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Paul van Brakel

@paulvanbrakel.bsky.social

Retired enviro eng 1st cab off the rank will probably be AMOC Net Zero = BAU Marketing Strategy Embrace Biodiversity No profile = no follow Smile while you work Aotearoa New Zealand

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GreenLeft Network 🍉@nzgreenleft.bsky.social · 2d ago

Get yourself enrolled to vote and if you whakapapa Māori, join the Māori electoral roll BEFORE it closes on August 6 Because NZ First supporters will vote National and ACT supporters will vote And would you want their double-standard voices to be the only voice in Parliament next year? #nzpol

RNZ Headlin: “Winston Peters refuses to apologise for ‘racist’ comments after meeting with PM”RNZ Headline: “Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker’s ‘double standards’”
Paul van Brakel@paulvanbrakel.bsky.social · yesterday

Cost of scarcity when all the heat was cranked up last night when the temperatures were low spot electricity viz. peak half hourly average hitting $20769/MWh or $207.69/kWh at Otahuhu GXP (Grid Exit Point) during Trading Period 40 between 730 and 8pm(Grid Exit Point), but wait for it.../1 #nzpol

High spot electricity prices as seen on WITS (Wholesale Information Trading System) last night Tue 4th Aug 2026 as temperatures drop. Peak half hourly average hitting $20769/MWh or $207.69/kWh at Otahuhu GXP (Grid Exit Point) during Trading Period 40 between 730 and 8pm
Richard Murphy@richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 2d ago

Much of what is said about economics is little better than gaslighting.... I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.

An infographic on economic gaslighting
Paul van Brakel@paulvanbrakel.bsky.social · 3d ago

"between 2010 and 2019, around 4000 weather-related disturbances impacted nuclear power plants worldwide, mainly due to elevated cooling water temperatures, marking a threefold increase compared to 1990–2009" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ClimateCrisis

Weather-induced power plant outages: Empirical evidence from hydro and thermal generators in Europe

This paper investigates how extreme weather conditions affect power generators across Europe, with a focus on the differing vulnerabilities and adapti…

sciencedirect.com

European Politics Briefly@europolbriefly.bsky.social · 3d ago

Record-low Danube water levels force Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant to suspend operations, risking weeks of reduced electricity and prompting energy-use cutbacks.

Terre-Strial@terre-strial.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Arctic Circle just reached a temperature that once seemed almost impossible for such a frozen region: above 100°F, or 38°C … a shocking first … fragile regions are rapidly changing. Sometimes one number can tell a much bigger story … climate change is no longer distant. It’s here. It’s now.

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Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 6d ago

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

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Dylan McConnell@dylanjmcconnell.bsky.social · last wk.

.. "Consumers should brace for hefty increases in the cost of generating electricity as data centres suck up vast quantities of power faster than new plants can be built" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

'Mismatch' between data centres and power projects that has experts worried

Consumers should brace for hefty increases in the cost of generating electricity as data centres suck up vast quantities of power faster than new plants can be built, experts say.

abc.net.au

Paul van Brakel@paulvanbrakel.bsky.social · last wk.

"Right now, New Zealand is 87th in the world for solar generation per capita" Whose vested interest is it for solar uptake to be slow?Remember power supply closest to demand reduces transmission cost What incentives do lines companies need to improve? #election26 #nzpol www.nzgeo.com/stories/snar...

Snaring the sun

The age of fossil fuels is ending, and the world is entering the era of solar power. What matters now is how fast we make the shift.

nzgeo.com

Paul van Brakel@paulvanbrakel.bsky.social · 2w ago

Syriah, our cat of 16.5y died this afternoon 😭 My favourite pic of her 3y ago After we saved and moved from town to the countryside she became a country cat and used to come on walks with us and the dog Possum around the market gardens hiding in the hedgerow if she heard an unfamiliar bark...

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