Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis

Oil price expected to surge as result of US-Israel strikes on Iran Markets around the world could tumble on Monday and motorists are likely to pay more at the pump * What the strikes on Iran mean for oil prices * US–Israeli war on Iran – latest updates The price of oil is expected to soar on Monday while stock markets could tumble as the US-Israel war on Iran rattles investors. US crude oil is on track to rise by 9% when trading resumes, according to data from the broker IG, after Tehran said on Saturday it had in effect closed the strait of Hormuz, a key oil choke point, reportedly prompting the halt of some oil shipments. Continue reading...

Oil price expected to surge as result of US-Israel strikes on Iran

Fordite or Detroit agate is formed by years of automotive paint accumulation in mass production paint plants. I got this Ford Mustang paint example today. As a car guy I think these are stunning:

Hello does anyone who researches wind turbines want to help with a school project (a short podcast)? In English. ☀️💨🌍🌱

Yup, the 'stone age' was mainly a wood age.

Alternatively, they could wait a few years and buy a ‘Badewanne’ Taunus🤔

It is not wrong 😉😂

Disappointingly, I spotted only two Dutch cars at Interclassics Maastricht:

Never seen so many Bizzarini in one place as at Interclassics Maastricht:

And French,...because French:

Also some more accessible Italian stuff...

Decided to swap Retromobile for Interclassics Maastricht this year; smaller show and more expensive (UK prices 😬). Few clubs and mainly dealers, but there are some posh ones in Benelux, so...

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Spotted last week in Eindhoven, Netherlands. A very different vibe from each:

There are two foreign-owned golf courses in Scotland that, I reckon have now become crucial for UK national security and should be nationalised. In the interest of energy security they should have wind farms built on them 🤔😁

Hm, sell, sell, sell? 🤔

China's car exports to Europe rose by 26% year on year in Jan-Nov 2025
• Data show how EU tariffs did not produce plunge in EU imports of Chinese-made cars
• Chinese hybrid cars do not face tariffs, possibly explaining steep rise in EU imports of such vehicles
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Thank you! 🌲

Just this:

🌊 🐟🦭🐋🐧 I have a PhD position available (4 years, start Mid-2026) at NRM Stockholm to work on the macrogenomics of sea warming.

Apply here:

recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...

#PhD #MarineGenomics #ClimateChange #EvolutionaryBiology #PopGen #Bioinformatics #conservationgenomics

Two cars, similar size, but one emits 17 times more of a deadly pollutant New rules around NOx, the most deadly form of vehicle pollution, come into force today, as testing reveals which popular models are pumping out more than others.

just how polluting are #diesels in Australia?
Very.
Pajero sport exceeding limits by double. Ford Ranger, Kia Carnival and Hilux emit over 500mg/km when the limit 280 mg/km. #health #auspol These polluting utes also get favorable tax incentives
www.abc.net.au/news/science...

I always assumed it was in a collection somewhere, not rotting on a drive in North Wales: Car made famous by Bond was left to rust on a drive - now it's worth £1m

A mint, used Edsel Bermuda in 1:43 by Minichamps just added to the collection. The new owner has parked at the diner and is heading for a burger...

Xpeng Is Running Tesla’s Playbook For World Domination. It May Just Work Robots. Self-made chips. Self-driving cars. Xpeng’s plan sounds familiar, with just as much to prove. But it may beat Tesla at its own game,

Robots. Self-made chips. Self-driving cars. Xpeng’s plan sounds familiar, with just as much to prove. But it may beat Tesla at its own game.

insideevs.com/news/779701/...

They Tried To Erase the EV1 From History. We Saved it From a Junkyard! YouTube video by The Questionable Garage

How very interesting 🤔; a genuine automotive unicorn. I drove one for about 20 mins back in 1997 - lovely little thing: youtu.be/db3CRxTmzv0?...

When I see a Rochdale, I always think of @jeckythump.bsky.social , so here, from the Classic Motor Show:

Tesla Puts Stricter Cap on Musk’s Borrowing With Pledged Shares Tesla Inc.’s board amended its policy around pledging shares, capping the total loan amount that Elon Musk can collateralize with his stake at the lesser of $3.5 billion or 25% of the value of the sto...

Musk *used* to borrow against closer to 50% of his Tesla shares but the board, in a rare show of restraint, lowered the cap in 2023

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Although quite a few are still alive and relatively well out on the roads of Polynésie Française:

I guess you were wondering what happens to old Twingos? Well, a fair few seem to go to Tahiti to die:

'Smoke screen: the growing PHEV emissions scandal' part 2:

💸 On average, running a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) costs drivers over £650 more every year than driving an equivalent fully electric vehicle (BEV).

Which is why, when we - at the Centre for Automotive Industry Research - set up our EV Centre of Excellence at Cardiff Uni over a decade ago, we involved psychologists as well as engineers 😉