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
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.
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.
Look at this massive parking lot in China, all covered in solar and equipped with EV chargers. Utterly dwarfing anything like it in the US, AFAIK. english.news.cn/20250918/85a...
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Look at this massive parking lot in China, all covered in solar and equipped with EV chargers. Utterly dwarfing anything like it in the US, AFAIK. english.news.cn/20250918/85a...
Also, every statement in this closing paragraph is false.
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Also, every statement in this closing paragraph is false.
A fine example of why I have said that South Australia is at the cutting edge of leveraging DERs. 135% renewables on their grid today and paying customers to consume power.
xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
September 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A fine example of why I have said that South Australia is at the cutting edge of leveraging DERs. 135% renewables on their grid today and paying customers to consume power.
xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
The US and UN today, ladies and gentlemen….
September 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The US and UN today, ladies and gentlemen….
And now, journalism has nothing to say either. Our institutions have failed. The public is utterly rudderless in the face of a fascist coup.
August 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
And now, journalism has nothing to say either. Our institutions have failed. The public is utterly rudderless in the face of a fascist coup.
Fascinating observations on EVs from @davidfickling.bsky.social:
- High adoption rates in developing countries
- EVs pencil out unsubsidized
- Oil & gas are ~1/3 of all imports to India & Pakistan
- EVs could eliminate India's current account deficit
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 🎁 🔗
- High adoption rates in developing countries
- EVs pencil out unsubsidized
- Oil & gas are ~1/3 of all imports to India & Pakistan
- EVs could eliminate India's current account deficit
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 🎁 🔗
August 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Fascinating observations on EVs from @davidfickling.bsky.social:
- High adoption rates in developing countries
- EVs pencil out unsubsidized
- Oil & gas are ~1/3 of all imports to India & Pakistan
- EVs could eliminate India's current account deficit
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 🎁 🔗
- High adoption rates in developing countries
- EVs pencil out unsubsidized
- Oil & gas are ~1/3 of all imports to India & Pakistan
- EVs could eliminate India's current account deficit
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 🎁 🔗
Boosting this exchange for others who might be interested, since these issues keep coming up.
August 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Boosting this exchange for others who might be interested, since these issues keep coming up.
So you can still have some PBS, but you have to pay for it privately. All public dollars must now flow to billionaires.
August 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
So you can still have some PBS, but you have to pay for it privately. All public dollars must now flow to billionaires.
@zaneselvans.org Here's brief summary of the issues, courtesy our custom AI query engine trained on our corpus. This guy has a new tool designed to address some of those issues: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_xV...
August 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@zaneselvans.org Here's brief summary of the issues, courtesy our custom AI query engine trained on our corpus. This guy has a new tool designed to address some of those issues: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_xV...
Which also has some more scenic elements…
August 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Which also has some more scenic elements…
I came to the Arctic Circle to see a remote community’s microgrid.
July 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I came to the Arctic Circle to see a remote community’s microgrid.
Some people come to the Arctic Circle to fish, or see wildlife….
July 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Some people come to the Arctic Circle to fish, or see wildlife….
Huh. Turns out it's really easy to dismiss decades of careful scientific work on climate by thousands of researchers globally. You just need "an exercise in discretionary judgment!"
July 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Huh. Turns out it's really easy to dismiss decades of careful scientific work on climate by thousands of researchers globally. You just need "an exercise in discretionary judgment!"
So I had to ask it to try again and this time it got it. But now we're up to 51 MWh
July 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
So I had to ask it to try again and this time it got it. But now we're up to 51 MWh
Dammit, Brendan. When the next IRP comes though I'm blaming you for the capacity increase. The original was no longer in workspace apparently, so I had to upload the image and ask for the correction. Here's what I got.
July 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Dammit, Brendan. When the next IRP comes though I'm blaming you for the capacity increase. The original was no longer in workspace apparently, so I had to upload the image and ask for the correction. Here's what I got.
This image probably cost 17 MWh to produce but who cares at this point
July 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This image probably cost 17 MWh to produce but who cares at this point
“Fewer,” Chicago Trib. The word you’re looking for is “fewer.” #IWillDieOnThisHill
June 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“Fewer,” Chicago Trib. The word you’re looking for is “fewer.” #IWillDieOnThisHill
When you see a photo like this, don’t fall the for PR trap. This is not a normal event in trade diplomacy. You should imagine MBS holding out the dripping bloody severed head of Khashoggi. Then you’d be starting to get it.
May 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When you see a photo like this, don’t fall the for PR trap. This is not a normal event in trade diplomacy. You should imagine MBS holding out the dripping bloody severed head of Khashoggi. Then you’d be starting to get it.
As an example of why I say CSP isn't dead, one of the innovations we discuss in @TransitionShow Ep. 249 is this amazing little module from RayGen. It's 4 inches square and produces 2.5 kW of electricity AND 5 kW of thermal energy in the form of hot water at 90°C!
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As an example of why I say CSP isn't dead, one of the innovations we discuss in @TransitionShow Ep. 249 is this amazing little module from RayGen. It's 4 inches square and produces 2.5 kW of electricity AND 5 kW of thermal energy in the form of hot water at 90°C!