Paper after peer review

New OIES Research Paper - Burning the Bridge to Ostpolitik? Stress-Testing Europe’s Shift from Russian Gas to Renewables Using a Global Energy Model
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Famous last words...

It will be interesting to revisit this tweet in three years.

Interesting research topic, with neat research quasi natural experiment design using Google trends data for dependent variable

The Electrolyser bubble in full swing.

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A study in Nature Communications shows that concerns about climate change increased in Germany after climate strikes and non-violent acts of civil disobedience. go.nature.com/49ubN0j

Good piece on nickel mining for EV batteries in Indonesia

Niron trying to make magnets from iron and nitrogen - 2 of the most abundant elements you could ask for.

Success could greatly reduce the need to mine rare earth elements.

PM Kishida 🇯🇵 clear in his address to the 🇺🇸 congress: “Russia's unprovoked, unjust, and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine has entered its third year. As I often say, Ukraine of today may be East Asia of tomorrow.”

The speed with which South Korea modernized is mind-bending

‼️ Battery recycling capacity set to outstrip supply of end-of-life EV batteries by 4 to 1 ...

Over the past few years there’s been plenty of misinformation about what happens to electric vehicle batteries at their end of life, including from fossil car propagandists painting…

World's biggest economies in 2075, projected by Goldman Sachs:

🇨🇳 China: $57 trillion
🇮🇳 India: $52.5 trillion
🇺🇸 United States: $51.5 trillion
🇮🇩 Indonesia: $13.7 trillion
🇳🇬 Nigeria: $13.1 trillion
🇵🇰 Pakistan: $12.3 trillion
🇪🇬 Egypt: $10.4 trillion
🇧🇷 Brazil: $8.7 trillion…

Cheap coal, cheap workers, Chinese money: #Indonesia ’s nickel success comes at a price

Jakarta hopes the industry is the ticket to becoming a developed nation. But there are fears the toll on the environment – and people’s lives – will be too high

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I am thrilled to see this deal: 1) Nothing will prove hydrogen is a crappy fuel quite like the eventual failure of this business; 2) If it does succeed, it adds a new decarbonization option, which would be a good thing; 3) Mainly because it's not my money! eu-startups.com/2024/04/paris-…

IM L6 launched with a semi solid-state battery and 1,000 km range, at 46000 USD carnewschina.com/2024/04/09/im-…

The principles of democracy, liberty, and security assurances hold strong until they confront the unstoppable force of gas prices

Let's make one thing straight - this is NOT about #Japan 's security of #LNG supply. Japan's gas demand has peaked in 2013, and it has been a shrinking market for over a decade now.
This is about JP utilities being overcontracted & artificially pushing up #gas demand overseas.1/2

My favorite behavioral experiment covered in The WEIRDest People in the World:

“You are riding in a car driven by a close friend. He hits a pedestrian. You know that he was going at least 35 mph in an area of the city where the maximum allowed speed is 20 mph. There are no…