💧Blue by Design

Doing more with less: our commercial projects transform the economy from a perpetual growth to value-based regenerative model including social enterprises.

[💧Blue by Design @Blue_Aus]

The Future of Planet Earth: #Renewables on the rise @ProfRayWills @FSS_Au

21st Century about convergence
About all things we can do in one place
About extraordinary uptake of #solar & #batteries

#RealBigThings
#FutureSmart
#ClimateChange
#ActOnClimate
https://t.co/EKYnqgWPMQ

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Never waste a good (oil) crisis - not just about energy sources, but also where our finite (fuel) tax revenues go, what we do next

Australia ought direct revenue to electrification,
not subsidise diesel consumption

Ray Wills & Peter Newman
@ConversationEDU
@uwanews @CurtinUni

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Fuel levy funds need to go to help farmers when electric tractors & headers are available, so that a move to electrification won't disadvantage, but every advantage to end Australia's reliance on fossil fuels
@abcnews WA Statewide Drive
https://t.co/LK9lq5Qkpk
@uwanews
#BHP

[SwarmFarm Robotics @SwarmFarm]

Most farm technology promises efficiency. This orchard is already running on it. Instead of worrying about staff fatigue, downtime, or limited work hours, the robot keeps working.

Day or night. Row after row.

Because autonomy changes something fundamental about farm operations:

You can plan ahead.

You can run machines 24 hours a day.

And you can manage your farm from anywhere.

With real-time sensors, alerts, and live machine data available on an iPad, the team can monitor performance, temperatures, and system pressures wherever they are.

Even if they’re nowhere near the field.

As Rebecca Grant explains, autonomy isn’t about replacing people, it’s about productivity, reliability, and getting the job done without fatigue.

And once the mapping is set and the rows are ready, the machine simply goes to work.

Row after row. Day after day.

This is Integrated Autonomy in a real orchard.

Not a concept, not a prototype. Real robots doing real work.

Learn more at: https://t.co/5pCctmUd0y

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Western Australian Budget 2026-27

Summary: Infrastructure Yes, Climate Action No

WA Government budget delivers impressive renewable energy hardware but dodges the policy framework needed for real decarbonisation.

Build up, not out
Build renewables + batteries
And EV networks

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Emissions targets, LNG, and an electrifying future:

WA is Making History on Renewables but Can’t Accept Gas is Dying

Fossil fuel squeeze to the exit continues
https://t.co/SSi7FP1KqA
@PeterNewmanCUSP @CurtinUni
@ProfRayWills @uwanews

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Build up, not out
Build infrastructure for peeps and liveability
Picking the best locations for redevelopment and what infrastructure we need
Theory of urban fabrics describes 3 key areas in cities: car-based suburban fabric (BAU), transit city fabric and walking city fabric

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

China now biggest player as electric cars surge and ICE-only sales slump in Australia

Australia’s centre of gravity is shifting away from internal combustion and towards electric cars

BEVs jump to nearly 17% of monthly sales
https://t.co/JJzGlkJhwu @TheDriven_io

[Gavin Shoebridge @KiwiEV]

This Aussie trucking firm (Centurion) switched their fleet to electric last year, eliminating the cost of 30 dirty diseasels.
They've since built 2 charging sites powered by 4.4 megawatts of solar + battery storage, plus 15 rapid chargers.
Electric tech ain't slowing down (but diesel is) so come join the winning team. We have potatoes. 😊

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Sustainability guru Prof @PeterNewmanCUSP @CurtinUni on ABC Life Matters speaks about do-it-yourself, solar-led, EV-charged, home-battery powered, money-saving opportunities
We need more
It needs to be faster
https://t.co/zz2A7TnPm3
No one will be elected saying no net zero

[Interactive Brokers @IBKR]

IBKR Desktop. Redefined. An intuitive, customizable, pro-grade trading platform.

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Excise relief socialises cost nationally while privatising direct benefit to fuel users

Public transport relief socialises both cost & service access for peeps who actually depend on collective transport

Aus ~$850M/mnth fuel-tax relief omits non-drivers & EV owners from benefit

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Automated factory capable of building 1 robot every 30 minutes opens in China
Guangdong's first humanoid robot facility with an annual capacity of over 10,000 units
Each one has a 3.6 kWh Li-ion battery pack
Or 36 MWh of batteries
https://t.co/fG4LIu1nOG via @CnTechPost

[LeRaffl @leRaffl]

I have never seen a transition to BEV close to this fast. Indonesia is on an entirely different level. Every time I add more recent data I think to myself "this can't go on this month, can it?", but it does go on.
Indonesia has ~600k registrations per year, so they are even a decent size.

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Who's getting a battery electric car?
#oilcrisis

Reply with your Make/ Model EV you own/ ordered /will buy!
PLS vote, and repost, too

World #Top10 EV makers
#BYD #Tesla #Geely #SAIC-GM-Wuling #LiAuto #VW #Xiaomi #LeapMotor #XPeng #Chery
Notice anything remarkable?🇨🇳

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Country of origin: China passes Japan as Australia's biggest car supplier in February 2026

Australian vehicle sales summary
Feb 2025 VFACTs + EV Council - Mar2026

BEV share 12.2%
Hybrid (inc PHEV) 21.6%
ICE only drive train share 66.1%

SUVs 60.3% share of Aus sales

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Oil shocks and crashes: Where are we headed with the 2026 crisis?

#oil #solar #EVs
https://t.co/YJR9ZPQIRR

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

MAGA US = more risk, less safe
US safety rules turn in wrong direction
MAGA tells Americans they’re “safer,” but blocks cockpit‑safety rules, guts pollution rules, kneecaps workplace & product standards so corporations less constrained, consumers more risk
https://t.co/cAL9P3QmyV

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Western Australia's proposed new community benefit rules: turn wind and solar and batteries from “imposition” into asset that benefit locals
And the region
And the planet
https://t.co/qbBs6dVikK

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

@MinhKular @renew_economy Yes, @auspost operates Australia's largest electric vehicle fleet

Tho' smaller than most imagine when 'EV' mentioned

5,600 EVs to end 2025 - includes KYBURZ trikes, electric bikes, Fuso eCanter trucks, Mercedes-Benz eVito vans, & DUTY electric motorbikes
https://t.co/yvMmyt1PJr

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

A Crocodile Ate My Lunch @GilesParkinson @reneweconomy

“I’m still hungry,” said Lithium the crocodile, as he ate the last piece of coal-fired power station
He saw a sign
GAS-FIRED PEAKER
“If it quacks like a duck, then it sounds delicious!”
And Lithium ate it for lunch

NEM too