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Works in Environmental and energy systems. Interested in tech and economics. Reads SciFi, CliFi and space opera.
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“But even if you do not “produce” something, eg as a birder who just likes to watch birds, it is still something people value in you. That is because Spinozist full expression of yourself is virtuous.”

If you believe parts of the media electric vehicle sales stalled. The data tells a very different story: Global electric car sales are accelerating at an unprecedented pace. Over past 3 years sales nearly tripled—reaching 17.3 million new registrations in 2024, up from just 6.5 million in 2021.

”Den här natten slipper ukrainarna åtminstone att samtidigt läsa rubriker om att Putin söker fred. Så har det annars varit den här bisarra krigsvåren.”

Here is one big reason to choose Europe to advance with your research career: We 💙 science.

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”Most research shows that young people – both women and men – hold more progressive values than previous generations. While there is a larger gender gap among young people, the main reason for this is not a rightwing turn among young men but a sharp leftwing turn among young women”

FUSION☀️ overtakes FISSION☢️

I know this looks like climate nerd stuff but the stakes are actually massive for all of us: accountability on fossil fuel elimination is being wrecked by dodgy math that allows the pretence that trees are re-absorbing the carbon we dig up from underground and move to the atmosphere

Forests are beneficial as they provide material to replace fossil-based plastics and concrete – both of which are worse for the climate than wood. But the trees are now taking up less carbon due to forest fires and stress from the changing climate. We still need to keep fossils in the ground!