DUMP THE PUMP! Are you depressed about how much you have to pay for gasoline at the pump? Then get an EV, because this is how much you’d be paying if EV fuel prices were converted into a $/gal price like at gas stations. Stop wars because of oil, save money, clean the air, all by getting an EV.

Spain's original turbines are still generating electricity that pay for the new ones being built. The original Tarifa turbines have outlasted the companies that installed them, the governments that opposed them, and the analysts who projected they would be obsolete within a decade.

STOP! just stop saying we are approaching global climate change. We're not "approaching" a climate catastrophe. We are in the midst of one. "I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is." – Greta Thunberg - World Economic Forum, 2019 on fire

The people say, “Mr. Pickens we need water to live give us water.” And Mr. Pickens says, “How important is it that you don’t die from dehydration in the hot Texas sun?" "Then give me all you own. That isn’t a price too high to pay to live, now, is it?” www.dailykos.com/stories/2009...

How Common Are EV Fires? Current studies shows EV fires are significantly less frequent than those in gasoline-powered vehicles about 25 fires per 100,000 sold, compared to 1,530 fires per 100,000 for gasoline (ICE) cars. #EV #electricvehicles firerover.com/resources/ho...

"Men & nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men." President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking to Congress because US's poor farming practices caused a catastrophic ecological disaster known as the Dust Bowl.

About 30 years ago I came to the realization that the complexity of internal combustion engines (ICE) & their drive systems would lead car manufacturers to dump ICE for the ease of manufacturing EVs. Hybrids & plug-in hybrids, IMHO, weren't serious but just training wheels for getting to EVs. But 👀👁️

Policy responses to the energy shocks of the 2020s are different because green technologies have blossomed. China now offers the entire electric stack, from solar panels to electric cars, at affordable prices. Electrotech exports from China in March & April have been higher than in any month before.

History shows that successive severe shocks tend to drive profound changes in the global energy mix. The 1970s oil shocks, which are the closest comparison to the scale of disruption wrought by the Iran War, led to a rapid plunge in oil’s share of energy consumption. ~Bloomberg Green

While some countries are burning more coal in the short term, including China, India & Japan, more than 20 nations have made structural changes to speed up the green energy transition, according to the International Energy Agency. Leading to irreversible changes to their energy mix. ~Bloomberg Green

Battery degradation is the most common reason people talk themselves out of a used EV. Battery health drops about 1–2% a year, but the loss isn't linear. Aging, after the 1st years, slows to a crawl for most of the car’s life. OEM battery warranties typically run 8 years or 100,000 miles. ~Recurrent

An Arkansas school district transformed its finances through a major energy modernization project that included 1,400+ solar panels, LED lighting, new HVAC systems, & improved insulation. Helping them move from a $250,000 budget deficit to a $1.8 million surplus within just a few years.

☀️ Spain is becoming Europe's solar superpower. Spain's electricity grid operator REE is ... upgrading interconnection capacity to France, enabling Spanish solar surplus to flow northward into the heart of Europe during peak generation hours. ~Neil deGrasse Tyson & Red Eléctrica de España (REE), 2024

I often hear that humans don't have that much impact on our environment when talking about climate change. It's a hoax!😏 The Dust Bowl was a clear example of humans causing an ecological disaster on a biblical scale. The dust clouds reached Washington, DC! I learned it was man-made only as an adult.

"Men & nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men." Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking to Congress because poor farming practices & drought caused an ecological & economic disaster known as the Dust Bowl.

Not a small project. They installed solar canopies 5 meters above 9.26 sq. miles of crops. Panels tilt instructed by sensors monitoring water & sun intensity. Water needs dropped 30%. Heat damage fell 64%. Yields increased & they produce 500 megawatts of power from the exact same land growing food.

In sun damaged areas, solar panels actually help soil. But, we should put solar up high enough to allow farming & for grazing animals to move under them. Our priorities should be to put them over parking lots 1st, industrial/commercial roofs 2nd, & along the sides of highways & railroad tracks 3rd.

512,500 square miles of land are devoted to growing crops in the U.S., while around 17,500 to 21,250 sq. mi. is needed to meet all of the U.S.'s electricity needs with solar, 1/30th to 1/24th the space used for farming. Put the panels up high enough to farm under them & you don't have a conflict.

This doesn't count the slag fields at the coal mines, or the slag piles at the power plants, or the soot that covers everything nearby, not only our lungs. There is also the years between renewable's pollutants vs everyday for fossil fuels. And we are getting better everyday at recycling renewables.

NOT moving to wind, solar & batteries at this point is also just a bad choice. We are in the midst of climate change. Climate change will have an impact on our way of life. Just how much is up to us. Since wind, solar & batteries are the cheapest solution, that combination is the obvious choice.

The change happened 9 years ago. The trend towards EVs is growing crazy fast now. In April 2026, the combined average market share for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) across the Nordic countries ([Norway, Denmark, Finland, & Sweden]) was approximately 67.3% of all new passenger car registrations.

Wall Street’s banks for the 5th year have made more money arranging bonds & loans for environmentally friendly projects than for fossil-fuel companies. They generated $1.27 billion this year in climate-related financing, passing the $1.23B from debt deals for oil, gas & coal producers. ~ Bloomberg

In Berkeley, California properties with electric heat pumps, solar panels, induction range & EV ready electrical panels aren’t just green-bragging, they’re showing that the home has complied with the Building Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO) & includes these features. propmodo.com/berkeley-man...

The BUILD America 250 Act includes a punitive annual fee of $130 which is significantly more than what gas drivers pay. That is unfair & economically unsound. Contact your representative today and urge them to vote NO on the BUILD America 250. nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...

India was thought to become “the next China” for coal demand. But the economics of energy have changed. India is industrialising when clean electricity is the cheapest option. India will peak at less than one-third of China’s coal peak of 2024. That makes a China-style coal boom far less likely.

By making this permanent switch, Germany is cutting out 240 million liters of diesel and preventing 630,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere every single year. The future of sustainable travel has arrived. #ZeroEmissions #CleanEnergy www.cleanenergywire.org/news/associa...

A decade ago, solar required up to five times more upfront investment than coal or gas for the same amount of electricity delivered. The economics have flipped. The last major economic advantage fossil power held. And, remember, once solar is built it has the added advantage of no fuel costs. #solar

The U.S. has invested $43.1 billion since 2022. $14.5B are operational, $22.2B are under construction, & $6.4B are under development, creating 48,800 manufacturing jobs. Federal manufacturing incentives have created 139 new solar & storage facilities. ~SEIA #solar seia.org/research-res...

Governments, investors & banks have poured about $100 billion into efforts to handle the effects of climate change in Asia in the past five years. 90%+ investment from 2021 to 2025 was made by state-related organizations, according to a study of 165 funding groups published Monday. #climatechange

The German government in March set out an €8 billion ($9.3 billion) plan to slash carbon as it chases a 2030 goal to cut emissions by two-thirds from 1990 levels. But the Council of Experts on Climate Change now warns (??) the country may EXCEED its target by as much as 100 million tons of CO2. #CO2