GCB don't look at electricity, but Ember's Global Electricity Review 2025 says that electricity demand grew 3.3% in 2024 of which 0.2% was for EVs and 0.07% for heat pumps.

True, but 1. the rate is quite low, 2. not imposed until 2028, 3. EV mandate is strengthening, 4. the penalty for missing the mandate is UKP15k per ICE vehicle. In New Zealand, penalty was about 1/10 of that level & industry has just successfully lobbied to reduce it another 80%. So, watch out.

New research in New Zealand finds the same result:

Why doesn't the Nov '25 forecast agree with actuals up to June '25? (Q1, Q2 2025 both –1.1%)?

The latest being to cut the penalties for missing fuel economy standards from NZ$67 per gCO2/km to NZ$15, wiping out a source of income for EV sellers.

Absolutely. In New Zealand, EV market share has crashed from 25% in 2023 to 5% now, even though EVs have become cheaper and better. The difference is the election of an anti-climate government putting out a raft of anti-climate messaging and policies...

I'm not sure that most flyers experience mental distress, which would be the sign of cognitive dissonance. They fly far & frequently because it's become a social norm in their circles.

Thought you were complaining about misuse of scare quotes for a minute there.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybU...

The Angel of History... "His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelus...

Come to New Zealand, house insurance is up 50% since 2023 and 600% since 2011.

Have yet to see a komako/bellbird feasting on one though...

Kaikomako is flowering now