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Ben Robins

@benrobins.bsky.social
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Energy, Tech, Transit, Geopol, Economics UK based small boat arrival from Xhitter Stands with Ukraine & all fighting tyranny Arguing is fine; political tribalism = block Check out my lists, I've been busy...

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Polanski’s “tax the rich” is the same as Badenoch’s “cut benefits”, a one-size-fits-all funding source that appeals to their prejudice but would never generate anything like the money they claim, and prevents them ever having to engage with serious politics
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September has broken into multi-year lows for gas demand in Europe. With a warm first half of October on the cards, it could well be the case for the coming month too. Oh, front month NBP is down 6% today.
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 13h
Interesting developments in domestic sales of heavy trucks in China, with diesel holding share since the start of the US-Iran war, but BEVs clearly eating into LNG's share. Source: robbieandrew.github.io/china
Graph showing: China domestic sales of heavy trucks (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/china/)
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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 13h
Saving this for the next time someone says 'yerbut America' as an excuse for delaying climate action. It's notable that such people *already* stopped going on about China.
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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 13h
Saving this for the next time someone says 'yerbut America' as an excuse for delaying climate action. It's notable that such people *already* stopped going on about China.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oxford Street to be pedestrianised from October 26th www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Oxford Street to be pedestrianised from 26 October
Buses, taxis, bikes and other vehicles, will be banned from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Electricity is 23% of global final energy but delivers 37% of useful energy and powers 46% of the global economy. We don't need to replace every fossil joule. We need to replace the services. A much smaller task. Great to see the @iea.org’s new Electrification report finally measure this.
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Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
'It remains a terrible time for anyone driving something not powered by electricity.' www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/a...
thisismoney.co.uk
Diesel price 'could near £3 a litre if Trump brings in US export ban'
Drivers across Britain already now pay an average of 197.75p for a litre of diesel - just over a penny away from the 199.09p record set in June 2022, according to the RAC.
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Berty Trouser @bertytrouser.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Know what is cheaper than importing gas? Sunlight and wind - it's everywhere It's almost like he is wilfully ignoring the actual cheaper less damaging option www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Sir Jim Ratcliffe suspends production at key UK plants blaming high gas prices
Ineos said natural gas in the UK is twelve times more expensive than in the US.
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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Take note Jim Ratcliffe.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.
Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024
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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Take note Jim Ratcliffe.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The funniest joke ever. 😂
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
👏👏👏👇
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you like your wind constraint cost culture war, well then you've got some good times coming up. Octopus Energy have at least 48 blogs in draft. Dale Vince has 9,863 tweets ready. Someone will shout subsidy, someone else will talk about nuclear, or something. It's all going off, I promise you.
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Jack Handy @rooby-dooby-dooo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I recall that Sky said that they knocked on her door, once, believing it was Nigel's property *because he had done some financial transactions using the address* In the light of the latest revelations, we can see why perhaps he's trying to deflect with harassment allegations.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. That’s the danger of disinformation. We cannot accept it, and to defeat it, we’ve got to put pressure on the social media companies who profit from it.
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As is oil, as is natural gas. It feels a bit like a day of things breaking.
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Kate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 06/09/2026
Tonight: defence and intelligence officials warn that Europe is failing to stop Russia from waging hybrid war. Russian proxies and intelligence agencies have for the past two years been prosecuting a covert war of aggression on European soil. (Gift link, 300 free clicks) as.ft.com/r/077657b5-6...
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Europe failing to deter Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war, warn defence officials
Foiled drone attack at German airport seen as sign of Nato’s weak response and Moscow’s impunity
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"It was at this point that an oyster went down the wrong way and blocked my ear canals, meaning I missed the whole conversation where I agreed to a foreign donor illegally giving us £500,000..."
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
To me, the most eye-opening bit of this recent Reform scandal is that these knobheads literally say that the reason they need foreign money is because British people won’t support them.
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Xan López @xanlopez.net · 06/09/2026
What exactly is @mu.social, and how it relates to @bsky.app and your account? Super short summary, I'll simplify and omit details. - If you are reading this, you are probably using the @bsky.app client with an account you created through that app. That means, among other things,...
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
most of the supposed benefits of climate change will pan out like this
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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thames water absolutely *should* get 'Railtracked' Investors in bad companies taking a haircut is capitalism 101
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Glostermeteor 🔶 @glostermeteor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As a European I do not see this on Google Maps, which means you now have a Great Firewall of America (like the firewall of china). 2 versions of the truth depending on where you are. Americans need to hang their heads in collective shame, and the tech companies shamed for their complicity.
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The sensitivity of sovereign debt markets to political fragility has jumped, writes @ludovicsubran.bsky.social, chief economist at one of the world's biggest investors Allianz. The risk premium moves differently for different countries depending on how power is organised. www.ft.com/content/12f7...
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ofgem clearer than ever that primary driver of higher energy bills is gas - households that are off gas will only see bills rise 1% rather than 4% - but concerns over rising policy and network costs will not go away. www.businessgreen.com/news/4534822...
businessgreen.com
Ofgem confirms energy bills to rise four per cent to highest level in three years
Conflict in Middle East blamed for latest increase in gas prices, but analysts warn energy costs could remain at high levels through to 2030
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Even the UK's largest gas generator thinks the Tories' pro-gas energy plan is, not to put too fine a point on it, rubbish. lnkd.in/p/egrfrYMk
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is what a real leader says.
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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
While the US auto industry continues to invest in gas guzzling trucks and SUVs no one can afford, in Europe 1 in 4 cars are now electric, partly because the price of gas is so high.
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Europe’s EV Sales Explode, Now Making Up A Quarter Of New Cars
Rising fuel prices are convincing more and more Europeans that electric cars are worth it in the long run.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026
This is what the fake "free speech" advocates have built: an administration that harasses critics. Produce research showing the expensive National Guard deployments didn't lower crime? Get sued by Trump's lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
You know who never hid in a fucking catering truck? Vladimir Zelensky.
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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The black curse Every nation on earth that has had a gas and oil bonanza has failed to create a better society All have squandered the riches by becoming more repressive and more vain Except Norway Russia only propped up its failing project of believing it is a superpower What a waste
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Hands up if you threw your mayoral candidate under a bus by making all their canvassers go to Clacton to help you fight a bin"
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This week's revival of soft climate denialism means we get to dust off the old climate crisis game theory calculation: If they're right and we pursue net zero unnecessarily we misallocate some capital. If we stop decarbonising and they're wrong we get global catastrophe and economic collapse.
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Oil lobbyists and SNP and Tory politicians will tell you BP is leaving the North Sea due to tax levels. That isn’t a credible explanation. In reality it’s down to the relative profitability of production and geology.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump still seems uncertain on Ukraine Patriot deal (though Kiev thinks it’s going ahead). My call this afternoon with him. www.ft.com/content/d8c4...
ft.com
Donald Trump ‘not sure’ he will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles
US president had earlier said he would allow the country to produce the weapon vital for its defence against Russia
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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I suspect the Ukrainians feel the need to humour Trump just in case he decides to cut off satellite intel again. The patriot licence deal isn't helpful anyway because they need them yesterday.
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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I think there's likely a lot of dark money involved here too e.g. fossil fuels, tax avoidance etc. Since Farrage evidently can't win a GE, they now feel the need to actively destroy Reform so it doesn't split the RW vote.
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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We need to take a moment to salute Gianni Infantino for being the first person in history to get 55 European countries to unanimously agree on anything.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So Concacaf sides with Uefa. FIFA's financial power grab is done. What's funny is Infantino would probably have just about got away with this if it wasn't for the Balogun thing. As i said at the time, that scared the absolute shit out of the European FAs. So they instantly closed ranks on this.
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Statement on behalf of Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations  | Concacaf
Statement on behalf of Concacaf and its 41 Member Associations
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This can't be right, I thought we were told just this week that renewables didn't work. www.businessgreen.com/news/4533681...
businessgreen.com
Renewables met a record 52 per cent of UK power demand in 2025
Record output from offshore wind and solar saw the share of electricity provided by renewables jump yet again, the latest government statistics confirm
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026
mind boggling #alwaysbecharging #battchat www.linkedin.com/posts/alessa...
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nomorexitter.bsky.social @nomorexitter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Japan and the legacy US makers almost completely ceding the fastest growing auto segment to the Chinese. TBH I had thought the Koreans were doing better and the Europeans worse.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We are watching, in real time, the biggest fuck-up by any president in the history of the United States of America.
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here's a story to show climate deniers and delayers who argue the US shouldn't bother cutting emissions because China isn't Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
China Crosses Energy Milestone as Coal Falls Below 50% of Power
Less than half of China’s electricity came from coal in the first six months of the year for the first time, a symbolic milestone in the country’s shift toward cleaner energy.
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Choose your fighter: 1) The Tufton Street view of Chinese Power (no point in little old us decarbonising blah blah blah) 2) The actual view of Chinese Power. It's is being marginalised by a yearly compounding effect and it means drastic change over the next 10 years.
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