Subcontinental solar surge.

India races ahead with record solar surge, installing 17.5 GW between April and August 2025 - more than double last year’s pace. The boom is driven by cheap modules, strong demand and a 143 GW project pipeline.

https://f.mtr.cool/ncbzkponcc

Everyone should call it Farage’s Brexit. He should be inseparable from its failure.

Loved welcoming the @londoncycling.bsky.social women’s network to Isljngton Town Hall last night. Lots of idea sharing, networking and general joy about riding bikes. 😍

Boarding the @CalSleeper from London Euston to Glasgow Central…

I saw him in Berlin & agree! Such a great energy & party atmosphere, amazing!

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Shocking how can DfT claim “We acted quickly to set up an investigation into defeat devices.” So much unnecessary harm done and still being done by automakers. And this is just one aspect over large over powered cars are another.

More harm

Good article re new bike boom. Preferred original headline “Two wheels good four wheels bad”. Nice observation about urban China rediscovering cycling years after the communist revolution - more likely to be a fancy @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social than a Flying Pigeon of the communist revolution days.

Really important be careful out there and if you can vaccinate. Interesting observation at current rate it will be 2050 before waiting times come down to 2010 levels

"Untethering society from the automobile will be a Herculean task.
"Cars ruin everything,” warns a section of Life After Cars. If so, the first step toward reversing the damage is getting more people to recognize the problem." 👇

Farage's deputy Richard Tice accepted stay at French Riviera home of Lubov Chernukhin, listing the purpose as “discussing gas power in the UK”

Reform are wining & dining corporate fossil fuel interests with their pledges to smash climate policy:

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If you want an explanation of why China is kicking the EU car industry to the curb, look no further than the criminally knuckle dragging EU car makers demanding new loopholes so they don't have to meet any meaningful low emission targets for cars in the EU.
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...

there is no better time to ride.

Can we do this in Uk please?!

In this clip, Wheels4Me loan recipient, Jeremy tells us how having access to cycling has helped him reconnect with his family & get back to doing things that were important to him.

Watch the full video on YouTube & find out how you can trial a cycle yourself at wheels4me.co.uk

youtu.be/q-ZnnXd3M2s

"Though robotaxis have notched up impressive growth, they look ploddingly pedestrian compared with far zippier pedal-powered rivals. [Waymo] proudly proclaims that its cars do around 250k trips a week. Yet in NYC alone that number of trips is made every three days using the city’s bikeshare scheme."

🗓️ On 27 November, top UK experts will brief MPs and leaders from business, culture, faith and the media on the escalating climate and nature crisis.

📍 Is your MP attending the @nebriefing.bsky.social? Use the postcode checker at www.nebriefing.org to check—and if not, email them to ask.

Like a canary in coal mine…

Lets be honest, taking a bicycle on a train is an absolute pain in the arse, even folding ones. It’s difficult to get them on and off, the storage is extremely poor, and buying tickets is way too complicated.

It didn’t need to be this way, that used to put them in a guards van. Wide doors, simple

Talking of car bloat…

It’s worth remembering this is the limit in weight, which includes passengers and luggage btw, for UK license holder who qualified in or after 1997

Some UK drivers may already be braking the law

www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/a...

Government snuck in a change to licences at one point to cope with new electric vehicles, although the cars just kept getting bigger and so that limit is now being tested. It is about time the Government took a stand against the car manufacturers (won’t happen)

www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/a...

10th October and it’s World Mental Health Day. Keep talking. Keep listening. Keep being kind (to yourself and others). We are Nature and I’ve found this is where I heal best. Love to you all.

@islington-council.bsky.social leading the way showing how change away from motor-dominated streets is possible 👏

Making it easier for ppl to be active as part of everyday life should be a public health priority

“The best medicine isn’t found in a pill bottle or an operating theatre – it’s movement”

“Exercise is good medicine for the whole body: it has documented benefits across more than 26 chronic diseases”