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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

Now Australia has so much solar that they're *giving away electricity*, with three free hours of unlimited energy every day. Stick your dishwasher, clothes-dryer and EV charger on a timer, invest in a battery or two, and fill your boots: billmckibben.substack.com/p/free-elect... 29/

billmckibben.substack.com

Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.

Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

(Maybe at this point you're thinking dark thoughts about critical minerals and such. That's not the problem you think it is and it's getting better every day.) 30/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

(To take just one example, lithium batteries are about to be replaced with *sodium* batteries. Sodium is the world's sixth-most abundant element:) www.livescience.com/technology/e... 31/

livescience.com

China puts a sodium-ion battery into an EV for the first time — it can drive 248 miles on a single charge

A new vehicle is the first mass-produced passenger EV with a viable sodium-based alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries.

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