u/21Kuranashi

Source: https://itdp.org/multimedia/protected-bikeways-infographic-itdp/

Just a decade ago, almost three times as much electricity in the European Union was coming from fossil fuels as from clean sources.

But last year, for the first time, solar and wind produced more than coal, gas, and oil combined. They accounted for just over 30% of total electricity production.

This record happened despite a poor year for wind output due to low wind speeds and a slight increase in gas to compensate for lower hydropower output from dry conditions last year.

24% from Nuclear power

17% from Hydro+Other Renewables

30% from Solar+Wind

= ~70%+ electricity is Clean Energy!

That's a rare EU W ngl.

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-2025-solar-and-wind-produced-more-electricity-than-fossil-fuels-in-the-european-union

Sources: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/france

https://ember-energy.org/countries-and-regions/france/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-nuclear-power-generation-by-country/

OC: Joel Pett

Source of the image & article : https://itdp.org/publication/compact-cities-electrified-the-benefits-of-small-vehicles/

With SUVs and other larger vehicles continuing to rise in global sales, these findings underscore the many benefits of limiting this trend.

Across the countries analyzed (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States);

Limiting vehicle size growth can deliver consistent benefits, including reductions in :

1. Consumer costs,

2. Fuel use,

3. Electricity demand,

4. Battery needs,

5. Traffic deaths,

6. Overall Emissions.

Prioritizing policies for sustainable urban mobility and mode shift is core to Solarpunk vision for increasing ridership across zero-emission, well-funded public transport systems.

Source: https://reneweconomy.com.au/remarkable-milestone-bowen-says-home-battery-installations-continue-to-surge-pass-400000/

Source: https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-batteries-took-a-bite-out-of-gas-generators-evening-peak-party-then-they-ate-the-whole-dinner/

Article by me:

In 2016, Australia suffered one of the worst electricity blackouts in its history. Due to extreme weather events, much of the infrastructure supporting the grid was damaged or rendered unusable. Wind turbines were shut down due to procedural safety precautions.

Normally, fossil fuels would have filled this gap, but the South Australian grid was damaged to the point that power transmission from other regions was impossible.

At the end of 2017, when another power plant failed, officials deployed their strategic renewable reserves so the grid would not immediately halt or collapse from insufficient power input.

The Aussies then learnt what was helping and what was not. Queensland understood what had happened and took appropriate measures to make itself more resilient.

By April 2026 in Queensland, stored battery power from renewables was able to satisfy all electricity needs for a period of time. It's a solarpunk revolution reimagined within the rigid structures of the real world!

Instead of building only giant centralized infrastructure, the project turned ordinary homes into parts of the grid. They also ensured battery storage was decentralized, creating margins of redundancy in the system so that if one node failed, others could supplement it until repairs were completed.

2016 was one of the strongest El Niño in years to hit our planet, and now a potential Super El Niño — the strongest modelled yet — is emerging and thus, it's likely that it will be another major hurdle for Australians to overcome.

Source for the images and data: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.01019

This is the actual research paper on how transit affects social mobility and how it impacts the growth of the city and the standard of living that increases with good stewardship of the land. Transit shapes social mobility, economic opportunity, and the ecological health of cities & its inhabitants.

Obviously, Paris still has it's problems. Even after the Olympics and the failed revival of the Dead River Seine, the Artery through the city remains poisoned due to Anthropogenic pollution.

But, the situation has improved from before {if only marginally}.

Paris demonstrates that stewardship of land and mobility can improve urban life without surrendering entirely to automotive toxicity.

Also, Parisian transit shows incredible effectiveness in reducing the automotive emissions that have been choking us with Sulphur & Lead.

>How can we create prosperous gardens,

>If we feed them, Only toxins & poisons

Paris has resolved one of its very important problems but the others cities have to follow soon or these cities will be left behind trading the lives of its inhabitants for more toxicity & malice.

For more info and photos, see FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Klassisknyproduktion/permalink/4350748275138996/

or X:

https://x.com/michael_diamant/status/2054948427612459102?s=20