Delwyn Dickey
@delwynd.bsky.social
Freelance writer & ag/hort journalist: Climate change, farming, space, science and environment. Closet apanthropist. Auckland, New Zealand.
#SustainableFarming #Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #agsky #energysky #Spacesky
#SustainableFarming #Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #agsky #energysky #Spacesky
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Girl dies after falling from quad bike driven by father into mower towed behind.
Told my neighbour off once for letting my daughter ride on the front of his quad. If she’d fallen she’d have gone straight under the wheels.
He reckoned I was spoiling her fun.
#agsky
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Girl dies after falling from quad bike driven by father into mower towed behind.
Told my neighbour off once for letting my daughter ride on the front of his quad. If she’d fallen she’d have gone straight under the wheels.
He reckoned I was spoiling her fun.
#agsky
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Girl dies after falling from quad bike driven by father into mower towed behind
The little girl was sitting on a loose plywood platform on the quad bike driven by her father when she fell into the path of a mower being towed behind
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Girl dies after falling from quad bike driven by father into mower towed behind.
Told my neighbour off once for letting my daughter ride on the front of his quad. If she’d fallen she’d have gone straight under the wheels.
He reckoned I was spoiling her fun.
#agsky
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Girl dies after falling from quad bike driven by father into mower towed behind.
Told my neighbour off once for letting my daughter ride on the front of his quad. If she’d fallen she’d have gone straight under the wheels.
He reckoned I was spoiling her fun.
#agsky
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#Australia is a dry country making water precious.
A quarter of Sydney's drinking water could be used to cool data centres in just a few years. Using waste/storm water, or closed loop cooling systems (which uses much more power), could be the answer.
#HoldingOntoWater #DataCentres #energysky
A quarter of Sydney's drinking water could be used to cool data centres in just a few years. Using waste/storm water, or closed loop cooling systems (which uses much more power), could be the answer.
#HoldingOntoWater #DataCentres #energysky
Demand for water cannot be an 'afterthought' in AI push: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/demand-for-data-centre-water-in-ai-push/106102208
Demand for water cannot be an 'afterthought' in AI push
Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#Australia is a dry country making water precious.
A quarter of Sydney's drinking water could be used to cool data centres in just a few years. Using waste/storm water, or closed loop cooling systems (which uses much more power), could be the answer.
#HoldingOntoWater #DataCentres #energysky
A quarter of Sydney's drinking water could be used to cool data centres in just a few years. Using waste/storm water, or closed loop cooling systems (which uses much more power), could be the answer.
#HoldingOntoWater #DataCentres #energysky
Nice: How to pick the best summer fruit.
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How to pick the best summer fruit
Figuring out the juiciest and best of the summer fruit bunch can be tricky - growers and produce sellers share their knowledge.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Nice: How to pick the best summer fruit.
www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/ho...
www.rnz.co.nz/life/food/ho...
It’ll set you back a big chunk of change but what a read this will be.
Years in the making, the 3rd Edition of Meteorology and Climate of the Southern Hemisphere is published on 18 December, available as an eBook and in physical format. Thanks to Andréa Taschetto, Thando Ndarana & Tercio Ambrizzi for making it happen! Check out www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
Meteorology and Climate of the Southern Hemisphere
Cambridge Core - Atmospheric Science and Meteorology - Meteorology and Climate of the Southern Hemisphere
www.cambridge.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It’ll set you back a big chunk of change but what a read this will be.
Good read
#Emissions reductions: Producing #NitrogenFertiliser without fossil fuels, includ from water & air. Lengthy #Renewable energy contracts help smooth price fluctuations
Acknowledges land & water pollution.
#agsky #greensky #energysky
The Quest for Green #Ammonia
ambrook.com/offrange/sus...
#Emissions reductions: Producing #NitrogenFertiliser without fossil fuels, includ from water & air. Lengthy #Renewable energy contracts help smooth price fluctuations
Acknowledges land & water pollution.
#agsky #greensky #energysky
The Quest for Green #Ammonia
ambrook.com/offrange/sus...
The Quest for Green Ammonia - Offrange
Researchers are exploring many ways to produce ammonia-based fertilizer without using fossil fuels — even pulling it from thin air.
ambrook.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Good read
#Emissions reductions: Producing #NitrogenFertiliser without fossil fuels, includ from water & air. Lengthy #Renewable energy contracts help smooth price fluctuations
Acknowledges land & water pollution.
#agsky #greensky #energysky
The Quest for Green #Ammonia
ambrook.com/offrange/sus...
#Emissions reductions: Producing #NitrogenFertiliser without fossil fuels, includ from water & air. Lengthy #Renewable energy contracts help smooth price fluctuations
Acknowledges land & water pollution.
#agsky #greensky #energysky
The Quest for Green #Ammonia
ambrook.com/offrange/sus...
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He has been asked about this multiple times and said he would do it. But this time a black female reporter asks him the question, so it gets answered much differently. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Reporter: You said he would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd
Trump: I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news. Whatever Hegseth decides is ok with me… Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious reporter. Actually, a terrible reporter.
Trump: I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news. Whatever Hegseth decides is ok with me… Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious reporter. Actually, a terrible reporter.
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
He has been asked about this multiple times and said he would do it. But this time a black female reporter asks him the question, so it gets answered much differently. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Nice read.
Not so much about what the neighbours think, rather the love of family land and how rural areas are changing.
What the Neighbors Think
#agsky #countrylife
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Not so much about what the neighbours think, rather the love of family land and how rural areas are changing.
What the Neighbors Think
#agsky #countrylife
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
What the Neighbors Think - Offrange
When Beth Hoffman and her husband moved from the Bay Area to farm sustainably in rural Iowa, they tried some things their neighbors had never seen. Did it ruffle any feathers?
ambrook.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Nice read.
Not so much about what the neighbours think, rather the love of family land and how rural areas are changing.
What the Neighbors Think
#agsky #countrylife
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
Not so much about what the neighbours think, rather the love of family land and how rural areas are changing.
What the Neighbors Think
#agsky #countrylife
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
Reposted by Delwyn Dickey
Y'know, I was under the impression that Poland's government was pretty right-wing, but I can also totally understand why they, of all countries, would *particularly* detest Nazis.
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Y'know, I was under the impression that Poland's government was pretty right-wing, but I can also totally understand why they, of all countries, would *particularly* detest Nazis.
Reposted by Delwyn Dickey
LA Times article already dated - numbers from CAISO
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports...
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports...
California Energy Storage System Survey
www.energy.ca.gov
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
LA Times article already dated - numbers from CAISO
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports...
www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports...
Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Solar panels and batteries.
Battery storage in the state has grown more than 3,000% in six years — from 500 megawatts in 2020 to more than 15,700 megawatts today.
#agsky #energysky #batteries #solar #renewables
Battery storage in the state has grown more than 3,000% in six years — from 500 megawatts in 2020 to more than 15,700 megawatts today.
#agsky #energysky #batteries #solar #renewables
Batteries are going to get a lot cheaper
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Gas won't
California invests big in battery storage leaving rolling blackouts behind
California now has around 14GW / 50GWh of utility storage and another 3GW of domestic and commercial storage
www.latimes.com/environment/...
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Solar panels and batteries.
Battery storage in the state has grown more than 3,000% in six years — from 500 megawatts in 2020 to more than 15,700 megawatts today.
#agsky #energysky #batteries #solar #renewables
Battery storage in the state has grown more than 3,000% in six years — from 500 megawatts in 2020 to more than 15,700 megawatts today.
#agsky #energysky #batteries #solar #renewables
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Going electric absolutely works for us. Here’s our grid today.
Moving from petrol/diesel to #EV is easier. But we still have dry years when lake levels get low. Encouraging more solar on houses/businesses would help take the load off the lakes during those times
#agsky #energysky #Renewables
Moving from petrol/diesel to #EV is easier. But we still have dry years when lake levels get low. Encouraging more solar on houses/businesses would help take the load off the lakes during those times
#agsky #energysky #Renewables
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Going electric absolutely works for us. Here’s our grid today.
Moving from petrol/diesel to #EV is easier. But we still have dry years when lake levels get low. Encouraging more solar on houses/businesses would help take the load off the lakes during those times
#agsky #energysky #Renewables
Moving from petrol/diesel to #EV is easier. But we still have dry years when lake levels get low. Encouraging more solar on houses/businesses would help take the load off the lakes during those times
#agsky #energysky #Renewables
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More large scale solar are coming on line.
Each country will be different.
US will likely have more large scale solar and wind than hydro, like Australia.
Aus 40% & increasing, #renewables for domestic power mostly wind and solar - despite having the 4th biggest global coal reserves.
#energysky
Each country will be different.
US will likely have more large scale solar and wind than hydro, like Australia.
Aus 40% & increasing, #renewables for domestic power mostly wind and solar - despite having the 4th biggest global coal reserves.
#energysky
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
More large scale solar are coming on line.
Each country will be different.
US will likely have more large scale solar and wind than hydro, like Australia.
Aus 40% & increasing, #renewables for domestic power mostly wind and solar - despite having the 4th biggest global coal reserves.
#energysky
Each country will be different.
US will likely have more large scale solar and wind than hydro, like Australia.
Aus 40% & increasing, #renewables for domestic power mostly wind and solar - despite having the 4th biggest global coal reserves.
#energysky
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This isn’t going to change things over night esp as heavy farm equipment has a long life - several decades.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. The same now applies to buying electric farm equipment. 😄/3
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. The same now applies to buying electric farm equipment. 😄/3
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This isn’t going to change things over night esp as heavy farm equipment has a long life - several decades.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. The same now applies to buying electric farm equipment. 😄/3
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. The same now applies to buying electric farm equipment. 😄/3
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
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There are other brand elec tractors available now.
Why this is important is John Deere is the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world. They are everywhere.
The big guys going into electric is a very big deal ./2
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
Why this is important is John Deere is the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world. They are everywhere.
The big guys going into electric is a very big deal ./2
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
There are other brand elec tractors available now.
Why this is important is John Deere is the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world. They are everywhere.
The big guys going into electric is a very big deal ./2
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
Why this is important is John Deere is the largest farm equipment manufacturer in the world. They are everywhere.
The big guys going into electric is a very big deal ./2
#agsky #energysky #agriculture #renewables
John Deere releasing its mid size elec tractors 2026!🎉 >130HP, 8hr run time & 1/2hr for 80% recharge.
Lack of heavy electric farm equip has been a hurdle to reduce emissions in food production.
Heavy elec machinery for cropping? /1
#agsky #energysky #agriculture
electrek.co/2025/12/06/t...
Lack of heavy electric farm equip has been a hurdle to reduce emissions in food production.
Heavy elec machinery for cropping? /1
#agsky #energysky #agriculture
electrek.co/2025/12/06/t...
The future of electric farming is taking shape at John Deere [video]
Energy independence and cost control are top of mind for farmers, and John Deere is signaling that it intends to lead that revolution.
electrek.co
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
John Deere releasing its mid size elec tractors 2026!🎉 >130HP, 8hr run time & 1/2hr for 80% recharge.
Lack of heavy electric farm equip has been a hurdle to reduce emissions in food production.
Heavy elec machinery for cropping? /1
#agsky #energysky #agriculture
electrek.co/2025/12/06/t...
Lack of heavy electric farm equip has been a hurdle to reduce emissions in food production.
Heavy elec machinery for cropping? /1
#agsky #energysky #agriculture
electrek.co/2025/12/06/t...
#Iran arrests #marathon organisers over women not wearing hijab - "violation of public decency".
#Pathetic #OfficialsThrowingTheirToysOutOfTheCot #DescriminationAgainstWomen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Pathetic #OfficialsThrowingTheirToysOutOfTheCot #DescriminationAgainstWomen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iran arrests marathon organisers over women not wearing hijab
Images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#Iran arrests #marathon organisers over women not wearing hijab - "violation of public decency".
#Pathetic #OfficialsThrowingTheirToysOutOfTheCot #DescriminationAgainstWomen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Pathetic #OfficialsThrowingTheirToysOutOfTheCot #DescriminationAgainstWomen
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kinda weird what gets people going. The reaction to this post is a little … unexpected.
#EV #batteries #energysky
#EV #batteries #energysky
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Kinda weird what gets people going. The reaction to this post is a little … unexpected.
#EV #batteries #energysky
#EV #batteries #energysky
This #EV database is really interesting. So much information about each car. I was interested in the towing ability as well as the range.
#agsky #energysky
#agsky #energysky
thanks for ping
my reply:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#ICE #PHEV #EVs #BEV
WLTP vs real world data
Great resource for EVs owners and wannabe EV owners doing their research available here:
ev-database.org/cheatsheet/r...
my reply:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#ICE #PHEV #EVs #BEV
WLTP vs real world data
Great resource for EVs owners and wannabe EV owners doing their research available here:
ev-database.org/cheatsheet/r...
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This #EV database is really interesting. So much information about each car. I was interested in the towing ability as well as the range.
#agsky #energysky
#agsky #energysky
#SpaceDebris strike sees a cracked window on the crew capsule docked to the #ChineseSpaceStation: Will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?
#CrackedWindow #rescue #spacesky #Tiangong
theconversation.com/space-debris...
#CrackedWindow #rescue #spacesky #Tiangong
theconversation.com/space-debris...
Space debris: will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?
A crack in the window of a Chinese space capsule is the latest incident involving debris.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#SpaceDebris strike sees a cracked window on the crew capsule docked to the #ChineseSpaceStation: Will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?
#CrackedWindow #rescue #spacesky #Tiangong
theconversation.com/space-debris...
#CrackedWindow #rescue #spacesky #Tiangong
theconversation.com/space-debris...
FYI: #FreeFarmed is not the same as #FreeRange.
Free-range: All the animals are outside.
Free-farmed the piglets are brought into barns once weaned and grown on.
#agsky #PigFarming
Free-range: All the animals are outside.
Free-farmed the piglets are brought into barns once weaned and grown on.
#agsky #PigFarming
It’ll be interesting to see who gets this. #FreeFarmed should be a really positive drawcard.
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
Do you want 100,000 pigs? New Zealand's largest pig farm for sale
The North Canterbury farm produces roughly 100,000 finished pigs each year.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
FYI: #FreeFarmed is not the same as #FreeRange.
Free-range: All the animals are outside.
Free-farmed the piglets are brought into barns once weaned and grown on.
#agsky #PigFarming
Free-range: All the animals are outside.
Free-farmed the piglets are brought into barns once weaned and grown on.
#agsky #PigFarming
It’ll be interesting to see who gets this. #FreeFarmed should be a really positive drawcard.
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
Do you want 100,000 pigs? New Zealand's largest pig farm for sale
The North Canterbury farm produces roughly 100,000 finished pigs each year.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
It’ll be interesting to see who gets this. #FreeFarmed should be a really positive drawcard.
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
New Zealand’s largest free-farmed pig operation Patoa Farms for sale
#pigfarming #animalwelfare #agsky
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...
Good read.
Beyond sheep - finding what else works with dual land use and vegetation contracts.
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels.
#agrivoltaics #VegetationContracts #energysky #agsky
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Beyond sheep - finding what else works with dual land use and vegetation contracts.
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels.
#agrivoltaics #VegetationContracts #energysky #agsky
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels - Offrange
In a farming community that has accepted residential solar but isn’t sure about large commercial facilities, the Thanksgiving meal is coming directly from the solar industry.
ambrook.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Good read.
Beyond sheep - finding what else works with dual land use and vegetation contracts.
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels.
#agrivoltaics #VegetationContracts #energysky #agsky
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
Beyond sheep - finding what else works with dual land use and vegetation contracts.
Turkeys Grazing Under Solar Panels.
#agrivoltaics #VegetationContracts #energysky #agsky
ambrook.com/offrange/liv...
'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
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'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
Critics say the government has placed short-term economic growth ahead of the long-term consequences.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'Pitiful' decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...