Let me remind everyone that fierce debate exists over the different classes of ebikes allowed in cities.
Of all the made-up intentionally-hollow tactical-false-promise greenwashing technologies out there, space solar I think is the one that just makes me the angriest.
Not even sure why, maybe because it should be the most obviously nonsensical but is treated as completely reasonable
I've been touting the inevitable win of electric trucks over combustion and hydrogen trucks for over 10 years now. Glad to see it's finally happening.
www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bus...
Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Meta partners with Overview Energy to turn space into a constant power source for data centers and future AI infrastructure
Germany's electricity mix, 2000 vs 2025:
Renewables: 6% → 62%
Fossil fuels: 62% → 36%
Nuclear: 30% → 0%
Nuclear's exit was filled by renewables, not coal or gas.
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While the country's prowess in electric passenger vehicles has long been known globally, electric trucks have only recently gained traction.
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A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stab...
BREAKTHROUGH: SaltX Technology and Holcim have produced Portland-quality clinker - the core ingredient in cement - using a fully electrified process. No fossil fuels.
The goal is now a pilot plant targeting Europe's first fully electric cement facility by 2028.
www.globalcement.com/news/20714-s...
Fietser
Ketan Joshi
Almost 100% of new cars sold in Norway last year were electric.
Not just because of oil wealth. Because of carbon taxes, EV incentives, and thirty years of consistent policy.
New newsletter: Norway: The World's Most Instructive Energy Paradox
janrosenow.substack.com/p/norway-the...
Auke Hoekstra
Mar Hicks
Think of CO₂ removal like a time machine. How far back does planting 100 million trees take us?
One mature tree takes up ~25 kg of CO₂/year, so 100 million trees will take up 2.5 MtCO₂. That's a time machine that takes us back ~33 minutes in a year. Nature will not save us from fossil fuel CO₂.
Electricity ratepayers feel pain from *bills*, not prices. If my price goes up 10% but my energy use goes down 20% (from insulation or a more efficient air conditioner, say), then *my bill goes down 12%*.
Energy efficiency is weirdly absent from discourse on electricity affordability.
The electrification playbook the world needs - and its inconvenient footnote
