Roger Farquhar

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The CBS 60 minutes story has had 1.7M views on Youtube in 1 day. This looks to be a serious own goal by CBS and proves that Trump can't control the media the way he would like to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiehEMlNiCI&t=6s

The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See

YouTube
The headlines should be, but won't be:
"Trump embarrasses himself and the US in incoherent, rambling, shameful speech at the UN"
Saul Griffith has started up a substack. If you know who he is, I don't need to tell you to subscribe. But if you don't, trust me on this one. Smartest dude you will ever meet.

Why a substack on energy, elec...
Why a substack on energy, electrification and the material economy? Why now? and What? for Whom ?

The flow of energy, materials, and money, with a strong theme of electrification, and asking the question of what is the better story — for a better politics — to get faster climate action.

Energy & Stuff

23 June 1934 | A German Jewish boy, Fred Schoenfeld, was born in Berlin.

In 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Marines aren’t trained to disseminate or debate legal text, this is where policy gets murky.

After head of the Russian delegation Medinsky hinted someone at the negotiating table would “lose a loved one,” Ukraine’s diplomat Sergiy Kyslytsya confirmed the death of his 23-year-old nephew Max.

“This intimidation didn’t work,” he said. “It only strengthens our resolve to stop the evil.”

Donald signed over 100 executive orders already. Shocker, I don’t see “bring down price of eggs” in any of them.
The world’s solar capacity reached 1,419 gigawatts in 2023, way beyond any predictions. 1 gigawatt = power for a medium sized city
Another 25GW in November and likely 20GW more in December for total of 230. Exports look to be over 300GW, for total sales of ~550GW, with plenty of unused capacity. Only China can save the planet now https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202412/24/WS676a1acaa310f1265a1d4975.html
Solar power installations hit new highs

China is on track to set a new record for solar power installations in 2024, driven by falling production costs and increased global interest in renewable energy, said industry experts and company executives.

A preview of my forthcoming book with @peterhotez, #ScienceUnderSiege, courtesy of the Jan/Feb 2025 special issue of @skeptinquirer: