Entangled Matters

An article bashing Jean-Baptiste Fressoz claims about the difficulty of a transition and then basically saying he is right: "Fressoz retains one important point: a rising clean-energy share does not guarantee fossil fuels decline quickly enough for climate goals." oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

So many critics of Fressoz just skip his main point that "new" technologies are not close to enough to get us within time to zero carbon emissions.

An article bashing Jean-Baptiste Fressoz claims about the difficulty of a transition and then basically saying he is right: "Fressoz retains one important point: a rising clean-energy share does not guarantee fossil fuels decline quickly enough for climate goals." oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

Also don't forget the bikes. London: "quadrupling the network's size since 2016." www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

There is no more normal. Normal was decades ago or centuries even. It is all a slippery shifting baseline since then... Attention to signs is dependent on understanding. Understanding is crafted by action.

At the same time on @edconway.bsky.social substack. Solving electricity demand with low carbon generation is just one part. As Fressoz says it is the easy part.

Full-page apology for record coal expansion at Fiji climate talks. While Australia signed up to a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, we keep approving new ones, last week was a new monster coal mine. It's shameful & we apologise to the world. #auspol #COP31 australiainstitute.org.au/post/full-pa...

Cars have long been commonly associated with freedom in the United States, and it is often assumed that everyone in the country loves to drive. But our latest research tells a different story of a population seeking another type of independence: freedom to move around without cars.

When will this remarkable growth in sun and wind powered electricity start putting a dent in total GHG emissions? From all the other charts on rising temperatures and risks by @zekehausfather.com it seems we need more of an abolition than a transition.

We heard it before. Time for action. “The diagnosis is unambiguous – pressure is rising across every planetary boundary already outside the safe operating space. It means that the risk of large-scale, persistent and potentially irreversible change is increasing” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We heard it before. Time for action. “The diagnosis is unambiguous – pressure is rising across every planetary boundary already outside the safe operating space. It means that the risk of large-scale, persistent and potentially irreversible change is increasing” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This cat was discovered as Columbus "discovered" Americas? "The tilcayo was already known to local communities under that name."

Coming in February! An edited collection on rivers past and present and how they move. The code E27RIVER gets you 30% off a preorder from Duke. #envhist #rivers #envhum

Would be really interesting to hear a discussion between Aaron Bastani and JB Fressoz!

This was an interesting episode! And I never heard anyone say "many transitions have been made" so many times. I don't say all the examples were wrong but Novara really needs to invite Jean Baptiste Fressoz! @novaramedia.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUBc...

Got to work with some incredibly talented filmmakers to turn End Times Fascism into a ten minute video essay. Check it out below. There’s nothing like hearing the derangement directly from the doom profiteers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...

Electrification of heavy transports have started in China and will gain speed in Europe. Still it is late and slow. How many years would it take to switch all European Trucks? 20-25 years?

Copenhagen biking evolved a lot, but new studies say cycling has stalled. Here is a article from last year pointing to some new plans for Copenhagen! A big investment is made to build a long bridge. @brenttoderian.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Maritime industry slowly being electrified. But can it become disentangled from fossils on a larger scale fast enough? Hardly!

📢New Publication @annualreviews.bsky.social! Check out this intensive overview written by a great group! Bravo Carlos for bringing this together! @pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @aag-energy.bsky.social #Energy PDF: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Fossil fuels and a surging El Niño are supercharging marine heatwaves across a shocking 82% of our oceans. This is a reminder that just 32 fossil fuel companies are responsible for half of global carbon emissions. While they profit, everyone else pays.

Really interesting article on nitrogen fertiliser! It is also produced with fossil gas, so cutting overuse would cut methane emissions. Let's untangle the agricultural sector for a real transition.

Really interesting article on nitrogen fertiliser! It is also produced with fossil gas, so cutting overuse would cut methane emissions. Let's untangle the agricultural sector for a real transition.

I would really be interested to hear more on the possible role of the bikes in the transition to a sustainable society! Cities as Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Münster are somehow doing it. Who has good input on the topic? @davidho.bsky.social @thierryaaron.bsky.social @kevinclimate.bsky.social

A great talk with historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and physicist Bjørn Samset @bjornsamset.bsky.social at the Norwegian science academy. Fressoz mentions the bicycle as a "very important technology in the transition". Topics: solar energy, CCS, carbon tax, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownF...

A great talk with historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and physicist Bjørn Samset @bjornsamset.bsky.social at the Norwegian science academy. Fressoz mentions the bicycle as a "very important technology in the transition". Topics: solar energy, CCS, carbon tax, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownF...

Not sure about the "return" part, but the limit and adapt are fundamental conditions for life. Sadly, rather than radicallising everyone and everything, the news will just be more munition for the trendy catastrophist climate doomsday people. We really need a true and international just TRANSITION.

Lets play pick your favourite picture... so solar capacity is bigger. What about generation? What about coal generation actually falling as fast as solar capacity increase? Solar capacity growth shows that solar industry is busy, but unfortunatly it doesn't necessarily equal falling emissions.

JB Fressoz lecture on his book More & More & More in Helsinki from June 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PouT...

JB Fressoz lecture on his book More & More & More in Helsinki from June 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PouT...

Disentangle the fossil fuel society by bike (with a helmet on preferably!)

Great to see Novara interviewing Kevin. No-one else in climate debate comes close in terms of combining no-bullshit insight with walking the walk personally (not gallivanting around the world spewing emissions for peer esteem).

The difficulty of the energy transition and the wish to continue with bussiness and politics as usual created the need for the fantasy of CCS. When the world gets rid of the mirage meaningful change is possible.

Energy supply is entangled not only materially but very much politically. It makes these apparent pardoxes of the energy transition possible when the share of renewables grow in parallell to the absolute capacity and generation of coal power in China.

The difficulty of the energy transition and the wish to continue with bussiness and politics as usual created the need for the fantasy of CCS. When the world gets rid of the mirage meaningful change is possible.

Energy supply is entangled not only materially but very much politically. It makes these apparent pardoxes of the energy transition possible when the share of renewables grow in parallell to the absolute capacity and generation of coal power in China.

"Base power" as nuclear and coal is becoming more & more & more intermittent. "Paweł Pomian, from EKO-UNIA, a Polish environmental organisation, said “power plants driving climate change were increasingly becoming its victims”" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

This is way it is never the "new normal" even without tipping points. Emissions adds up syncronized to the energy additions in society. What we might see by 2030 is that the last decade was beyond some tipping point driving even faster acceleration.

Interesting article by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz expanding on jevons paradox & material symbiosis!

New article about energy and the Jevons Paradox. The Generalized Jevons Paradox and the Future of Energy by William Oman, Etienne Espagne @espagneetienne.bsky.social & Jean-Baptiste Fressoz. www.imf.org/en/publicati...

If there are Seven Wonders of the Cycling World, Beijing's Shangdi–Huilongguan Highway deserves a place on the list. The 5.4 km elevated expressway is designed so riders can cycle its entire length without stopping; cutting their commute to 30 minutes—halving the rush hour travel time by car/metro.

Shell’s [war] profits more than doubled to $10bn in Q2 - "Shell takes the profits, and the rest of us pick up the catastrophic bill” says Greenpeace #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...

New article about energy and the Jevons Paradox. The Generalized Jevons Paradox and the Future of Energy by William Oman, Etienne Espagne @espagneetienne.bsky.social & Jean-Baptiste Fressoz. www.imf.org/en/publicati...

Good chart explaining some of the complexities with rebound effects. This gives some context to why efficiency in energy use is often not giving the results we would want. Jevons paradox is in the mix.

With the great burning upon us, I wrote about what it means to raise the next generation, the one who will not let us be their teachers. I hope it hits with some people. medium.com/@patchgaley/...