Thomas Studer
@thomasstuder.bsky.social
When chatGPT made its entrance on the public scene, I shuddered.
I do not think it is stoppable. AI's benefits are too salacious.
I do not see how the elimination of the human reserve in labour is supposed to play out.
jasonjamesweiland.medium.com/why-nobody-w...
I do not think it is stoppable. AI's benefits are too salacious.
I do not see how the elimination of the human reserve in labour is supposed to play out.
jasonjamesweiland.medium.com/why-nobody-w...
Why Nobody Wants to Hire You Anymore
It’s not just older workers. It’s not just Gen Z. The entire job market has turned hostile, and most of us are on the wrong side of it.
jasonjamesweiland.medium.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
When chatGPT made its entrance on the public scene, I shuddered.
I do not think it is stoppable. AI's benefits are too salacious.
I do not see how the elimination of the human reserve in labour is supposed to play out.
jasonjamesweiland.medium.com/why-nobody-w...
I do not think it is stoppable. AI's benefits are too salacious.
I do not see how the elimination of the human reserve in labour is supposed to play out.
jasonjamesweiland.medium.com/why-nobody-w...
Sounds to me like there is an emerging kind of import/export players lining up to import goods from the emerging markets with high tariffs into the lower tariff markets and then export them from there to the US...
Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists
‘Willing sycophants’ came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sounds to me like there is an emerging kind of import/export players lining up to import goods from the emerging markets with high tariffs into the lower tariff markets and then export them from there to the US...
@blkahn.bsky.social does this article exist?
Khan, B. (2023, July 15). Ammonia’s hydrogen potential faces serious efficiency and safety challenges. Bloomberg Green.
Khan, B. (2023, July 15). Ammonia’s hydrogen potential faces serious efficiency and safety challenges. Bloomberg Green.
March 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@blkahn.bsky.social does this article exist?
Khan, B. (2023, July 15). Ammonia’s hydrogen potential faces serious efficiency and safety challenges. Bloomberg Green.
Khan, B. (2023, July 15). Ammonia’s hydrogen potential faces serious efficiency and safety challenges. Bloomberg Green.
Sad news. FiveThirtyEight was a much appreciated site for tracking how opinions evolved.
Polling website FiveThirtyEight closes | News | Research live
American political polling news website FiveThirtyEight (538) has closed down, with owner The Walt Disney Company rolling it into ABC News.
www.research-live.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Sad news. FiveThirtyEight was a much appreciated site for tracking how opinions evolved.
Geological (natural, white or whatever other name you call it) hydrogen remains one of the potential game changers in the energy transition story.
It could turn out to be as impactful as natural gas is/was, or it could turn into a disappointment. For now, activity is increasing.
It could turn out to be as impactful as natural gas is/was, or it could turn into a disappointment. For now, activity is increasing.
Natural hydrogen: a sustainable energy source in mountain ranges
GFZ researchers identify where to expect natural and exploitable hydrogen resources using state-of-the-art simulations of plate tectonic processes
www.gfz.de
March 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Geological (natural, white or whatever other name you call it) hydrogen remains one of the potential game changers in the energy transition story.
It could turn out to be as impactful as natural gas is/was, or it could turn into a disappointment. For now, activity is increasing.
It could turn out to be as impactful as natural gas is/was, or it could turn into a disappointment. For now, activity is increasing.
Much cleaner to have a CO2 price on fuels than to subsidize EOR.
The CO2 price would push dirtier fuel out of the system (The EOR-fuels would move down the marginal cost stack merit of all others moving up), whereas an EOR subsidy reduces the cost of fuel to consumers (thus increasing fuel demand).
The CO2 price would push dirtier fuel out of the system (The EOR-fuels would move down the marginal cost stack merit of all others moving up), whereas an EOR subsidy reduces the cost of fuel to consumers (thus increasing fuel demand).
Capturing carbon dioxide, sold as climate solution, rebranded as oil industry boost • Louisiana Illuminator
Billions of taxpayer dollars subsidizing capture and storage of carbon dioxide may instead go to fossil fuel companies to help boost production of oil.
lailluminator.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Much cleaner to have a CO2 price on fuels than to subsidize EOR.
The CO2 price would push dirtier fuel out of the system (The EOR-fuels would move down the marginal cost stack merit of all others moving up), whereas an EOR subsidy reduces the cost of fuel to consumers (thus increasing fuel demand).
The CO2 price would push dirtier fuel out of the system (The EOR-fuels would move down the marginal cost stack merit of all others moving up), whereas an EOR subsidy reduces the cost of fuel to consumers (thus increasing fuel demand).
A real pity. Eviation was ahead of the times with its attempt at commercialising a battery electric aircraft of this class.
Higher specific energy batteries will be coming too late for these pioneers it seems.
Higher specific energy batteries will be coming too late for these pioneers it seems.
www.seattletimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A real pity. Eviation was ahead of the times with its attempt at commercialising a battery electric aircraft of this class.
Higher specific energy batteries will be coming too late for these pioneers it seems.
Higher specific energy batteries will be coming too late for these pioneers it seems.
A step in the right direction. When wind and solar supply enough power, biomass shouldn't be burned.
Instead, biomass should serve as naturally stored solar energy for what can't directly be supplied from intermittent sources (buffered with batteries).
Instead, biomass should serve as naturally stored solar energy for what can't directly be supplied from intermittent sources (buffered with batteries).
New subsidies for Drax that ‘halve’ payments for burning wood for power
New rules for the huge wood-pellet burning power station will also improve sustainability, Government says.
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A step in the right direction. When wind and solar supply enough power, biomass shouldn't be burned.
Instead, biomass should serve as naturally stored solar energy for what can't directly be supplied from intermittent sources (buffered with batteries).
Instead, biomass should serve as naturally stored solar energy for what can't directly be supplied from intermittent sources (buffered with batteries).
Biomass is renewable. But it is only sustainable within narrow limits.
If corporate bottom lines depend on it, and the regulatory limits are not strict enough, the sustainable limits will keep getting ignored to the detriment of the overall objective.
If corporate bottom lines depend on it, and the regulatory limits are not strict enough, the sustainable limits will keep getting ignored to the detriment of the overall objective.
Drax power station didn't properly disclose burning forest wood
The Drax facility, which burns wood pellets, is required to report where it sources its wood from.
www.bbc.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Biomass is renewable. But it is only sustainable within narrow limits.
If corporate bottom lines depend on it, and the regulatory limits are not strict enough, the sustainable limits will keep getting ignored to the detriment of the overall objective.
If corporate bottom lines depend on it, and the regulatory limits are not strict enough, the sustainable limits will keep getting ignored to the detriment of the overall objective.
If you tell me you want nuclear in a place that lacks renewable resources, I have sone understanding for your position. In Australia it makes no sense.
The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its Nuclear Plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqV...
Honest Government Ad | Nuclear (Australia)
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If you tell me you want nuclear in a place that lacks renewable resources, I have sone understanding for your position. In Australia it makes no sense.
I expect Terrawatt per year installation rates. When I first said that more than a few thought I had lost the plot.
February 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I expect Terrawatt per year installation rates. When I first said that more than a few thought I had lost the plot.
H2 in aviation is hard pressed from SAF and possibly DAC being lower hanging fruits to deal with near term requirements.
Airbus pushes back plans to fly hydrogen plane by 2035
Aircraft maker’s decision is a setback for the aviation industry’s hopes to achieve net zero
www.ft.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
H2 in aviation is hard pressed from SAF and possibly DAC being lower hanging fruits to deal with near term requirements.
Starlink offers a fantastic service off grid. However, if there are unintended consequences those costs will be socialized.
Since this affects all, beyond jurisdictional borders, there should be global governance and accountability.
Since this affects all, beyond jurisdictional borders, there should be global governance and accountability.
www.business-standard.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Starlink offers a fantastic service off grid. However, if there are unintended consequences those costs will be socialized.
Since this affects all, beyond jurisdictional borders, there should be global governance and accountability.
Since this affects all, beyond jurisdictional borders, there should be global governance and accountability.
More shipping decarbonization news today. 70% capture rate doesn't knock me off my rocker. Though the move goes in the right direction.
Cargo ship captures CO2 from its own exhausts and stores it on-deck
Transporting goods on huge fossil-fueled cargo ships is a dirty business. But one such vessel is about to embark on a pilot that could clean up shipping's act considerably. An onboard system has now b...
newatlas.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
More shipping decarbonization news today. 70% capture rate doesn't knock me off my rocker. Though the move goes in the right direction.
That is spectacular!
I worked in the Middle East when the UAE first signed a solar PPA under 6c/kWh.
Some of my then bosses didn't believe the price was real and rubbished solar for not being reliable.
If really this solar baseload contract is in the 6c/kWh ballpark, I wonder what they say now.
I worked in the Middle East when the UAE first signed a solar PPA under 6c/kWh.
Some of my then bosses didn't believe the price was real and rubbished solar for not being reliable.
If really this solar baseload contract is in the 6c/kWh ballpark, I wonder what they say now.
UAE launches first 24/7 solar PV battery storage gigascale project
The UAE has launched the world's first large-scale round-the-clock gigascale project, combining solar power and battery storage in Abu Dhabi.
www.energymonitor.ai
February 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
That is spectacular!
I worked in the Middle East when the UAE first signed a solar PPA under 6c/kWh.
Some of my then bosses didn't believe the price was real and rubbished solar for not being reliable.
If really this solar baseload contract is in the 6c/kWh ballpark, I wonder what they say now.
I worked in the Middle East when the UAE first signed a solar PPA under 6c/kWh.
Some of my then bosses didn't believe the price was real and rubbished solar for not being reliable.
If really this solar baseload contract is in the 6c/kWh ballpark, I wonder what they say now.
Flicking through @nathanielbullard.com 's yearly deck, many graphs strike a chord. Asking myself, which I believe to be the most important going forward, I settled on slide 90 (and 91).
The market quickly has to come to grips with the electric price decay when renewables produce.
The market quickly has to come to grips with the electric price decay when renewables produce.
February 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Flicking through @nathanielbullard.com 's yearly deck, many graphs strike a chord. Asking myself, which I believe to be the most important going forward, I settled on slide 90 (and 91).
The market quickly has to come to grips with the electric price decay when renewables produce.
The market quickly has to come to grips with the electric price decay when renewables produce.
Reviving the tradewind routes. Ocean shipping is considered one of the hard to abate sectors. It is also one we had prior to fossil fuels, when sailors linked the world. Time for the merchant mariners to earn the name properly again.
World's longest cargo sail ship launched in Turkey
The world's longest wind-powered cargo ship was launched Friday in Turkey, offering a promising way to slash carbon emissions from merchandise trade.
techxplore.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reviving the tradewind routes. Ocean shipping is considered one of the hard to abate sectors. It is also one we had prior to fossil fuels, when sailors linked the world. Time for the merchant mariners to earn the name properly again.
In China EVs are reportedly cheaper than ICE vehicles now according to the Volta Foundation (not on Bluesky yet?). volta.foundation/battery-repo...
This is bound to drive the Chinese EV market even faster, with the rest of the world risking to fall even further behind.
This is bound to drive the Chinese EV market even faster, with the rest of the world risking to fall even further behind.
January 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In China EVs are reportedly cheaper than ICE vehicles now according to the Volta Foundation (not on Bluesky yet?). volta.foundation/battery-repo...
This is bound to drive the Chinese EV market even faster, with the rest of the world risking to fall even further behind.
This is bound to drive the Chinese EV market even faster, with the rest of the world risking to fall even further behind.
Ripping down is easy. Building something good is hard. Before you bring the house down you should build something better.
US issues pause on foreign aid, leaked memo says
The State Department notice appears to affect everything from development assistance to military aid.
www.bbc.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ripping down is easy. Building something good is hard. Before you bring the house down you should build something better.
Woodmac predicts solar sales stagnating in 25 and higher prices.
But lower demand doesn't give manufacturers leverage to raise prices. It results in harsh price competition instead.
So I have strong doubts about Woodmac's prediction panning out.
www.woodmac.com/news/opinion...
But lower demand doesn't give manufacturers leverage to raise prices. It results in harsh price competition instead.
So I have strong doubts about Woodmac's prediction panning out.
www.woodmac.com/news/opinion...
Solar: predictions for 2025 | Wood Mackenzie
After years of exponential growth in global solar buildout could policy uncertainty, protectionist measures and interconnection and transmission bottlenecks halt that trend? A look at the solar indust...
www.woodmac.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Woodmac predicts solar sales stagnating in 25 and higher prices.
But lower demand doesn't give manufacturers leverage to raise prices. It results in harsh price competition instead.
So I have strong doubts about Woodmac's prediction panning out.
www.woodmac.com/news/opinion...
But lower demand doesn't give manufacturers leverage to raise prices. It results in harsh price competition instead.
So I have strong doubts about Woodmac's prediction panning out.
www.woodmac.com/news/opinion...
It looks like Electricitymap has expanded coverage to most countries in the world.
Live 24/7 CO₂ emissions of electricity consumption
Electricity Maps is a live 24/7 visualization of where your electricity comes from and how much CO2 was emitted to produce it.
app.electricitymaps.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It looks like Electricitymap has expanded coverage to most countries in the world.
I am not convinced trying to re-establish a sector by investing in the legacy technology will pay off.
Silicon is approaching its physical potential and therefore risks obsolescence in the medium term as next generation technology takes over.
Silicon is approaching its physical potential and therefore risks obsolescence in the medium term as next generation technology takes over.
Another loan closed! Qcells is building the largest ingot and wafer plant ever built in the United States — reestablishing critical parts of the domestic solar supply chain
By 2026, 80% of all #solar modules deployed in the US will be made here
By 2026, 80% of all #solar modules deployed in the US will be made here
LPO Announces $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee to Qcells to Finance a Solar Manufacturing Facility in Georgia
The Qcells facility will enable deployment of PV energy systems and domestic capability for critical parts of the solar supply chain.
www.energy.gov
January 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I am not convinced trying to re-establish a sector by investing in the legacy technology will pay off.
Silicon is approaching its physical potential and therefore risks obsolescence in the medium term as next generation technology takes over.
Silicon is approaching its physical potential and therefore risks obsolescence in the medium term as next generation technology takes over.
A good reminder not to trust everything on the internet.
January 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A good reminder not to trust everything on the internet.
Good luck to all:
Declares an "energy emergency" <--> opposes domestic wind power.
Puts drug gangs on the list of terrorist organizations <--> Pardons Ross Ulbricht who enabled illegal drug dealing.
Threatens those aiming to bypass the Dollar <--> is pro crypto
Declares an "energy emergency" <--> opposes domestic wind power.
Puts drug gangs on the list of terrorist organizations <--> Pardons Ross Ulbricht who enabled illegal drug dealing.
Threatens those aiming to bypass the Dollar <--> is pro crypto
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Good luck to all:
Declares an "energy emergency" <--> opposes domestic wind power.
Puts drug gangs on the list of terrorist organizations <--> Pardons Ross Ulbricht who enabled illegal drug dealing.
Threatens those aiming to bypass the Dollar <--> is pro crypto
Declares an "energy emergency" <--> opposes domestic wind power.
Puts drug gangs on the list of terrorist organizations <--> Pardons Ross Ulbricht who enabled illegal drug dealing.
Threatens those aiming to bypass the Dollar <--> is pro crypto
This should appeal even to Trump
US could be sitting on massive amount of hydrogen, new map reveals
USGS published a groundbreaking map that reveals that the US could be sitting on top of an clean energy source: hydrogen.
interestingengineering.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This should appeal even to Trump