One thing that I really, really want to get across is that there is a very deep and serious complacency that has become widespread around the comparison of renewable energy actuals vs projections - a sort of triumphalist techno-solutionist cheap shot that always goes viral but doesn't say much.

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I spent a huge amount of time in 2024 collecting up previous projections of CCS and comparing that to actual installed capacity - not just the IEA, but for IPCC reports and fossil fuel companies too Not part of any paid work either - just, freely shared on my blog ketanjoshi.co/2024/11/24/2...

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Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

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Worth an extra push, to reduce our dependence on LNG imports and greenhouse gas emissions at the same time! (Combined with a stronger energy efficiency drive, and with electrification, of course)

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What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

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