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[Future Smart Strategies™ @FSS_Au]

What if solar was just a consumer item?
Like a TV set?

Distributed solar
We own
On our roof
Where we live
Disrupting centralised electricity
generated somewhere else

>5b solar panels made since 2008
Future of energy
2017 #TedTalk by our @ProfRayWills
https://t.co/smZjciCCcc

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

An ancient thread on ICE vs EVs

And two old blokes talking about where we are now in 2026

https://t.co/lTp0GnwsfN

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Ports are where Australia’s freight transition can demonstrate net zero

Fremantle’s electric terminal trucks show fuel security is no longer just stockpiling fuel
Ports are early stepping stone towards larger net-zero freight destination

Wills & Newman
https://t.co/0Mt7z9ErGT

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

@janrosenow I know it's probably rhetorical, but here's my explainer

From my interview with Tom Raftery on his #ClimateConfident podcast

The Michael I mention is @MLiebreich
& I'm choreographing an interpretive dance version
More https://t.co/JJIgmCtrVm

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

@Synchronicity34 Japan’s carmakers treating battery-electric vehicles as niche, instead backed hybrids, H2 & e-fuels
https://t.co/JF9N1irJJi

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

We have to be ambitious to take advantage of the fastest change in energy generation in human history - being too slow will only cost money and more emissions

More
https://t.co/JJIgmCtrVm

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

China's electrification a critical step in reduction of global oil demand
Oil displacement mostly from China!
May be even faster than my model given further pricing stimulus
Each month of oil crisis will add 5% + to global sales of EVs - including trucks!
https://t.co/FRPsfAu9pm

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

BYD Commercial Vehicles unveils its growing European line-up 3.5 to 44 tonnes

Flagship: ETT 44 electric tractor
Electric spec: 651 kWh Blade Battery, 600km range, 1,000 hp peak; 1.5MW⚡Charging, 20 -> 80% ~20 mins; Euro NCAP: 5 stars, CitySafe

IAA Transportation

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Does your local government have a corridor-and-service-planning process?
A staged central-city mobility and precinct program beginning with frequent electric buses in priority lanes, upgraded stops and traffic reallocation?
If not, ask them why not
https://t.co/M3MgDj3dy2

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

The case for legalising plug-in solar and batteries now clear: portable energy devices can help households use cheaper midday electricity and reduce what they buy from the grid
And renters deserve it
https://t.co/KsoUZTQlB0 @renew_economy

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

The PHEV emissions problem is not the plug in the hybrid

It's the ‘plug-in maybes’

Latest EU data on plug-in hybrids show real-world fuel use & emissions far higher than lab results suggest

(But PHEVs still little cleaner than regular ICE & hybrids)
https://t.co/Y4FHpTJrCq

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Reinterpreting Canada's PM Carney:
With friends like these, who needs enemas?

A lesson to be learnt - and enacted - @AlboMP

Let's keep the Australian values we share with our allies like Canada and EU, and not practice poisoned sycophancy of sucking up to Trump

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Did I mention?
18 Sep 2026 in Perth was actually hot, too
Not as hot as the day before
Got a sense of deja vu yet?
It wasn't just another warm spring day
It was actually record breaking hot day
Did you see it reported on the news?
#isithotrightnow
#climatechange

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Cottesloe’s bustling Marine Parade will soon have a consistent lower speed limit to protect pedestrians

The safest speed is under 30km/h - that's just physics

Image PerthNow
Marine Parade, Cottesloe, Western Australia

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Delighted to be selected as Energy Professional of the Year in @AIEoen 10th WA Energy Awards  in Perth last night

Especially in 2026 - this year will be the fastest energy transition in human history

Next year will be faster
https://t.co/JJIgmCtrVm

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Fossil fuel hierarchy is collapsing as the EV fleet crocodile meets the renewable grid crocodile
By Ray Wills and Peter Newman
@TheDriven_io

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

We're living thru the fastest energy transition in human history; we're still having difficulty accepting that it can be this fast

5 years ago, getting it wrong didn't take you terribly far into the wrong direction into the future
From here on, it'll be scary if you get it wrong

[Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills]

Electric car owners of Australia - a poll for you

Please retweet to help poll coverage
Please reply if you use other options

I drive #EVs and most (> 2/3) of my EV recharge from:

(I will post separate polls for other regions)

[Sunil Ecologista @sunjardiner0]

El H5N1 se propaga a mamíferos. La gestión de la fauna es esencial para la supervivencia de humanos y animales.

[Philip J. Rosenberger III @PJRosenberger3]

This is Covid for Australian wildlife. We need to show the same dedication to fighting #H5N1 that we showed for Covid. The current piecemeal approach is not fit for the purpose of protecting our threatened species.

#auspol #auspol2026 #BirdFlu

[The Fifth Estate @FifthEstateAU]

Australia’s regional freight debate is often framed as a contest between rail and trucks when both should be used to improve energy and regional sovereignty, significantly reduce road trauma and potential to enable passenger rail.
https://t.co/Ez8n7BrqBE