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Richard Wilson

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Eclectic writer & filmmaker. One foot in a river & recovering BBC Environment Correspondent (Long Env-Corr) open.substack.com/pub/fishrise/p/ly…

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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lyme Disease: Where blind faith trumps hard data (RFK yay!). Meet Breakspear Medical, where facts are evasive & a “reckless“ struck-off dr is on the board.   fishrise.substack.com/p/quack-quac...
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Quack Quack Woo
The Lyme Disease Money Machine
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lyme Disease: Where blind faith trumps hard data (RFK yay!). Meet Breakspear Medical, where facts are evasive & a “reckless“ struck-off dr is on the board.   fishrise.substack.com/p/quack-quac...
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Quack Quack Woo
The Lyme Disease Money Machine
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Renewable energy is now “the Costco of energy”. We’re rolling it out faster than global energy demand is increasing. The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/o...
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Opinion | The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate
Advancements in renewable energy are paving the way for a new climate politics. The environmentalist Bill McKibben articulates some of the possibilities in this new era of energy abundance.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The revolution is approaching its endgame: "By 2030, solar-plus-battery/storage power is likely to cost under $80/MWh for over 75% of people, and under $100/MWh for nine in ten." Ember The benchmark for fossil fuels is $100/MWh.
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Lyme Resource Centre @lymeresourcecentre.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Prompt antibiotic treatment gives the best chance of recovery from Lyme disease yet in our Lyme Disease Experience Survey, of the 90% who received antibiotics, only 28% of respondents received first antibiotics within 4 weeks. www.lymeresourcecentre.com/experience-s... #LymeDiseaseAwarenessMonth
Image showing an excerpt of treatment data from Lyme Resource Centre’s Lyme Disease Experience Survey stating that only 28% of respondents received antibiotics within 4 weeks of onset of symptoms.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I just read Blair's essay. It's serious and thought-provoking, and widely/wildly misrepresented here on BlueSky - maybe by people who haven't read it? institute.global/insights/pol...
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The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country
In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 06/05/2026
California is showing the world a top 5 economy can grow AND be green! “For the first time, California discharged just over 12,000 MWs, equivalent to 12 large nuclear plants, of energy from its battery arrays. That’s enough to meet over 40% of the state’s energy demand.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/04/2026
Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles
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Average new UK electric car price is now lower than petrol vehicles
Autotrader says average EV cost is £785 cheaper, in an important milestone in the move away from fossil fuels * Business live – latest updates The price of new battery electric cars has fallen below petrol cars in the UK for the first time ever, according to the car sales website Autotrader, in a significant milestone in Britain’s transition away from fossil fuels. The average price of a new electric car listed on the website was £42,620, compared with £43,405 for a new petrol model – making the former £785 cheaper based on advertised prices after discounts. Continue reading...
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is a true story about an event that has stayed with me for nearly all my adult life. open.substack.com/pub/fishrise...
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The day I met Josef Mengele
São Paulo, Brazil: 1973, February, give or take a week or 3.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This is a true story. I still have to pinch myself. open.substack.com/pub/fishrise...
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The day I met Josef Mengele
São Paulo, Brazil: 1973, February, give or take a week or 3.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
In Iran war, look out for fast electrification of heating and transport. After Ukraine war, Europe (belatedly) accelerated installing heat pumps in millions of homes #DemandDestructionWatch bsky.app/profile/janr...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/04/2026
Saudi Arabia bridles at Donald Trump’s way of waging war ft.trib.al/XqAbfte
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Saudi Arabia bridles at Donald Trump’s way of waging war
Nearly five weeks after US and Israel attacked Iran, Washington’s Gulf ally frets about the damage
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I'm curious if the gas and diesel drivers who were so worried about range anxiety will now want bigger gas tanks because EVs will have greater range? Of course, they may not be able to afford a bigger gas tank these days.
electrek.co
Solid-state EV batteries are rolling out in China, promising nearly 1,000 miles of range
Chinese battery manufacturers already account for well over 50% of the global market, but new battery types, including solid-state, are...
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
William Hague dismantles Trump: www.thetimes.com/article/1e21...
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Trump’s Iran folly risks becoming irreversible
Threat to send in US ground forces would only compound mistakes that have handed advantage to Russia and China
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Meanwhile… www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Global Warming Has Significantly Accelerated
Also: what happens to FEMA after Kristi Noem?
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The cost of clinging to a contracting fossil-fuel economy will cost the USA dear. And then there's the small matter of handing the future to the Chinese. And the flight of global capital out of FFs and into renewables. To the winners, the spoils. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Costs of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Rollback Could Outweigh Savings
Also: UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband on his deal with California Governor Gavin Newsom
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The markets now drive the accelerating growth of renewable energy. Cheaper to build, run & consume. Except in the White House where Victorian energy policy is having last, limp hurrah. d375w6nzl58bw0.cloudfront.net/uploads/cf16...
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The big insurance companies, inc Swiss Re & Munich Re, have been sounding the climate warning claxon for 30 years. Great data. Too many greens ignored them for too long. Now Trump is wilfully deaf. Politics trumps (sorry) hard data. Again-again.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
To cut a long story down to size, here’s the concluding thought: “If anything, the Battery Day was a reminder that in battery manufacturing, physics sets the schedule, not press events.” In a word: ‘Meh!’ open.substack.com/pub/lithiumh...
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Tesla's batteries: a five-year reality check
The Battery Day 2020: what worked and what didn’t
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
“Trading floors are abuzz with talk of the “debasement trade”, a broad term for bets on the deterioration of American financial exceptionalism. If the debasement traders are right, then the sell-off in the greenback has barely begun.” economist.com/finance-and-...
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Just how debased is the dollar?
Not nearly as much as it could be
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Half solar, plenty of wind and some FF. Curiously, they're building coal generation they don't need: "... even as the country builds new coal power plants, all the new clean energy means they’re being used less." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China’s Four-Year Energy Spree Has Eclipsed Entire US Power Grid
China is undertaking an energy-building boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, as Beijing seeks to ensure supply for power-hungry facilities that are key to dominating emerging industries of th...
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
‘Made O’Meter’ works well in the UK.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"It’s cheaper to build a new solar farm in India than to simply keep buying the coal for an existing coal-fired power plant." Bill McKibben. India is out performing China at the same stage .. USA's FF policy is an outlier. A domestic hold-out against a global switch to renewables.
Indian adoption of solar out performs China at the same stage.
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
NEW | Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU power sector 🇪🇺⚡️ Our @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review is out today, showing wind and solar reaching 30% of EU power, compared to 29% for fossil fuels. Here's what happened in EU electricity generation in 2025 🧵
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Renewables push China's fossil‑fuelled power into first annual drop in 10 years www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Renewables push China's fossil‑fuelled power into first annual drop in 10 years
China's mostly coal-based thermal power generation fell in 2025 for the first time in 10 years, government data showed on Monday, as growing renewable generation met growth in electricity demand even ...
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
For UK readers of my vintage (mostly): '1066 & All That' is the ultimate skuel-boy history of everything. The book ends in 1919 with "America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a ...." DJT’s letter nails the skuel-boy venacular. Is it a new last chapter? www.ft.com/content/ff64...
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Donald Trump links Greenland pursuit to failure to win Nobel Prize
US president texts Norwegian leader that he no longer feels obliged ‘to think purely of Peace’ after missing out on award
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Renewables support a high-tech industrial revolution that is sweeping the world. Cheap energy is irresistible. There are a few Luddites out there. No prizes for knowing who said this: “SCAM OF THE CENTURY!” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Opinion | Trump is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World.
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The rising cost of electricity rates will make the payback time on commercial solar installations 33% shorter. 🧪🔌☀️💡💨💧🔋 pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/14/e...
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Electricity rate hikes slash commercial solar payback periods by 33%, says Wood Mackenzie
Soaring utility costs and rising power demand are recalibrating the financial outlook for the United States non-residential solar market.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Bad news for Trump. Good news for the USA & cheaper energy for consumers.
politico.com
Trump suffers major losses in his war on offshore wind
The administration’s arguments that offshore wind farms present a national security risk failed to convince judges in three separate courts.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The project is 90% complete. Stopping it is economically nuts. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Orsted Offshore Wind Project Revived Amid Legal Battle With Trump
The Trump administration has lost a legal battle in its war on wind. A judge has ruled that wind developer Orsted can restart construction on its Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The world has an oil glut. Indian/Chinese consumption is falling as the world electrifies fast. Oil assets are stranding because renewables are cheaper to build, run and consume. Ask the bankers and investors. It‘s all about money. Trump's Venezuelan venture is the death rattle of a dying era.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If Trump wants to makes real money and keep up with China, he needs to throw everything at renewables. If not he’s going to join the growing list of fossil fuel stranding assets.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year..." How many people know this? The economics are on the side of clean energy. The petrofascists know. Can they stop it?
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Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back ...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Renewables are outperforming the S&P 500 by a wide margin, while shares of power-grid technology companies are also rising. "Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year, despite policy and regulatory rollbacks in the US and Europe" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Green Debt Sales Hit Record Levels Despite Climate Backlash
Investors have piled into climate-friendly assets this year despite policy and regulatory rollbacks in the US and Europe, as artificial intelligence drives a boom in energy infrastructure demand.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Aww. What a lovely story!
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
If Ford are making a good bet (they are) then this is a big signal of the accelerating shrinkage of the fossil fuel industry. Decline and fall. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Why Ford Is Expanding Its Partnership With Top Chinese Battery Maker
An existing deal with CATL will allow the US automaker to tap into the growing demand for utility-grade batteries.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Saudi Arabia wants to host the world’s cheapest data centres. And they’ll power them with a massive investment in renewable energy. economist.com/science-and-... from The Economist
economist.com
Saudi Arabia wants to host the world’s cheapest data centres
With plentiful land and electricity on hand, the kingdom thinks it has found an edge
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
JP Morgan are predicting a 50% oil price collapse within 2 years.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
If past experience is an indicator, these small beginnings will accelerate. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Global Coal Demand Is Stalling, IEA Says
Global demand for coal is stalling and will gradually decline over the next five years, according to a fresh report. Whether we’ve truly hit “peak coal,” however, depends China.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
“Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, now it’s anytime dispatchable electricity,” said Rangelova. “This is a game-changer for countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources.”
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Just add shrinking demand … www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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A Billion-Barrel Oil Glut Is Forming at Sea
Geopolitics and sanctions are causing crude to accumulate on the ocean.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Storage is the fossil fuel killer.
finance.yahoo.com
Energy storage industry set aggressive goals for 2025 — and already crushed them
The battery storage industry in the U.S. has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years, surpassing its most aggressive targets to become one of the largest new sources of power on the grid.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
VP JD Vance met the boss of Renewables/Solar company T1 Energy a wk ago (in public) in a public endorsement. Shares were at the low point below. Since then, their price has almost doubled. Makes me wonder which way the White House is facing. Creaking FFs or profitable renewables?
T1 Energy soars after a visit by JD Vance
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Trump wants to kill off renewables. So how’s it going? He needs them to power AI (below). Their stocks are out performing the S&P. Vance is visit renewables companies further boosting stocks. Follow the money. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Trump’s AI Push May Hinge on Renewable Energy
President Donald Trump is pro-AI and anti-renewables. But those two stances are increasingly contradictory: Data centers need quick power on the cheap, and that’s exactly what renewables offer.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I wish you well, Paul. Our paths crossed often & I too would point to Thatcher’s UN speech as turning point. It still reads well today. You’re right about nuclear: Stranding Assets. It cannot possibly compete with the current generation of renewables.
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lleopard11.bsky.social @lleopard11.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
JPMorgan says oil prices could crash more than 50% in the next 2 years Demand growth is slowing, while supply is expected to continue rising steadily www.businessinsider.com/oil-price-cr...
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Why oil prices could crash more than 50% in the next 2 years
Oil demand has defied bearish predictions to keep rising, but supply is set to increase even more, dragging crude prices lower through 2027.
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Richard Wilson @fishrise.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Vance has been out sweet-talking renewable energy companies. T1 Energy, for example. The White House is easily seduced by profits & big growth numbers. Follow the money.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“You muppet - you’re holding the map upside down” From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1419, May 2016.
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