and good policy come together — we can deliver reliable and affordable energy. Can’t wait to see this project come to full capacity.

the State of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection finds that Revolution Wind will save New England ratepayers as much as $500 million per year in wholesale energy costs.

I just heard on the radio that the independent owner/operators of semi-trucks who make their income from the spot market for hauling have seen their income reduced by 70% less than two weeks into the Republicans latest Middle Eastern war.

This "car" with built-in PV wouldn't be able to collect 40 km/day in Ireland's weather, but technology like this could really change how many people "fill-up" their vehicles. bsky.app/profile/apte...

The team has completed the first vehicle off our validation assembly line, marking a major operational milestone as we progress toward regulatory certification and initial customer deliveries. #SEV Read the full press release → aptera.us/first-vehicl...

U.S. Energy Secretary Wright says Naval escorts (in the Strait of Hormuz) cannot happen now, but quite likely by end of month.

Found this article about Turkana and the wider implication/outlook, in case people are interested.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.

Best roundup of the effects of Trump's war on Iran on the global energy system so far is from Carbon Brief (no surprise there): https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-the-iran-war-mean-for-the-energy-transition-and-climate-action/ Per FT: “granular urea prices in the Middle East have risen by […]

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open. Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories. But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production? They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.

3/ Second, they confirmed "regime change" is also NOT on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans killed, and a hardline regime - probably a MORE anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.

2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal. But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

Solar 2.0 is stickers! “We need to start thinking about more and more places to put solar,” Swartwout says. Cover the world with solar stickers!

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

Switching a corporate fleet from gas to electric could cut total vehicle operating costs by as much as 50%! As the price of oil rises it becomes a better deal every day. insideevs.com/news/789268/...