Der Tankrabatt sei laut Merz "ein starkes Signal für unser Land". Also für mich ist das ein Armutszeugnis. Das Land ist abhängig von fossilen Ölkonzernen und statt den Verbrauch drastisch zu reduzieren (Tempolimit, Elektrifizierung, ...), wird der Verbrauch jetzt auch noch massiv subventioniert.

Statt den Ölverbrauch noch mehr zu subventionieren, sollte man ihn senken! www.deutschlandfunk.de/hohe-sprit-u...

Tankrabatt ist keine Lösung: Der Ölverbrauch muss sinken, sagt Ökonom Klaus-Jürgen Gern

Wegen des Irankriegs wird das Öl auf dem Weltmarkt knapp und die Energiepreise steigen. Ökonom Klaus-Jürgen Gern plädiert dafür, den Ölverbrauch zu senken.

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“This is fucking war!” A late-night meeting in House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office went off the rails, with multiple sources describing the session as one of the most contentious this year. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/hou...

House Republican Meeting Turns Into Shouting Match: ‘This Is Fucking War!’

Speaker Mike Johnson summoned top GOP members to discuss suspending the gas tax, but the session got ugly and personal.

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SCOOP: Republicans left a closed-door briefing on Trump’s Venezuelan oil deal frustrated with the lack of detail provided and with learning it won’t do much, if anything, to lower gas prices before the midterm elections www.washingtonsun.com/us-news/trum...

Trump Officials Say the Venezuelan Oil Deal Won’t Lower Gas Prices Before the Midterms

“There weren’t a whole lot of answers,” one House Republican said after State officials briefed lawmakers about the deal.

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Investing in Russian government bonds would have over twice the yield PER MONTH compared to Swiss bonds per year (0.54%)

Iikka Korhonen@iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 4d ago

#Russia seven-year govt bond yielding 16.31%. That’s, like, a lot.

On Thursday, I will join with Sharon Squassoni to argue “No Deal” at a Council on Foreign Relations debate in Washington. Here is my basic argument against this corrupt, sweetheart deal that sacrifices American national security for personal profit. joecirincione.substack.com/p/the-saudi-...

The Saudi Nuclear Bomb Program

Trump just green-lighted a deal that will give Mohammed bin Salman what he has wanted for a decade - all the ingredients for a nuclear bomb. Chaos will follow. It is the worst nuclear deal in history.

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Hallitusohjelma: "Hallitus huolehtii pienen mittakaavan uusiutuvan sähkön- ja lämmöntuotannon investointi­ympäristöstä. Vahvistetaan kotitalouksien ja yritysten mahdollisuuksia rakentaa omaa sähköverkkoa ja kytkeä siihen sähkön pientuotantoa..." Tämäkin lupaus rikottiin

BalkonSolar (via 🇪🇺sky)@balkon.solar · 4d ago

#Parvekevoimalat sallittava myös Suomessa. Monet Euroopan maat kuten Saksa, Iso-Britannia ja Ranska ovat jo sallinneet aurinkosähkön syöttämisen suoraan asunnon pistorasiaan 800 W tehoon asti. #pluginsolar #finland #suomi #legalizeit

So when do we lock them up for taking bribes? Because they have.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

New in PN: Alito & Thomas keep pedal to the metal "The only place where election fraud is real is in the right-wing media ecosystem where they marinate. And b/c they are so steeped in online misinfo & conservative grievance, they're willing to sacrifice every principle of law they ever espoused."

For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...

CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief

Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).

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Heating oil just hit $5.39/gallon in Maine, 60% above last year. A heat pump installed today pays back in 3–5 years and you keep the oil system for backup. 4.79 million households should be making this call right now. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Heating oil is at its highest level in years across the Northeast at ~$6.00/gallon. Families are budgeting around $2,300 this season — up $600 from last year. Close watchers who once described Middle…...

Heating oil is at its highest level in years across the Northeast at ~$6.00/gallon. Families are budgeting around $2,300 this season — up $600 from last year. Close watchers who once described Middle ...

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Power generation from coal and gas fell 4% in China in August, as solar and wind covered all electricity demand growth and hydropower and nuclear grew as well. Cement production fell 12%, crude steel 4% and oil refinery output 7%, indicating emission reductions across the board.

Trump has only declared victory in the Iran war once this month. Concerning.

Die Solaranlagen in Deutschland haben im laufenden Jahr 2026 schon mehr Solarstrom erzeugt als im kompletten Jahr 2025. www.energy-charts.info/charts/energ...

Finnish media is finally catching on #BalconySolar benefits: ✅ energy security ✅ decarbonisation ✅ cost But this interview with @jeroahola.bsky.social contains two misleading figures: 🇩🇪 Germany has 4-5 million units in use, not 1 million 💶 Prices start at €240, not €500 yle.fi/a/74-20245351

Yli miljoona saksalaista tuottaa jo halpaa sähköä itselleen – Suomen viranomainen: Ei käy

LUT-yliopiston professorin mielestä Suomen pitäisi selvittää, onko laajalti Euroopassa hyväksytty aurinkovoiman muoto mahdollista hyväksyä myös Suomessa.

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Another remarkable discovery in the Finnish media is that #BalconySolar is actually safe and making huge progress worldwide. It feels as if Finns had no idea what is happening outside our borders. Germany already has millions of #Balkonkraftwerk units in use and Finland still claims this […]

Even the traditionally pro-nuclear Finnish media appears to finally comprehend that nuclear power is prohibitively expensive. https://yle.fi/a/74-20245890

Same here in France, big announcements on SMRs, lots of unresolved questions, but a great way to deprioritize renewables. www.ladepeche.fr/2025/09/25/r...

Relance du nucléaire : les petits réacteurs SMR à la peine

Alors qu’Emmanuel Macron vise deux petits réacteurs modulaires (SMR) opérationnels d’ici 2030, un rapport de la CRE souligne à la fois leur potentiel pour la décarbonation et les nombreux freins à lev...

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Whatever you think about the chance that 'small' nuclear reactors (SMRs) will become a viable part of our future energy system, the idea that they will is definitely being used at the local and regional level in the Netherlands to slow down the buildout of renewables.

Gerard Brinkman@gerardbrinkman.bsky.social · last wk.

Vandaag in @eenvandaag.nl uitgelegd waarom ik nieuwe kleine #kerncentrales een ridicuul idee vind. Het is een papieren werkelijkheid. Wethouders omarmen de SMR's zodat ze echte, wel werkende maatregelen niet hoeven te nemen. Het klimaat is de dupe. eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/ve...

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

So even high profile people working for #OpenAI would prefer „shutting it all down“ to just continuing down the path they are currently on. If OpenAI, Anthropic, Musk et al really are that worried, maybe they could start lobbying for international regulation SERIOUSLY, not on X?

Jos Google ostaa Loviisan ydinvoimalan tuotannosta puolet 22 vuoden ajan, pelkän sähkösopimuksen arvo on jo 4 miljardia. Onko se laskettu investointikustannukseksi?

Rantanen varmaankin tarkoittaa, että Suomi lisää kehitysyhteistyötä niin paljon että kaikki maailman kriisit ratkeavat, eikä kenenkään tarvitse koskaan lähteä pakolaiseksi. </sarkasmi>

Google’s €13bn data-centre investment raises a basic question: what does “bring your own power” actually mean? Annual matching isn’t enough. Adding some 3 TWh of wind doesn’t guarantee power when needed. During prolonged low-wind periods, the Finnish grid still carries the load yle.fi/a/74-20245301

Google announces €13bn additional investment in Finland

The money will be used to develop data centres as well as supporting infrastructure, and represents the search engine giant's largest single investment in Europe to date.

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Short sellers have reaped more than $2B in profits by shorting three small modular nuclear reactor companies—NuScale, Nano, and Oklo—over the past year, as the collapse of the one-time high-flying stocks wiped more than $30B off their combined market value - FT. seekingalpha.com/news/4634594...

Short sellers have reaped billions in profits from betting against small modular reactor firms - FT

Short sellers have reaped more than $2B in profits by shorting three small modular nuclear reactor companies - NuScale Power, Nano Nuclear Energy and Oklo - over the past year, FT reported.

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Google does add some nice local treats to their data center projects. www.fastcompany.com/91601909/why...

Why Google is helping homeowners buy heat pumps

The tech giant is funding a new program that makes households a key part of energy infrastructure.

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Suomi tarvitsee kriteerit datakeskuksille ja energiadiileille: 👉Hukkalämpö talteen kaukolämpöön 👉Sijoittuminen jo rakennettuun ympäristöön, ei luontoon 👉Sitoutuminen uuden uusiutuvan energian rakentamiseen 👉Jousto sähköverkkoon, kun sähkö kallista 👉Avoimuus energian- ja vedenkulutuksesta 3/5

In our latest FAS Nuclear Notebook we take a look at India’s nuclear arsenal, status & new developments. Freely available in: • PDF (@tandfresearch.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... • Web (@thebulletin.org) thebulletin.org/premium/2026... Questions, corrections, suggestions welcome.

"Diesel was eating us alive!" Homes and businesses lead solar boom in Nigeria. Nigeria will add ~1.7 GW in 2026. The amount of solar added from 2023-2026 in Nigeria equals 33% of Nigeria's total generation capacity! See ember-energy.org/latest-insig... businessday.ng/pro/article/... #energysky

How households showed Nigeria the solar way - Businessday NG

Nigerians who couldn't wait for state utilities to fix a grid that has failed nearly 140 times in a decade started buying solar panels and...

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Montreal: Public transit offers better returns to economy compared to private vehicles. Cars cause -2nd highest expenditure to households -Economic losses due to congestion -Economic leakage -More imports: cars, parts, fuel -Accidents Public transport increases productivity, purchasing power, jobs

The Overhead Wire@theoverheadwire.com · 2w ago

Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - Transit push in Montreal could generate more GDP than vehicular focus link.theoverheadwire.com/bx4an Global News

New #nuclear - too late, too costly for climate and energy crises.