Ketan Joshi
Clean energy analyst/author focusing on wind, solar, grid batteries (BESS), and transitions off fossil fuels.
Michigan Data Centers Could Cost $119B in Damages
"under the existing laws, our analysis shows that the expected growth in data centers would lead to $118 billion in climate damages and $1.6 billion in health damages by 2050 due to air pollution and emissions from fossil fuel power plants in Michigan" https://blog.ucs.org/lee-shaver/as-data-centers-test-michigans-grid-its-time-to-strengthen-clean-energy-standards-not-abandon-them/
AI Hype Won’t Solve Renewable Energy, Warns Carbon Removal Fallout
It remains oddly frustrating to see "we should piggyback off big tech's AI boom to fuel renewable energy" considering the outcomes of that same thinking for the carbon removal industry. https://heatmap.news/carbon-removal/microsoft-carbon-removal-pause
Climate Ambition Could Slash Oil Demand
If the world had followed ambitious climate scenarios, global oil demand would be at least 20% lower than it is today - about the same volume of oil that flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
Fossil Fuels Must End: They Threaten All Life
A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us. If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended...
Oil CEOs Dump $1.4B Stock, Fastest in 15 Years
" In the first three months of this year, oil CEOs sold $1.4 billion worth of their own stock—the fastest pace of selling in 15 years. At a dozen companies, the selling broke all-time records" https://heated.world/p/chevrons-ceo-made-104-million-while
Data Centers and AI Won’t Fix Climate, Raise Bills
I will never understand how anyone can look at a situation like this and think "man, data centres and AI are really going to help solve climate change and incentivse renewable energy" https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2026/04/03/the-supply-crunch-that-could-raise-your-electric-bill-00858418?_sc=MTA0OTY5MjQjMTM3OTQ%3D
IEA Tracker Reveals Policies Locking In Fossil Dependence
I hope the IEA can keep this updated - a massive global overview of policies enacted in response to the latest fossil fuel crisis. Terrifying how many of these will help lock in fossil fuel reliance, worsen climate pollution, suck...
Ex‑Shell Blogger Blames Renewables for Fuel Crisis
Amazing clip of former Shell employee and now right-wing News Corp blogger Liam Barlett blaming the fossil fuel crisis on renewables (while Australia's energy minister very patiently tries to ask him WTF he means) (for some reason News Corp decided to...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Tax Cuts, and Deregulation Restored
So now the strait is open all of the fossil fuel subsidies, fossil tax cuts and weakening of environmental regulations wil be set back to normal, right?
Second Fossil Fuel Crisis Threatens Rationing and Societal Collapse
Spoke to @trtworld about the consequences of the second fossil fuel crisis of the 2020s - including extreme limitations, rationing and probably major societal changes if this all keeps getting worse
Relying on AI for Facts Erodes Your Brain
I cannot emphasise this enough: if you are relying on generative AI as a source of information ABOUT ANYTHING - then YOU, yes, YOU are having your brain actively decayed by a technology corporation. I know you get a moment...
Delayed Fossil Fuel Phaseout Forces Sudden Overnight Shutdown
Cheers to everyone who delayed fossil fuel phaseout by saying "you can't switch off fossil fuels overnight" Because thanks to them everyone now has to face a situation where fossil fuels are switched off overnight 🙃🙃🙃
Voluntary Data‑Center Pledges: History Shows No Real
who among you is brave enough to take a guess what happened the last time tech companies made a voluntary pledge to protect the public from the harmful impacts of data centre over-development
Grid Batteries Displace Fossil Gas, Australia Leads
HEY FRIENDS A rare treat: I'm talking about something not only good but so good that it makes the cynics and climate delayers look amusingly silly. Big grid batteries are pushing dirty, expensive fossil gas out of the power grid,...