Erik

When it comes to the energy transition I'm a glass half full person. I know: plenty of people would say that's terribly naive. They point to the scale of the challenge. They point to vested interests. They point to hard-to-abate sectors. And they're not wrong. But here's what they miss. 🧵

this wikipedia editor is orbiting the moon right now!

👍 Good news from new @ember-energy.org research: wind and solar overtook fossil fuels in the EU electricity mix for the first time ever in 2025. 🌪️ and ☀️ made up a record 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago. Read the full electricity review below 👇 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Brother Warnock lays it plain.

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Some good news: Brazil's fight against deforestation is paying climate dividends.

NEW | 74% of the global population lives in countries that are net importers of fossil fuels. 12 countries supply 80% of net fossil fuel exports - with rising trade uncertainty, this puts much of the world at risk. 1/8 🧵 ember-energy.org/lat...

This dataviz is absolutely amazing 😍 Global bird species' conservation status displayed as a massive flock! By Andrea Garrec, longlisted for the 2024 Information Is Beautiful Awards www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/731... #dataviz 📊🌏🧪🐦🦉🦆🦅

In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.

Extremely enjoyable progression so far... Which one should be next?

I'm afraid I'm going down this rabbit hole of building physical data viz with Lego. #midlifeCrisis Expect stop motion builds of wind turbines, EV vs petrol car (bar chart) races, me piling up yellow bricks to explain solar autoconsumption, and more 😁

Ever wondered what a country’s meat supply looks like? 🍗🐄🐖🐟 Here’s a breakdown of meat preferences in Japan, the US & Germany—visualized as hybrid animals! A fun (and slightly cursed) way to see food stats. 🧵👇

Why it's okay to use ChatGPT, in 4 graphs

I’ve decided to dedicate myself full time to earth.nullschool.net. There is much work to do! In particular, I’m going to explore ways for the site to help fight climate change. More on this in the near future. It’s been an amazing 10 years. Here’s hoping for 10 more. 🎉

Did you know? The United States depends on a little more than 5% of its counties to produce half of the crops consumers eat. We helped build the Plotline Food Twin project alongside CU Boulder and Earth Genome researchers to visualize the U.S. food system. Article: www.colorado.edu/today/2023/1...

On my way to Edinburgh for the Info+ conference! Looking forward to talk about (fantasy) maps, books, politics, trains, data, design, accessibility, climate change, renewables, train maps, reading books on trains, accessible trains, train data. Trains!

Wind and solar power have taken off over the past two decades, faster than experts ever expected. But it hasn’t yet been enough to halt the rise of coal- and gas-burning generation. Explore all the trends, country-by-country, here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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