Torben Christensen
@torbenchristensen.bsky.social
Klimanørd. Byrådsmedlem i Favrskov kommune for Radikale Venstre. Automation Manager i GreenLab Skive.
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@nworbmot.bsky.social is doing really important stuff again, simulating how methanol (instead of hydrogen) could be the fuel to power a system otherwise mainly running on solar, wind and batteries. SUPER interesting paper.
arxiv.org/html/2505.09...
arxiv.org/html/2505.09...
June 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
@nworbmot.bsky.social is doing really important stuff again, simulating how methanol (instead of hydrogen) could be the fuel to power a system otherwise mainly running on solar, wind and batteries. SUPER interesting paper.
arxiv.org/html/2505.09...
arxiv.org/html/2505.09...
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If our country survives this crisis, I hope the experience will show Americans 2 important things:
1. That government is a necessary good--not the evil that Ronald Reagan warned us about. Air traffic control & food safety inspections are great, actually.
2. We have to enforce the laws on rich ppl.
1. That government is a necessary good--not the evil that Ronald Reagan warned us about. Air traffic control & food safety inspections are great, actually.
2. We have to enforce the laws on rich ppl.
February 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If our country survives this crisis, I hope the experience will show Americans 2 important things:
1. That government is a necessary good--not the evil that Ronald Reagan warned us about. Air traffic control & food safety inspections are great, actually.
2. We have to enforce the laws on rich ppl.
1. That government is a necessary good--not the evil that Ronald Reagan warned us about. Air traffic control & food safety inspections are great, actually.
2. We have to enforce the laws on rich ppl.
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While Musk & Co execute their administrative coup, Trump is busy working through the "To Do" list Putin gave him.
He just whipped out his favorite Sharpie and put a big check mark next to "disband task force investigating Russian oligarchs."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He just whipped out his favorite Sharpie and put a big check mark next to "disband task force investigating Russian oligarchs."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration disbands taskforce targeting Russian oligarchs
US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
While Musk & Co execute their administrative coup, Trump is busy working through the "To Do" list Putin gave him.
He just whipped out his favorite Sharpie and put a big check mark next to "disband task force investigating Russian oligarchs."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He just whipped out his favorite Sharpie and put a big check mark next to "disband task force investigating Russian oligarchs."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Like the typical bully, Trump turned tail on tariffs when confronted. But the domestic assault on rule of law continues. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/what-the-m...
What the Musk is Happening?
It’s a catastrophe, but what kind of catastrophe?
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Like the typical bully, Trump turned tail on tariffs when confronted. But the domestic assault on rule of law continues. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/what-the-m...
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This is what happens when a bunch of guys who hold history & social science in contempt are able to accumulate unlimited wealth & power.
Total ignorance, total absence of curiosity about why government exists & what problems it was designed to solve.
The broligarchs are world historically dangerous.
Total ignorance, total absence of curiosity about why government exists & what problems it was designed to solve.
The broligarchs are world historically dangerous.
“Regulations, basically, should be default gone,” Musk said. “Not default there, default gone. And if it turns out that we missed the mark on a regulation, we can always add it back in.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
"If it's not possible now, it'll never be possible," Musk said of his proposal to simply ignore all federal regulation as a baseline.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is what happens when a bunch of guys who hold history & social science in contempt are able to accumulate unlimited wealth & power.
Total ignorance, total absence of curiosity about why government exists & what problems it was designed to solve.
The broligarchs are world historically dangerous.
Total ignorance, total absence of curiosity about why government exists & what problems it was designed to solve.
The broligarchs are world historically dangerous.
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Trump believes that the one with the most aircraft carriers wins a trade war – he does not.
The countries that the US threatens with tariffs do not see what is happening as a trade war. It is about national security, so no one can allow Trump to win.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
The countries that the US threatens with tariffs do not see what is happening as a trade war. It is about national security, so no one can allow Trump to win.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
Trump tror ham med flest hangarskibe vinder en handelskrig – det gør han ikke
Den amerikanske præsident er i gang med at starte en handelskrig, han ikke kan vinde. For de lande, USA truer med told, ser ikke det, der sker, som en handelskrig. Det handler om national sikkerhed, o...
www.dr.dk
February 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump believes that the one with the most aircraft carriers wins a trade war – he does not.
The countries that the US threatens with tariffs do not see what is happening as a trade war. It is about national security, so no one can allow Trump to win.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
The countries that the US threatens with tariffs do not see what is happening as a trade war. It is about national security, so no one can allow Trump to win.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
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Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
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The Brief – Europe’s Trump Tsar
The Brief – Europe’s Trump Tsar
Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager happens to be both available and uniquely qualified for the post.
The post The Brief – Europe’s Trump Tsar appeared first on Euractiv.
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January 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Brief – Europe’s Trump Tsar
Som grøn radikal, er jeg rigtig glad for vores nye design.
Valgplakaten til det kommende kommunalvalg er klar!
Valgplakaten til det kommende kommunalvalg er klar!
January 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Som grøn radikal, er jeg rigtig glad for vores nye design.
Valgplakaten til det kommende kommunalvalg er klar!
Valgplakaten til det kommende kommunalvalg er klar!
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Jeff Bezos har angiveligt brugt sit ejerskab af Washington Post til at få censureret en avis-tegning. Indtil videre er der kun et Er det mon relevant for de ytringsfriheds-elskende danske medier, når der ikke er muslimer involveret? #dkpol anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Jeff Bezos har angiveligt brugt sit ejerskab af Washington Post til at få censureret en avis-tegning. Indtil videre er der kun et Er det mon relevant for de ytringsfriheds-elskende danske medier, når der ikke er muslimer involveret? #dkpol anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Så er der nærmest gratis atomkraft-elektricitet på vej i Frankrig. Nå ja, hvis man altså ser bort fra de estimeret 23 milliarder Euro det har kostet at bygge værket.
France's new nuclear power plant at Flamanville connected to the grid, 17 years after start of construction. The announced construction time back in 2007 was 4.5 years. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
France adds first nuclear reactor in 25 years to grid
France connected the Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor to its grid on Saturday morning, state-run operator EDF said, in the first addition to the country's nuclear power network in 25 years.
www.reuters.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Så er der nærmest gratis atomkraft-elektricitet på vej i Frankrig. Nå ja, hvis man altså ser bort fra de estimeret 23 milliarder Euro det har kostet at bygge værket.
A burning platform. That is arguably the case for German industry, moving away from gas.
The case for hydrogen as a direct replacement for gas. has long seemed implausible to me. Much in line with these German research findings.
The case for hydrogen as a direct replacement for gas. has long seemed implausible to me. Much in line with these German research findings.
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is brought to you by #Germany: "Importing green hydrogen via ships is not a viable strategy for the decarbonisation of Germany’s steel and chemical industries, government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance has warned."
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/shippin...
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/shippin...
Shipping green hydrogen to Germany is unviable strategy for basic industry decarbonisation - report
www.cleanenergywire.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:20 PM
A burning platform. That is arguably the case for German industry, moving away from gas.
The case for hydrogen as a direct replacement for gas. has long seemed implausible to me. Much in line with these German research findings.
The case for hydrogen as a direct replacement for gas. has long seemed implausible to me. Much in line with these German research findings.
En anbefaling herfra, til at lytte til denne Cleaning Up episode. Mange gode pointer.
My guest this week on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social was Azeem Azhar, the man behind Exponential View. Question: what happens when multiple exponential technologies collide - compute, communications, gene sequencing, solar, batteries, AI? Answer: it gets interesting!
www.cleaningup.live/exponential-...
www.cleaningup.live/exponential-...
Can Exponential Growth Save a Finite Planet? Ep187: Azeem Azhar
As we race towards a future powered by AI and data centres, how will the insatiable demand for energy impact the environment? With the richest companies ploughing b…
www.cleaningup.live
December 1, 2024 at 12:08 PM
En anbefaling herfra, til at lytte til denne Cleaning Up episode. Mange gode pointer.