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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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Consequences.
Kyrgyzstan: A glacier broke off near the Juuku Gorge. Tourists started filming what was happening before they were hit by the avalanche. According to the media, 2 people were hospitalized with injuries & bruises.
https://twitter.com/RebeccaRambar/status/1546154939080183808
Darwin Award material.
Also, fucking climate crisis tourism.
Possibly also for hypothermia – that icemelt would have been cooold.
Really, I wonder about people.
Do you think that people are so over-exposed to media – where things look dangerous (Bear Grylls style) but are actually safe – that they confuse film with reality?
It's one thing to have the go-pro focused over your shoulder as you get out of there pronto; it's another to stand and wait to be swept away by an ice lahar as you record your (possible) death for posterity.
Of course it was a tragic accident. Poor buggers.
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https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1546082474362654720
https://twitter.com/mdmitri91/status/1546167996309245953
A scam to rival the derivatives/mortgage backed securities of the naughts.
Akihabara News (Tokyo) — While the voyage of the Suiso Frontier, bringing liquefied hydrogen from the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia, to Kobe, Japan, has been hailed as a breakthrough for the Australia-Japan Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project–and thus a new chapter for the emergence of clean energy–the environmental soundness of the achievement is less impressive under closer examination.
Both countries’ governments have touted the US$350 million HESC project as a “game changer” and “an environmentally conscious solution to producing clean hydrogen.”
According to the Tokyo-based Renewable Energy Institute, if Japan is to reach zero emissions in 2050, its greenhouse gas emissions must decline by 95% by 2045.
One of the Japanese government’s strategies to realize this ambition has been to partner with Australia in the extraction, liquefication, and export of hydrogen.
Unfortunately, the Australian government is well-known for its dependence on its established coal and gas industries, and its hydrogen strategy reflects this reality.
There is not yet any indication that there will be a fundamental policy change under the new Labor administration.
During the HESC pilot phase, almost 100% of the Australian hydrogen supplied to Japan via the Suiso Frontier has been produced from brown coal and biomass fuel.
Brown coal is one of the most emissions-heavy gasification methods for hydrogen production. For every ton of hydrogen produced, 10-12 tons of carbon dioxide is emitted. This means that it is one of the most polluting forms of energy.
https://akihabaranews.com/greenwashing-the-australia-japan-hydrogen-chain/
What a surprise. Disruptor gangs break the law.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2022/07/leaked-documents-show-uber-was-happy-to-break-law-hide-data-from-police.html
Not content with fudging the definition of a worker, or with avoiding payable tax all over the world, these guys lobby hard for their patches.
I was talking to 2×20 somethings over the weekend about their use of Uber v's public transport. They explained to me how cheap and convenient Uber is, so I challenged them about the pay and conditions Uber drivers work with. A smile came across their faces and I registered with a face slap. Both work in hospo.
Nordstream shuts for maintenance today with no gas flows into Germany,The turbines being rebuilt in Canada (siemans) and held by EU sanctions,have been released by Canada at request of Germany's economic minister.( Gamemanship here also as it calls russias bluff if transmission is not recommenced)
https://twitter.com/SStapczynski/status/1546002648049930241?cxt=HHwWgsCirfTNwPQqAAAA
Europes electricity heads into luxury goods market, as prices from Scandanavia rise to european demand.
Finland,Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania all trading at 549.9 euro mwh.
Estonia and Latvia now importing electricity from Russia (250 mw) Uk from Norway at 375 e mwh.
Not much of a future for Europe.
…. at least Europe will get a pre-taste of what it is going to be like slipping into the next Ice Age!