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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · 6h

Dived with many species of sharks many times. Only once was it on a baited dive. I did not particularly enjoy the baited dive. Sharks behave very differently when they are in "food" mode.
Much more pleasant diving with the chilled out creatures that they normally are.

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · 20h

Not unique, but very pretty. Often referred to as altocumus of mackerel sky. Looks particularly impressive at sunrise or sunset when it is vivid orange.

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · 1d

Crepuscular rays

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reneweconomy.com.au/australians-...
Aussies doing home storage bigly.

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · 9d

Mauritius?

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Zandra.Bluesky 420buddy @zandra-b.bsky.social · 12d

Rainbow Storm cloud above Highway Texas U.s.a

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · 10d

What a fantastic photo - irisation and mammatus in the anvil of a mature cumulonimbus.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 11d

It took just 15 years to completely transform transportation in China:

🚗 E-cars: 60% (v 1% in 2010)
🚌 E-buses: 95% (1%)
🛵 E-scooters: 99% (30%)
🛺 E-three-wheelers: 99% (40%)
🚄 High-speed rail: 45,000 km (v 6,000 km in 2010)

Unprecedented speed & scale — a transport revolution in real time. ⚡ #EVs

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · 13d

My EV does both. Soft brake when coming to a stop, creep stays on. Hard brake when stopped, "hold" engages and no creep. Best of both worlds.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 14d

People think we’d need to cover half of Australia in solar panels — the truth is much different. Replacing all coal power with solar would use less than 0.016% of our land, smaller than Kangaroo Island. The challenge isn’t space, it’s political will, grid upgrades & storage. ☀️⚡ #Solar #Lithium #LFP

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 16d

Top 10 EV markets by 2025 YTD share of new car sales ⚡

1. Norway — 98.4%
2. Nepal — 76%*
3. Denmark — 67%
4. Sweden — 60%
5. Finland — 56%
6. China — 55%
7. Netherlands — 55%
8. Iceland — 51%
9. Singapore — 43.5%
10. Belgium — 41%

The electric era isn’t next — it’s now. ⚡ #EV #EnergyTransition

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · 27d

www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

Beyond Lithium: The Next Frontier In Energy Storage

Global demand for energy storage is surging. Lithium-ion leads today, but new contenders like sodium-ion, flow, and gravity systems are shaping the future grid.

www.forbes.com

Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · Sep 25

A number of technologies are suitable.
Flow batteries, compressed air, flywheels, pumped hydro.
But mostly flow batteries.

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · Sep 25

The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed

The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait

My latest in The Shot

theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot

When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.

theshot.net.au

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · Sep 25

Climate change is not just impacting Australia and your constituents David - it is seriously impacting the home of all humanity.
That this is such a dismissive issue for some who will not have much longer on this planet is highly offensive to younger people beyond belief.

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · Sep 25

Interested to know how it will handle unusual situations, like narrow roads without line markings, wildlife incursions, dirt roads and associated risks, soft shoulders, crests, and tracks or roads not on Google Maps?
There is a lot more to Aussie roads than lane selection.

Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · Sep 25

More EV brands should be getting on board with this. The tech is already there, just needs to be switched on.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · Sep 25

Xi surprised the UN climate summit by pledging GHGs 7–10% below peak by 2035, ≥30% non-fossil energy & 3,600 GW wind+solar. Strong symbolism—but underplays progress. China’s CO₂ already fell ~1% in H1 2025, the first historical drop, powered by renewables, #EV & #BESS boom racing past pledges. 🌍⚡

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Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · Sep 22

Spring equinox only a few hours away now...
Nice to have some warmth back.

Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · Sep 22

I don't understand the appeal of a hybrid???

Ray 🦋 @rayofearth.bsky.social · Sep 22

To be even more specific, a lot of outback fast chargers in Australia are not even on an electricity grid.

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · Sep 22

“Well, this is just going from bad to worse.”

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · Sep 18

All the world’s fossil fuel reserves (~37,000 EJ) = just 5 days of sunlight (~50,000 EJ) 🤯. Fossils are old sunshine; solar is real-time & unlimited. Harvest only a sliver & with battery storage we can power homes, cars, industry, nations. The sun is all we need ⚡☀️ #Lithium #LFP #BESS #Energy

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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · Sep 12

Premier Danielle Smith and U.S. President Donald Trump are weaponizing the powers of the state against wind and solar energy generation.

reneweconomy.com.au

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