Amish E-Bikes, Balcony Solar, and a Djibouti Wind Boom

E-bikes are quietly transforming Amish communities, balcony solar panels are powering up UK homes, and the tiny African nation of Djibouti is making huge renewable energy strides. Plus, Brian returns from London with fresh eyes on electric taxis, streetcars, and some eyebrow-raising climate solutions.

We explore how indoor air quality is the our new air quality frontier.

Bill Gates is backing a new kind of wind energy. Plus, climate change delivers catastrophic floods to Texas.

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New groundbreaking new data on solar-plus-battery affordability, community-driven efforts to fight wildfire smoke, and the global decline of coal power. Brian prepares for a trip to London, and James shares his latest air quality observations from the smoky Canadian prairies.

They also touch on some big global issues: India’s indoor air pollution crisis, New York’s unexpected plans for new nuclear power, and China’s rapid solar and blimp tech progress. Plus, an update on fusion energy from a listener email and the usual dose of humour, clean tech insight, and righteous frustration.

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Episode Highlights:

• A Saskatchewan First Nation installs air scrubbers in homes to combat wildfire smoke

• Grid-scale batteries have become cheap enough to enable true 24/7 solar in sunny cities

• Ireland shuts down its last coal plant—only to convert it to oil

• New York State proposes a new nuclear plant amid rising demand from data centers

• Lightning Round

Links:

• 🔋 Solar + battery now 24/7 cheap (Electrek)

• ⚛️ Fusion tech breakthrough (Latitude Media)

• 🏭 Ireland ends coal (Power Magazine)

• ⚡ Arctic lightning rising (Yale e360)

• 🍃 Electric lawn tools catch on (Canary Media)

• 🛩️ China’s electric blimp (iThome)

• 🚗 Car ownership hits $12.3k/year (Bilello Blog)

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