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Imperial Washington: Ozymandias on the Potomac
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/26/imperial-washington-ozymandias-on-the-potomac/
Alfred W. McCoy on the role of energy over the past five centuries in fueling imperial supremacy and the current politics of American decline amid China’s green-energy ride to global power. By Alfred McCoy TomDispatch.com At the dawning of the…
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Imperial Washington: Ozymandias on the Potomac

Alfred W. McCoy on the role of energy over the past five centuries in fueling imperial supremacy and the current politics of American decline amid China’s green-energy ride to global power. By Alfred McCoy TomDispatch.com At the dawning of the British Empire in 1818, the romantic poet P

Consortium News

N-gated Hacker News Aug 20, 2025

🚴‍♂️🔋 Oh, sure, because we've all been dying to play surgeon with our e-bike batteries, right? Who needs convenience when you can have a DIY electrical hazard instead? ⚡️🙄
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/gouach-wants-you-to-insert-and-pluck-the-cells-from-its-infinite-e-bike-battery/ #eBikeProblems #DIYHazard #ElectricBatteries #TechSafety #ConvenienceVsDIY #HackerNews #ngated

Gouach wants you to insert and pluck the cells from its Infinite e-bike battery

Tiny French firm wants to keep a few bad cells from spoiling a lot of e-bikes.

Ars Technica

SydneyJim Jun 15, 2025

How a race for electric vehicles threatens a marine paradise https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k36v50zvro

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How a race for electric vehicles threatens a marine paradise

Photographs appear to show how nickel mining damaged one the world's most diverse marine environments

EURACTIV Economy Oct 8, 2024

Chinese carmakers hold technological edge over European competitors, EU trade commissioner says https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/chinese-carmakers-hold-technological-edge-over-european-competitors-eu-trade-commissioner-says/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #chineseevs #electricbatteries #electriccars #EUtrade #EUChina

EURACTIV Transport Sep 14, 2023

French electric car battery start-up secures historic €2 bln financing https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/french-electric-car-battery-start-up-secures-historic-e2-bln-financing/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #electricbatteries #france2030 #Stateaid #Verkor

French electric car battery start-up secures historic €2 bln financing

French electric battery maker Verkor announced on Thursday (14 September) it had secured €2 billion in finan

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EURACTIV Economy Sep 14, 2023

French electric car battery start-up secures historic €2 bln financing

French electric battery maker Verkor announced on Thursday (14 September) it had secured €2 billion in finan

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CINEA🇪🇺Feb 28, 2023

RT @Albatros_EU: In #ALBATROS, @onera_fr coordinates the development of new #SurvivabilityMeasures based on onboard safety devices. Despite that, #ONERA will also enhance surveillance of #ElectroMagnetic #hazards and modelling of fires with #ElectricBatteries.

More at: https://www.albatros-horizon.eu/about/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/cinea_eu/status/1630618476816605185

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About Context & Ambitions As weather hazards are becoming more serious and frequent and other hazards are emerging through the gradual introduction of new technologies such as drones or new fuel and energy aircraft systems, there is a need to reassess current aircraft operating practices and infrastructures to ensure

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