This is pure extraction of wealth from one group of people to another We urgently need: Windfall tax on oil giants Windfall tax on banks Both are creaming money off us during a cost of living crisis Even Thatcher had the balls to tax the banks Will you @andyburnham?

I just want to be calm, at peace - but with a large following I have to accept how I like people but am not 100% perfect

I don't like WTF Volts or whatever. Listening to the Serbian genocide

Why we are getting more stupid | Slavoj Žižek FULL INTERVIEW

YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas

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Idiotic people. I always blame others. But I truly live in a region that is sympathetic to my needs and my genufacture

I'm waiting for the new American movie. Not the new French movie or Swedish movie. And no, not hopefully with an AI assist

You can't have sex in Europe, because you can't drive 3,000km to do it in another country

If GDP growth is about maximising productivity in robot/black/afro-caribbean development, then neoliberalism is doing a really good job

My friend Christophe Said (who is French) says that Lille is not even amazing.

If anyone hasn't seen Harrison Ford in Bladerunner, they haven't seen the wildfires of Canada. Hydrofracking is a shitshow

I really like myself. It's a problem.

Daniel@danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 2d ago

People should be nice, pleasant, sweet, focused, conscientious, ideally plant-based lower cost food, better healthcare, vastly reduced childbirth, quality-of-life/standard-of-living metrics, long lifespans, robots for stuff you don't like, etc

Trying to create more value for others, whilst remaining true to myself. A better life for all, and for all

Either this is absurdist humour or some profoundly different gear-switch has been initiated within The Economist

The Economist@economist.com · yesterday

Hong Kongers love their pets. This week’s “Drum Tower” podcast hears from officials and retailers who hope animal lovers can help save the city’s retail sector. Listen now

Every single oil price spike for the past four decades in Europe has been proceeded by an interest rate increase by the ECB. Financial shareholders cash in *only* when fossil shareholders are simultaneously cashing in

Will Stronge@wstronge.bsky.social · yesterday

This is truly wild.

Classic double-speak from the ECB. Completely accepting that climate breakdown carries enormous costs but doing *nothing, ever* to rein in fossil profiteering via a monetary policy system that is completely biased against renewables Laughing about the situation, because they profit regardless

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy

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IOCs need a high oil price to make money, and without a high oil price most shale oil is not economic within a shareholder basis. A high oil price also increases inflation, which means the single policy lever of the interest rate mechanism also comes into effect Shareholders profit at all stages

Isabella M. Weber@isabellamweber.bsky.social · 2d ago

(1/2) The Iran war is a redistribution machine: Big oil profits have shot up to historic highs. Our research shows that 50% of fossil fuel profits go to the richest 1% in the U.S. The rich are the ultimate beneficiaries of the war windfalls.

Despite an incoherent/negative policy environment set by the Commission, electrolyser capacity is ramping up consistently in the EU The target is 40GW (10mtpa) of domestic electrolysis capacity, and multiple pipelines are under construction for imports (10mpta), equalling 7.5% of total EU energy

Exports to Europe to start in 2027, scaling beyond 2.7GW on a 150-square-kilometre site 50,000 square kilometers have already been zoned for hydrogen production, reaching 1-1.5mtpa by 2030, and 8.5mtpa by 2050

@hydrogenfuelnews.bsky.social · 6d ago

Oman’s Duqm Transforms into a Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Export Hub https://hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-news-oman-s-duqm-transforms-into-a-green-hydrogen-and-ammonia-export-hu

If as much was invested in hydrogen as is being invested in data centres, rich western countries could completely decarbonise in a matter of years The infrastructure is being built in Europe, but not at the pace necessary

Anna Mehler Paperny@mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · last wk.

It's interesting to see AI characterized as both a natural disaster (a "deluge"; an "avalanche") and also as "inescapable." We manufacture inevitability. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

'AquaDuctus is part of the AquaVentus initiative and will be a GW-scale offshore hydrogen pipeline located in the German North Sea' The pipeline will connect the North Sea countries of the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Norway, to Germany

Ground investigations due to start for AquaDuctus hydrogen pipeline | Ground Engineering

AquaDuctus Pipeline GmbH is launching ground investigation works for the planned AquaDuctus hydrogen import pipeline.

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'H2DRIA forms the southern foundation of the South-East European Hydrogen Corridor (SEEHyC). The 2,854km corridor aims to transport up to 80GWh of hydrogen daily—roughly 800,000 metric tons per year—from Mediterranean production centers to heavy industry in Germany and the Czech Republic.'

DESFA Launches $9.8 Million Tender for 570-Km Hydrogen Pipeline

Greek natural gas grid operator DESFA has invited bids for an 8.6 million euro ($9.8 million) detailed engineering design contract for the

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“England’s green and pleasant land” becoming “England’s brown and scorched land” — effects of a long-lived heatwave and little rainfall on vegetation in England evident in these images from NOAA-20 today (left) and 18 July 2024 (right) during closer to average conditions.

'China’s manufacturing capacity for alkaline water electrolysis is set to reach a whopping 43.77 GW, with an additional 2.7 GW coming from PEM electrolyzers' This is equivalent to the average electricity supply of Italy or Spain. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 - 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁

Green hydrogen production: China’s 43.77 GW alkaline and 2.7 GW PEM capacity signals overcapacity | Hydrogen Fuel News

China’s electrolyser manufacturing capacity has reached 43.77 GW alkaline and 2.7 GW PEM, far outstripping project demand and driving global price declines, raising questions around overcapacity and f...

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🏗️ Salzgitter advances first SALCOS direct-reduction plant construction This is one of Europe's flagship green-steel builds moving from plan to concrete — tangible proof the hydrogen-DRI transition is being executed, not just announced. #GreenIron #DRI

'The project, expected to require total investment of around $4.5 billion, represents one of the largest clean-energy ventures planned for Western Sahara and forms part of Morocco’s wider strategy to establish itself as a global producer of green hydrogen and its derivatives.'

@europe-africa.bsky.social · last wk.

US grant boosts Morocco’s green hydrogen drive in Western Sahara https://www.europesays.com/africa/352953/ RABAT – The United States took another step in reinforcing its support for Morocco’s economic development in Western…

Another snarky and cynical climate change song. Real bite.

Cricket Songs

The new single from Phantom Handshakes From the upcoming LP 'No More Summer Songs' available to pre-order now through Z Tapes Written, recorded and mixed by Phantom Handshakes Mastered by Carl Saff

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“A Stanford-led aerial survey of the New Mexico Permian Basin … across nearly all regional oil and gas assets over a full year, recorded methane loss rates of approx 9% of production against the EPA’s national estimate of 1.4%.” @danielwilliams965.bsky.social Climate Change is a multi gas problem

Sulphur-aerosol reduction or fracked LNG imports? Revisiting James Hansen’s 2023 report ‘Global Warming in the Pipeline’ with regard to the previous global heatwave

The global 2020 shipping regulations have become the default explanation in some circles for why the 2023–2024 heatwave was so intense , but evidence suggests otherwise

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Total hydrogen demand in Germany could be up to 700TWh in 2050 As a percentage of Germany's total current energy demand this is about 35%. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗡𝗚𝗢𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 '𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘆'-𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 www.gtai.de/resource/blo...

'Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor Secures Strong Market Backing for Cross-Border Hydrogen Pipeline' The pipeline capacity is 91TWh, which is about a fifth of Germany's total electricity demand. With four other main corridors being built, this is a very positive development

#LatestUpdates GravitHy files permits for hydrogen-based low carbon steel plant in France

GravitHy files permits for hydrogen-based low carbon steel plant in France

Hydrogen-based, direct-reduced iron project developer GravitHy has filed building permit and environmental authorization applications for its planned low-carbon iron project at Fos-sur-Mer, France, marking a key regulatory step for one of Europe’s emerging hydrogen-based steel decarbonization projects. The French industrial company is targeting an annual production of 2 million metric tons of hot briquetted iron … The post GravitHy files permits for hydrogen-based low carbon steel plant in France first appeared on EUROMETAL.

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North Macedonia completes first national hydrogen study https://www.byteseu.com/2224709/ North Macedonia’s first national hydrogen study outlined concrete scenarios for hydrogen development through 2050. It includes detailed analyses of integrating renewable energy sources, building hydrogen …

North Macedonia completes first national hydrogen study - Bytes Europe

With technical support from the European Union, the Ministry of Energy, Mining, and Mineral Resources has successfully finalized the country’s first

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