By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Four years ago, another mad emperor, Vladimir Putin, invaded Ukraine - and in so doing, catapulted Europe's energy transition into the Gretacene, with unimaginable defeats for the fossil fuel lobby. 21/ 112526
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Not just subsidies for the clean energy transition, but also policy shifts in areas that had been deadlocked for a decade, like approvals for balcony solar, which is transforming the continent. 22/ 2622
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Even the UK, one of the oil industry's most reliable vassal states, is now greenlighting balcony solar: www.gov.uk/government/n... This may not sound like much, but the UK is a country whose politics is composed 50% hatred of migrants and trans people, and 50% stupid planning battles. 23/gov.ukGovernment to make 'plug-in solar' available within months'Plug-in' solar panels to be in shops within months, offering households chance to significantly cut energy bills. 213727
E.G. @neiwert.bsky.social · 24/04/2026As a European paying electricity bills and aware of the miserable solar potential, it's hard to express the amount of contempt we have for the likes of you. Fucking Oregon has more sun! 000
