#electric revolution

[hope-for-the-planet]

"At the start of the 21st century, it was predicted that continuing carbon emissions would warm the planet by about 4 degrees C by the year 2100. This would be catastrophic [...], but preventing this future seemed impossible. Almost every human activity produced carbon dioxide, mostly because our energy was overwhelmingly supplied by burning fossil fuels [...] to generate electricity, produce heat, and move ourselves around. But the Earth was we knew it was at stake, so people all around the world got to work. This video is about what they did and what a difference they've made."

This was published in February 2025 and I highly recommend giving it a watch. Just since the start of the century, global climate mobilization has already brought the estimated warming from 4 degrees C to 2.7 degrees, and if countries stick to their current legally binding pledges and targets that will likely go down to 2.1 degrees. Each tenth of a degree means a significant, tangible increase in the ecosystem health and overall well being that humanity will experience in the future.

Yes, we need to continue to do this and more, but that is an insane amount of worldwide progress from something that was considered a fringe, "tree-hugger" issue not all that long ago. The public opinion around climate change and the action that is being taken today would've sounded beyond impossible only a decade or two ago and the momentum behind climate action has and continues to build exponentially.

We are making progress. If anyone tells you "no one cares and we aren't doing anything to stop it" they are either lying or misinformed.

[diagnozabam]

Vânzările de mașini electrice în China vor depăși cele termice în 2025, cu un deceniu mai devreme decât estimările inițiale

China, cea mai mare piață auto din lume, se află în plină revoluție electrică, iar tranziția către vehiculele electrice (EV) accelerează mai rapid decât se anticipase. Proiecții pentru 2025: Vânzări de mașini electrice: 12 milioane de unități, o creștere de 20% față de 2023. Vânzări de mașini termice: sub 11 milioane de unități, o scădere de 10% comparativ cu anul precedent. Vânzări de vehicule…

[ladyholmeschronicles]

Navigating the Cosmos of Innovation: Insights from Ashlee Vance's Elon Musk Biography

Embarking on an Exploration Welcome, fellow enthusiasts of innovation! Today, we’re delving into the enthralling depths of Elon Musk’s extraordinary life, as penned by Ashlee Vance. This article isn’t just a mere recapitulation; it’s an immersive journey into the cradle of Musk’s genius. From the echoes of his childhood in South Africa to the cosmic aspirations that drive his ventures, we’re…

[jhannatofficial]

Top 5 Electric Bikes in India: Embracing Sustainable and Thrilling Rides

[octavodecimo]

They’re all a little dense, but they’re working on it. Especially Max.

[sillyletterscomposingsillywords]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THE SEXIEST* MAN

*After Hérault ofc

[stedelovemail]

jackie: [the swede] fucks like a jackhammer

ed: wow. good for you, but also tmi, and also what the fuck is a jackhammer

[ravenkings]

the luigi mangione situation is legitimately really fascinating to me in that it's such an effective rorschach test for where you stand on the 2024 political spectrum

[blindjustlikev]

Belinda Chandra I've known you for an hour at most but I would die for you queen. I had fun watching this new episode and I think that's the important thing!

Ncuti my beloved welcome back I've missed your exceptional outfits

[lklostmedia]

Managed to get all of these! :3

Storage is kinda being a meanie rn

[hope-for-the-planet]

From the article:

Now, according to official statistics, China’s sales of electric vehicles and hybrids have in fact reached a tipping point. They’ve accounted for more than half of retail passenger vehicle sales in the four months from July, according to the China Passenger Car Association, a trend that’s poised to send appetite for transport fuels into a decline that will have a major impact on the oil market. [...] “The future is coming faster in China,” said Ciaran Healy, an oil analyst at the International Energy Agency in Paris. “What we’re seeing now is the medium-term expectations coming ahead of schedule, and that has implications for the shape of Chinese and global demand growth through the rest of the decade.” For a global oil market, which has come to rely on China as its main growth driver for most of this century, that will erode a major pillar of consumption. The country accounts for almost a fifth of worldwide oil demand, and gasoline makes up about a quarter of that.

[wellwhataboutme]

[sephirajo]

Apropos of nothing, you should all rewatch Andor. It's... relevant again.

it never stopped being relevant but even more so now

[pale-fairytales]

All of his charges got dropped. I'm building the guillotine now bois, vive l'amérique

[techniques-technology]

[bernard-is-tired]

World events :]