Prof Ray Wills
@profraywills.futuresmart.com.au
Futurist
Disruption
Ag, biz, cities, climate, ecology, economy, energy, renewables, robots, tech, transport
World Top100 Sustainability
MD Future Smart Strategies™ Aus
Prof UWA
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Disruption
Ag, biz, cities, climate, ecology, economy, energy, renewables, robots, tech, transport
World Top100 Sustainability
MD Future Smart Strategies™ Aus
Prof UWA
NB: I only follow accounts with name+pic+profile (+give me poke!)
Yes, company reports primary source
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yes, company reports primary source
And to next step - need for budgetary reform
Value of each one of 1700 endangered species ought be at equivalent value of a statistical life?
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One species at least same value as one human - a budget of $9.69B help with recovery plans for Australia's endangered species?
Value of each one of 1700 endangered species ought be at equivalent value of a statistical life?
bsky.app/profile/prof...
One species at least same value as one human - a budget of $9.69B help with recovery plans for Australia's endangered species?
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
And to next step - need for budgetary reform
Value of each one of 1700 endangered species ought be at equivalent value of a statistical life?
bsky.app/profile/prof...
One species at least same value as one human - a budget of $9.69B help with recovery plans for Australia's endangered species?
Value of each one of 1700 endangered species ought be at equivalent value of a statistical life?
bsky.app/profile/prof...
One species at least same value as one human - a budget of $9.69B help with recovery plans for Australia's endangered species?
H2 never was real
Not even when Toyota hyped hydrogen 2 decades ago
Me in 2021:
‘#Hydrogen a distraction’
#Lithium #batteries has upper hand in transport. Hydrogen will only take off if lithium batteries don’t perform. That scenario is unlikely.
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2021/01/27/h...
Not even when Toyota hyped hydrogen 2 decades ago
Me in 2021:
‘#Hydrogen a distraction’
#Lithium #batteries has upper hand in transport. Hydrogen will only take off if lithium batteries don’t perform. That scenario is unlikely.
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2021/01/27/h...
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
H2 never was real
Not even when Toyota hyped hydrogen 2 decades ago
Me in 2021:
‘#Hydrogen a distraction’
#Lithium #batteries has upper hand in transport. Hydrogen will only take off if lithium batteries don’t perform. That scenario is unlikely.
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2021/01/27/h...
Not even when Toyota hyped hydrogen 2 decades ago
Me in 2021:
‘#Hydrogen a distraction’
#Lithium #batteries has upper hand in transport. Hydrogen will only take off if lithium batteries don’t perform. That scenario is unlikely.
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2021/01/27/h...
World 1.5MBPD displaced by EVs in 2024.
China 2025
oil markets break on variations > 1-2MBPD
Oil market not about the 100 mbpd we use, but the 1-2 mbpd YOY change
China's vehicle fleet electrification has just removed 250ML/day of China's demand - or >1.5MBPD
China 2025
oil markets break on variations > 1-2MBPD
Oil market not about the 100 mbpd we use, but the 1-2 mbpd YOY change
China's vehicle fleet electrification has just removed 250ML/day of China's demand - or >1.5MBPD
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Passing gas?
All particulates do damage
Particulates can be deadly to those of us that breathe air
Especially inside your home
Silent but deadly
(It's not the dog)
🙌👐🖐️Hands up if you breathe air🖐️👐🙌
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All particulates do damage
Particulates can be deadly to those of us that breathe air
Especially inside your home
Silent but deadly
(It's not the dog)
🙌👐🖐️Hands up if you breathe air🖐️👐🙌
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Particulates can be deadly to those of us that breathe air
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
🤚Hands up if you breathe air✋
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
A thread from me
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+ this from @nature.com
#science 🧪
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
🤚Hands up if you breathe air✋
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
A thread from me
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+ this from @nature.com
#science 🧪
A US laboratory that has been instrumental in documenting the impact of air pollution on human health is being shut down by the Trump administration. Scientists are rallying to save it.
https://go.nature.com/45lzHww
https://go.nature.com/45lzHww
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Passing gas?
All particulates do damage
Particulates can be deadly to those of us that breathe air
Especially inside your home
Silent but deadly
(It's not the dog)
🙌👐🖐️Hands up if you breathe air🖐️👐🙌
bsky.app/profile/prof...
All particulates do damage
Particulates can be deadly to those of us that breathe air
Especially inside your home
Silent but deadly
(It's not the dog)
🙌👐🖐️Hands up if you breathe air🖐️👐🙌
bsky.app/profile/prof...
China NEV market has entered structural maturity: robust internal manufacturing and demand while delivering growing exports - in commercial vehicles as well as passenger vehicles
Along with all the other clean tech leadership, it didn't happen by accident
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Along with all the other clean tech leadership, it didn't happen by accident
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China’s clean tech dominance not accidental
China dedicated multiple 5 year plans align to science, industrial policy, climate strategy, technological foresight
US neglected this, treating clean tech and rare earths as just a commodity problem, not the fundament of 21st Century geopolitical power
China dedicated multiple 5 year plans align to science, industrial policy, climate strategy, technological foresight
US neglected this, treating clean tech and rare earths as just a commodity problem, not the fundament of 21st Century geopolitical power
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
China NEV market has entered structural maturity: robust internal manufacturing and demand while delivering growing exports - in commercial vehicles as well as passenger vehicles
Along with all the other clean tech leadership, it didn't happen by accident
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Along with all the other clean tech leadership, it didn't happen by accident
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Is there a direct link to the story, please? Couldn't find it wandering barefoot through thepoint website. TIA
On a perverse note, evidence that the crime waves by immigrants the coalition go on about seemingly isn't reflected in burgeoning non-indigenous numbers in prison?
On a perverse note, evidence that the crime waves by immigrants the coalition go on about seemingly isn't reflected in burgeoning non-indigenous numbers in prison?
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Is there a direct link to the story, please? Couldn't find it wandering barefoot through thepoint website. TIA
On a perverse note, evidence that the crime waves by immigrants the coalition go on about seemingly isn't reflected in burgeoning non-indigenous numbers in prison?
On a perverse note, evidence that the crime waves by immigrants the coalition go on about seemingly isn't reflected in burgeoning non-indigenous numbers in prison?
"All fossil-fuel-derived" and "nearly every step requires fossil fuels" are zombie data - the meme was indeed once true, but is outdated, living on like a zombie, and ignores the evidence of "solar-powered solar" transition of my post
Don't repeat zombie statistics
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Don't repeat zombie statistics
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Zombie statistics
False numbers repeated over and over until they become entrenched data
Zombie stats negatively impact public discussion, policymaking, and investment
If you discuss a zombie stat, post a screenshot, not text
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/battery-re... @hannahritchie.bsky.social
False numbers repeated over and over until they become entrenched data
Zombie stats negatively impact public discussion, policymaking, and investment
If you discuss a zombie stat, post a screenshot, not text
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/battery-re... @hannahritchie.bsky.social
What share of lithium-ion batteries are recycled?
We don't know, is the honest answer. But the 5% figure seems to be a myth.
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"All fossil-fuel-derived" and "nearly every step requires fossil fuels" are zombie data - the meme was indeed once true, but is outdated, living on like a zombie, and ignores the evidence of "solar-powered solar" transition of my post
Don't repeat zombie statistics
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Don't repeat zombie statistics
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Far more expensive?
In UK, upfront price gap between EVs and ICE cars is closing, but total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower due to reduced running and maintenance cost.
If you are truly concerned about cost, then fact used EVs cheaper to buy than equivalent used ICE should be a good thing, no?
In UK, upfront price gap between EVs and ICE cars is closing, but total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower due to reduced running and maintenance cost.
If you are truly concerned about cost, then fact used EVs cheaper to buy than equivalent used ICE should be a good thing, no?
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Far more expensive?
In UK, upfront price gap between EVs and ICE cars is closing, but total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower due to reduced running and maintenance cost.
If you are truly concerned about cost, then fact used EVs cheaper to buy than equivalent used ICE should be a good thing, no?
In UK, upfront price gap between EVs and ICE cars is closing, but total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower due to reduced running and maintenance cost.
If you are truly concerned about cost, then fact used EVs cheaper to buy than equivalent used ICE should be a good thing, no?
Indeed
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Any application of a vehicle user charge should be about all vehicles, not just EVs
Taxation should as much as possible be on bad things, and incentives on good things
Here's the debate in Australia bsky.app/profile/prof...
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Any application of a vehicle user charge should be about all vehicles, not just EVs
Taxation should as much as possible be on bad things, and incentives on good things
Here's the debate in Australia bsky.app/profile/prof...
Meawhile, across the ditch in New Zealand:
NZ EVs sales continues to stagnate while hybrids dominate fuelled by MAGA lite government discontinued subsidies for electric vehicles and current RUC policies — apparently encouraged by Toyota lobbying
NZ EVs sales continues to stagnate while hybrids dominate fuelled by MAGA lite government discontinued subsidies for electric vehicles and current RUC policies — apparently encouraged by Toyota lobbying
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Indeed
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Any application of a vehicle user charge should be about all vehicles, not just EVs
Taxation should as much as possible be on bad things, and incentives on good things
Here's the debate in Australia bsky.app/profile/prof...
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Any application of a vehicle user charge should be about all vehicles, not just EVs
Taxation should as much as possible be on bad things, and incentives on good things
Here's the debate in Australia bsky.app/profile/prof...
Any application of a vehicle user charge should be about all vehicles, not just EVs
Tax should as much as possible be on bad things, incentivise good things
here's the debate in Australia
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Tax should as much as possible be on bad things, incentivise good things
here's the debate in Australia
bsky.app/profile/prof...
If it's really about revenue for roads (it won't be) then logically put road user charge on all vehicles by weight x mileage now
Apply RUC to all cars, not just some
Keep fuel excise as a pollution tax
Existing car fleet will be on road for some time yet
(And don't copy NZ)
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Apply RUC to all cars, not just some
Keep fuel excise as a pollution tax
Existing car fleet will be on road for some time yet
(And don't copy NZ)
bsky.app/profile/prof...
MEDIA RELEASE:
Road User Charging must be Universal
A universal, mass × distance road user charge for would serve the same role as fuel excise. A pay-by-use system which is proportional to the impact driving has on society and infrastructure.
www.aeva.asn.au/files/4297/
Road User Charging must be Universal
A universal, mass × distance road user charge for would serve the same role as fuel excise. A pay-by-use system which is proportional to the impact driving has on society and infrastructure.
www.aeva.asn.au/files/4297/
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Any application of a vehicle user charge should be about all vehicles, not just EVs
Tax should as much as possible be on bad things, incentivise good things
here's the debate in Australia
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Tax should as much as possible be on bad things, incentivise good things
here's the debate in Australia
bsky.app/profile/prof...