John Addison

John Addison writes about sustainable mobility, renewable energy, electrification of everything, and how cities are using technology to reduce GHG emissions.

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This is what future car fueling stations look like. #EV is the future. Forget the pump. #electriccar #batteries @ClimateReality

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EV sales this month are over 30% of all car sales in a growing number of nations: Norway 90%, Sweden 60%, Netherlands 45%, China 39%, Germany 37%. USA is 9%, but California is over 20%.

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Electric vehicle sales over 1 million in month of May. #EV share of total car sales by nation = Norway 90%, Sweden 62%, Netherlands 46%, China 35%, France 24%, UK 23%, Germany 23%, USA 6%. Increasingly charged with #renewables. @ClimateReality

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Electric vehicle sales over 1 million globally in March. #EV share of total car sales by nation = Norway 91%, Sweden 60%, China 34%, France 25%, etc. Increasingly charged with #renewables. @ClimateReality

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

Breaking!

G7 ministers agreed to cut natural gas consumption and increase electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants

G7=Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US, EU

https://t.co/iRQ70dkdM3 @G7

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Major cities to ban sales of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2025 - Rome, Paris, London, Stuttgart, Athens, Mexico City, Madrid. Major countries to follow. Saves pollution deaths, saves money, saves greenhouse gas emissions. #EV #electricvehicles

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Electric vehicle sales up 50% globally in February. #EV share by nation - Norway 90%, Sweden 54%, Netherlands 37%, China 33%, France 24%, etc. Increasingly charged with #renewables. @ClimateReality

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Amazon has delivered 75 million packages using 3,000 #Rivian electric delivery vans. The transition to electric trucks accelerates. #EV @CALSTART https://t.co/XzAdG73wwS

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Energy Efficient Buildings Hub, Philadelphia, retrofits an existing building into a research facility. 50% less energy. High-performance windows, LED lighting, ground-source heat pump. @NewUrbanism #energyefficiency #greenretrofit https://t.co/8eKs2QjZVq

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Paseo Verde Apartments, Philadelphia, is net-zero with energy-efficient appliances, solar water heating, rooftop solar panels that generate enough electricity to power the entire building. @NewUrbanism #greenliving #renewableenergy https://t.co/uTvgkMCVCH

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Eversource Energy is installing a #geothermal #heatpump system that will provide heating and cooling to 45 buildings in a single neighborhood. #Mixeduse residential, commercial, low income. It’s the first US utility to try this approach. https://t.co/MPbr6ompeF

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834 all-electric apartments to be powered with #geothermal #heatpump. Cuts emissions in half. #electrify Heat pumps now $64 billion annual. Goodbye natural gas (methane). https://t.co/oIgq168RB9

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Electric vehicles require thousands of #semiconductors. New report "Semiconductors for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles 2023-2033" details megatrends, such as electrification and autonomous vehicle (AV). 400 forecasts. #EV #Tesla https://t.co/eaGioeXY90

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EcoBlock, Oakland, California, uses urban block-scale retrofitting to achieve high-efficiency apartments, community gardens, renewable energy microgrid. @NewUrbanism #sustainableliving #communitybuilding https://t.co/FbFeSyI71L

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The construction of the world’s largest offshore wind farm is underway in the North Sea. The farm will have a capacity of 1.3GW and will provide enough electricity to power 1.4 million homes. #ClimateChange #OffshoreWind #Energy @Orsted https://t.co/YfFyhpD7VM

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@ProfMarkMaslin @NAChristakis @pritiparikh73 @dwallacewells @DAaronovitch @MeganMcCubbin @GreenpeaceUK @greenpeaceusa @foe_us @SustainableUCL By replacing coal and gas plants with #windpower, it is estimated that up to 70 million bird lives have been saved per year worldwide. #WWS #renewableenergy https://t.co/FPikCLOuxb

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Sodium-ion batteries are poised to revolutionize the Asian automotive industry. They are lighter and cheaper than lithium-ion batteries. #sodiumionbatteries #electriccars #futureofmobility https://t.co/ui6IaxIQPY

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By incorporating green spaces, bike lanes, and public transportation options, net-zero mixed-use developments are creating more livable and walkable communities.@NewUrbanism #sustainabletransportation #netzero

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Hampshire College uses a Living Building as the central meeting place for the campus. @ClimateReality #NoMiraclesNeeded #renewables https://t.co/hcwWcLevgv

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Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech is net-zero energy with a 330-kilowatt photovoltaic array, rainwater harvesting system, water efficient. #sustainability #greenbuilding @GeorgiaTech https://t.co/J4bwrfMmCH