Since 2010, battery costs have fallen by more than 90% — offering opportunities to cut emissions in road transport & electricity

In 2023, electric car sales rose to almost 14 million. And battery storage deployment in the power sector more than doubled 👉 iea.li/49Xo910

'Despite constituting less than 1% of the U.S. population, Indian-Americans are 3% of the nation's engineers, 7% of its IT workers and 8% of its physicians and surgeons.'

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“Modelling suggests that, on current trends of climate change, Aedes mosquitos will spread into large parts of southern Europe and the United States, putting another 2bn people at risk of getting dengue.”

Wanna see what economic self-sabotage looks like?

An eventuality for the rest of the world where electrification is the most sustainable option moving forward.
Elon Musk

Due to EVs, the streets are becoming quieter and the air cleaner in Norway. It struck me when I got off an articulated bus today and it sped past me up a steep hill: a diesel bus would have made a lot of noise and left me in a cloud of fumes, the e-bus just silently zoomed off.

An incredible 93% of new car sales 🚙 in Norway 🇳🇴 are electric 🔋

Cc: Our World in Data Max Roser

An incredible 93% of new car sales 🚙 in Norway 🇳🇴 are electric 🔋

Cc: Our World in Data Max Roser

This is the scariest chart I've ever seen

K-12 school shootings from 1966-2024, why has this ~10x the last decade?

Dan Dennett has just passed away. He was a great scientist and communicator. For a taste of his thinking, see the fascinating debate below between him and Noam Chomsky

The shocking rise in suicide in young women