ChatGPT and Google Gemini generated image depicting how inflation causes electricity bills to feel more expensive even when real prices are stable or falling.
The argument begins with a pair of charts that appear to contradict each other while describing the same reality. One plots nominal residential electricity prices against carbon intensity for the ten largest electricity producing countries in 2015 and 2024. The other uses the same data but adjusts prices for inflation. … [continued]
In light of the recent judgement by the Supreme Court of India on the definition of what constitutes the Aravalli, mainstream media has been busy asking doomsday questions on the consequences if they are lost forever. These sharply worded posts channel and amplify outrage. But they imply inevitability and closure … [continued]
India has been somewhat disappointing in its transportation electrification. It’s a bit funny, or strange, since the country announced several years ago it was going to be the first 100% electric nation, and it is ridiculously far away from that while Norway is basically already there and China is more … [continued]
TL;DR: Fossil narratives are collapsing. Economics, physics, and real-world deployment all now point one way: solar + storage. For several decades now, the fossil lobby has followed the renewable sector like a bad debt — constantly painting molehills as mountains, inventing false comparisons, and trying to derail public understanding any … [continued]
China has emerged as a global leader in the struggle to meet the challenge of global heating while others have fallen back.
In a post earlier today, we reported on a joint study by Climate Central and World Weather Attribution that finds the actions taken by the nations of the world in the ten years since the Paris Climate Accords have helped to limit global heating by the end of this century … [continued]
JBM Electric Vehicles arrived at Busworld 2025 in Brussels with a clear message: the Indian electric bus manufacturer is no longer simply exporting vehicles to Europe — it’s planting roots. The company’s launch of the ECOLIFE e12 city bus, coupled with the announcement of a Frankfurt-based European headquarters, signals an … [continued]
Mercom India Research released its Q2 2025 India Solar Market Update Report at the end of August. I was pleased to be able to submit some questions to dig into how India is expanding its solar power capacity. With a human population of about 1.45 billion people, India’s expansion of … [continued]
Chatgpt generated panoramic image showing the global redirection of talent flows from the U.S. to other regions due to H1-B price tag and OBBB cut backs
For most of the past half century, the H1-B visa program has been a conduit for global talent into the American economy. It has not been a minor contribution but a central driver of U.S. leadership in high technology. Scratch most successful firms of the last 50 years, and H1-B … [continued]
A solar rooftop installation in Madhya Pradesh, India that helps to cumulatively produce 19.88 GW of power. (Photo from ADBInstitute)
India is piling into the renewable energy space as it seeks to lower its emissions, and Australia is also raising its ambitions.
