This is a fucking travesty.
“In just three days of fighting in the Middle East, more than 800 Patriot missiles were used — more than Ukraine has received throughout the entire Russian full-scale invasion.”
(A year’s worth of production or more, btw)
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Why is the Korean economy SOOOOOO affected?
Because it imports more of its energy than almost any other country...
Good morning with good news: Combined solar and battery plant's global average cost is 44% LOWER than the cost of combined-cycle gas turbine plant!
Solar & battery: $57/MWh
Gas plant: $102/MWh
Solar: $39/MWh
Land wind: $40/MWh
Offshore wind: $100/MWh
WOW!
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Energy investments of 2025 with and without fossils.
The EU is trying, but China is way ahead especially considering they also are the ones making most of the hardware.
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I wish Europe would invest into renewables, grid, storage, EVs, etc the same way France did with nuclear power after the 1970s oil shock. We invest, but is it enough?
The gas squeeze of 2022 should have been enough of a lesson to reduce the reliance on imported fossil fuels.
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About 2 years ago, I had someone gush about Dubai with "you have so many amenities, you can get everything, ... If I want a bottle of water delivered at 2 in the morning, I just get it delivered".
My main takeaway was, they treat service workers like shit and that you can't drink the tap water🙃
Earlier today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a statement suggesting that the United States had requested assistance with anti-drone warfare. The statement, in full, is below.
I think a few items of context shedding some light on this should be read.
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Again, a central reason we are here again now is because the <only> people who went to jail, even briefly, for Iran-Contra were low-level functionaries like this guy.
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It gets worse since the spike in oil and gas price also means higher revenue for Russia
Here we go - EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne presents the long-awaited Industrial Accelerator Act
"What I'm talking to you about isn't just a change in our modus operandi - it's actually a change in doctrine. This is something that was unthinkable even just a few months ago"
🚨🚨Symbolically important that EU countries and EU institutions shore up support for #spain in the context of fear of trade retaliation from the #Trump regime. This should be self-evident but unity of EU here is under pressure. 🧵
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The god of modern war is indeed Minerva, not Mars.
Was expecting an F-4 or F-14 tbh, but I'm surprised Iranian pilots are willing to get into any plane at all.
The US Air force doesn't do "fair fights" if it can avoid them and seems IDF is the same
Good.
This also means the ship won't be able to generate any revenue on future trips.
With the Russian LNG fleet only having around 14 ships (as per your latest video) this is a significant loss.
Rough calcs...
The vessel plus cargo was likely valued at as much as $300,000,000
China unlikely to have paids for the cargo, so total loss to Russia.
🇮🇷🇷🇺 Iranian Shahed drones launched toward #Cyprus were partly assembled in Russia using Western components.
Footage shows a Russian Kometa satellite navigation module recovered from one of the drones involved in the attack.
This chart shows how much crude oil from the Gulf heads to China, with comparatively little to Europe (including the UK).
*However*, if you look at oil *products* – refined from crude – UK gets a QUARTER of its oil products imports from the Gulf, and in total 15% of oil products consumed.
Credible reports that ginormous Russian LNG (liquid natural gas) tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in Mediterranean. Reports suggest it was hit be a USV (uncrewed surface vessel)
Whether Iran linked or Ukraine, very big implications for Russian war effort
The expected lifetime earnings for many of these men are lower than the recruitment bonus and death payment.
As such, they are often even pressured by their families to sign up and go die in Ukraine.
The situation is horrible, but still very different for Russians than it is for Ukrainians.
I assume that similar to Finland, including countries directly bordering Russia (besides Kaliningrad) is deemed too provoking.
However, this still is a great step forward.
Solar is like farming in that it makes you care a lot about the weather and your yields :-)
Greece is also very interesting as they had no nuclear sharing agreements before unlike Turkey who has one with the US
Asking for no specific reason but will Denmark also station these in their autonomous regions of the Faroe Islands or say, Greenland?
This map shows the countries that Macron revealed today are in talks to host French nuclear weapons. This is a big part of the European strategy to become more independent from the US. Source: buff.ly/y0yhDJw
New times require new approaches.
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The increased use of western interceptors on the other hand will definitely make it more difficult to keep Ukrainian air defences (and others) supplied.
Strategically it’s incredibly clever the EU is eroding the key levers of the green transition.
As a net oil and gas importer being susceptible to repeated geopolitical supply and terms of trade shocks is just such a great place to be.
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First time?
Somewhat similar to Ukrainian refugees setting up "points of Invincibility" with chargers and tea in Berlin during the multi day blackout at the beginning of this year.
Can we also get a "destroy the missiles at source" for Ukraine?
Probably bad news for LNG prices...
