Frank Aaskov
@frankaaskov.dk
Climate hawk. Spent five years on renewable heat policy, and now in 6th year on the decarbonisation of steel and industrial power policies. 🇩🇰🇬🇧🌳
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A warning to any automakers slowing down in the EV race: Chinese giant BYD is making the impossible possible.
insideevs.com/features/782...
insideevs.com/features/782...
Why BYD's 5-Minute Fast-Charging Is Our Technology Of The Year
BYD's Megawatt charging, which can recharge an electric vehicle in about five minutes while reaching speeds of up to 1,000 kilowatts, is coming to Europe soon.
insideevs.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A warning to any automakers slowing down in the EV race: Chinese giant BYD is making the impossible possible.
insideevs.com/features/782...
insideevs.com/features/782...
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NEW ANALYSIS: Electric vehicles are entering the mid-transition space starting to replace ICE vehicles.
History shows that shifts like this can happen faster than expected: in the early 20th-century US, horses and mules virtually vanished from roads in under 30 years.
cdn.sanity.io/files/lrxd4j...
History shows that shifts like this can happen faster than expected: in the early 20th-century US, horses and mules virtually vanished from roads in under 30 years.
cdn.sanity.io/files/lrxd4j...
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
NEW ANALYSIS: Electric vehicles are entering the mid-transition space starting to replace ICE vehicles.
History shows that shifts like this can happen faster than expected: in the early 20th-century US, horses and mules virtually vanished from roads in under 30 years.
cdn.sanity.io/files/lrxd4j...
History shows that shifts like this can happen faster than expected: in the early 20th-century US, horses and mules virtually vanished from roads in under 30 years.
cdn.sanity.io/files/lrxd4j...
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i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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Ember confirms EVs now account for a quarter of all new car sales worldwide. www.businessgreen.com/news/4523258...
'Major turning point': EVs make up over a quarter of global car sales in 2025
Surge in electric and plug-in hybrid car adoption is increasingly eating into fossil fuel demand, Ember analysis claims
www.businessgreen.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Ember confirms EVs now account for a quarter of all new car sales worldwide. www.businessgreen.com/news/4523258...
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The Conservatives are threatening to abandon the phaseout date for petrol and diesel cars should they win the next election
There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved
Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved
Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Conservatives would end 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars
Party would also abolish zero-emission vehicle mandate, cutting legal requirement on carmakers to sell EVs
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Conservatives are threatening to abandon the phaseout date for petrol and diesel cars should they win the next election
There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved
Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved
Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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The joint American and Russian attack on Europe is ideological and if Europe is going to succeed in fighting back - rather than be reduced to an unhappy collection of vassal states - it needs to decide whether it is willing and able to defend its own liberal democratic ideals. My latest
Can Europe be Saved?
A few thoughts on the state of Europe amid a twin-pronged assault from the United States and Russia
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The joint American and Russian attack on Europe is ideological and if Europe is going to succeed in fighting back - rather than be reduced to an unhappy collection of vassal states - it needs to decide whether it is willing and able to defend its own liberal democratic ideals. My latest
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Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
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It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
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EXCL: Richard Hermer, UK’s top law officer & one of most senior Jewish govt ministers, urges Nigel Farage to apologise to school contemporaries who claim Reform UK leader racially abused them while at school, saying he had “clearly deeply hurt” many people.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Attorney general urges Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged racism and antisemitism
Exclusive: Richard Hermer, a senior Jewish minister, says Reform leader ‘clearly deeply hurt’ many people with his alleged behaviour
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
EXCL: Richard Hermer, UK’s top law officer & one of most senior Jewish govt ministers, urges Nigel Farage to apologise to school contemporaries who claim Reform UK leader racially abused them while at school, saying he had “clearly deeply hurt” many people.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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Meanwhile in China 🇨🇳 where I spotted a ton of dual gunning trucks, the triple gun charging truck is now arriving to the market:
first plug is exclusively for pack cooling according to #ChinaEV_Eng_Lif
the ramp up in 35 seconds to nearly 2000A fast charging 🤯 or 1.39MW nitter.net/ChinaEV_Eng_...
first plug is exclusively for pack cooling according to #ChinaEV_Eng_Lif
the ramp up in 35 seconds to nearly 2000A fast charging 🤯 or 1.39MW nitter.net/ChinaEV_Eng_...
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Meanwhile in China 🇨🇳 where I spotted a ton of dual gunning trucks, the triple gun charging truck is now arriving to the market:
first plug is exclusively for pack cooling according to #ChinaEV_Eng_Lif
the ramp up in 35 seconds to nearly 2000A fast charging 🤯 or 1.39MW nitter.net/ChinaEV_Eng_...
first plug is exclusively for pack cooling according to #ChinaEV_Eng_Lif
the ramp up in 35 seconds to nearly 2000A fast charging 🤯 or 1.39MW nitter.net/ChinaEV_Eng_...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
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Now see here, what exactly is *too many* books?
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Now see here, what exactly is *too many* books?
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
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This summer, solar has been meeting about 10% of global electricity demand😎
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This summer, solar has been meeting about 10% of global electricity demand😎
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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Aaaaaand gilt market hates it
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Aaaaaand gilt market hates it
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I've always found the UK's decline into major gas import dependency troubling and seen the electrification of demand and efficiency as the core solution to energy security AND decarbonisation (climate change is also hugely worrying to me).
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I've always found the UK's decline into major gas import dependency troubling and seen the electrification of demand and efficiency as the core solution to energy security AND decarbonisation (climate change is also hugely worrying to me).
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🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Q: Why can’t the UK do more rail electrification?
A: because it is too expensive
Q: why is rail electrification so expensive in the UK?
A: because we do so little of it
🤪
Welcome to the treasury logic that prevents sensible rail electrification investment, with your guide @noeldolphin.bsky.social
A: because it is too expensive
Q: why is rail electrification so expensive in the UK?
A: because we do so little of it
🤪
Welcome to the treasury logic that prevents sensible rail electrification investment, with your guide @noeldolphin.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @freewheeling.info who allowed me, this week, to go through the "Sparks Effect", HM Treasury and how we run the railway, on the Freewheeling Podcast. www.freewheeling.info/the-freewhee...
Feast-Famine Electrification with Noel Dolphin — Freewheeling
Why does electrification in the UK cost so much more than in the rest of Europe? And why does it always seem to go wrong? In today’s episode I talk to Managing Director (UK) of Furrer+Frey, the lead...
www.freewheeling.info
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Q: Why can’t the UK do more rail electrification?
A: because it is too expensive
Q: why is rail electrification so expensive in the UK?
A: because we do so little of it
🤪
Welcome to the treasury logic that prevents sensible rail electrification investment, with your guide @noeldolphin.bsky.social
A: because it is too expensive
Q: why is rail electrification so expensive in the UK?
A: because we do so little of it
🤪
Welcome to the treasury logic that prevents sensible rail electrification investment, with your guide @noeldolphin.bsky.social