Chris Nelder 🤘

@chrisnelder@mastodon.energy
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Creator and Host of @TransitionShow and energy futurist/analyst/writer/speaker. Peripatetic podcaster.
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Energy Transition Showhttps://xenetwork.org/ets/about/
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Chris Nelder 🤘11h ago
Show threadCelloMom On Cars17h ago

Germany puts rail first in €500bn investment spree

"State-owned Deutsche Bahn expected to receive €10.5bn this year from newly established infrastructure fund"

https://www.ft.com/content/6f719dcd-1df0-4b45-af3b-b08ff548537c

The article casts this as economic stimulus and a play for the 2028 elections, but investing in rail rather than roads will do a lot for cutting transportation emissions.

Germany puts rail first in €500bn investment spree

State-owned Deutsche Bahn expected to receive €10.5bn this year from newly established infrastructure fund

Financial Times
Chris Nelder 🤘2d ago
Laura Helmuth2d ago
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Episode 146: “Good Vibrations”...
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Chris Nelder 🤘Jun 4
Energy Transition ShowJun 4
In Ep. 251, we conclude our 6-part miniseries on Australia by interviewing an engineer with South Australia Power Networks. By 2027, they will operate the first gigawatt-scale grid in the world to have a 100% variable renewable energy supply. Listen in and learn how they’re going to do it! https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-251-south-australia-on-point/
[Episode #251] – South Australia on Point | The Energy Transition Show

How will South Australia maintain stability and reliability as it becomes the world’s first gigawatt-scale grid to operate with a 100% renewable energy supply?

The Energy Transition Show
Chris Nelder 🤘Jun 4
RTing just for the photo
https://wisskomm.social/@PIK_climate/114624018578666985
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Europe's economic woes have nothing to do with #ClimatePolicy, says PIK Director Ottmar #Edenhofer in an interview with @FTM_eu@ftm.nl. “Climate damage is going to be a fundamental threat to our #Economy and prosperity.” https://www.ftm.eu/articles/ottmas-edenhofer-climate-industrial-policy?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebuttonleden&utm_source=linkbutton&share=CM1XjaKImkv3Qq%2BJYc2peemZ%2Fy8dA2BLfkX84XHxCc9m8WAruJAPLuK0LVwg8ac%3D (€)

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Chris Nelder 🤘Jun 1
@ai6yr Got any empty bee boxes? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23mrprk952o
Washington: Warning after millions of bees escape overturned truck - BBC News

Master bee-keepers are called to the scene after a truck containing 70,000 pounds of active honey bee hives flipped over.

BBC News
Chris Nelder 🤘May 30
@brianvastag https://mastodon.social/@weatherwest/114598978598267903
Chris Nelder 🤘May 30
Hal PomeranzMay 30
Our way of life is being burned to the ground and the media is calling it like it’s a sporting event rather than documenting the crime.
Chris Nelder 🤘May 28
Kees van der LeunMay 28
Massive glacier collapse in southern Switzerland today, destroying homes in the village of Blatten.
https://youtu.be/y0o8jEF4YaQ?si=CXT3Z8e-JilQCc_X
Blatten VS - Gewaltiger Gletscherabbruch in Blatten!

YouTube
Chris Nelder 🤘May 27
Simon EvansMay 27

Misinformation: A Telegraph guide

1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈

Chris Nelder 🤘May 21
Energy Transition ShowMay 21
In Ep. 250, Thane Gustafson rejoins us to discuss Russia’s failed opening to the West, how the sanctions against Russia have succeeded and failed, what Putin’s motivations in Ukraine are, and Russia's future as global energy transition efforts accelerate.
https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-250-russia-revisited/
[Episode #250] – Russia Revisited | The Energy Transition Show

Will Russia finally get on board with the energy transition, or will it white-knuckle its energy exports all the way down to zero?

The Energy Transition Show
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Simon EvansMay 27

Misinformation: A Telegraph guide

1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈

Show threadSueDiOhMay 27
@drsimevans This looks like any American corporate news story. It's your sign to unsubscribe.
Show threadPaul MelisMay 27
@drsimevans Also, 131 to 232 fires *in three years* time (increase of 21% per year). While number of EVs seems to be 664k to 1.3m in one year.
Show threadPaco Hope #resistMay 27
@drsimevans The headline could have been that EV fires are not growing at the same rate as EV ownership. That indicates improvement. But the “tiny fraction of vehicle fires” is a meaningless number without real numbers. Because if EVs are 1% of cars and 1% of fires, then it doesn’t mean anything at all. But if EVs are 6% of cars and 1% of fires that makes them seem safer (to my lay persons math).
Show thread🇺🇦🇪🇺 C. WeickhmannMay 27
Wow. Suggested better headline: Number of incidents with thing scale with number of thing.
Show threadPhil Thane ✅May 27
@drsimevans
What goes through the minds of journalists who write misinformation like this? They must know it's wrong so is it just a desperate need for a job, for money? Or do they have some sort of ideological commitment to the cause of right wing, anti-environmental politics? Are they lying for cash or the cause?
Show threadrhempelMay 27

@drsimevans It's a combination of poor math skills at the reporting, editorial, and reader levels.

Imagine being the transportation correspondent, and without a dedicated section in the paper, you need to sell your story to the editor.

If it bleeds (or blows up, or sounds ominous) it leads - it's been true for over a century ...

Show threadEd DaviesMay 27
@drsimevans Also, they point out the (somewhat-valid) concerns about lithium-ion fires but skip over how many electric vehicle fires are actually battery fires and how many are confined to the motor compartment or the vehicle interior, or whatever.
Show threadShadSterlingMay 27
@drsimevans I read the headline before the rest of the post and thought it was going to be about Tesla cars