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Ah, LNG; National's fuel of choice for tackling the cost of living crisis, lowering costs for industry and getting on top of runaway power prices. #nzpol oilprice.com/Energy/Natur...

We're getting on with the job on the energy transition.  Australia is becoming a battery superpower and we're seeing the direct benefits of this in the price of wholesale electricity, with confirmation today that Australia is experiencing some of the lowest wholesale energy prices in the world

NEW BRIGHT SPOTS: Even on 100% gas power, heat pumps cut emissions by ~48% and EVs by about half. The authors of an “electrification doesn’t cut emissions” paper made a series of compounding mistakes and used misleading assumptions. Here's why. janrosenow.substack.com/p/heat-pumps...

"BILL GATES AI IS 'EVOLUTIONARY EVENT'" James Harding for @ObserverUK.bsky.social Bill Gates declared artificial intelligence an "evolutionary event," warning humans will soon no longer be the most intelligent beings on Earth. #TheObserver #TomorrowsPapersToday

Protect this Young WOMAN at all Cost!!

How oil is extracted 2 miles beneath the sea Original post

Huge Jackdaw gas field? And we were told it was all running out. What else did BetterTogether get totally wrong? www.worldoil.com/news/2026/10...

Homegrown energy is the only way that Britain can build resilience from international shocks.

🚨 WATCH: Labour has a plan to bring down energy bills for good.

Ending Ireland's dependence on gas and oil is proving painfully slow www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

In China, an engineer came up with anti-mosquito air defense 🦟 Original post

First cars, now trains. Batteries are coming for everything and speeding up electrification. This week's Zero podcast looks at the UK's first battery-electric train and why it makes economic sense. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If you want to cut energy bills then put batteries into homes to download cheap overnight energy and use it at expensive peak times. Switching the time of use would also massively and rapidly cut the need to use gas. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced military planes and helicopters will be equipped to fight UK wildfires for the first time from next year "We cannot put people through another summer like this one"

It certainly is! Don’t do it, BBC! www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/...

Britain has been exposed to volatile international energy markets for far too long. That is why Labour is establishing a new Energy Wealth Fund which will reinvest tax revenues from North Sea oil and gas into renewable projects to support the clean energy transition and bring bills down for good.

The problem is not really Jackdaw, which is pretty small. The problem is the UK's plan to transition away from fossil fuels is still not ambitious and detailed enough. The problem is if Rosebank follows. The problem is if every country develops one last fossil fuel project we're all screwed.

Zero-interest loans for heat pumps set to launch within weeks trib.al/Ebclbzl

One of the most detailed visualizations ever created of Earth’s ocean currents, released by NASA. Original post

#China has achieved the first grid connection of its 100 MW/1,000 MWh compressed CO₂ energy storage plant in Xinjiang, marking a major milestone in long-duration #energystorage. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/10/15/c...

Using staples to make a mini car. Original post

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

I don't remember ever seeing Richard Branson write something as personal as this before.

Good. news.sky.com/story/man-co...

Plug-in batteries save households money on their bills by storing excess power from solar panels or utilising cheap off-peak electricity rates - but they may not be safe until 2028 trib.al/IBM3Vhg

Pangaea: 335 million years ago, all land was one before tectonic shifts shaped today’s continents. Original post

“Is this the right room for an argument?" MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS (1972) #MichaelPalin #JohnCleese

We definitely need cooling systems but air-to-air heatpump/coolers are much more efficient because they force the air. Cooled radiators (keeping the wet system) less efficient especially as radiators are placed low and hot air rises so no convection

I’ve been making the case for cross-channel rail services from Stratford International for many years and I’m hoping that our efforts are close to paying off.

Taxing private jets at the same rate as regular flights, and ending the tax exemption on plane fuel could give the Chancellor an extra £2.7 bn. £2.7bn for our green transport networks! With other MPs I am calling on the Govt to end the tax breaks for wealthy private jet users. buff.ly/B65XyNf

Green Party leader Zack Polanski did not handle the pointless and damaging conference motion about Zionism well. But why on earth would his own supporters create such a trap for him? By @sangitamyska.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/sangita-my...

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says Conservatives and Reform's energy strategy "is to tie us ever more tightly to volatile gas prices, believing against all historical evidence that gas prices won't just go lower sometime in the future, but stay low in the future"

Big winner from Elon's stunts today:

Putin's bombs are killing Ukrainian civilians, and Donald Trump is funding them by buying Russian diesel. The UK must stand up and call this what it is: another Trump betrayal of the Ukrainian people and European security.

Great to see the Government exploring the return of international rail services to Ashford. This is something I’ve long pushed for. It would be a real boost for Medway and Kent, making it easier to travel to Europe and bringing new opportunities for local businesses. buff.ly/IswaEC8

Here are the top energy priorities for govt, according to attendees at the Energy UK conference: * Affordability * Electrification

Paper Pepper is a Korean papercraft artist known for creative paper artworks, including a playful reimagining of Van Gogh with his ear “restored,” using only paper, skill, and meticulous craftsmanship. [📹 paper__pepper] Original post

My new car...

substack.com/@jolyonmaugh... 👇👇👇

The Green Party is now polling lower than it did when Zack Polanski took over

In Lord Keynes' 1930 essay on the economic problems of our grandchildren, he makes clear that a billionaires tax will eventually (as in right now) become essential to maintaining and safeguarding democracy because without it the descent into plutocracy will be stark and steep.

Arina Shilo demonstrated how a story can be beautifully told without words through pantomime. Original post

Ellie Chowns is absolutely right. Her wing of the Green Party must win. There is clearly a battle for the soul of the Greens. England and Wales needs a party that’s “Green” because it cares about nature and climate action, not one that’s “Green” became it is full of Tankie useful idiots of Hamas.

On a Bench, 1889 Berthe Morisot, French Impressionist painter #WomensArt

Nice to see that less than a week after the launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator already made it into Canada's National Observer! @oxmartinschool.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social

Hubris is often the midwife of nemesis observer.co.uk/news/columni...