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EV Driver. Democracy Advocate
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Golf courses take up more land than solar farms.
September 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Chinese auto industry won't survive
www.reuters.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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ICE “bounty hunters” dressed like they’re in a war zone to detain day laborers and a lady selling tacos at a Home Depot in Cypress Park this morning.

I’m so sick of these punks!
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Ohio's new energy law is mostly tech-neutral, which the state's solar energy industry applauds.
"Clean green energy competes, and competes well, in the marketplace for energy costs," says Michael Benson, board president for GreenEnergyOhio .
@canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Why the solar industry is counting Ohio’s newest energy law as a win
Although legislators highlighted the law’s potential to spur “dispatchable” power like gas and nuclear, its tech-neutral incentives can benefit solar, too.
www.canarymedia.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The sun keeps shining. The wind keeps blowing

65 days in a row and 106 of 138 (77%) in 2025 of 100% #WindWaterSolar on California's main grid

>100% WWS for 9 h Sat and 9.4 h Sun (avg 4.6 h/day all year)

WWS met 77% of demand Sat, 74% Sun (avg 55% all year)

Gas down 44% v '23
May 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Happy #Easter
April 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Good morning with good news: European battery storage skyrocketed ~50% in 2024 to reach ~35 GW, and battery storage growth is accelerating.

Battery storage will increase five times or 400%, adding another 128 GW and 300 GWh by 2030!

Solar & storage booms!
ease-storage.eu/publications... #energysky
April 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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🇨🇳 China - Feb 25 - BEV Trajectory
30.8% BEV
18.7% PHEV (of which 4.3%p are EREV)
50.5% ICE

Trailing 12 months are:
28.7% BEV
20.4% PHEV
50.9% ICE

After their usual dip in January due to Chinese New Year, China is back at their phenomenal BEV growth. (1/6)
March 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The steepest S-curve for electric vehicle adoption in the world? Look at Denmark:

Last month sales were:

- 66.1% BEV
- 2.8% PHEV
- 31.1% ICE

HT @leraffl.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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My two cents: we don’t abandon the Democratic Party. We remake it. It’s a good party. It just has bad leadership.
March 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Tesla’s German sales fell 76% in February to 1,429 cars, a steeper decline than the 60% drop in January.
Tesla sales plunged 76% in February in Germany, Reuters reports
Tesla’s (TSLA) German sales fell 76% in February to 1,429 cars, a steeper decline than the 60% drop in January, Reuters reports. Earlier this week, data showed that Tesla also suffered major sales dec...
finance.yahoo.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Good morning with good news: Renewables and nuclear generated 65.3% of California's electricity in the first 11 months of 2024! Solar was 32.7%. Wow!

Gas fell from 57% in 2015 to 38.5% in 2023 and 34.4% in 2024 & to 29% in first 7 weeks of 2025!
#energysky
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/02/23/b...
March 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Solar Energy Surpassed Coal in the EU for the First Time in 2024: Report - #AQI #AirQuality #CleanAir

For the first time, solar power surpassed coal as a source of electricity in the European Union (EU) last year.

www.ecowatch.com/solar-energy...
Solar Energy Surpassed Coal in the EU for the First Time in 2024: Report - EcoWatch
For the first time, solar power surpassed coal as a source of electricity in the European Union in 2024, according to thinktank Ember.
www.ecowatch.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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January 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Twice.
Trump's right hand man (literally) just casually giving the Nazi salute... twice.
January 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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It’s the S-Curve, stupid: New model predicts half of world’s energy will come from #solar by 2035. Electrification will also produce energy savings.
#Renewables #Energy #ClimateCrisis
reneweconomy.com.au/its-the-s-cu...
January 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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What powered the world’s electricity supply in 2023?

Fossil fuels still dominate but clean energy is catching up and fast.
January 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM