Notices by Kevin Leecaster (greenfire@mstdn.social)

Wow, this 48 hour long-duration energy storage facility is scheduled to come online this quarter. If this operates as hoped, this could be a major turning point in terms of how our electricity grids will be powered in the, hopefully near, future.
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/04/worlds-largest-hydrogen-lithium-energy-storage-system-to-come-online-in-california-this-quarter/

The inarguable truth is that Democratic policies do more to protect America's national security especially in relation to energy production.

There's no reason to ever assume that Trump is joking.

Hell, there's no documented evidence that he has ever laughed unless it was laughing at someone. He does not joke. He's not capable of that type of normal human behavior.

Drill baby, drill helped win the election for Republicans.

How's that going?

U.S. crude oil production fell by 305,000-barrels-per-day (bpd) to 13.15 million bpd in January.

The EIA also lowered its estimate of record U.S. oil production in December by about 40,000 bpd to 13.45 million bpd.

One outcome from E-loons Nazification of Twitter was to reduce how much attention corporations paid to what's being said about them on SM. I liked having them become more accountable and miss them not being on #BlueSky nor #Mastodon and not just for that, but cool interactions like this too.

Did you know that a solar module manufactured in the USA has a carbon footprint that is 14% lower than one made in China? Now you do.

Trump is now trying to get taxpayers to pay for his legal fees defending him over the injuries he caused on January 6th. Those lawsuits were authorized to be brought against him in this case:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23694788-blassingame-v-trump/

Actually, now is a good time to sell your Tesla since there's no way in hell that their resale value is going to increase unless that company gets a new CEO.
https://www.moneydigest.com/1814773/people-selling-used-tesla-cars-protest-elon-musk/?zsource=msnsyndicated

The violent acts of vandalism related to #TeslaTakedown helped the jury justify to themselves making this horrible attack on our first amendment rights just as much did the violent acts of the self-described environmentalists used by the fossil fuel industry to achieve this tactical victory.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/73572/jury-delivers-verdict-finding-greenpeace-entities-liable-for-more-than-660-million-in-energy-transfer-slapp-trial/

In light of what the Republican POTUS just said about impeaching judges who rule against his regime, Chief Justice Roberts has issued a rare statement:

"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."

Actual climate action happens at local level so obviously local elections are crucial if you want a stable climate.

@climateaf.bsky.social has supported more than 800 pro-climate candidate campaigns across the country.

In 2025, Climate Cabinet is supporting 50 top candidates in critical elections.
https://thepowerline.substack.com/p/the-climate-cabinet-a-q-and-a-with?r=26mxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

Once we manage to bankrupt Tesla there's going to be a lot of much cheaper used EVs available for lower income people to use to decarbonize their lives.

The price of a used Tesla is almost as low as the average price of all used cars listed on CarGurus—$29,552 for Tesla versus $27,014 for all brands. That means parking a new EV in your driveway is now extremely affordable so just swap out the Tesla badge for VW, Ford, etc.

I agree with former French leader France François Hollande:

"I think that the best way to get Donald Trump to step back is to inflict as many negative consequences as possible on his economy so that Wall Street collapses, so that inflation grows in the United States, so that businesses start to worry and so that Trump's promise to make Americans richer becomes untenable."

Globally it appears that carbon pollution increased by 1.2% while the major economies of the US and EU were able to pollute less CO2 while increasing their GDPs.

Now that the fossil fuel industry is back in charge of US climate & energy policy it's more important for individual Americans to step up and decarbonize their lives as fast as they possibly can though.

Sad to see that the fossil fools got a reprieve in @MichaelEMann defamation lawsuit.
https://wapo.st/4ksYZxT

How much do you think that Republicans' efforts to undermine American farmers' export markets might help reduce the cost for biodiesel and other biofuels?

Plus, why isn't the USDA publishing graphs now instead of just raw data, but maybe this isn't new since I don't focus on this area?
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/us-bioenergy-statistics

How many times have you heard that there's no difference between our two major political parties and did you push back against that lie?

Anyways, the White House plans to produce a government science report that highlights the "benefits" of climate change. The intent is to expand presidential power, target regulations and fight litigation filed against fossil fuel companies.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trumps-next-climate-move-show-global-warming-benefits-humanity/

Last Summer, Tesla landed a $5 million contract with the City of Baltimore for a fleet of electric vehicles for the local government. However, Mayor Brandon Scott decided to pause that investment in September after the City “decided to go in a different direction.”

They've chosen to go with the non-fascist domestic EV manufacturers.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-contract-baltimore-paused-after-city-decided-to-go-in-a-different-direction/

Tesla Takedown is gearing up for our biggest weekend yet! Over 140 upcoming events worldwide, including Kuala Lumpur, baby! Join a protest or create your own in your city (or country!) at:
#TeslaTakedown #TeslaProtests
https://www.teslatakedown.com/

The Tesla Takedown protests have cost shareholders billions and billions of dollars so ELoon is going to sic his government goons on the people participating in case you had any doubt that the #TeslaTakedown protests were necessary to do.