Solar should have advanced as quickly as the computer processor. Same technology.

Very nice figure from the new Bruegel energy policy brief. Renewables are CAPEX-heavy and so they are very sensitive to capital costs. 8% cost of capital already double the whole project costs. bruegel.org/policy-brief/u…

2/3 der im Verkehr eingesetzten Energie kann nicht genutzt werden, sondern endet als Verluste im Form von Wärmenergie in der Umwelt, so ineffizient sind Verbrennermotoren. Elektroautos führen zu einer dramatischen Effizienzsteigerung.

Renewable energy potential in Europe’s regions

Das GEG erlaubt in § 71 Abs. 8 noch bis 2026 bzw. 2028 den Einbau einer neuen Gasheizung. Aber ist das wirklich eine gute Idee? Ein 🧵(1/x)

Warum Freileitungen eindeutig besser als Erdkabel sind (TL;DR: Erdkabel verteuern und verlangsamen den Netzausbau massiv + schwierige Reperatur und ebenso großer Natureingriff während Bauphase)

Check out the interactive 'Your Name in Landsat' app by ARCHIVED - NASA Landsat! See letters in Landsat images from 400 miles in space! 🛰️📡🌎 landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/apps/YourNameI…

🌞New Paper Alert!🌞 We review how solar PV performance is affected worldwide by environmental factors (temperature, dust, extreme weather...) As PV moves beyond the hotspots of China, US, Europe, these can make or break productivity! Free to read: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Trump und Merz wollen eine neue neoliberale Ära beginnen. Wir gründen das Wirtschaftsmagazin »Surplus«, das die Interessen der großen Mehrheit ins Zentrum rückt, nicht die der Reichsten. Jetzt abonnieren 👉 surplusmagazin.de

Labour market economists have been obsessed with the question of whether technology will replace market demand for human labour. But my question is different: What if tech replaces NON-MARKET DEMAND. And that’s precisely what we see: surging solitude.

Many have used libgen to download books illegally. Recently libgen had been taken down, and I feel so relieved that people are not committing any crimes just because they want to read. I want to create awareness that we should not use such websites ( cont.)

Many people think solar and wind won't be able to keep the grid stable because they lack "inertia". I think solar, wind and batteries will do a BETTER job and I think you can explain it thus: - the old grid is a record player - the new grid a digital player 🧵

Hypothesis: people write inefficient code by vibe coding which consumes more energy than well written code which increases data center demand even further.

Most of the math students know the Fibonacci numbers, the sequence that goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,..., where each number is obtained by adding the previous two terms. So after 5 and 8, the next term is 13 because 5 + 8 = 13. It’s very intuitive—you can find any Fibonacci number