Alexia Yates
@ayates.bsky.social
Historian of modern Europe, global urban history, history of economic life. Florence/Manchester/Paris/Toronto/St.John’s.
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It matters because we have e.g. health care and gun control because *people fought and worked for them*, and I want to continue that fight, our fight here, which is far from complete. Fundamentally borders are bullshit; also, the differences among policies enacted within borders are life and death.
January 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
It matters because we have e.g. health care and gun control because *people fought and worked for them*, and I want to continue that fight, our fight here, which is far from complete. Fundamentally borders are bullshit; also, the differences among policies enacted within borders are life and death.
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So there are equally good arguments that spending on expanded oil export infrastructure will likely to lead to wasted billions on a stranded asset as China sees the economic (and strategic) advantage of decarbonizing. But that's not what Moe wants you to think about 6/6 cepr.org/voxeu/column...
China’s shrinking oil footprint: How electric vehicle adoption is shaping China’s oil consumption
Between 2005 and 2024, China more than doubled its oil consumption, accounting for over half of the global increase in oil demand during that period. But in 2024 Chinese annual oil demand declined for the first time in twenty years. This column develops a dynamic model which suggests that the rapid adoption of electric vehicles in China has been a major driver of this trend. In 2024 alone, EV diffusion displaced about 0.43 million barrels per day of gasoline, and this figure could quadruple by 2040 with an accelerated transition.
cepr.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
So there are equally good arguments that spending on expanded oil export infrastructure will likely to lead to wasted billions on a stranded asset as China sees the economic (and strategic) advantage of decarbonizing. But that's not what Moe wants you to think about 6/6 cepr.org/voxeu/column...
on the one hand, I hear a lot of informed opposition (awareness of limits, worries about politics, including labour politics), but I also hear casual references to use in searches and summaries. So there’s a disconnect somewhere.
And there is a lot of use In writing, which is somewhat distinct.
And there is a lot of use In writing, which is somewhat distinct.
December 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
on the one hand, I hear a lot of informed opposition (awareness of limits, worries about politics, including labour politics), but I also hear casual references to use in searches and summaries. So there’s a disconnect somewhere.
And there is a lot of use In writing, which is somewhat distinct.
And there is a lot of use In writing, which is somewhat distinct.
Wild to give myself a 5-day buffer for weather and have it be so spectacularly Insufficient.
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Wild to give myself a 5-day buffer for weather and have it be so spectacularly Insufficient.