“The genocide did not mold me into a person who seeks survival. It made me a person who wants to be a trace, so that it can be said that in this land of forced starvation and annihilation, there was an artist who sang for hope, though he may not have harbored it.“ @intifada.bsky.social

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During this announcement, Carney said his government would “advance new options to bring more more affordable electric vehicles to Canadians.” Am I getting my hopes up if I think that could mean changing the government’s stance on Chinese EVs and potentially reducing the tariffs?

Similar, though I think your BRICS+ vs US dialectic is more persuasive than his China + Europe vs US, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are surely hedging their bets, but they're materially shifting decisively towards China and BRICS. See: thecradle.co/articles/bla...

Climate backlash by Trump got you down? One of the most hopeful articles I've read in years. Bill McKibben has a new book"Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization."
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US has made an all-in bet on AI and Fossil Fuels. China on green tech. @katemac.bsky.social & I @parismarx.com podcast on how China's bet made Solar+batteries+EVs turn into business models of Coke cans-everywhere, cheap, accessible, satisfy the thirst for freedom.
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as @70sbachchan.bsky.social emphasizes, this is **the** major geopolitical shift of this century.

"By reducing its reliance on oil and embedding itself within Asia’s economic ascent, Riyadh is openly challenging the dominance of the western‑led energy system. The kingdom is no longer content to remain an oil exporter and is positioning itself as a supplier of electricity, hydrogen, and...."

Saudi Arabia, of all places. More on the global implications of the "(clean) energy security" paradigm that is increasingly shaping global economic relations and accelerating decarbonization.

A heartbreakingly beautiful song accompanied by the drones of genocide.

"Carry it, Jamal, carry it," by Ahmed Muin, "a call to lift the weight of truth, the voice of courage, and the spirit that refuses to be silenced."

Listen and let it break you open. #Gaza

Could we please not be such easy surrender monkeys when it comes to electric vehicle mandates. It's embarrassing.
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"Sharif’s blood is not Israel’s burden alone. It stains the hands of every government that looked away; every newsroom that echoed the murderer’s script; every leader who armed the hand that took aim at his heart."

"...a common churchman's error. She said the church was a broken compass. That our job always and forever was to refuse Apocalypse in all its forms and work cheerfully against it.” —Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

What a perfect book for this dark moment.

"When I asked about the promised war and how we ought to get ready, she pulled the car over and looked in my eyes. Her kindness was like water over smooth stones. She said Pastor Leake was a decent man who often mistook his worldview for the world," (cont.)

From his keynote lecture in Beijing, full text linked above, and previewed in the latest Chartbook: adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

"We cannot feed 8-plus billion people by hunting and gathering. We feed them by intensive agriculture. We are going to provide the energy systems that we need in the same way. And this is what’s being made possible by the gigantic scale of solar and wind."

"What we’re essentially talking about is 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭—𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬—𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝....

@adamtooze.bsky.social laying out the scale of the clean energy transition:

"...what we are looking at now, with the spectacular roll-out of solar and wind, is 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥....

"I picture someone lying on a bed, dying in total silence—a silence so powerful it can kill bones, muscles, flesh & blood. A silence stronger than the 125,000 tonnes of explosives that have been dropped on #Gaza over the past 21 months. A silence that keeps borders sealed & food blocked from entry."

This means more than just energy security tho that is huge.

It means guaranteed price stability over the long term. Fully renewable economies will outcompete those who depend on fossil fuels thanks to having close to zero uncertainty when it comes to energy costs.
#ClimateSky #EnergySky #EconSky

The "energy security" argument for climate action:

“The greatest threat to energy security today is fossil fuels. They leave economies and people at the mercy of price shocks, supply disruptions and geopolitical turmoil,” he said. “There are no price spikes for sunlight. No embargos on wind.”

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A discussion of the new book that exposes media compliance and support of genocide in Gaza
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