Starmer declaring “we have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU” is a significant moment. Reflects transformation in public opinion + need for economic growth.

The HiLux FCEV is coming in 2028. It’s got 134kW, 600km range, and 3 hydrogen tanks which is great if you live at a hydrogen station. Spoiler: you don’t. It’s like buying a jet ski in the Simpson Desert. The BEV HiLux arrives in 2026 and just plugs into a wall.

"It's easier to move hydrogen then electricity" is laughable. Electrical resistance is nothing compared to rolling resistance and wind resistance. You also can't make hydrogen at home. Not much loss from your roof to your car.

Nearly half of people knew that 10 years ago.

Naomi Smith, "For the last ten years we've had successive governments tell us what a great thing Brexit is" "Well our polling shows that nearly 2/3 of people think Brexit has been more of a failure than a success"

What is the advantage of hydrogen internal combustion over a fuel cell in a bus? Lower up-front cost No PGMs But: Same expensive fuel Same expensive tanks Same expensive fuel infrastructure Same limited range Similar maintenance cost And: Lower km per kg More NOx Is it a gamechanger? No.

Holger, can I lend you an envelope? On the back of it you could do the calculations required to show how much it would cost. You would never post the same thing again, I promise!

Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is brought to you from the future. Yes, this project is so dumb I can break news of its failure even before it's happened. Innovate UK and Swansea are supporting a project to use floating offshore wind to make green hydrogen. Taxpayers, rise up! nation.cymru/news/plans-p...

It's a genuine question. There is no truly stranded renewable energy - where it is claimed there is, we should be building HVDC cables. Even if only 50% of the power reaches the other end and is not constrained, that is cheaper and better for the climate than any pathway involving hydrogen!

I put Tesla's Full Self Driving (Supervised) through 5 kiwi challenges to trip it up. It broke the law a couple of times but was still safer than the guy who blasted through a red light halfway through! Also, the singer in question was NOT Kenny Everett... 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSou...

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

Blue or turquoise hydrogen. Or direct electrical nitrogen fixing via electro chemical processes, plasma etc. Or do nitrogen fertiliser without ammonia, eg cCM [note: I'm an angel investor]. Or direct biological methods like Pivot Bio. But also, stop over-applying, runoff, etc. Well, you did ask :-)

Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from #Namibia, where the country's hydrogen champion James Mnyupe has gone, and RWE had pulled out. None of the country's much-touted green ammonia projects make the slightest sense. Sad to see so much time and effort wasted. www.ecofinagency.com/news-industr...

The latest Clean Hydrogen Monitor, produced by industry lobby group #HydrogenEurope, predicts the EU will produce 1.7 million tonnes of #greenhydrogen domestically by 2030. The EU's current target? 10 million tonnes! - via the Green Hydrogen Organisation #hydrogensoufflé mailchi.mp/gh2/gh2-week...

as @mliebreich.bsky.social put it in May 2025 #HydrogenSoufflé https://mliebreich.substack.com/p/fifty-years-of-green-hydrogen-in #HydrogenSoufflé don't see it happening, not even it the corners that were supposed strengths (Long distance trucking eg)

The Primary Energy Fallacy is the idea that all primary energy from fossil fuels must be replaced with equivalent amount of clean energy. BUT: Not necessary because >2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat. Electrification+renewables are far more efficient. medium.com/@jan.rosenow...

Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from California, where the maker of the world's first H2 ferry has sunk. “The technologies we developed, the proof points we created, the expertise we built, will continue to shape the future of hydrogen for years to come.” Quite. www.h2-view.com/story/mariti...

Even when there's public subsidies, green hydrogen still doesn't make economic sense (and let's not get started on the energetic side of things!). #HydrogenSoufflé www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/nearl...

Electric truck sales are "soaring" in China, says Nikkei Asia More were sold in H1 of this year than in the whole of 2024 (!) asia.nikkei.com/spot...

Please identify which of my charts is biased. For instance this one shows that every kWh of green electricity could achieve 2-9x more emissions reduction if used directly, rather than for making green hydrogen. That's not bias, that's analysis. It suggests your tedious work is bad for the climate.

Why don't you build a green hydrogen plant that only operates when the barrages are spilling excess water without generating. But please do it with your own money, and publish how much you lose, how quickly.

Mr Electron and Mr Fossil - A Thread. So Mr E and Mr F both take their family on a road trip to the same theme park from the same city. After 4 hours driving both Mr E and Mr F are ready to stop for a break and the kids are definitely ready for food, toilet etc. (cont)

New car registrations in Germany in August 2025 (market share/change from August 2024): - Battery electric: 39,367 (19.0 %/+45.7 %) - Plugin hybrid: 23,973 (11.6 %/+76.7 %) - Hydrogen fuel cell: 2 (0.0 %) Hydrogen isn't going anywhere. Source: www.kba.de/DE/Presse/Pr...

Good to see my 2021 report for AIDB on electric ferries in Latam, which identified the Buenos Aires - Montevideo route as a target - cine to fruition. publications.iadb.org/en/opportuni...

San Francisco's one-year hydrogen ferry experiment was plagued with fuel availability and reliability problems, but now New York wants to use taxpayer money to repeat the experience. Truly hydrogen melts people's brains! #HydrogenSoufflé

BMW still literally gaslighting the public. If they ever “sell” more than a few dozen #Hydrogen #FCEV I’ll be very surprised. 😎

I’ve always enjoyed this as a good soundtrack for a chilled night-time cruise through the city. What’s your favourite chilled driving track? youtu.be/9dLIuwXFdJI?...

7 reasons why you should definitely buy an electric car. Which one is top of your list? earthview.media/p/7-reasons-...

So the “Great Hydrogen Economy” has transitioned from #Hydrogen to #Whydrogen to #Goneagen to #Noneagen !! www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/sa...

That’s what’s happening with EVs and batteries. They’re getting better and cheaper and easier to make.

You fundamentally misunderstand what happened to the iPod. They didn’t go away. They got better. Compact computers that serve as personal info devices are what we all have now. They happen to make phone calls, but that’s probably the least useful thing they do for a large number of users.

Global battery skyrockets, costs plummet. #climate #battery

The share of battery-electric cars in Europe is only going in one direction: Upwards. But there are remarkable differences amongst countries with some countries exceeding 50% and others below 5%. Much of this can be explained by policy or absence of it. Source @electricnick.bsky.social

Here @hannahritchie.bsky.social gets at one my pet points, which is that EV batteries are lasting much longer in the field than is predicted by (very conservative) models.

Just about all modern cars now have a touch screen in the centre of the dash. So was just wondering why they don’t all have a Pin-To-Start option to prevent all those keyless entry relay attacks? I know some cars have it? But why not all?

Was just wondering if the people raising all these flags realise that St George is the patron saint of #Palestine? 🤔

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Great to see @gwr.com achieve 200 miles range in a converted battery powered ex-London Underground train this week. I hope it leads to modern units deployed across the UK. On my trip to Japan last month I rode these 2 car BEMUs around Fukuoka. Here you see one charging at the turn around station.

@douglewin.bsky.social: "One acre of corn for ethanol = 25,000 miles in a Ford F-150. One acre of solar = 700,000 miles in an F-150 Lightning. That’s the scale of possibility Bill McKibben laid out on the Energy Capital Podcast." #alwaysbecharging www.douglewin.com/p/here-comes...

This is a truly awesome demonstration of where EV technology is at now. Kudos to Mercedes.

But wait, there's more! NZ pricing for the Zeekr X has been announced! It's $59,990 NZD and will arrive in about 6 weeks. I've driven it and it's one of my favourite EVs at the moment. Goes well, too.

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Definitely worth a watch and a subscribe to Alex’s YouTube channel - great review.

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Affordable charging for residents in apartments is here ⚡️⚡️⚡️ @alexlowe30.uk interviews the founder of Union EV Charging Grant Kennedy in Hemel Hempstead to find out more. youtu.be/ros32JerNHM?...

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Big episode of Cleaning Up is live now! The audio version of Part I of the #PragmaticClimateReset. Not read it yet? Listen instead, and find out why it's making waves. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHKG...

This week's episode of @cleaninguppod.bsky.social is the closer for Season 15. Bryony @worthingtonbry.bsky.social and I review recent news and our latest episodes, and then move on to discuss the Pragmatic Climate Reset Part I. Bit of disagreement, but a great convo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr3m...