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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 3h

As a bloke from Down Under, does that make me a foreign enema? Aye

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 08/10/2026

Some pretty graphs to go with this story More bsky.app/profile/prof...

Aus montly new vehicle sales by drivetrain

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 08/10/2026

Aus fleet age grew over past 20 years It's reversing now as availability of superior, cheaper, more affordable, lower running cost product in the form of BEVs surges over the next 2-3 years and brings retirements of ICE bsky.app/profile/prof... FBT relief supports those that can already afford it

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 08/10/2026

Yes, this is the same data for Australian monthly sales by drivetrain excluding heavy vehicles bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 07/10/2026

In the wild, old orangutan live up to 40 years old Longer in human captivity - Perth Zoo farewells one of world’s oldest Sumutran orangutan, 56-year-old Puteri www.perthnow.com.au/news/animals...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 07/10/2026

Electric vehicle adoption rates in Australia accelerating Everything will get faster from here And not just Australia China key - 80% of electric vehicles coming from China And not just Australia

Australia monthly vehicle sales data by drivetrain

Australian vehicle sales share by country

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 06/10/2026

I am aged enough to fit well with this mix of old blokes I'll add this, philosophically related on hope, but it's own view of hope and the future - and on bias of Western economists (and related) while talking with another old bloke who labelled me a Ray of Hope bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 04/10/2026

Retire the clunkers - but make the transition fair Targeted EV replacement scheme not only cuts transport costs, it also improves road safety and accelerates fleet renewal Retire, Recycle, Replace, Recharge Ray Wills, Peter Newman & Howard Buckley thedriven.io/2026/10/04/i... @thedriven.io

The erosion of ICE is well underway, the adoption of electric vehicles is actually surging, and will only go faster as the 2026 oil crisis extends as conflict with Iran is maintained. But in a cost of living crisis the concflict brings, we now need to take measures to bring equity of access - and eliminate cars with emission from our roads.

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 03/10/2026

Top 5 science disinformation (lies) by vested-interest lobbyists + eg 1 Climate Science (climate change) 2 Energy Systems (renewables) 3 Envtl Toxicology (forever chemicals) 4 Public Health (vaccinations) 5 Nutrition (sugar) Tartan Ties podcast w/ Michael Silbert from 2022 bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 02/10/2026

Nuclear power's quarter-century of stagnation has no end in sight, and has been overtaken by solar PV reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-powe... COP28 pledge triple new nuclear build Dec 2023 Dec23, world installed ☀️ Solar: 1,230GW 💨 Wind: 280GW 🔋 Battery: 185GW ☢️ Nuclear: 5GW* Build start 2017-2019

World electricity generation and battery dispatch data to 2025, estimate for 2026, Future Smart Strategies projection to 2030

Nuclear global capacity and capacity factors to 2025

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 01/10/2026

The evolution of the best time to act on climate? We can't change the past The only time to start is now (From an interview in 2022)

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 29/09/2026

Houthi attacks are a historic moment for an oil-free future The Middle East crisis is Australia’s opportunity to transition to electrification for freight, agriculture and mining. Peter Newman and Ray Wills www.afr.com/companies/en...

Houthi attacks are a historic moment for an oil-free future
Peter Newman and Ray Wills
https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/houthi-attacks-are-a-historic-moment-for-an-oil-free-future-20260928-p60zui

Fossil oil resource monthly price 1960 to 2026

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 28/09/2026

Yes - as we've detailed at length! Net zero is accessible, available at scale and affordable to all because of the enormous delivery capability of China A snippet my Ray Of Hope interview with Robert Llewellyn bsky.app/profile/prof... And thread below bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 28/09/2026

The next race is not for liquid fuels It is for cheap electrons Global evidence shows electrification is no longer a distant or marginal pathway The deployment of solar and batteries now represents the fastest energy shift in human history Wills, Newman & Buckley thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

deployment of solar and batteries now represents the fastest energy shift in human history
Ray Wills, Peter Newman & Howard Buckley
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260928-the-next-race-is-not-for-liquid-fuels-it-is-for-cheap-electrons
@fssau.futuresmart.com.au

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 28/09/2026

So, it will save us from climate change then?

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 28/09/2026

Environmental Doomsday Clock 2026 Asahi Glass Foundation survey records renewed deterioration in expert environmental risk perception Doomsday Clock doesn't say world lacks environmental knowledge or technical options, just an unwillingness to prosecute solutions

Environmental Doomsday Clock hits record high
https://system-survey.af-info.jp/search/

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 28/09/2026

Sigh It's not a passing temporary seasonal dry spell It's a long-term drying climate Data is clear Incontrovertible Farmers not taking action on climate change are asleep at the wheel Farmers supporting an absence of political action are backing long term end to what they do bsky.app/profile/prof...

Long-term stream flow data for Western Australia in a drying climate

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 28/09/2026

Within a decade, on current trends, gas will be exiting Australian data shows impact of gas on volume weighted pricing on Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) - and how renewables and batteries bring the price down bsky.app/profile/prof... Renewables overtaking fossil generation in 2026

Electricity generation in Australia renewables vs fossils

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 27/09/2026

Mount Lawley Golf Club member Tim McAuliffe named Volunteer of Year in Golf Australia’s 2026 National Awards of Excellence helping lead MLGC volunteer group since 2019 to bring >20,000 native plants to revegetate course, enable MLGC to be relocation site of 37 quenda www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0VJch9oVvPZrgtxzq61uLsrsX4CXW9R4DDDNpJcsE6GnH1N9srUtKAg2ymAFk9bTtl&id=100039862821065

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 27/09/2026

The imperative of diversity. Diversity in your project can bring results you couldn't have imagined. Literally. “It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” ― Steve Jobs

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 26/09/2026

USA is a belligerent petrostate China is the innovative electrostate Europe appears to be just in a State of Confusion My interview on Climate Confident with @tomraftery.com (and a call out to @mliebreich.bsky.social)

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 26/09/2026

Thru the 1950s & 1960s, California built 100 miles of freeways a year, mandating car infrastructure, minimising pedestrian spaces, removing trams, deprioritising public transit CAL patient zero - the whole world caught car culture disease But cars are not the only choice …

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 25/09/2026

Power from where you live - not imported from overseas (after you've waged war and killed people) bsky.app/profile/prof...

shine baby shine - solar energy yield per hectare compared to liquid fuel yield per hectare

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 25/09/2026

In previous oil crises, we didn't have an accessible, affordable technology to replace the internal combustion engine

Oil displaced by EVs
@fssau.futuresmart.com.au

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 23/09/2026

As of my birthday in July, I'm now a senior for climate action👨‍🦳 Which adds to my list of: - scientist for climate action - ecologist for climate action - farmer for climate action and to make one up - rational human for climate action I'm a Phd, not a medic so I'm not a Doctors for the Environment…

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 20/09/2026

I know it's probably rhetorical, but here, have an explainer From my interview with Tom Raftery on Tom's Climate Confident podcast Full interview Youtube link youtu.be/W6TAoIpMPIg?... (The Michael I mention is @mliebreich.bsky.social) (I am choreographing an interpretive dance version)

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 19/09/2026

Did I mention? 18 Sep 2026 in Perth was actually hot, too Not as hot as the day before Not summer hot 1st month of spring Got a sense of deja vu yet? It wasn't just another warm spring day It was actually record breaking hot day Did you see it reported on the news? #isithotrightnow #climatechange

18 Sep 2026 in Perth was hot
See there's more and more red dots above the 95% line?
That's global warming

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 19/09/2026

17 Sep 2026 in Perth was hot Most people thought it was just a warm spring day But it was actually record breaking hot Just like it was the day before Did you see it reported on the news? #isithotrightnow #climatechange

17 Sep 2026 in Perth was hot
See there's more and more red dots above the 95% line?
That's global warming

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 18/09/2026

It's almost entirely people driving cars that kill people not in cars bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 17/09/2026

16 Sep 2026 in Perth was hot Record breaking hot Most people thought it was just a warm spring day See there's more and more red dots above the 95% line? That's global warming Greenhouse gas emissions causes global warming driving climate change #isithotrightnow

Red dots (high temperature days) trending up?

Blue dots trending up (low temperature days), too?

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 17/09/2026

The PHEV emissions problem is not the plug in the hybrid It is the ‘plug-in maybes’ Latest EU data on plug-in hybrids show real-world fuel use & emissions far higher than lab results suggest (But PHEVs still little cleaner than regular ICE & hybrids) thedriven.io/2026/09/16/t... @thedriven.io

The PHEV emissions problem is not the plug-in hybrid. It is the ‘plug-in maybes’
https://thedriven.io/2026/09/16/the-phev-problem-is-not-the-plug-in-hybrid-it-is-the-plug-in-maybes/

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 16/09/2026

Yeah, I've written a few things bsky.app/profile/prof...

Australia's fleet by drivetrain so far - and BEV fleet displacing oil

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 15/09/2026

BYD Commercial Vehicles unveils its growing European line-up 3.5 to 44 tonnes Flagship: ETT 44 electric tractor Electric spec: 651 kWh Blade Battery, 600km range, 1,000 hp peak; 1.5MW⚡Charging, 20 -> 80% ~20 mins; Euro NCAP: 5 stars, CitySafe IAA Transportation

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 15/09/2026

Oil price on rise But oil in decline China's electrification critical step reducing global oil demand Biggest oil displacement in China! Each month of oil crisis will add 5%+ to global EV sales! Including trucks! IMO with more pricing stimulus even faster than model bsky.app/profile/prof...

global oil demand falls with accelerating electrification

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 14/09/2026

We have to be ambitious to take advantage of the fastest change in energy generation in human history - being too slow will only cost money and more emissions More bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 11/09/2026

Delighted to be selected as Energy Professional of the Year in Australian Institute of Energy's 10th WA Energy Awards at the Energy in WA Conference Gala Night in Perth last night Especially in 2026: this year will be the fastest energy transition in human history Next year will be faster

Prof Ray Wills receiving the Energy Professional of the Year in Australian Institute of Energy's 10th WA Energy Awards at the Energy in WA Conference Gala Night in Perth

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 11/09/2026

Cottesloe’s bustling Marine Parade will soon have a consistent lower speed limit to protect pedestrians The safest speed is under 30km/h - that's just physics Image PerthNow Marine Parade, Cottesloe, Western Australia

Image PerthNow
Marine Parade, Cottesloe, Western Australia

The physics of speed and what kills pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 10/09/2026

ABC @news.abc.net.au used to interview me on this stuff Me on the record to ABC News in 2008 talking about sea level rise and climate change Back then I said we had to act by 2020 t.co/hrH8uNnxw7 Sadly, in 2026, I was right It's 2026, now it's a #ClimateEmergency Now we can only make it less bad

Me on the record to ABC News in 2008 talking about sea level rise and climate change - from the other place

Projections for 5M sea level rise on Mandurah by 2100 from around 2006

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 10/09/2026

We are living through the fastest energy transition in human history - we are still having difficulty accepting that it can be this fast We are at the pointy end now. 5 years ago, getting it wrong did not carry you terribly far into the future From here on, it will be scary if you get it wrong

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 09/09/2026

Familiar with that context, but the overwhelming reason is hygiene. If you are standing next to the toilet with the lid up when you flush, guess what else the aerosols go. Humans coughing are worse than toilets - a more forceful aerosol ejection

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 09/09/2026

While closing the dunny lid before you flush may not keep all the aerosols in, rest assured it's much better than leaving the lid up In you bathroom, those aerosols will wander out and land on your toothbrush (along with the floor and every other surface) Put the toilet lid down before your flush

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 08/09/2026

Fossil fuel hierarchy is collapsing as the EV fleet crocodile meets the renewable grid crocodile By Ray Wills and Peter Newman @thedriven.io

Fossil is almost done as electrified cars and pure battery electric vehicles move to dominance in the market

Fossil is almost done as fossil fuel generation share prepares to be permanently passed by renewables generation in the NEM market

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 06/09/2026

I found this picture of Perisher's ice cream van More from me: bsky.app/profile/prof... Art Work - melted ice cream van

Art Work - melted ice cream van
melted-2 www.thisiscolossal.com

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 06/09/2026

Remember #dieselgate - car companies fraudulently avoiding compliance, and avoiding action to reduce emissions in cars Car companies that are asking to remove ICE bans in the EU are the same ones that are going down the gurgler Resistance is futile, cars will be decarbonised

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 05/09/2026

Some suggestions of how ferries should go from me in 2017

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 03/09/2026

Freight, energy and regional sovereignty: planning infrastructure for the future Australia’s regional freight debate often seen as contest of rail v trucks But both can improve energy & regional sovereignty, reduce road trauma, & enable passenger rail thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...

Change in drive train of Australia's vehicle fleet is already happening and more coming

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 01/09/2026

I started with Nepal (which was the correct answer, in the end) but, yes, wonderful Bhutan was the country I was trying to remember and name - the graph for the uptake of electric cars in Nepal:

the graph for the uptake of electric cars in Nepal

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 31/08/2026

The H5N1 Bird Flu Challenge – Chooks Or Wildlife? An update Prof Ray Wills and Prof Peter Newman fremantleshippingnews.com.au/2026/08/31/t...

Greater Crested Terns - Rebecca Harrison - Birdlife Aus

A sample of the species killed so far by H5N1

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