“Tourism boycotts do come up over one issue or another, but in my 37 years in the travel industry, I have never seen anything like what the Canadians have pulled off."
The most successful travel boycott in modern history has already cost the USA economy $4.5 billion.
Flexy and I know it
Chart showing the TTF gas price spiking to 55 EUR/MWh and hovering around that price before falling
Love when my heating fuel price resembles Bitcoin
We're looking to evaluate trade-offs in policy design, explore the most effective form of public spending, and discuss whether grants targeted for low-income households actually achieve their goals.
What other research questions related to subsidies do you have in mind? What could we explore?
HELP WANTED: What makes a heat pump grant effective? Or any clean energy tech subsidy, for that matter?
In an upcoming paper, my RAP colleagues and I are aiming to answer this question and many others related to effective support for heat pumps in Europe.
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Fight over climate law looms as New York energy costs soar
Broken record here: Energy costs soar because of lack of cheap renewables generation, not because of it.
And no, Iran doesn't help. The answer to fossil price spikes every time a leader blows a fuse? Get off fossil fuels.
Aw shucks
As another military conflict shakes global fossil fuel markets, phasing gas and oil out of heating has never been more urgent. Surely this time common sense will prevail?
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Nonetheless, heat pumps are still victim to widespread uncertainty: Germany's decision to water down (again) its building energy law, France's stalling of its grant scheme tand Italy's cutting of tax credits all contribute to rising uncertainty.
Long-term commitments are still desperately needed.
Good to see a rebound in heat pump sales across Europe.
Shipments are still lower than the manic years of 2022 and 2023, but the industry is maturing and it is beginning to feel more sustainable.
Great episode. For the record, this is the type of crunchy regulatory stuff that folks at @regassistproj.bsky.social such as @richardlowes.bsky.social have been working on for years.
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Landfill announces it has polished a single spoon
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Well the US chose in 1953, then Iranians got a turn in 1979, only fair that the US gets to choose this time again
Miniaturwunderland, EV charging station
Happy to report that the EV revolution has made it to Miniaturwunderland (Germany’s most visited tourist attraction, which is not surprising once you have seen it).
This has to be ragebait
Brave to talk about math on Facebook
Summer Olympics:
It's kinda annoying how solar panels were hung around the neck of the left as impractical pie in the sky treehugger shit *right* up until it started outcompeting every other energy source. Then suddenly, instead of going "hey the left was correct about solar" it's no longer a "left" idea!
Precisely!
What new business models does he see for decarbonizing heating?
Those who become the richest all have a psychotic devotion to accumulating as much wealth as possible, same as it ever was
It's the idea that calling someone or something racist is more offensive than racism itself
Energy poverty: How long could the average person run an air conditioner every day? Horizontal bar chart showing how many minutes a typical 1000W single-room air conditioner could be powered by the average per capita residential electricity use in various countries. Values by country: India 44 minutes; Sri Lanka 39 minutes; Pakistan 37 minutes; Zimbabwe 25 minutes; Nigeria 13 minutes; Kenya 10 minutes; Haiti 8 minutes; South Sudan 4 minutes; Rwanda 3 minutes; Chad 1 minute. Key insight: large disparities in residential electricity access, with even the highest-listed country able to run a 1000W air conditioner less than one hour per day. Footer data source text: Data source: Calculated based on International Energy Agency and UN World Population Prospects. Chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data
✍️ New article: Billions of people have access to far less electricity per day than is required to run an air conditioner for just one hour.
For five months of the year, temperatures in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, climb above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
Nice format
Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton being paid to show off their NFTs
sometimes I just have to say... bless the youtube algo
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Muzzle 3: These Dogs Are Barkin'
No budget. And worst of all, the flagbearing subsidy scheme MaPrimeRénov was suspended, then not, then yes, then no and finally yes.
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2) Tight budgets. Installing a heat pump is still more expensive than a gas boiler.
3) Most importantly, government chaos. Mixed signals from the ecological ministry and finance ministry.
Heat pumps, in total, are still outselling condensing boilers though.
What happened? A few thoughts:
1) End of the energy crisis and high gas prices. This caused an important cultural shift towards "getting off gas" that is still reflected in the lower boiler sales, but not in heat pump sales.
