For a while this was the "serious" position in the US. It's why people like @mzjacobson.bsky.social were attacked. Almost as if they were "heretics". Turns out the heretics were right.

I think for most it's a way to make the grid more reliable, not to replace it. Certainly true in the Netherlands (but we have winters where solar panels are close to useless).

The latest CFSv2 model results for El Nino (ONI) anomalies later this year are kinda nuts, with a peak at nearly 3.9C in November. NOAA needs to once again raise the y-axis range; here is what it should look like without all the runs above 4C cut off:

Truth!

JUST DROPPED: For years I thought industrial electrification potential was limited. How wrong I was. Engineering studies point to 90%+. Long term scenarios support this. Technology is much further ahead than we think. Question is whether policy keeps up. janrosenow.substack.com/p/industry-f...

Reminds me of this chart: British beef and lamb consumption takes up an enormous area of land overseas – some of which will be felled rainforest. We are, however, self-sufficient in cereals such as wheat

Ppl, esp. in @theguardian.com are prone to Pearl clutching over mines for EV minerals while conveniently forgetting meat. So maybe this picture is a helpful reminder of where our priorities should lie.

Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it. John Adams, Founding Father US, 1776

If Trump wants to determine what science is acceptable, he's following in the footsteps of Hitler and Stalin. Not sure his base cares, but can Americans pls wake up?

Solar energy is unstoppable! apple.news/AmV47G6-6TWS...

Lol what, we are really still doing this in 2026? 🫪

The American government is turning its back on the things that made us a global leader in science, engineering, and technology. Independent science — vetted by rigorous peer review, not political hacks — is crucial. This undermines our future. www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

The fact that James Talarico’s girlfriend eats plant-based and that is a major talking point of the Right is so backwards. You mean to say she’s eating foods that minimize her cardiovascular risk and make better use of our country’s precious natural resources? 😱

We miss her. RIP Marjan Minnesma.

Glad Dutch media give a lot of attention to the V2G demo of KIA and Hyundai. Using the batteries of cars to SUPPLY energy to the grid during peaks could be a major solution for the "world leading grid congestion" in the Netherlands. nos.nl/artikel/2616...

NDAs should be outlawed. They protect abuse and the powerful from accountability.

The annual cost of transitioning the world to 100% clean, renewable WindWaterSolar energy for all purposes ($6.8 tril/y) is LESS than worldwide fossil-fuel subsidies alone of $7.4 tril/y (6.4% of world GDP) Subsidy cost www.imf.org/en/topics/cl... Transition cost web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.

And we *know* that the drones and missiles are so accurate that they generally hit what they were aimed at. It's just that the Kremlins aim theirs at Ukrainian civilians and culture, whereas Ukrainian ones aim and nearly always hit legitimate military-industrial-economic targets.

'Eli Groner, a former director-general of Netanyahu’s office, argues that the knowledge that Iran can now close the Strait of Hormuz at any point “is a victory far deeper and more strategic than any point-scoring military achievement”. His one-word summary was “Disaster”' www.ft.com/content/24cd...

Honestly, one of the funniest tweets I've ever seen.

New report from IRENA confirms that "in prime solar and wind regions, hybrid solutions combined with storage deliver round-the-clock power at lower costs than fossil fuels." Renewables+storage = round-the-clock power, cheaper than fossil fuels, in an ever-widening set of geographies. Pretty cool.

Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈

AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize.

Trump: “only complete and total surrender” Iran: “nah” Trump: “Ok then no nukes ever! We want the nuclear dust!” Iran: “we’re keeping it” Trump: “ok!!!! We have a deal” Foxnews crowd:

Reminder: Before Trump and Netanyahu started their illegal war, Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon, the Strait was open, and the US and Iran were negotiating in Oman.

Joe Rogan now has the favorability distribution of a Fox News host. Remember all the 2024-2025 hot takes lmaoooo via @carlbeijer.bsky.social

Christian Conundrum

China commissions salt cavern hydrogen storage project www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/28/c...

Solar surge halts fossil generation rise as renewables overtake coal - ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Surprisingly challenging to give short explanations of this - this is great! Here is the Irish Times article: www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

“Discounting the interests of future people [is] ethically indefensible and arises merely from the weakness of the imagination.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Our current methane emissions add roughly 0.6 degree of global warming and stopping them is the fastest way to reduce global warming. Now GWP* is used by politicians and lobbyists to say: "If we keep doing it, this 0.6 degrees would not increase further, so we have no impact on the climate."

Congratulations to the data wizards at @ourworldindata.org who created this elegant tool so you can adjust fertility, mortality & migration rates for any country to see the impact on population sizes & age structures. This is really, really great!! Check it out!! Excellent tool, terrific write up.

A ban on non-essential use of PFAS is being considered in the EU. Manufacturers are fighting this tooth and nail. Until restrictions are in place - we will continue to be exposed to PFAS throughput our daily life. share.google/rPAe3lEQU2u0... 6/6

Kurvendiskussion. #Energiewende

‼️ It’s Day 535 of nonstop #GeorgiaProtests across the country of Georgia 🇬🇪 as the people raise their voices against the illegitimate ruling regime. Relentless! (via @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social ; 📸 - Droa) 🇬🇪🇪🇺‼️

While chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵

I’m skeptical.

Finland opens Europe's first lithium mine - yle.fi/a/74-20209826

Unfortunately it still doesn't seem, from the article Lauri links, that Pakistan's authorities have a good idea of how much solar is installed in the country already. I would really, really like a local source on that, or one using local information instead of the export data we use...

A world without gas infrastructure? If we aggressively electrify the economy, green methanol could cover most of the remaining non-electric demand - without needing large-scale hydrogen or methane networks. New paper in Joule: "A Minimal Methanol Backstop for High Electrification Scenarios"

Seizing the moment: Pakistan targets 95% renewable electricity by 2040, 60% by 2030! The key rationale is cutting reliance on imported fossil fuels.

You might have noticed that GaN and SiC transistors are taking the world by storm and are helping to replace heavy transformers with smart inverters. www.powerelectronicsnews.com/sic-and-gan-...

Interesting new paper documents clearly how the IAEA has been overestimating the growth of nuclear time and time again. It's the inverse of what I've documented for solar and batteries. doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

Two recommendations for dealing with sycophantic AI chatbots: 1) Say (in the preferences, if you are a paying customer) say: "Don't tell me what I want to hear or how great my questions are. Be honest instead sycophantic." 2) Understand you are still talking to a machine trained to be sycophantic.

Zack Polanski (leader of the UK greens) is Jewish and against the genocide in Gaza. Increasingly, his Jewish heritage and the anti-semitism he experienced is disqualified because of that. For me, this is the world on its head. Real jews are aware enough of the Holocaust not to want to repeat it.

Battery electric vehicle market share in euro countries in April: —Norway 99% —Denmark 82% —Sweden 41% —Netherlands 37% —Belgium 37% —France 26% —Ireland 22% —Spain 9% thedriven.io/2026/05/05/s...

@seismo-steve.bsky.social made this infographic showing some of the world's tallest tsunami runup heights compared to some really really tall buildings.