Prices of the electricity we use to charge

[Woosh]

Not a U turn. The Japanese target mature markets while the Chinese target novel solutions. Japanese automakers are more concerned with reliability and safety than Chinese. They have been waiting for solid state batteries to become mainstream which should be next year or 2027. Toyota has already got EVs that can do 1,800 miles on one charge and 5 minutes to recharge. That's farther than my petrol car can go and less time for me waiting at the till to pay for petrol.

 

[MikelBikel]

 

[MikelBikel]

Not a U turn. The Japanese target mature markets while the Chinese target novel solutions. Japanese automakers are more concerned with reliability and safety than Chinese. They have been waiting for solid state batteries to become mainstream which should be next year or 2027. Toyota has already got EVs that can do 1,800 miles on one charge and 5 minutes to recharge. That's farther than my petrol car can go and less time for me waiting at the till to pay for petrol.

 

[Woosh]

Have you visited China or Hong-Kong? If you haven't, I highly recommend those places.
Mao took over a backward country (in his own words), industrialised it, Deng reformed it and now Xi turning it into the next first world empire.
Professor Richard Wolf wrote a thesis on its strategies. You can look it up, much more interesting that that silly video.

 

[lenny]

 

[lenny]

Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025

Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025 | Ember

ember-energy.org

 

[lenny]

 

[lenny]

Extreme weather is the UK's new normal, says Met Office
The UK is breaking heat and rainfall records increasingly frequently as its climate continues to warm, the Met Office has warned.

Met Office: Extreme weather the UK's new normal

The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MikelBikel]

Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025

Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025 | Ember

ember-energy.org

Also caused biggest power cut in Europe, ha!

Good graphics - it wasn't the weather, it was solar tech failure with No backup!

EUROPE POWER BLACKOUT Caused By WEATHER?⚡

Contrary to initial reports, the European power outage on April 28th, 2025 was NOT caused by the weather. Here's an explanation from meteorologist Will Cano ...

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[MikelBikel]

Extreme weather is the UK's new normal, says Met Office
The UK is breaking heat and rainfall records increasingly frequently as its climate continues to warm, the Met Office has warned.

Met Office: Extreme weather the UK's new normal

The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.

www.bbc.co.uk

More of Same Klimate Hysteria, yawn emoji, hehe

 

[MikelBikel]

Looking back..
The Indiana Bell bldg was moved in 1930, in 1 month, maintaining services, while 600 people still worked in it!

The Indiana Bell Building in 1930 was rotated 90 degrees in a month #history

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Wheels, or rails, move more smoothly

Whole (most) of Chicago city was raised 1 storey in 1850's-60's, took 20yrs. Others just rolled along road, shops still trading..

 

[lenny]

Observatory marks 230 years of recording weather
"The seasons aren't quite as clearly cut as they used to be," he explained.
"We're kind of running into one long season with two days of snow here and a few days of sun there."

Armagh Observatory: 230 years of unbroken weather recordings

The building holds the longest sequence of continuous weather data anywhere in the UK and Ireland.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[lenny]

Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland’s coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy

Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy

Submerged in about 40 meters of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides and generate electricity.

apnews.com

 

[lenny]

Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down

Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down

Websites displaying legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared. The reports tell state and local governments and everyday people what to expect in a warming world and how to prepare for it.

apnews.com

 

[Woosh]

Also caused biggest power cut in Europe, ha!

Good graphics - it wasn't the weather, it was solar tech failure with No backup!

EUROPE POWER BLACKOUT Caused By WEATHER?⚡

Contrary to initial reports, the European power outage on April 28th, 2025 was NOT caused by the weather. Here's an explanation from meteorologist Will Cano ...

youtube.com

I don't know what you saw in the short video that you shared. The video itseft wasn't controversial but barely if at all contained anything useful. When the grid had enough supply to meet demand, it changed the feed-in tariff to negative. Producers would be charged if they don't disconnect. So they did. If all of them disconnect all at the same time, guess what, you would see what you did see. The fault is in my view a mistake in pricing and managing the feed-in tariff.

 

[MikelBikel]

"Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink"
Coleridge
Wasn't it the new WEF leader who said "water isn't a human right"?
What a pity, doesn't it rain in England, Scotland, Ireland or Wales?
'Water Aid' says they can supply an village with water for £8/month! Bring em over here

 

[MikelBikel]

I don't know what you saw in the short video that you shared. The video itseft wasn't controversial but barely if at all contained anything useful. When the grid had enough supply to meet demand, it changed the feed-in tariff to negative. Producers would be charged if they don't disconnect. So they did. If all of them disconnect all at the same time, guess what, you would see what you did see. The fault is in my view a mistake in pricing and managing the feed-in tariff.

They do all disconnect at the same time..
It's called Night, when it gets Dark
That's why there's a legacy backup, solar is pants!
They need to Nationalise all the solar so its used for people not profit

 

[Woosh]

They need to Nationalise all the solar so its used for people not profit

so you do like to keep the solar farms?
I am typing this while on child minding duty in Paris atm. It's 14th July, military airplanes did a few minute flypass this morning.

 

[saneagle]

so you do like to keep the solar farms?
I am typing this while on child minding duty in Paris atm. It's 14th July, military airplanes did a few minute flypass this morning.

They want you to be frugal in your use of fuel, but they're happy to burn hundreds of tons just for a jolly. How does that work? Can you explain?

 

[Woosh]

They want you to be frugal in your use of fuel, but they're happy to burn hundreds of tons just for a jolly. How does that work? Can you explain?

It's the quatorze juillet fête nationale, aka Bastille Day, holiday in France today.