Hugh Butler
@hughbutler35.bsky.social
Author. Science. Innovation. Books include The TakeOut Diet, The Optimistic Storm Part 1: the end of the fossil fuel era.
Australia needs to follow Germany’s example and regulate a renters' balcony solar battery policy.
Average Electricity saving 20% (germany) or 25% (Spain).
* Tenants do not have the right to put on solar and batteries, due partly to insecure tenancies and the whims of the landlord.
Average Electricity saving 20% (germany) or 25% (Spain).
* Tenants do not have the right to put on solar and batteries, due partly to insecure tenancies and the whims of the landlord.
December 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Australia needs to follow Germany’s example and regulate a renters' balcony solar battery policy.
Average Electricity saving 20% (germany) or 25% (Spain).
* Tenants do not have the right to put on solar and batteries, due partly to insecure tenancies and the whims of the landlord.
Average Electricity saving 20% (germany) or 25% (Spain).
* Tenants do not have the right to put on solar and batteries, due partly to insecure tenancies and the whims of the landlord.
* 20 companies create 40% global emissions.
* 180 companies control oil, gas, coal and cement.
* Since 1750, the 169 operating and 11 not operating, have created 2/3rds of all carbon emissions.
Of the 180 largest oil, gas, coal and cement producers:
* 40% from 20 companies
* 50% from 36 companies
* 180 companies control oil, gas, coal and cement.
* Since 1750, the 169 operating and 11 not operating, have created 2/3rds of all carbon emissions.
Of the 180 largest oil, gas, coal and cement producers:
* 40% from 20 companies
* 50% from 36 companies
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
* 20 companies create 40% global emissions.
* 180 companies control oil, gas, coal and cement.
* Since 1750, the 169 operating and 11 not operating, have created 2/3rds of all carbon emissions.
Of the 180 largest oil, gas, coal and cement producers:
* 40% from 20 companies
* 50% from 36 companies
* 180 companies control oil, gas, coal and cement.
* Since 1750, the 169 operating and 11 not operating, have created 2/3rds of all carbon emissions.
Of the 180 largest oil, gas, coal and cement producers:
* 40% from 20 companies
* 50% from 36 companies
Does low dose radiation from nuclear accidents create long-term thyroid cancer risk?
* Evidence is conclusive. There is no "safe" level of radiation.
* Iodine-131 exposure is a well-established outcome of low-dose radiation from nuclear accidents like Chernobyl
* Strong linear dose-response
* Evidence is conclusive. There is no "safe" level of radiation.
* Iodine-131 exposure is a well-established outcome of low-dose radiation from nuclear accidents like Chernobyl
* Strong linear dose-response
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Does low dose radiation from nuclear accidents create long-term thyroid cancer risk?
* Evidence is conclusive. There is no "safe" level of radiation.
* Iodine-131 exposure is a well-established outcome of low-dose radiation from nuclear accidents like Chernobyl
* Strong linear dose-response
* Evidence is conclusive. There is no "safe" level of radiation.
* Iodine-131 exposure is a well-established outcome of low-dose radiation from nuclear accidents like Chernobyl
* Strong linear dose-response
BYD autonomous vehicles are coming. BYD held a launch ceremony in Feb 2025. Its latest “God’s Eye” driving assistance system may enable BYD to compete globally with other leading contenders (Tesla and Waymo). Claim every BYD car to be equipped with high-end intelligent driving technology.
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
BYD autonomous vehicles are coming. BYD held a launch ceremony in Feb 2025. Its latest “God’s Eye” driving assistance system may enable BYD to compete globally with other leading contenders (Tesla and Waymo). Claim every BYD car to be equipped with high-end intelligent driving technology.
Every autonomous vehicle, operating as personal public transportation, will displace 10 other privately owned vehicles. So, there is some hope that 1.4 billion vehicles will not be needed and that only about 250 million vehicles will be available for public transportation.
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Every autonomous vehicle, operating as personal public transportation, will displace 10 other privately owned vehicles. So, there is some hope that 1.4 billion vehicles will not be needed and that only about 250 million vehicles will be available for public transportation.
We are in the midst of a healthspan revolution that will enable us to live vitally beyond 100 years old.
* Advanced diagnostics are now able to catch any disease at inception
* Advanced therapies in clinical trials have the potential to reverse disease
* Slowing, stopping, and reversing aging.
* Advanced diagnostics are now able to catch any disease at inception
* Advanced therapies in clinical trials have the potential to reverse disease
* Slowing, stopping, and reversing aging.
December 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We are in the midst of a healthspan revolution that will enable us to live vitally beyond 100 years old.
* Advanced diagnostics are now able to catch any disease at inception
* Advanced therapies in clinical trials have the potential to reverse disease
* Slowing, stopping, and reversing aging.
* Advanced diagnostics are now able to catch any disease at inception
* Advanced therapies in clinical trials have the potential to reverse disease
* Slowing, stopping, and reversing aging.
Human 3D organoids are in vitro 3D cultures that mimic the structure and function of human organs.
* From stem cells. Can self-renew and differentiate into various cell types.
* Organoids are a powerful platform for disease modelling, drug development, personalised treatment, regenerative medicine
* From stem cells. Can self-renew and differentiate into various cell types.
* Organoids are a powerful platform for disease modelling, drug development, personalised treatment, regenerative medicine
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Human 3D organoids are in vitro 3D cultures that mimic the structure and function of human organs.
* From stem cells. Can self-renew and differentiate into various cell types.
* Organoids are a powerful platform for disease modelling, drug development, personalised treatment, regenerative medicine
* From stem cells. Can self-renew and differentiate into various cell types.
* Organoids are a powerful platform for disease modelling, drug development, personalised treatment, regenerative medicine
An argument by EV haters claims that using oil (diesel or petrol) to generate electricity for EVs is pointless.
* They need to take a basic lesson in engineering.
* EVs save emissions even when using petrol or diesel generators.
* They need to take a basic lesson in engineering.
* EVs save emissions even when using petrol or diesel generators.
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
An argument by EV haters claims that using oil (diesel or petrol) to generate electricity for EVs is pointless.
* They need to take a basic lesson in engineering.
* EVs save emissions even when using petrol or diesel generators.
* They need to take a basic lesson in engineering.
* EVs save emissions even when using petrol or diesel generators.
We would like to believe there are alternatives to plastic. There are. However it is relatively small production today but it is growing.
Plastics are cheap and plentiful, and the primary producers, including Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran, do not want to change.
Plastics are cheap and plentiful, and the primary producers, including Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran, do not want to change.
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We would like to believe there are alternatives to plastic. There are. However it is relatively small production today but it is growing.
Plastics are cheap and plentiful, and the primary producers, including Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran, do not want to change.
Plastics are cheap and plentiful, and the primary producers, including Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran, do not want to change.
Plastic consumption and pollution continue to rise.
* 40% of oil goes to plastic.
* Plastic use will double or triple from 464 million tonnes in 2020 to 800 to 1200 Mt by 2060.
* Our brains have more than 10g or a crayon's worth of plastic.
* Plastic is implicated in dementia, infertility, cancers
* 40% of oil goes to plastic.
* Plastic use will double or triple from 464 million tonnes in 2020 to 800 to 1200 Mt by 2060.
* Our brains have more than 10g or a crayon's worth of plastic.
* Plastic is implicated in dementia, infertility, cancers
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Plastic consumption and pollution continue to rise.
* 40% of oil goes to plastic.
* Plastic use will double or triple from 464 million tonnes in 2020 to 800 to 1200 Mt by 2060.
* Our brains have more than 10g or a crayon's worth of plastic.
* Plastic is implicated in dementia, infertility, cancers
* 40% of oil goes to plastic.
* Plastic use will double or triple from 464 million tonnes in 2020 to 800 to 1200 Mt by 2060.
* Our brains have more than 10g or a crayon's worth of plastic.
* Plastic is implicated in dementia, infertility, cancers
Battery improvements are in the media daily.
Better phones. Longer range cars. Electric trucks.
For over a decade, we knew silicon could enhance battery capacity.
* Theoretical specific capacity is nearly ten times higher than that of the currently dominant graphite anode.
Better phones. Longer range cars. Electric trucks.
For over a decade, we knew silicon could enhance battery capacity.
* Theoretical specific capacity is nearly ten times higher than that of the currently dominant graphite anode.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Battery improvements are in the media daily.
Better phones. Longer range cars. Electric trucks.
For over a decade, we knew silicon could enhance battery capacity.
* Theoretical specific capacity is nearly ten times higher than that of the currently dominant graphite anode.
Better phones. Longer range cars. Electric trucks.
For over a decade, we knew silicon could enhance battery capacity.
* Theoretical specific capacity is nearly ten times higher than that of the currently dominant graphite anode.
Geologic hydrogen or gold, clear, or orange hydrogen naturally occurs underground. It could be this H2 is a clean and cheap source of energy. Not so fast.
* H2 is an indirect green house gas. The hydrogen molecule is small, and leaks. Pipes. Storage. Transporting.
* H2 is an indirect green house gas. The hydrogen molecule is small, and leaks. Pipes. Storage. Transporting.
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Geologic hydrogen or gold, clear, or orange hydrogen naturally occurs underground. It could be this H2 is a clean and cheap source of energy. Not so fast.
* H2 is an indirect green house gas. The hydrogen molecule is small, and leaks. Pipes. Storage. Transporting.
* H2 is an indirect green house gas. The hydrogen molecule is small, and leaks. Pipes. Storage. Transporting.
We think AI is writing better emails
But medical clinical trials can be improved five times, saving billions
When you consider that getting a drug to market costs $2.4 billion and takes 5 years.
Within a decade, we will have improved AI impacts across all parts of the health industry.
But medical clinical trials can be improved five times, saving billions
When you consider that getting a drug to market costs $2.4 billion and takes 5 years.
Within a decade, we will have improved AI impacts across all parts of the health industry.
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We think AI is writing better emails
But medical clinical trials can be improved five times, saving billions
When you consider that getting a drug to market costs $2.4 billion and takes 5 years.
Within a decade, we will have improved AI impacts across all parts of the health industry.
But medical clinical trials can be improved five times, saving billions
When you consider that getting a drug to market costs $2.4 billion and takes 5 years.
Within a decade, we will have improved AI impacts across all parts of the health industry.
The return on investment for drugs is reportedly a poor 4% compounded return. Current costs for drug discovery is $2.4 billion to get a new drug on the market, and it takes 14 years. Means the company needs to sell at least $600 million each year at peak for the remainder of the drug patent life.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The return on investment for drugs is reportedly a poor 4% compounded return. Current costs for drug discovery is $2.4 billion to get a new drug on the market, and it takes 14 years. Means the company needs to sell at least $600 million each year at peak for the remainder of the drug patent life.
If you want to listen to two experts in energy, don't miss Michael Liebreich and Lord Adair Turner's reflections on the past 20 years of the energy transition. In the early 2000s, no one knew how the world would decarbonise. Today, wind solar and batteries will provide 95% plus.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you want to listen to two experts in energy, don't miss Michael Liebreich and Lord Adair Turner's reflections on the past 20 years of the energy transition. In the early 2000s, no one knew how the world would decarbonise. Today, wind solar and batteries will provide 95% plus.
There's many dumb announcments recently, especilly in the health and energy sectors in USA.
Has Covid Lowered the IQ of people?
Covid spike protein damages the brain and reduces IQ. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates and persists in the body for years after infection. People get brain fog.
Has Covid Lowered the IQ of people?
Covid spike protein damages the brain and reduces IQ. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates and persists in the body for years after infection. People get brain fog.
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There's many dumb announcments recently, especilly in the health and energy sectors in USA.
Has Covid Lowered the IQ of people?
Covid spike protein damages the brain and reduces IQ. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates and persists in the body for years after infection. People get brain fog.
Has Covid Lowered the IQ of people?
Covid spike protein damages the brain and reduces IQ. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates and persists in the body for years after infection. People get brain fog.
Are you older? Should you take statins and other similar drugs?
Stroke remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with older adults, particularly those over age 60, at the highest risk of first-time ischemic stroke.
Stroke remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with older adults, particularly those over age 60, at the highest risk of first-time ischemic stroke.
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Are you older? Should you take statins and other similar drugs?
Stroke remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with older adults, particularly those over age 60, at the highest risk of first-time ischemic stroke.
Stroke remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with older adults, particularly those over age 60, at the highest risk of first-time ischemic stroke.
Cleaning Up podcast with , Professor Tristan Smith, a leading expert on shipping decarbonisation from UCL Energy Institute.
Fundamental is LNG use is going to drop.
The USA WH is repayment of the $90 million in election donation by gas industry.
www.cleaningup.live/the-us-just-...
Fundamental is LNG use is going to drop.
The USA WH is repayment of the $90 million in election donation by gas industry.
www.cleaningup.live/the-us-just-...
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Cleaning Up podcast with , Professor Tristan Smith, a leading expert on shipping decarbonisation from UCL Energy Institute.
Fundamental is LNG use is going to drop.
The USA WH is repayment of the $90 million in election donation by gas industry.
www.cleaningup.live/the-us-just-...
Fundamental is LNG use is going to drop.
The USA WH is repayment of the $90 million in election donation by gas industry.
www.cleaningup.live/the-us-just-...
Whatever you think of COVID, of its origins, or whether serious or not, one in eight people have long COVID impacts. Long COVID is described as post-infection symptoms persisting for at least a month. Long COVID has been part of the infection right from the beginning.
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Whatever you think of COVID, of its origins, or whether serious or not, one in eight people have long COVID impacts. Long COVID is described as post-infection symptoms persisting for at least a month. Long COVID has been part of the infection right from the beginning.
If you thought the world built a lot of renewables in the past few years, just wait for the next half of this decade.
Solar is expected to double the past 5 years' growth.
Incumbent analysts often get projections wrong.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Solar is expected to double the past 5 years' growth.
Incumbent analysts often get projections wrong.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you thought the world built a lot of renewables in the past few years, just wait for the next half of this decade.
Solar is expected to double the past 5 years' growth.
Incumbent analysts often get projections wrong.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Solar is expected to double the past 5 years' growth.
Incumbent analysts often get projections wrong.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) is will catalogue every cell type within a human being. Daunting project considering the human body is over 37 trillion cells. The task of decoding their roles and charting their locations involves approximately 4,000 researchers working in 190 labs across 102 nations.
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) is will catalogue every cell type within a human being. Daunting project considering the human body is over 37 trillion cells. The task of decoding their roles and charting their locations involves approximately 4,000 researchers working in 190 labs across 102 nations.
While "gamechanger" is a common cliche. Sometimes announcements come along worthy of the word.
In April, CATL, the worlds largest battery manufacturer announced
* A range of 520 kilometers (km) with a five-minute charge
* Can go from 5% to 80% charge in 15 minutes in cold weather.
In April, CATL, the worlds largest battery manufacturer announced
* A range of 520 kilometers (km) with a five-minute charge
* Can go from 5% to 80% charge in 15 minutes in cold weather.
October 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
While "gamechanger" is a common cliche. Sometimes announcements come along worthy of the word.
In April, CATL, the worlds largest battery manufacturer announced
* A range of 520 kilometers (km) with a five-minute charge
* Can go from 5% to 80% charge in 15 minutes in cold weather.
In April, CATL, the worlds largest battery manufacturer announced
* A range of 520 kilometers (km) with a five-minute charge
* Can go from 5% to 80% charge in 15 minutes in cold weather.
Mistrust in science has been on the rise for decades.
- This growing mistrust is primarily fueled by political polarisation.
- It's amplified by partisan media and social media algorithms.
- The spread of misinformation contributes to the lack of trust.
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- This growing mistrust is primarily fueled by political polarisation.
- It's amplified by partisan media and social media algorithms.
- The spread of misinformation contributes to the lack of trust.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Mistrust in science has been on the rise for decades.
- This growing mistrust is primarily fueled by political polarisation.
- It's amplified by partisan media and social media algorithms.
- The spread of misinformation contributes to the lack of trust.
/1
- This growing mistrust is primarily fueled by political polarisation.
- It's amplified by partisan media and social media algorithms.
- The spread of misinformation contributes to the lack of trust.
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Mega batteries are unlocking the energy revolution.
The electricity system is the largest commodity supply chain in the world that doesn’t feature storage. Every technology benefits from storage. The top 1% of peak hours are 8% of your bill. The top 10% of hours are 40% of your bill.
The electricity system is the largest commodity supply chain in the world that doesn’t feature storage. Every technology benefits from storage. The top 1% of peak hours are 8% of your bill. The top 10% of hours are 40% of your bill.
October 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Mega batteries are unlocking the energy revolution.
The electricity system is the largest commodity supply chain in the world that doesn’t feature storage. Every technology benefits from storage. The top 1% of peak hours are 8% of your bill. The top 10% of hours are 40% of your bill.
The electricity system is the largest commodity supply chain in the world that doesn’t feature storage. Every technology benefits from storage. The top 1% of peak hours are 8% of your bill. The top 10% of hours are 40% of your bill.
Not many are talking about what happens as houses change from gas to electricity. Saving big. But what happens to all those existing pipelines? Will the companies try to get consumers to pay?
optimisticstorm.com/stranded-gas...
optimisticstorm.com/stranded-gas...
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Not many are talking about what happens as houses change from gas to electricity. Saving big. But what happens to all those existing pipelines? Will the companies try to get consumers to pay?
optimisticstorm.com/stranded-gas...
optimisticstorm.com/stranded-gas...