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@AlanSmithee1987 @scottpsolomon A rather impatient and “directive” interviewer at that ….

@Noahpinion Apparently the @rhodium_group modeling has a scenario in which with low gas prices the switching goes absolutely in the wrong direction after 2025. You

“Reason there are currently any climate provisions in Biden's infrastructure package is because of "chattering leftists” the NYT & fellow travelers are telling to pipe

@BickerinBrattle @yayitsrob @rhodium_group Dont get me wrong. Its huge. But as @rhodium_group says. Comes a point when that substitution begins to tip balance in wrong

US CO2 emissions have been falling since 2005 regardless of Bush/Obama/Trump. Why? Not industry. Not transport. But due to large decline in GHG frm energy

Green vortex? @yayitsrob read recent @rhodium_group stock take on CO2 emissions in optimistic terms. Despite Trump US emissions came down. True. But nowhere near enough

RT @georgemagnus1: Herein hangs a tale. Important one too. To show toughness on moral hazard and invite/manage potential instability as go…

First @yayitsrob explains how the oil end game unleashes a perverse logic of cheapening/dumping oil & then declares the carbon tax in the US dead.

This may be harebrained, but does anyone know of a comparison of the TV work of Adam Curtis and Alexander Kluge? H/t @scottpsolomon https://t.co/McdxfHQrS9

@scottpsolomon @paulacabotlodge Oh that’s funny … It isnt even a spelling mistake. It goes deeper than that … I thought my brain was full of

This may be hairbrained, but does anyone know of a comparison of the TV work of Adam Curtis and Alexander Kluge? dctp.tv https://t.co/HBTOsE0lTj

With EV skateboard platforms to work with are we about to enter a new golden age of coach building in automotive design? autoweek.com/news/trucks/a3… https://t.co/dBr1z1g3TT

Rather stylish Wartburg 353C design study by the GDR design legend Karl Clauss Dietel. In 1965/6 that would have been futuristic! h/t @LiatSpiro stiftung-industrie-alltagskultur.de/projekte/desig… https://t.co/5TceB3eHgi

1962 design study for Wartburg estate by GDR design guru Karl Clauss Dietel. H/t @LiatSpiro stiftung-industrie-alltagskultur.de/projekte/desig… https://t.co/rDbNEXMurx

@LiatSpiro I seem to remember that Ralf actually apprenticed in the Trabi or the Wartburg plant in the final years of the GDR.

@LiatSpiro Total empathize which is why Ristuccia and I were so enthused by these overall surveys of machine-tool use which we found for the 1930s

RT @NewStatesman: This week's cover: The Chinese Century. The making of an economic superpower, by @adam_tooze. newstatesman.com/international/… ht…

@postdiscipline @alexdoherty7 @poltheoryother @VersoBooks @tribunemagazine Plus labs are not incidental. They are the techno scientific apparatus through which we manage modernity. There are going to

@Rodpac Thank you.

Six Chinese provinces have committed at least $17bn to bailout funds for SOE, as Yongcheng crisis in Henan demonstrated risks to provincial economies. Are the

Decoupling -> capital inefficiency in chip business -> “There is a beneficiary of that capital inefficiency, and that’s us.” ASML as maker of machines to

2/3 of energy transformed for end use in the US in 2019 was ultimately wasted. Doing something about that would transform the climate equation. A

RT @LiatSpiro: @adam_tooze Also, his work is an exception to the rule of focusing solely on the Rhine-Ruhr. In my case, researching machine…

EU has set the ambitious goal of doubling its share of the global semiconductor market by 2030, and US chipmaker Intel is eager to be

Launching IPOs for Chinese mega corps has been great business for Wall Street, but how long can it continue? ft.com/content/90620c… https://t.co/uHoXyoCudj

Driving down Polysilicon costs is what enabled China to transform the solar PV game. That crucially depends on access to ultra cheap coal-generated electricity. This

Thucydides trap model for thinking about China v. West stylizes moment of “break” a la 1914 -> complicit with naive liberal convergence model. Fact is

"Global investment banks are racing to redirect Chinese groups’ initial public offerings towards HK after new cyber security rules instituted by Beijing halted lucrative tech

Independence from what? Great to see @stefeich essay on the REAL problem of central bank independence for @justmoneyorg featured amongst @FT @FTAlphaville further reading links

"a ton of polysilicon – the silicon in PV cells – uses 60-70MWh per ton, roughly seven times the energy intensity of aluminum. It is

Great image: like the cover of one of those classic 1960s/70s sci-fi novels. Spain’s Iberdrola, world’s third largest utility!, is considering hiving off its offshore

I dont share Andreas Malm’s politics, but I really admire his historical creativity, his intellectual energy and his eloquence. This podcast with @alexdoherty7 is really

“It’s heavier than a Sherman tank. It’s too small. And it’s as stealthy as a Ford Transit full of spanners.” Im no expert on Britain’s

Business continues to “couple” Sino-US even as "incremental build-up of decoupling rules & regs” continues. Something's got to give. @georgemagnus1 ft.com/content/471fed… Pairs well with my

@RobbieShilliam @CJFDillow @AaronBastani @alexdoherty7 Thanks so much for that interview. I learned so much. Brilliant stuff.

@CJFDillow @AaronBastani @RobbieShilliam @alexdoherty7 Oh I wasn’t meaning to suggest doubt. I completely agree. The stuff on Powell was mind-blowing.