Chris Nelder
@chrisnelder.bsky.social
Creator and Host of the Energy Transition Show @TransitionShow.bsky.social and energy futurist/analyst/writer/speaker. Peripatetic podcaster. More often on Mastodon at @chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy
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My dad sings in an incredible semi-professional choir in Portland and I’ve heard them sing this so many times and I cannot tell you how jealous I am that I don’t get to be one of the voices you never hear but you couldn’t live without who makes this sound possible
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
My dad sings in an incredible semi-professional choir in Portland and I’ve heard them sing this so many times and I cannot tell you how jealous I am that I don’t get to be one of the voices you never hear but you couldn’t live without who makes this sound possible
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Read all about it!! theecologist.org/2025/nov/06/...
SUV ads 'must go down the tube'
Call to stop promoting pollution on London’s transport system.
theecologist.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Read all about it!! theecologist.org/2025/nov/06/...
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
China is making friends and extending its influence while the US is alienating its friends and withdrawing from the world, retreating behind a wall of hostile policies and trade barriers
In the past 20 yrs, China extended >$800 billion in loans to emerging market and developing country economies to finance infrastructure, energy etc. China’s loan portfolio surpassed those of the World Bank, the IMF, and all 22 Paris Club creditor governments combined.
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
China is making friends and extending its influence while the US is alienating its friends and withdrawing from the world, retreating behind a wall of hostile policies and trade barriers
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In Ep. 262, @nadiabahmad.bsky.social explains how creating a successful energy transition project depends on community engagement and the specific legal and regulatory frameworks of a place. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
[Episode #262] – All Transitions are Local | The Energy Transition Show
What are the key elements to a successful energy transition project where you live?
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November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In Ep. 262, @nadiabahmad.bsky.social explains how creating a successful energy transition project depends on community engagement and the specific legal and regulatory frameworks of a place. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
Ah.
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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We are throwing the climate under the bus in exchange for tech of dubious value. At the end of the day, after all the hype, that’s the actual trade here.
Extremely telling clip with Crusoe Energy's CEO talking about data centre development.
"there's no way it's going to get to 100% carbon-free power production to power all of the AI infrastructure"
Just saying out loud what the companies say internally.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhIJ...
"there's no way it's going to get to 100% carbon-free power production to power all of the AI infrastructure"
Just saying out loud what the companies say internally.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhIJ...
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We are throwing the climate under the bus in exchange for tech of dubious value. At the end of the day, after all the hype, that’s the actual trade here.
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this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
😱 “Rainfall in the central city of Hue reached 1,085 millimeters (42 inches) in 24 hours by late Monday, the highest volume ever recorded in Vietnam”
apnews.com/article/viet...
apnews.com/article/viet...
Vietnam's tourist sites submerged as record rainfall causes major flooding
Heavy rains have caused major flooding in central Vietnam, submerging homes, farmland, and tourist spots like Hue and Hoi An.
apnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
😱 “Rainfall in the central city of Hue reached 1,085 millimeters (42 inches) in 24 hours by late Monday, the highest volume ever recorded in Vietnam”
apnews.com/article/viet...
apnews.com/article/viet...
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Articles on grid problems with solar and wind increasingly fall into two categories:
1) Those that prophesy doom, talk about inertia, and ignore or misunderstand batteries and inverters.
2) Those that show you get a more resilient system with solar, wind, batteries, and grid forming inverters.
1) Those that prophesy doom, talk about inertia, and ignore or misunderstand batteries and inverters.
2) Those that show you get a more resilient system with solar, wind, batteries, and grid forming inverters.
Re: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... 🎁🔗 we already have the technology to modify inverter settings dynamically to help stabilize grid voltage, provide synthetic inertia, etc. It's being used *now* in South Australia. See @TransitionShow Ep. 251 for all the details: xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
Europe’s Solar Boom Is Pushing Power Grids to The Limit
Solar is set to become the largest green energy source globally, the question now for Europe is whether it can revamp its grid fast enough to prevent another dramatic blackout.
www.bloomberg.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Articles on grid problems with solar and wind increasingly fall into two categories:
1) Those that prophesy doom, talk about inertia, and ignore or misunderstand batteries and inverters.
2) Those that show you get a more resilient system with solar, wind, batteries, and grid forming inverters.
1) Those that prophesy doom, talk about inertia, and ignore or misunderstand batteries and inverters.
2) Those that show you get a more resilient system with solar, wind, batteries, and grid forming inverters.
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This "Europe" story is at best problematic. It describes no actual evidence that grid instability is caused by renewables.
Moreover, as a counterexample, here is Germany, which I believe is in Europe, where grid stability has increased with increasing PV.🔌💡
www.planetarytech.earth/posts/high-r...
Moreover, as a counterexample, here is Germany, which I believe is in Europe, where grid stability has increased with increasing PV.🔌💡
www.planetarytech.earth/posts/high-r...
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This "Europe" story is at best problematic. It describes no actual evidence that grid instability is caused by renewables.
Moreover, as a counterexample, here is Germany, which I believe is in Europe, where grid stability has increased with increasing PV.🔌💡
www.planetarytech.earth/posts/high-r...
Moreover, as a counterexample, here is Germany, which I believe is in Europe, where grid stability has increased with increasing PV.🔌💡
www.planetarytech.earth/posts/high-r...
Re: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... 🎁🔗 we already have the technology to modify inverter settings dynamically to help stabilize grid voltage, provide synthetic inertia, etc. It's being used *now* in South Australia. See @TransitionShow Ep. 251 for all the details: xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
Europe’s Solar Boom Is Pushing Power Grids to The Limit
Solar is set to become the largest green energy source globally, the question now for Europe is whether it can revamp its grid fast enough to prevent another dramatic blackout.
www.bloomberg.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Re: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... 🎁🔗 we already have the technology to modify inverter settings dynamically to help stabilize grid voltage, provide synthetic inertia, etc. It's being used *now* in South Australia. See @TransitionShow Ep. 251 for all the details: xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
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Thanks a lot @chrisnelder.bsky.social for hosting me on the Energy Transition Show @transitionshow.bsky.social and giving me the opportunity to present my book on climate optimism.
[Episode #261] – The Case Against Climate Doom | The Energy Transition Show
We review some examples of social, political, and technological approaches to climate change mitigation that should give us reason to be optimistic.
xenetwork.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Thanks a lot @chrisnelder.bsky.social for hosting me on the Energy Transition Show @transitionshow.bsky.social and giving me the opportunity to present my book on climate optimism.
Another palate cleanser from your favorite antidote to doomscrolling, @transitionshow.bsky.social!
In Ep. 261, @ct-economics.bsky.social shares insights from his book, The Case Against Climate Doom — An Economist’s Guide to Climate Optimism, detailing the ongoing social, political, and technological climate change mitigation efforts that give him hope. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
[Episode #261] – The Case Against Climate Doom | The Energy Transition Show
We review some examples of social, political, and technological approaches to climate change mitigation that should give us reason to be optimistic.
xenetwork.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Another palate cleanser from your favorite antidote to doomscrolling, @transitionshow.bsky.social!
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Trump EPA: all staff working on clean air & water protections will be furloughed.
Also Trump EPA: not staff working on permits to let industry pollute more. You're exempt because you're essential to polluters.
EPA hit with another wave of furloughs. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene... ($)
Also Trump EPA: not staff working on permits to let industry pollute more. You're exempt because you're essential to polluters.
EPA hit with another wave of furloughs. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene... ($)
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Trump EPA: all staff working on clean air & water protections will be furloughed.
Also Trump EPA: not staff working on permits to let industry pollute more. You're exempt because you're essential to polluters.
EPA hit with another wave of furloughs. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene... ($)
Also Trump EPA: not staff working on permits to let industry pollute more. You're exempt because you're essential to polluters.
EPA hit with another wave of furloughs. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene... ($)
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What would George Washington say?
Donald Trump just posted an AI video of himself dumping shit on protesters from a “King Trump” jet.
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
What would George Washington say?
What would George Washington say?
Donald Trump just posted an AI video of himself dumping shit on protesters from a “King Trump” jet.
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
What would George Washington say?
Yes, the "National Energy Dominance Council" is dumb and just...silly.
But this? This is utterly cretinous. (Via Semaphor) Reality-free propaganda from top to bottom. Utter nonsense.
But this? This is utterly cretinous. (Via Semaphor) Reality-free propaganda from top to bottom. Utter nonsense.
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yes, the "National Energy Dominance Council" is dumb and just...silly.
But this? This is utterly cretinous. (Via Semaphor) Reality-free propaganda from top to bottom. Utter nonsense.
But this? This is utterly cretinous. (Via Semaphor) Reality-free propaganda from top to bottom. Utter nonsense.
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Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
What stage of a fascist coup is tear-gassing an elementary school?
Funston Elementary School’s sense of safety was violated last Friday when a federal agent threw a tear gas canister from their vehicle across the street and the gas wafted over the school property, a teacher told reporters Thursday.
'Sanctuary' mission of Logan Square grade school tested by fed's use of tear gas, teacher says
Funston Elementary School's sense of safety was violated last Friday when a federal agent threw a tear gas canister from their vehicle across the street and the gas wafted over the school property, she told reporters.
trib.al
October 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What stage of a fascist coup is tear-gassing an elementary school?
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A very informative and inspiring episode. Listen to it!
It’s our 10th Anniversary! To mark the occasion, we are rejoined by @kingsmillbond.bsky.social and Daan Walter of @ember-energy.org for 2.5 hrs of deep thoughts on what the past decade of our work has been about, and what the next ten years will require.
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xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
[Episode #259] – 10th Anniversary: New Marching Orders | The Energy Transition Show
For our 10th anniversary, we reflect on what the past decade of our work has been about and consider what the next ten years might require.
xenetwork.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A very informative and inspiring episode. Listen to it!
You think you know how much China is absolutely SMOKING the OECD in electrotech? I think you'll be surprised.
In Ep. 260, Muyi Yang and @sambutl3r.bsky.social of @ember-energy.org detail how China has become the undisputed global leader in the energy transition, and is helping developing countries to decarbonize far more rapidly than the economic powerhouses of the West.
xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
[Episode #260] – China Energy Transition Review 2025 | The Energy Transition Show
China has far surpassed the West to become the undisputed global leader in the energy transition.
xenetwork.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You think you know how much China is absolutely SMOKING the OECD in electrotech? I think you'll be surprised.
Excellent work! Great to have this hard-to-find data all nicely aggregated in one place.
Check out the "China Cleantech Exports Data Explorer" out today and explore all the data yourself.
Fantastic work by my colleagues @euangraham.bsky.social and @libbycopsey.bsky.social
ember-energy.org/data/china-c...
Fantastic work by my colleagues @euangraham.bsky.social and @libbycopsey.bsky.social
ember-energy.org/data/china-c...
China Cleantech Exports Data Explorer | Ember
A tool to uncover insights from the latest clean technology export data from China, including solar PV, batteries and electric vehicles. Explore by electrotech type, country or region.
ember-energy.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Excellent work! Great to have this hard-to-find data all nicely aggregated in one place.