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Futurist Disruption Ag, biz, cities, climate, ecology, economy, energy, renewables, robots, tech, transport World Top100 Sustainability MD Future Smart Strategies™ Aus Prof UWA NB: I only follow accounts with name+pic+profile (+give me poke!)

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · Nov 29

Try bringing coal-fired power to your village by boat or donkey

#coal owned by companies

#solar belongs to the peeps

Villagers unload solar panels from a boat and carry up the beach

Masia woman leads donkey carrying solar to her village

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 17h

FACT CHECK: STILL TRUE😎

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 17h

It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.

Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵

Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!

What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.

🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e

Scientists Responsibility Summit
Berlin
11. October 2025 9:00-18:00
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin
https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 23h

Is it that physics and science no longer work in Queensland, either?

AFAF

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 23h

The US government is closed.

Says so on a website.

The one that monitors climate change and CO2 emissions.
gml.noaa.gov/obop/mlo/

That's gonna make us safer

#DontLookUp

US government is closed.
From the one that monitors climate change and CO2 emissions.
https://gml.noaa.gov/obop/mlo/

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 23h

More on renewable energy boom loosens fossil gas grip on power prices in Spain
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... @ember-energy.org

Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember

Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the elec...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

When gas passes

Wholesale electricity prices respond to market forces: renewables are now so cheap that, once they set the majority market price, everyone benefits (oh, except legacy fossil gas and fossil coal generators.)
www.linkedin.com/posts/raywil...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

Australia needs to ditch coal exports, focus actions on our energy transition and decarbonising out industries, not open more coal mines

We won't be able to sell what peeps won't buy - and if mines go broke, we'll be up for the mine site restoration bill
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Solar and wind met all electricity demand growth, leading to a slight fall in fossil fuel generation
https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/solar-and-wind-met-all-electricity-demand-growth-in-h1-2025/

Future Smart model projections to 2030 for renewables uptake and showing in particular impact on coal - renewables is already driving a coal exit

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Kate-Eviva @kate-eviva.bsky.social · 1d

Actually this may end up being a criminal record internationally. Seems likely it will incur a legal penalty as the #impact of clinging to #FossilFuels exports on world #climate is recognised. #auspol

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity. Read more: satpa.pe/mV7UPdd

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

Australia's thermal coal 65% export volume, but 45% export value

China key for Aus coal exports, but China’s energy transition delivered peak in coal use (and decline in emissions) for power generation in 2024

Aus Treasury modelling expects export value drop
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Australian coal export volumes flat 2014 to 2019, now in decline, mostly trending down except coal export value spike on higher commodity prices triggered more volume, now likely to fall

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

Now, we can only make things less bad
(Tho' we still have lots of capacity to make it worse)

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

Been working in/around climate since 1988
Expert since ~early-2000s

Interviews in 2007 and on, I stated deadline for climate solutions in place by 2020

In interviews in 2025, I was right
We needed to act in 2020☹️
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · Nov 23

Digital content insecure future of history
Links to my old #climate interviews 17 years ago warning of #sealevel rise impact on Perth Western Australia deleted by news websites
Those who do not learn from history doomed to repeat it
Internet eroding history
web.archive.org/web/20130615...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

Rising sea level from climate change a thing

But it's not the only thing

Among the other things, there's this extra big thing - moon wobble challenge in mid-2030s expected, and understood

www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07...
More
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when... @drjeffmasters.bsky.social

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

and, gosh, doing it when they have a 2 term majority

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 1d

in fact, I already do
actually for quite some many decades
(I've been doing this a while)
pretty sure I've covered all these topics
[looks]
yeh, seems I have

my comments on bad things, from the other place

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

yeah, nah
electric motors >1/2 the price to operate and so more profitable, more reliable, more versatile
ICE twice the price, less profitable, less reliable
it's not an idealogical decision, it's an economic decision
and less available
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 21d

A critical difference between vehicles with internal combustion engines vs electric motors is much lower complexity and lower cost to build EVs

Hybrid car makers saying 'we're gonna stick with more complex design and costly supply chain to build ICE'

@fssau.futuresmart.com.au

One of the slides from my @fssau.futuresmart.com.au powerpoint on the future of energy - electrifying everything

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

don't wait to get organised until after the developer comes - form a co-op as a community now
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 8d

Do you live in an area suited for wind and solar farms?

Put effort into getting organised in a co-operative, not on NIMBY protesting!

Form a co-op to ensure local community share of benefit, bring fair returns to farmers and local community when all participate
#renewables
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · Jun 18

Wind and solar farm developments need to factor benefits not just to the land holder for the project site, but also shared with the local community - without being a deterrent to investment

Narrogin residents seek community investment from renewable energy boom
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

yeah, nah
not taxing it gives our resources away for free, delivers even more profits to fossil fuel companies, drives more incentives to extract, and more money for lobbying, and for greenwashing schools and institutions
tax and regulation key
political willingness too

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2d

Real zero. Not fudging numbers and manipulating language to make it LOOK like we’re meeting targets. Cut carbon going into our biosphere.

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 4d

I'm a 'no" on net zero
Because we can do better
Net zero a crock - offsets open to lobbying and corrupt influences and interpretations of what's in or out, and soft targets by polies/ industries that don't want change, or invalidly argue we can't

Australia needs to target real zero, not net zero

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · Nov 20

On grid 82% renewables electrification in Australia by 2030? 👀
A walk in the park
Hard to avoid
What if we really tried?🤔
100%?
Technically + commercially doable
We just need real action
#COP29
Treat it like a #ClimateCrisis?
Rest of Australia?
Off-grid mines etc can easily reach by 2035

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

Yup, you're right
And trucks and special purpose vehicles don't need a biofuel transition
Burning biofuels still just burning stuff, comes with continuing benefit of thermal inefficiency

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Jan Christoph Goldschmidt @janoschsolar.bsky.social · 2d

This is an important step. Renewables finally able to offset demand growth in the electricity sector

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

Globally, coal is in terminal decline, with investment shifting to renewables and batteries to drive electrification
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Major regions closing coal, reducing gas use
Meanwhile solar the fastest energy adoption in human history
Australia coal exports forecast to decline

Growth in solar and wind generation 109% global electricity demand in H1-2025 - driving consumption of fossil fuels down.

World electricity generation to 2024. Rnewables outgeneraled coal power in 2025 (Ember)

The fastest energy adoption in history - solar

Australia's coal export volumes have been static since 2014, and on a slide since 2019 - forecasters expect export values to fall 50% by 2030

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

yes indeed - I expect it will look something like this- battery dispatch will be huge

Solar and wind generation and battery dispatch projected to 2030

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

yup, let's tax the bad things, incentivise the good things

that's part of good governance

Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2d

H1 2025:
Wind generation grew 7.7% (to 1,365 TWh in 6 months)
Solar generation up 31% (to 1,303 TWh in H1)
@ember-energy.org

Solar generation close to overtaking wind generation

Battery dispatch will quickly catch up

Solar generation close to overtaking wind generation
Battery dispatch will quickly catch up

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 3d

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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