In 2025, bipartisan policies had offered US states practical ways to accelerate clean energy deployment, modernize the grid, and ease pressure on rising energy costs. At the core of these state efforts were goals to reduce emissions, in keeping with projections out to 2030 and even 2050. It’s been clear … [continued]
Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an angel blowing the last trump, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, n.d. [c.1831?]." is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
If the US federal government had leaders with a vision of an achievable, healthy net-zero future, $200 billion would never be dedicated for the Iran War efforts. Yet the idiocy of the Iran War makes our minds wander and envision a robust US energy and climate package in its place. … [continued]
Chatgpt generated California transit depot where hydrogen remains a niche beside a much larger battery electric fleet.
Ballard Power and New Flyer announced what sounds at first like a market-making agreement, a commercial arrangement for 500 fuel cell engines, or about 50 MW of modules, for hydrogen transit buses starting in 2026. On the surface, that reads like the kind of order that only appears when a … [continued]
Aberdeen’s hydrogen double decker buses are being withdrawn, and a German municipality was left with seven hydrogen garbage trucks that could not refuel. Paris saw Hype’s hydrogen taxi fleet collapse after years of public claims about scale. Liverpool is trying to convert its abandoned hydrogen bus fleet. More hydrogen fleets … [continued]
Aberdeen’s decision to retire and try to sell its 25 hydrogen double decker buses closes a chapter that began with confident claims about global leadership in clean transport. The fleet was promoted as the world’s first hydrogen double deck operation and positioned as a foundation for a broader hydrogen economy … [continued]
Hong Kong has a sizable tax break available for electric vehicle purchases, comparable to what the US had before Donald Trump took office and Republicans took control of the US Congress on the low end. It is HK$58,500 (US$7,477), or a whopping HK$172,500 (US$22,047) if you trade in/scrap on old … [continued]
European Investment Bank approves ETS2 Frontloading Facility The European Investment Bank (EIB) board has approved a €3bn Frontloading Facility which provides revenues to countries to spend on preparing citizens for higher fuel costs, once the EU’s carbon price on heating and fuel (ETS2) kicks in. A further €3bn could be … [continued]
Governments around the world invest in fossil fuels for what is often framed as national security. However, there is a basic inconsistency of national investment in fossil fuels with mitigating climate change. Many oil and gas producers falsely claim they are simply meeting demand rather than accruing fabulous wealth. In … [continued]
American Automobile Labeling Act reports show that the 2026 vehicle models with the biggest gains in domestic content — US and Canadian content, that is — are electric vehicle models. Experts indicate that is most likely due to policies put in place during the Biden presidency. Subsidies were implemented as … [continued]
Google Gemini generated this infographic illustrating the stark mismatch between the massive scale of Germany's planned hydrogen infrastructure and current realistic demand.
Germany recently completed and pressurized the first roughly 400km segment of its national hydrogen backbone. The pipes are in the ground, the compressors work, and the system is technically ready. There is only one problem. There are no meaningful hydrogen suppliers connected and no material customers contracted. This is not … [continued]
