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Chris Jones

@drcgjones.bsky.social

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Current president of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association and lecturer in applied engineering at SM TAFE WA. Interested in transport, energy, motorbikes, environment and biodiversity. Living on Whadjuk country, born on Ghitabul country.

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Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 10h

Oh they'll be hearing from us :)

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 11h

All they need to do is extend the NVES past 2029 - to 0 gCO2/km in 2035.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 16h

You get the feeling the IDF just loves killing when you read stories like this.

Prism @prismreports.org · 16h

“We have seen pigeons fall from the sky, shot down by drones. My nephews & nieces cried over them as if they had lost loved ones.” In Gaza, survival means union—even across species. We're bombed together, starved together, displaced together. We do not abandon each other, says Hend Salama Abo Helow.

Israel calls us “human animals,” never understanding that our bond with animals is the deepest proof of our humanity

Like all of us Palestinians in Gaza, our animals have been displaced, starved, bombed, and terrorized, yet we refuse to abandon each other

prismreports.org

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 1d

My exact response too...

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 1d

I thought about taking a sleeper up to BNE, but arriving at 4.30 am is not my idea of a good time.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 1d

I'd still back it. ~1.75 GW of generation on the grid for a week. Batteries still can't do this. Every battery installation is imported cells, inside imported enclosures, designed by engineers overseas. Snowy 2 has provided more Australian worker-hours per MWh than batteries ever will too.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 2d

I'm off to welcome the reopening of the line to Byford this morning. A rail corridor which has been out of action for a long time while improvements were made.
Apropos of nothing, the government is seeking tenders on a freeway expansion.
www.wa.gov.au/government/m...

Joint media statement - Expressions of interest called to upgrade Kwinana Freeway | Western Australian Government

The upgrade of Kwinana Freeway has reached an important milestone with Expressions of Interest (EOI) now open for industry.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 4d

I often get whose and who's mixed up...

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 4d

Who's numbers and noises are growing, presumably because we keep validating their opinions through the ballot box.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 4d

How does it compare with Oyen?

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 4d

Never get between Australians and the opportunity to vote for racist policy. We'll grab it with both hands...

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty sure Australia could step up for a lot of asylum seekers, not just those trying to flee the USA...

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 5d

Deep down, I sense a disdain for all motor assistance when these kinds of statements are made.
However, electric powered devices will continue to exist and be ridden, no matter what conditions you try to regate.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 5d

My hot take is that if does not actually matter to Palestine, or to any Indigenous population, what DNA tests show. I'm obviously not an Indigenous person but if my DNA showed I was 96% donkey and 4% tardigrade, it still wouldn't be okay to kill me and take my house.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 6d

If it's 2.5 or 3 kW, it's probably capable of going 50 km/h - that makes it a moped and should be licensed as such.
Likewise, if it's over 4 kW, its easily a motorcycle - great - stay off the share path.
But e-bikes faster than 25 km/h, but not more than 35 km/h need a home.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 6d

If you're going to need a car, make it electric, and make it small. You can't tell me with a straight face that EVs are too expensive any more.

The Australian Electric Vehicle Association @aevanational.bsky.social · 8d

CONFIRMED: Australia's cheapest EV the BYD Atto 1 (nee Dolphin Surf) will land in November with an estimated mid $20k starting price. Competing squarely with the small ICE segment like the Suzuki Swift, Toyota Yaris and Mazda 2. Price parity has arrived.

www.drive.com.au/news/2026-by...

The rebranded Dolphin Surf will arrive as the BYD Atto 1, and be Australia's new cheapest EV | Drive

Two more models will arrive in BYD showrooms in the next six months, and one will be the most affordable EV in Australia.

www.drive.com.au

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 7d

This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.

AB @ab-cabra.bsky.social · 7d

The deference we give to drivers is astonishing: speeding, blowing through red lights, crashing without a whisper; yet we jump on non-drivers the moment they step out of line.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 8d

I think they probably feel their own thoughts and ideas aren't as good as they'd like them to be, and AI does a good job of making it look better. But they're also unable to discern good ideas from bad when they're only exposed to meh. Reading and writing is like weight training for the brain.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 8d

In Australia, EV sales are really picking up in the outer suburbs of our cities, where public transport is sparse and daily commutes are long. They were always strong in wealthier suburbs, but that's moving further out.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 8d

Of course it wasn't written anywhere, but it was made abundantly clear that if we did, we wouldn't get funding from them ever again...

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 8d

I was shocked when I worked there as a science guide that we were explicitly not allowed to produce an exhibit on global warming and climate change. And we just... went along with it.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 8d

How can I convince a well-meaning, but AI-obsessed volunteer that a 30-page Gemini-generated facsimile of a submission is of *substantially* lower value than a 3-page human-written submission to a government inquiry?
I can only assume it's because they're not *expecting* someone to read it?

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 8d

They tried to erase Palestine, but the world has become Palestine.

The outrage is global. The world is rising against genocide.

Thank you Amsterdam.

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 13d

Just donated!

Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 13d

Surely they're keen to stand up against tyranny? That many of them? There must be more than a couple.