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[UK Net Zero @UKNetZero]

Renewables have seen massive growth over the last decade right?

10ys ago: ~80% global energy use was fossil fuel.

Today, its still ~80%.

Global energy consumption continues to grow.

Sadly so too does use of fossil fuels.

There is a major need to reduce overall consumption.

[UK Net Zero @UKNetZero]

@colinwalker79 Ah well thank goodness for that then 🍻💪

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Energy efficiency is the unsung hero of Europe’s industrial competitiveness.

Without efficiency gains since 2000, industry would use 1/3 more energy—costing tens of billions more every year.

It’s not just energy prices that matter, but how smartly we use energy.

[Alex @alex_avoigt]

This can't be repeated often enough

A BEV consumes about 160 kg of 🔋 battery cell materials over its lifetime. And at the end of life 70% - 90% is recovered.

An ICE burns through 17,000 liters of fuel. Gone. No recovery. No recycling. Just burned into the atmosphere.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Solar will win. It's physics.

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

Did you know how much of the power generation capacity added each year world-wide was in renewables?

2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %

Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!

[Ember @ember_energy]

NEW | World surpasses 40% clean power in 2024, driven by a RECORD rise in renewables 📈

Solar has DOUBLED in just three years, remaining the world’s fastest-growing source of new electricity and the engine of the energy transition ⚡

https://t.co/dEcMEGCY1v

#GER2025

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelenskyy against Trump and Vance!

[UK Net Zero @UKNetZero]

We are living in dangerous times.

It appears that hate, power, and greed are higher on the agenda than the truth.

'The Denial Machine' is threatening geopolitics, the climate, and pretty much day to days lives.

[UK Net Zero @UKNetZero]

A 'Frank Statement' was a disinformation campaign run by cigarette companies in 1954.

We are now living in a world where self-serving liars are in powerful positions.

Worst still, is that more people are willing to accept these lies, but ironically claim to be the enlightened.

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

Foreign Leader Favourability Ratings amongst British Voters:

🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Favourable: 64%
Unfavourable: 16%
NET: +48%

🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Favourable: 22%
Unfavourable: 73%
NET: -51%

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin
Favourable: 4%
Unfavourable: 89%
NET: -85%

Via @YouGov, 16-17 Feb.

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Pessimists sound clever.

Optimists change the world.

I love this depiction of the energy transition by RMI.

[UK Net Zero @UKNetZero]

@latimeralder As much as we'd love to be in 1st place, this isn't the case.

[UK Net Zero @UKNetZero]

@cmackinlay

[Dave Jones @CleanPowerDave]

Worried on solar canniballisation?

It doesn't take a lot of battery to maintain solar revenues☀️

We modelled changing revenues for 90MW solar +120MWh battery using spot power prices..
https://t.co/vn0fan2CcN

[UK Net Zero @UKNetZero]

@AukeHoekstra Large scale wireless energy transfers.

Would circumnavigate the grid issues. Might need to reinstate the Tesla Towers though 🙊

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

NEW ANALYSIS:

Right-leaning UK newspaper editorials have relentlessly attacked energy secretary Ed Miliband since last year's election, calling him "hysterical", a "madman" & "demented"

The papers have also published a record number of editorials opposing climate action…
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[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

The analysis by my colleague Josh Gabbatiss with Sylvia Hayes at Uni of Exeter shows right-leaning newspapers reverting to opposing climate action, having briefly shown (illusory?) support during Boris Johnson's premiership and around COP26

Details:

https://t.co/13iRUfHxx4
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[UK Net Zero @UKNetZero]

@BartBlack1 🤣🤣🤣 this is like blaming a 90th substitution on your team losing 5-0.

[Department for Transport @transportgovuk]

We’ve launched a consultation to shape the 2030 phase-out of the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, which will:

✅ Support jobs and industry
✅ Encourage car manufacturers to invest in the UK
✅ Help more people switch to electric

All part of our Plan for Change.

[Trevor McCarthy @TrevMcCarthaigh]

This "Ireland is Antisemitic" line is so false.

Facts show that Ireland is one of the least Antisemitic states in Europe, and it comes from an Israeli source

Source: Tel Aviv University report 2023

🇮🇪 isnt Antisemitic, It's antigenocide & anticolonial

#Paddystinian #Ireland