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40 years of experience in the energy transition. Building Common Futures, a new energy transition consultancy. Posts about energy, climate, Ukraine & more. Also on Mastodon. Reposts not an endorsement, views my own. #EnergySky
"We hosted that Iranian ship. They disarmed for our naval exercise. Then America attacked."
India's ex-FM just exposed the setup.
The UK stays silent when our "allies" pull stunts like this.
Itβs about time someone said it out loud on a national news show.
Major Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.) β on Trumpβs interest in putting boots on the ground:
βWe have a situation where someone called a malignant narcissist is unfortunately drifting into a state of dementia that is difficult to manage.β
Yes, I think there's some discussion about reopening some of the closed power plants now and then.
Sources of electricity on Germany's public grid, 2015-2025
Braunkohle = brown coal
Erdgas = natural gas
Steinkohle = hard coal
Kernenergie = nuclear
Laufwasser = hydro, run of the river.
No (www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...) and yes. So we'll have to make a larger effort.
The EU imports half of its jet fuel from the Persian Gulf, whose main exit point is the Hormuz Strait that's currently blocked by Iranβs threat to hit any vessel that tries to pass it.
I don't.
Dutch farmland has a major water quality problem, in part due to the overload of manure ending up in ditches. Turns out that farmers have found a workaround: in just 7 years, they made 30,000 ditches disappear by filling them up, 1/3 of those illegally.
Bad for biodiversity and water management.
Werk aan de winkel, @jaimivanessen.bsky.social !
β¦when respect to UN charter and International law also means βEurope, firstβ.
EU adopts -90% emission reduction target for 2040, and max 5% of that by 'high-quality international targets', i.e. reductions elsewhere. 14 years to go and a *lot* of work to be done!
Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly.
Since 2015, Earth has been warming at over 0.3Β°C per decade, way faster than before!
Research letter by G. Foster and @rahmstorf.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/laur...
I think the secretary of defense should not be a psychopath
βThe 312-foot Dena and its 130-member crew, many of them musicians in the Iranian navy band, had just finished participating in an Indian government naval exercise and cultural exchange that the U.S. Navy had also participated in and were on the way home on Wednesday.β
Dutch PM Jetten: US-Israeli attacks on Iran are illegal, but we have understanding for them. nos.nl/l/2605204
Sun and wind donβt need the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian drone strikes hit energy infrastructure in Burjesia/Basra, including a Baker Hughes facility, the Rumaila oil field, and Basra airport.
The same people claiming we canβt afford health care, food assistance, or investments that help families get by somehow found $2 BILLION A DAY for a war of choice.
Donβt let anyone pretend this was about fiscal responsibility.
Oil price jumps after Qatar warns all Gulf production could stop within days Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says energy prices for everyone will rise if the Iran war continues. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy031ylgepro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Letβs see where we are in a week once people have absorbed the move in gasoline prices.
In the week since launching Operation Epic Fury, Trumpβs war without an apparent endgame has killed 787 Iranians.
When asked whether Americans should be concerned about the possibility of retaliatory attacks here in the US, Trump said:
"I guess."
EU adopts -90% emission reduction target for 2040, and max 5% of that by 'high-quality international targets', i.e. reductions elsewhere. 14 years to go and a *lot* of work to be done!
Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly.
Since 2015, Earth has been warming at over 0.3Β°C per decade, way faster than before!
Research letter by G. Foster and @rahmstorf.bsky.social
Why would we side with the friends of Russia?
The US-Israeli war against Iran has now driven up crude oil prices by around 50%.
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed two Russian Black Sea Fleet frigates were damaged in a March 2 strike on the Novorossiysk naval base: the Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov. #Ukraine
US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, killing 168 people, mainly school girls. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Good. How's that for US diplomats and officials, then?
And today was abnormally mild again (17.6C), but just short of the all-time high for the date, which was set in.... 2025.
