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  1. Energy from Heaven

    Bill McKibben Ted TalkOur Last, Best Chance to Cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different […]

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  2. Energy from Heaven

    Bill McKibben Ted TalkOur Last, Best Chance to Cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different […]

    envirocomms5.wordpress.com/202

  3. Energy from Heaven

    Bill McKibben Ted TalkOur Last, Best Chance to Cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different […]

    envirocomms5.wordpress.com/202

  4. Energy from Heaven

    Bill McKibben Ted TalkOur Last, Best Chance to Cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different […]

    envirocomms5.wordpress.com/202

  5. Energy from Heaven

    Bill McKibben Ted TalkOur Last, Best Chance to Cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different […]

    envirocomms5.wordpress.com/202

  6. "The thing that makes a bike lane “equitable” is that most people can afford a bike even if they can’t afford a car... It turns out the transportation we needed was there all along, just waiting to get better...

    "E-bikes [are] cutting oil demand by a million barrels a day, probably more than EVs."

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/to

    #billmckibben #bikeTooter #ebikes #climateAction #energy #EV #oil

  7. "The thing that makes a bike lane “equitable” is that most people can afford a bike even if they can’t afford a car... It turns out the transportation we needed was there all along, just waiting to get better...

    "E-bikes [are] cutting oil demand by a million barrels a day, probably more than EVs."

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/to

    #billmckibben #bikeTooter #ebikes #climateAction #energy #EV #oil

  8. "The thing that makes a bike lane “equitable” is that most people can afford a bike even if they can’t afford a car... It turns out the transportation we needed was there all along, just waiting to get better...

    "E-bikes [are] cutting oil demand by a million barrels a day, probably more than EVs."

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/to

    #billmckibben #bikeTooter #ebikes #climateAction #energy #EV #oil

  9. "The thing that makes a bike lane “equitable” is that most people can afford a bike even if they can’t afford a car... It turns out the transportation we needed was there all along, just waiting to get better...

    "E-bikes [are] cutting oil demand by a million barrels a day, probably more than EVs."

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/to

    #billmckibben #bikeTooter #ebikes #climateAction #energy #EV #oil

  10. "The thing that makes a bike lane “equitable” is that most people can afford a bike even if they can’t afford a car... It turns out the transportation we needed was there all along, just waiting to get better...

    "E-bikes [are] cutting oil demand by a million barrels a day, probably more than EVs."

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/to

    #billmckibben #bikeTooter #ebikes #climateAction #energy #EV #oil

  11. Interview met #RebeccaSolnit in #NRC over de kracht van vooruitstrevendheid en de autoritaire tegenwerking, die wel autoritair moet zijn omdat” er bestaat geen meerderheid voor hun ideeën” en “ houd op een individu te zijn, sluit je aan bij een #gemeenschap” (uitspraak van #BillMcKibben)

  12. Interview met #RebeccaSolnit in #NRC over de kracht van vooruitstrevendheid en de autoritaire tegenwerking, die wel autoritair moet zijn omdat” er bestaat geen meerderheid voor hun ideeën” en “ houd op een individu te zijn, sluit je aan bij een #gemeenschap” (uitspraak van #BillMcKibben)

  13. @CathyTuttle

    "A bike is magic, and an e-bike is a bike without hills and showers."

    I dunno about that last bit: around here, depending upon temperature and humidity, you're still going to get sweaty, even on an e-bike. But a micropore camp towel and a handy restroom sink can get you cleaned up pretty well.

    He's totally correct about the first part: an e-bike flattens the earth, which is transformative.


  14. @CathyTuttle

    "A bike is magic, and an e-bike is a bike without hills and showers."

    I dunno about that last bit: around here, depending upon temperature and humidity, you're still going to get sweaty, even on an e-bike. But a micropore camp towel and a handy restroom sink can get you cleaned up pretty well.

    He's totally correct about the first part: an e-bike flattens the earth, which is transformative.

    #ebike
    #BillMcKibben

  15. @CathyTuttle

    "A bike is magic, and an e-bike is a bike without hills and showers."

    I dunno about that last bit: around here, depending upon temperature and humidity, you're still going to get sweaty, even on an e-bike. But a micropore camp towel and a handy restroom sink can get you cleaned up pretty well.

    He's totally correct about the first part: an e-bike flattens the earth, which is transformative.

    #ebike
    #BillMcKibben

  16. @CathyTuttle

    "A bike is magic, and an e-bike is a bike without hills and showers."

    I dunno about that last bit: around here, depending upon temperature and humidity, you're still going to get sweaty, even on an e-bike. But a micropore camp towel and a handy restroom sink can get you cleaned up pretty well.

    He's totally correct about the first part: an e-bike flattens the earth, which is transformative.

    #ebike
    #BillMcKibben

  17. @CathyTuttle

    "A bike is magic, and an e-bike is a bike without hills and showers."

    I dunno about that last bit: around here, depending upon temperature and humidity, you're still going to get sweaty, even on an e-bike. But a micropore camp towel and a handy restroom sink can get you cleaned up pretty well.

    He's totally correct about the first part: an e-bike flattens the earth, which is transformative.

    #ebike
    #BillMcKibben

  18. ... When rickshaws return for the evening with a third of their batteries still charged, SolShare is figuring out how to aggregate that power and sell it to the grid. Drivers should see a thirty percent increase in income."

    2/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews
    #MustRead

  19. ... When rickshaws return for the evening with a third of their batteries still charged, SolShare is figuring out how to aggregate that power and sell it to the grid. Drivers should see a thirty percent increase in income."

    2/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews
    #MustRead

  20. ... When rickshaws return for the evening with a third of their batteries still charged, SolShare is figuring out how to aggregate that power and sell it to the grid. Drivers should see a thirty percent increase in income."

    2/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews
    #MustRead

  21. ... When rickshaws return for the evening with a third of their batteries still charged, SolShare is figuring out how to aggregate that power and sell it to the grid. Drivers should see a thirty percent increase in income."

    2/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews
    #MustRead

  22. ... When rickshaws return for the evening with a third of their batteries still charged, SolShare is figuring out how to aggregate that power and sell it to the grid. Drivers should see a thirty percent increase in income."

    2/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews
    #MustRead

  23. Wonderful good news in
    Bill McKibben's The Crucial Years newsletter. A #MustRead

    June19, 2026

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/no

    "I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the rickshaws of Dhaka, mostly back in the day when they were powered by human muscle turning pedals. That was largely replaced by two-stroke engines, and more recently by batteries, and now there’s an emerging plan to use those batteries in the evening as a virtual power plant for the Bangladeshi capital. ...

    1/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews

  24. Wonderful good news in
    Bill McKibben's The Crucial Years newsletter. A #MustRead

    June19, 2026

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/no

    "I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the rickshaws of Dhaka, mostly back in the day when they were powered by human muscle turning pedals. That was largely replaced by two-stroke engines, and more recently by batteries, and now there’s an emerging plan to use those batteries in the evening as a virtual power plant for the Bangladeshi capital. ...

    1/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews

  25. Wonderful good news in
    Bill McKibben's The Crucial Years newsletter. A #MustRead

    June19, 2026

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/no

    "I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the rickshaws of Dhaka, mostly back in the day when they were powered by human muscle turning pedals. That was largely replaced by two-stroke engines, and more recently by batteries, and now there’s an emerging plan to use those batteries in the evening as a virtual power plant for the Bangladeshi capital. ...

    1/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews

  26. Wonderful good news in
    Bill McKibben's The Crucial Years newsletter. A #MustRead

    June19, 2026

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/no

    "I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the rickshaws of Dhaka, mostly back in the day when they were powered by human muscle turning pedals. That was largely replaced by two-stroke engines, and more recently by batteries, and now there’s an emerging plan to use those batteries in the evening as a virtual power plant for the Bangladeshi capital. ...

    1/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews

  27. Wonderful good news in
    Bill McKibben's The Crucial Years newsletter. A #MustRead

    June19, 2026

    billmckibben.substack.com/p/no

    "I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the rickshaws of Dhaka, mostly back in the day when they were powered by human muscle turning pedals. That was largely replaced by two-stroke engines, and more recently by batteries, and now there’s an emerging plan to use those batteries in the evening as a virtual power plant for the Bangladeshi capital. ...

    1/2

    #BillMcKibben
    #GoodNews

  28. Tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness. In a world with real and pressing problems, tolerance is merely a precondition for politics -- it is not itself a meaningful politics.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Tolerance

    #Photography #Panorama #Vegetables #Market

  29. Tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness. In a world with real and pressing problems, tolerance is merely a precondition for politics -- it is not itself a meaningful politics.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Tolerance

    #Photography #Panorama #Vegetables #Market

  30. Tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness. In a world with real and pressing problems, tolerance is merely a precondition for politics -- it is not itself a meaningful politics.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Tolerance

    #Photography #Panorama #Vegetables #Market

  31. Tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness. In a world with real and pressing problems, tolerance is merely a precondition for politics -- it is not itself a meaningful politics.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Tolerance

    #Photography #Panorama #Vegetables #Market

  32. Tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness. In a world with real and pressing problems, tolerance is merely a precondition for politics -- it is not itself a meaningful politics.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Tolerance

    #Photography #Panorama #Vegetables #Market

  33. The relentless flood of information we receive does not necessarily equal an understanding of our situation... It doesn't matter if you hear constantly, night after night, about poor children or abused elders. It matters that you hear about them in some way both deep enough and complicated enough that you'll go out and do something useful.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Information

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Flowers #Junkyard #Minnesota

  34. The relentless flood of information we receive does not necessarily equal an understanding of our situation... It doesn't matter if you hear constantly, night after night, about poor children or abused elders. It matters that you hear about them in some way both deep enough and complicated enough that you'll go out and do something useful.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Information

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Flowers #Junkyard #Minnesota

  35. The relentless flood of information we receive does not necessarily equal an understanding of our situation... It doesn't matter if you hear constantly, night after night, about poor children or abused elders. It matters that you hear about them in some way both deep enough and complicated enough that you'll go out and do something useful.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Information

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Flowers #Junkyard #Minnesota

  36. The relentless flood of information we receive does not necessarily equal an understanding of our situation... It doesn't matter if you hear constantly, night after night, about poor children or abused elders. It matters that you hear about them in some way both deep enough and complicated enough that you'll go out and do something useful.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Information

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Flowers #Junkyard #Minnesota

  37. The relentless flood of information we receive does not necessarily equal an understanding of our situation... It doesn't matter if you hear constantly, night after night, about poor children or abused elders. It matters that you hear about them in some way both deep enough and complicated enough that you'll go out and do something useful.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Information

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Flowers #Junkyard #Minnesota

  38. Charting The Changes That Will Lead To Renewable Energy Dominance In 2026

    Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. In an interview with The Guardian this week,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #BillMcKibben #China #Exxon #GlobalWeirding #gm #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/382287/

  39. Charting The Changes That Will Lead To Renewable Energy Dominance In 2026

    Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. In an interview with The Guardian this week,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #BillMcKibben #China #environment #Exxon #GlobalWeirding #GM #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/343846/

  40. The great push is always away from individual skill and engagement -- a horse took all sorts of information and insight to handle, and a Model T a little, and a Honda Accord virtually none.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Expertise #Technology

    #Photography #Panorama #CoyoteButtesNorth #TheWave #VermilionCliffs #Utah

  41. The great push is always away from individual skill and engagement -- a horse took all sorts of information and insight to handle, and a Model T a little, and a Honda Accord virtually none.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Expertise #Technology

    #Photography #Panorama #CoyoteButtesNorth #TheWave #VermilionCliffs #Utah

  42. The great push is always away from individual skill and engagement -- a horse took all sorts of information and insight to handle, and a Model T a little, and a Honda Accord virtually none.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Expertise #Technology

    #Photography #Panorama #CoyoteButtesNorth #TheWave #VermilionCliffs #Utah

  43. The great push is always away from individual skill and engagement -- a horse took all sorts of information and insight to handle, and a Model T a little, and a Honda Accord virtually none.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Expertise #Technology

    #Photography #Panorama #CoyoteButtesNorth #TheWave #VermilionCliffs #Utah

  44. The great push is always away from individual skill and engagement -- a horse took all sorts of information and insight to handle, and a Model T a little, and a Honda Accord virtually none.
    -- Bill McKibben

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BillMcKibben #Expertise #Technology

    #Photography #Panorama #CoyoteButtesNorth #TheWave #VermilionCliffs #Utah

  45. I'm reading 'Here Comes The Sun' by #BillMcKibben. I like his analogy that #solar and #wind used to be the Whole Foods of energy and now they are the Costco of energy.

  46. I'm reading 'Here Comes The Sun' by #BillMcKibben. I like his analogy that #solar and #wind used to be the Whole Foods of energy and now they are the Costco of energy.

  47. I'm reading 'Here Comes The Sun' by #BillMcKibben. I like his analogy that #solar and #wind used to be the Whole Foods of energy and now they are the Costco of energy.