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2026-08-17 22:02:03 CEST

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So: if you want a car, try to get an electric one!
(I do most of my travels by bike and public transport.)
And if you're in an EV charging company or in government: Please work hard on further improvements and harmonisation!
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2026-08-17 22:01:13 CEST

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But otherwise: an incredibly smooth ride. The low noise levels, the ease of driving in the mountains and in busy traffic, and the lack of exhaust fumes make any fossil fuel car feel pretty backward. And the average price we paid per km was a lot lower than for a comparable fossil fuel car.
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2026-08-17 22:00:48 CEST

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Then there's the upfront amount that is often reserved from your credit card. In one case, a failing charger of Norwegian Kople reserved €25 three times for 3 failed attempts, and only returned the reservation 10 days later. After I sent them an e-mail, but I won't know if that was necessary.
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2026-08-10 10:06:23 CEST

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Oh wait, 575 m³/s in February 1929, but that was due to ice blocking the river flow ;)

2026-08-08 09:16:03 CEST

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https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/pork-consumption-by-country

2026-08-08 07:41:36 CEST

Dutch farmers like to say they 'feed the world', but all their livestock needs massive imports of fodder; the world feeds our pigs.
New study by Wageningen University WUR finds that there is no net contribution to global food supply.
Interview with prof. Imke de Boer:
https://www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-economie/hoogleraar-nee-nederland-voedt-de-wereld-niet-dus-we-hoeven-ook-niet-zoveel-veevoer-te-importeren~bfd06a40/

2026-08-04 09:09:19 CEST

Five days ago, the Rhine - at the point where it enters the Netherlands - reached its lowest level ever recorded: 6.47 meter above sea level.
Now it's at 6.35 m.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/117/035/981/051/511/249/original/fb6ac401fcd76ec6.png

2026-08-03 21:03:38 CEST

Angry farmers block Dutch highway but don't get fined. Because... they had covered their licence plates 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦
The police: that's illegal, but there was little we could do about it "given the situation" 🤡
The difference with the treatment of XR climate activists doing the same on foot is striking.
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binnenland/artikel/5634951/boeren-blokkeren-snelweg-met-tachtig-tractoren-maar-krijgen-geen

2026-07-25 22:32:41 CEST

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"We will rebuild", says Macron. Yeah, perhaps, though not everyone will be able to afford it. But the heatwaves and droughts will keep getting worse, and there will be more and more to rebuild. Dead end street unless we reduce global emissions to (net) zero.

2026-07-25 07:49:31 CEST

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Yes, it is!

2026-07-22 23:00:31 CEST

A bit of advice to Mark Rutte and others, from the former commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/965/633/579/122/534/original/bfa97da3d5bd3672.png

2026-07-20 23:33:05 CEST

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Thanks! Do ice hockey losers grab their opponents by the throat after the match and turn their backs to the award ceremony for the winners as well?

2026-07-20 00:19:34 CEST

The well deserved victory of Spain over Argentina has a sweetener: Trump hates Spain's Sanchez (for not supporting his illegal war) and admires Argentina's far-right Milei.

2026-07-18 19:16:35 CEST

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Not that I know ;)
But maybe high prices will make people wait a bit with turning in the heating.

2026-07-18 07:48:13 CEST

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However, in the past 10 years, October hardly contributed to the filling level (average +0.34% for the entire month*), as the heating season already starts then.
So, we're on course for only around 60% by the target date.
*) thanks, @npub1kap…g005 !

2026-07-18 07:47:31 CEST

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Yes, it's easier to compare if you have lived in the same place for a long time. In my case, 1996-2026.

2026-07-18 07:45:15 CEST

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At the average rate of the past 10 days of +0.36% per day, we would still get to 70%, with 107 days to go to the target date. But the supply situation is worsening with the Trump/Netanyahu war escalating once more. Very high prices today.

2026-07-18 07:37:09 CEST

Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years. Great audio reconstruction.
Same here near Utrecht, the Netherlands: From deafening chorus to almost silent spring.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/03/dawn-chorus-uk-birdsong-50-years-audio-landscape

2026-07-17 23:42:33 CEST

The first half of the summer was the hottest on record here in the central Netherlands (1901-2026)
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/937/490/038/435/689/original/b385603b73d87ce8.jpg

2026-07-17 17:40:51 CEST

Since the Trump/Netanyahu war started to escalate again, the EU natural gas price (TTF) is now €57.50 per MWh, that's 104% higher than at the beginning of the year.
When used for power generation at 60% efficiency, that's almost €100/MWhe for fuel cost only.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/936/065/994/763/821/original/ff35b3d854179cea.png

2026-07-17 07:37:03 CEST

Halfway the EU gas storage filling season, the Netherlands is lagging. Our storages are only at 31% now, way behind the EU average of 53%, and other major storage countries like France (52%), Germany (45%) and Italy (71%).
Based on security of supply advice by Gasunie, Dutch government had set a target of 80% by 1 November 2026. Our EU obligation is 74%. Both would practically seem out of reach by now, which is unfortunate in view of our dependence on LNG imports in an unstable world.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/933/694/651/772/052/original/45d0a4e01439bd78.jpg

2026-07-17 07:00:56 CEST

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729 m³/s flowing through the Rhine now: 7% below the previous historic low for July.
Seems we're near the lowest point of this episode.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/933/551/662/499/195/original/b1e15d3d92eb3f3d.jpg

2026-07-17 06:48:43 CEST

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Even wachten op de volgende dodelijke overstroming dan maar.

2026-07-16 14:39:42 CEST

More than 800 Canadian wildfires burning as air quality alerts extend to US:
The air quality in large parts of the northern states of Michigan, Minneapolis and Minnesota is deemed "hazardous" by the US Air Quality Index program, with people recommended to stay indoors.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c0m7n427xd8o

2026-07-15 20:48:07 CEST

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Lowest ever Rhine flow measured here in July was 782 m³/h, in 1976. Now, it's 759, and still falling.
The forecast seems a bit behind reality ;)
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/925/481/895/052/030/original/9e21d386c25d29cb.png

2026-07-15 07:50:16 CEST

Rhine river, where it enters the Netherlands, reaches record low flow for July (and still going down).
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/07/14/bij-lobith-stroomt-historisch-weinig-water-de-rijn-door-a4932457

2026-07-15 07:04:00 CEST

"Ever more people are annoyed by the climate being so pushy these days, with all its heatwaves, wildfires, and floods. KLM agrees: Freedom of expression is valuable, but if we can't do our work because people get hesitant to book flights to Italy, we have to ask whether we can still tolerate this." /s
https://speld.nl/2021/07/29/klimaat-enorm-aan-het-drammen-met-talloze-overstromingen-en-hitterecords/

2026-07-12 22:30:43 CEST

Watching coverage of the passing away of Lindsey Graham by media and politicians, something tells me that Trump obituaries will have words like 'controversial but decisive', instead of racist, narcissist, aggressive, vengeful, corrupt, and anti-democratic.

2026-07-12 19:07:36 CEST

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This, for example:
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/908/101/192/742/124/original/7cb241f8fc3fcccc.jpg

2026-07-11 23:41:15 CEST

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12,000 deaths in a week was more than one per minute, seven days long, 22-28 June 2026.
#heatwave #extremeheat #extremeweather #ClimateChange

2026-07-11 18:00:40 CEST

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apparently

2026-07-11 17:01:03 CEST

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So over 12,000 people were killed in a one-week heatwave last month, just in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, and Germany!
One could have expected bigger headlines.

2026-07-11 16:52:57 CEST

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6,800 excess deaths in Germany in the 22-28 June heatwave. https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Sterbefaelle-Lebenserwartung/sterbefallzahlen.html
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/901/907/765/992/794/original/039936c015d8e0a8.png

2026-07-11 16:40:49 CEST

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France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ry307rxqro

2026-07-11 16:22:48 CEST

1,700 people were killed by the June heatwave in Belgium. Massive overload in hospital emergency rooms, 19,000 calls to the emergency number 112 in a day. Many brought to hospitals with heat stroke, body temperatures of 42°C.
#climate #climatechange #extremeweather.
https://www.standaard.be/binnenland/hulpverleners-reconstrueren-het-fatale-hitteweekend-we-vonden-mensen-dood-in-de-zetel-op-een-stoel-of-in-bed/158560182.html

2026-07-11 14:55:25 CEST

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Thanks for sharing your feeling...

2026-07-11 12:26:17 CEST

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They're planning a few more.

2026-07-11 09:56:27 CEST

After 17 years of construction (the plan was 4.5 years), 2 years of commissioning, and a few months of operation, France's new nuclear power plant Flamanville 3 is now getting ready for the replacement of its reactor head. It will be out of operation for a year.
https://www.sfeninenglish.org/flamanville-3-new-reactor-vessel-head-arrives-ahead-of-vc1/

2026-07-11 07:19:05 CEST

Apparently, if US senator Mitch McConnell has indeed passed away or is in a vegetative state, Republicans can avoid an election in Kentucky by preventing him vacating his seat until after 3 August. That's over 3 weeks from now.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gyjpkzew1o

2026-07-09 22:17:00 CEST

June 2026 was the second-warmest June on record globally, 0.12°C cooler than the warmest June in 2024.
The average global temperature for the last 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026) was 0.55°C above the 1991-2020 average, and 1.43°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/891/857/106/983/258/original/f5eda37674d92f15.png

2026-07-08 23:15:45 CEST

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Altijd lastig te verifiëren bij een anoniem account ;)
Maar goed, er staat in mijn post ook niets over wie het wil. Alleen dat de netbeheerders dit voorstel gedaan hebben aan de ACM.

2026-07-08 22:59:31 CEST

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De netbeheerders hebben het nu voorgesteld aan ACM. Beetje een wisselwerking; in het LAN werken ze hier samen aan. Ik denk dat de netbeheerders het nu ook echt willen.

2026-07-08 19:30:28 CEST

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In this report for the Dutch heat pump association Vereniging Warmtepompen, we assess the impact on users of heat pumps, which of course operate in winter.
3/4

2026-07-08 19:29:33 CEST

New report from our Common Futures team!
In the Netherlands, we have a flat rate for the electricity grid (fixed fee per year). Now grid congestion is on the rise, the grid operators in Netbeheer Nederland have proposed to the regulator to make part of the tariff time and volume dependent.
1/4

2026-07-07 21:28:26 CEST

'Never before have 11,000 hectares burned this early in the summer in southern France in at least the past 20 years'
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/07/07/never-before-have-11-000-hectares-burned-this-early-in-the-summer-in-southern-france-in-at-least-the-past-20-years_6755215_114.html

2026-07-07 07:31:56 CEST

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Everything Trump touches turns into a swamp.

2026-07-07 07:12:51 CEST

Mark Rutte Needs to Stop Talking
Flattering Trump will get Europe nowhere.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/06/europe-stop-appeasing-trump/687646/

2026-07-07 07:05:18 CEST

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Yes!! Belgium crushed Trumpistan: 4-1, well done!
https://nos.nl/l/2621988

2026-07-06 23:10:33 CEST

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The FIFA World Corrupt, fittingly hosted by Trump's US.

2026-07-05 12:22:06 CEST

The first half of 2026 was the 5th warmest on record here in the central Netherlands.
Just following the forecast for the coming 2 weeks, and then the 1991-2020 average (cool by now) would already bring this year into the top-3 warmest since 1901.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/866/854/863/304/503/original/7bf4a18aa45436ca.jpg

2026-07-04 08:31:03 CEST

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Overall, we're still speeding in the wrong direction!
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/860/299/272/681/982/original/f64e907052ead963.png

2026-07-03 22:21:20 CEST

Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa averaged ~431.4 ppm in June, based on daily averages. That's 1.8 ppm higher than last year.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/857/900/541/762/998/original/f896c69c8fe27c18.jpg

2026-07-01 23:01:35 CEST

🗓️1 July: Exactly 40 years ago, I started working on the energy transition!
Right after studying phyics in Utrecht, I was asked to join startup Ecofys (Ecology & Physics ;) by its founders Kornelis Blok and Ad van Wijk.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/846/734/213/922/503/original/6a853df382a77d04.jpg

2026-06-23 23:01:48 CEST

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Five or six 'tropical days' (above 30°C) in June is very rare for the center of the country (De Bilt). I don't have the stats at hand (I bet @npub1j80…kpft does), but it's more typical for the summer as a whole, with most occurring in July and August.
5/8

2026-06-23 23:01:10 CEST

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This coming Friday will be the 9th day of our national heatwave (consecutive days above 25°C with at least three above 30°C). We've never seen such a long heatwave before July (8 days in 1936 and 1976), and it won't be over yet on Friday.
4/8

2026-06-23 23:00:36 CEST

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Meteorological institute @npub16t5…8aly now predicts that the nights will get very hot too. For the night from Thursday to Friday, they expect a low temperature of 24°C. That'd beat the previous record from July 2018 by 1.5°C!
Night ventilation won't cool our homes to a comfortable level in such a night.
3/8

2026-06-23 22:59:29 CEST

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Four consecutive very hot days mean that homes gradually get hotter. Around 75% of our homes doesn't have a cooling system, despite the rapid growth of air conditioning since 2019. We never needed one before climate change hit hard.
2/8

2026-06-23 22:59:08 CEST

I'm afraid that many here in the Netherlands don't fully understand yet how hot the coming days will be. We're heading for 4 consecutive days like this (map for Wednesday). 35°C really feels different than 30°C!
The weirdest part is that this already happens in June.
(It's climate change at work)
1/8
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2026-06-23 19:49:22 CEST

As a tribute to the fierce heatwaves roasting our cities these days, the city of Brussels just turned the Schuman roundabout facing the EC headquarters into a giant slab of concrete.
Via Hans Diels on LinkedIn.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/800/665/225/764/772/original/39530fa1d4df819c.jpg

2026-06-22 07:05:53 CEST

"Period of extreme heat in Europe, with important role of climate change."
@npub1szf…psxe says it like it is, written by weatherman and climate scientist Peter Kuipers Munneke.
https://nos.nl/l/2619698

2026-06-18 07:05:25 CEST

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Iranian regime
Before: Ali Khamenei + IRGC
After: Mojtaba Khamenei + IRGC
Does Trump even know he lost?

2026-06-18 07:04:49 CEST

Before Trump and Netanyahu started their illegal war against Iran:
• Strait of Hormuz open
• Oil price $60
• No fertiliser shortage
• Iran not developing a nuclear weapon
• School girls in Minab alive

2026-06-14 20:59:46 CEST

Last week, Dutch electricity transmission system operator TenneT published the yearly update on security of supply. It doesn't look good, with more hours of shortages coming up as soon as 2030. More dispatchable (gas) power plants would be needed to prevent that.
But..

2026-06-13 07:45:36 CEST

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In related news, 27 year olds have also seen roughly half of cumulative man-made greenhouse gas emissions happen in their lifetime.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/741/201/424/436/366/original/7030613be5d9a29a.png

2026-06-13 07:41:56 CEST

RE: https://fediscience.org/@hausfath/116739569424764062
27 year olds have seen half of the global warming so far happen in their lifetime.
#note1rjy…qfe4

2026-06-07 10:03:09 CEST

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Overall, we're still speeding in the wrong direction!
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/707/778/313/278/490/original/c4532e4cc95af841.png

2026-06-07 08:29:04 CEST

41% of new cars sold in the Netherlands last month were fully electric. We're getting close to the 50% mark!
Diesel has all but disappeared now, with a market share of 1.1%.
https://www.raivereniging.nl/news-items/lichte-stijging-autoregistraties-in-mei

2026-06-06 22:30:30 CEST

Confirmed: atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa averaged 432.3 ppm in May, probably the highest in 15 million years, and 1.8 ppm higher than last year.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/705/051/591/540/901/original/07e418cd8b05fb7b.jpg

2026-06-03 07:31:06 CEST

Trump regime takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring network. Ships will be dispatched this month to remove the more than 900 deep-sea instruments that comprise the network, one of the world’s most trusted sources of climate and oceanic data. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-administration-takes-aim-at-crucial-ocean-monitoring-network/

2026-05-27 22:59:07 CEST

Trump now threatens to blow up Oman, the country - known as a US ally - hosting the negotiations between the US and Iran until Trump and Netanyahu suddenly started their illegal war.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/27/donald-trump-oman-threat-strait-hormuz
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/648/541/544/020/515/original/5868bbe73a7c3d8a.png

2026-05-25 14:52:32 CEST

Looking at a blue sky with planes flying by.
Every 737 burns 3,000 litres (25 bathtubs) of kerosene per hour. That's as much fossil fuel as three gas-heated homes consume in a year. But with twice the climate damage, by the indirect warming effects of burning it in the stratosphere.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/635/280/005/534/768/original/c472bd5e410342dd.jpg

2026-05-24 21:57:22 CEST

In the Netherlands, people understand that you should keep windows and doors closed in cold winter weather.
Doing the same in hot summer weather (although it's only May): not so much, yet.

2026-05-21 19:53:41 CEST

Big "Refugees welcome" demonstration in Utrecht, just now. A counterweight to the 'spontaneous local' violent protests against asylum seekers organised by the extreme right, and used by their politicians to claim that 'the people' are against taking up refugees.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/613/839/257/874/467/original/267e4a6317c2d1f0.jpg

2026-05-19 22:22:48 CEST

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Oh, and the situation in the field next to our neigbourhood is not good either:
https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/116484358865016604
#note1xr3…xvye

2026-05-19 07:36:58 CEST

Silent spring in our village.
This morning, I woke up early. One blackbird was singing in our neighbourhood. When it stopped (to find something to eat, I guess), it became silent.
In the 1990s, dozens of songbirds would've been singing, sometimes making so much noise that it was hard to sleep.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/599/620/627/376/496/original/b6285c5ea885d191.jpg

2026-05-14 18:47:24 CEST

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People who are not aware of the practical irreversibility of climate change may think 'Sometime in the future, we'll figure out how to reduce emissions to zero, and then everything will be fine again'. While it won't.
So it could lead to too little sense of urgency.

2026-05-14 18:29:20 CEST

I have the impression that, while public awareness of climate change is widespread, awareness of its irreversibility and long-term lock-in remains limited and substantially below scientific understanding.
Are you aware of opinion research / surveys that produced data on this?

2026-05-12 07:11:19 CEST

Good: Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain will not show Eurovision - welcoming the participation of a country busy carrying out genocide - this week.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0511/1572801-ireland-slovenia-and-spain-will-not-show-eurovision/

2026-04-30 21:10:59 CEST

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Probably for the first time ever, the Netherlands had to request international assistance to deal with its wildfires.
https://nos.nl/l/2612527#UPDATE-94035558

2026-04-30 21:08:21 CEST

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And more wildfires today, mostly in the south of the country.
https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6394278/live-natuurbranden-capaciteit-brandweer-staat-onder-druk-na-meerdere-branden.html

2026-04-30 07:43:23 CEST

Two Dutch papers opening with a major forest fire in the Veluwe region. Rare in the Netherlands, but not unexpected after almost zero rain in April.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/492/061/336/514/706/original/9c1474d17c1a8925.jpg

2026-04-29 22:34:34 CEST

Europe is the fastest-warming continent: over half a degree C per decade; double the global average!
It's already 2.5°C warmer than in pre-industrial times here.
From @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social European State of the Climate 2025: https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025/why-europe-warming-so-quickly
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/489/901/980/272/430/original/582296b015e69234.png

2026-04-19 17:11:00 CEST

Trump's Sunday pastime: threatening to blow up the whole country Iran (93 million people live there).
https://aje.news/w7b54q

2026-04-17 23:03:22 CEST

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Or should it move to draw some attention?
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/422/066/381/459/375/original/9ae752832ae2b61c.mp4

2026-04-17 22:58:42 CEST

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This week's other bad news:
https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/116410434995064691
#note1zw4…5kw0

2026-04-12 21:42:58 CEST

Relief: Orbán concedes; no Hungarian version of Jan 6 to be expected.
Friend of Russia, Trump and Wilders out. Pro-EU Magyar in, with a landslide win.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

2026-04-09 07:36:35 CEST

NATO SG Rutte calls authoritarian leader who illegally attacked a third country and threatened to end its civilisation his friend.
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-meets-nato-chief-as-us-mulls-wihtdrawal-from-alliance/

2026-04-07 22:56:08 CEST

Unbelievable and unacceptable that the fate of 92 million people in Iran depends on this night's whims and tantrums of an 80-year-old authoritarian in the White House.

2026-04-06 18:38:04 CEST

Every time you visit LinkedIn in Chrome, a hidden routine silently probes your browser for more than 6,000 installed extensions, collects 48 hardware and software characteristics about your device, encrypts the resulting fingerprint, and attaches it to every API request you make during your session.
https://thenextweb.com/news/linkedin-browsergate-extension-scanning-privacy-fingerprint

2026-04-06 15:58:13 CEST

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Airline hedging strategies fall short as jet fuel price surges. They hedge against the price of crude oil, but jet fuel went up much faster. Raise ticket prices and/or make a loss.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/airline-hedging-strategies-fall-short-jet-fuel-price-surges-2026-03-12/

2026-04-06 14:03:20 CEST

Buying less from US-owned companies can be difficult. Heinz tomato ketchup is an easy target, but the Danish app UdenUSA (non-USA) shows that good old De Ruijter chocolate sprinkles ('since 1860') are Heinz, too.
The alternatives shown are very Danish :)
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/357/659/838/679/935/original/3dba05158cd84ac6.jpg

2026-04-05 20:56:25 CEST

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The funny thing with aviation is that politicians have always kept taxes (if any) on it so low that lowering them hardly makes a difference.
The German government just reduced its airline ticket tax by 15%. That saves 'short distance' travellers (80% of all tickets) €2.50 🤣

2026-04-05 19:36:09 CEST

Trump’s new White House app has no privacy policy and uses Russian software.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-russia-ties/

2026-04-05 19:30:06 CEST

‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden war crime threat to Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/trump-iran-threats-politician-reactions

2026-04-05 13:37:32 CEST

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Air France-KLM's stock price is already down 32% since Trump and Netanyahu started their war.
You can buy the whole thing for €2.3 billion now.
https://sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/cdn.mastodon.energy/media_attachments/files/116/351/892/965/284/180/original/ac1bc1a5660ceb29.jpg

2026-04-05 10:30:49 CEST

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No problem with kerosene at all in the Netherlands, though. Travel agencies are not preparing for shortages.
Let's keep this for future reference. https://www.nu.nl/economie/6391409/nederlandse-toerist-kiest-andere-bestemmingen-om-oorlog-midden-oosten.html
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2026-04-05 08:44:26 CEST

Italy Sets Jet Fuel Limits at Some Airports on Supply Shortage -
Europe is the main importer of jet fuel — including kerosene — from the Persian Gulf.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-05/italy-sets-jet-fuel-limits-at-some-airports-on-supply-shortage

2026-04-01 22:27:23 CEST

Global renewable power capacity crossed the 5 TW (that's 5,000,000,000,000 Watts) mark last year!
It grew by 15.5 % within one year, driven by solar PV and wind.
From IRENA:
https://www.irena.org/News/pressreleases/2026/Apr/Near-700-GW-Surge-in-2025-Proves-Renewable-Energy-Resilience
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2026-03-31 21:57:17 CEST

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Minister Stientje van Veldhoven has made a credit facility available of €8 billion, but 'this limit will probably not be reached because it will only be used if the market fails to fill up the storages'. Not clear why commercial operators would act, at the moment, and ...
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2026-03-31 07:13:07 CEST

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This while the crude oil price 'only' went up by 60%: supply chain disruption.
Note the regional differences for kerosene: from
+88% in North America to
+134% in Asia and Oceania