There really isnt one world decarbonization problem but at LEAST four distinct configurations: G7 – "transition" China – coal-to-green hairpin India – sustainable development Africa – energy by any means possible Chartbook Carbon Notes #1 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ca… https://t.co/tlzirLpqSs
Germany and Italy have blown apart an EU plan to ban internal combustion engines by 2035, as the European car industry’s heartlands mount a fightback against ambitious carbon goals. Demanding exemptions for synthetics! ft.com/content/23e1fb…
"The fracturing of common front, which had included all the leading opposition forces except the pro-Kurdish HDP, is a boost for Erdoğan." When we talk about charismatic strongmen leaders we dont talk enough about how rubbish the oppositions are they face ft.com/content/3811d6…
Since the invasion of Ukraine, 20,500 of Russia’s estimated 165,000 Jews have left, according to The Jewish Agency, which helps Jews around the world move to Israel ( ft.com/content/5ccb49…
RT @lukasz_krebel: Excellent 'energetic' Chart book from @adam_tooze with this simple yet powerful encapsulation of 2×2 core cases to think…
RT @MGSchmelzer: This by @adam_tooze is very informative: Carbon Notes #1: Repowering the world – the challenge of electrification https://…
The "energy transition" model derived from examples like US transport is a bad model for thinking carbon politics, democracy or otherwise. It also does not describe the challenge ahead in decarbonization. Chartbook Carbon Notes #1 adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ca… https://t.co/Tk4qn5Bxnz
In the past two years Myanmar’s civil war is estimated to have cost 30,000 lives and displaced 2m people. economist.com/asia/2023/03/0…
Last year, 219 homes in Dubai sold for more than $10mn, more than twice the number of the year before — and more than the total bought in the decade prior to that. ft.com/content/5ccb49… So #1 russians have arrived and #2 Dubai is "cheap" v. London/Monaco etc. https://t.co/ZBNh0LNCDv
RT @policytensor: War-fighting is skilled work. Armed forces are long-lasting, situated communities of skilled practice. (See @adam_tooze’s…
RT @ChristopherWr11: An excellent outline of the immense challenge faced to decarbonise the global economy including consideration of histo…
RT @RomanGrabolle: @adam_tooze Market-active vacancy rates in apartment buildings: twitter.com/RomanGrabolle/…
RT @tomjconley: Chartbook #198 Globalization: The shifting patchwork @adam_tooze open.substack.com/pub/adamtooze/… #deglob #1003GIR https://t.co/v…
RT @ClaraDFMarques: Just over a year ago, Russia triggered what has arguably become the first global energy crisis. But it’s not our first…
RT @eringriffith: Layoffs, cost cutting and the move to remote led tech companies to shut their offices en masse, clearing out offices full…
RT @DavidInglesTV: Last time Hong Kong exports fell this much was in 1953. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/QezWgQ0s8t
RT @NatBullard: Statistical Review of World Energy to pass to new home at the Energy Institute >this is a big deal in energy nerd world. 70…
RT @grosmorne29: I don’t know what this says, but the picture is funny. https://t.co/hpbopTabKQ
RT @NatBullard: Work in progress on something under-remarked in US energy: The single biggest driver of nat gas demand is…exports. The i…
Carbon Notes #1 of a new series of the Chartbook Newsletter on the political economy of decarbonization: On global electrification. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ca… https://t.co/XmU4zBxG7E
Striking that "CEOs" of Singapore and Hong Kong are the best paid heads of government in the world! thedailyshot.com/2023/03/03/hot… https://t.co/RUkvD7gbnK
RT @MWalkerKane: @adam_tooze Hot take: Early Marcuse of Heidegger-Marxismus > later Marcuse of Freudomarxismus. Marcuse's critique of techn…
RT @mtaa324: Great piece by @adam_tooze. Despite an incredible decade for renewable energy, fossil fuels are front & center even in electri…
Chartbook — Chartbook – Carbon Notes #1: Repowering the world – the challenge of electrification adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ca…
Markets have been rewarding firms with European, EM AND Chinese exposure. No sign of a China penalty. thedailyshot.com/2023/03/03/hot… https://t.co/uBE2RSH1wT
Over the last 20 years capex in oil and gas has closely tracked oil prices. Will the trend cotinue following the oil price recovery in 2022. thedailyshot.com/2023/03/03/hot… https://t.co/JgJAGu33c7
A point not often noted is that France's saving rate is 25% higher as a share of disposable income than that of Germany. thedailyshot.com/2023/03/03/hot… https://t.co/Yo9SvFsLqu
The German market for rental apartments in big cities is no longer working. Even Leipzig now has a tiny number of vacant apartments. thedailyshot.com/2023/03/03/hot… https://t.co/oIe8HVc9Sx
Inflation in Germany is being driven above all by a huge surge in goods prices. But services are also now increasing. thedailyshot.com/2023/03/03/hot… https://t.co/G9wFiPy4p9
@etbadabim Yeah. Deliberately picked a low bar. Eliminates labour costs as a criterion.
Public construction in California takes on a surreal aspect with construction costs for HSR escalating to 7 times French rates and indefinite timelines stretching more than a decade into future. For a single 200 mile segment! twitter.com/ZavalaA/status…
Berlin wants Brussels to “move” on IC ban in 2030s with compromise that would be acceptable to all 3 Ger coalition partners. But EU official said: “It needs to be settled inside Ger coalition. The commission is not referee for internal coalition disputes.” ft.com/content/23e1fb…
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Nor did Marcuse's critique of technology begin in the 1960s. His earlier writings on technology are fascinating. twitter.com/VersoBooks/sta…
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