Reposted by DanielDaniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Governments in the US and other neoliberal economies are increasingly becoming cash machines for shareholders and the rentier classes either through finance, energy, AI, public utilities or some other asset bracket 001
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is public debt "If hyperscalers or their suppliers are treated as critical national infrastructure (for compute, defence, or economic competitiveness), policymakers could justify guarantees, cheap state credit, or emergency support that protects creditors" - whitehouse.gov 100
Reposted by DanielRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid? 23277133069
Reposted by DanielClean Hydrogen Partnership @cleanhydrogen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Europe’s electrolyser manufacturing capacity is on the rise. Expected to reach 15.4 GW/year in 2026 and grow to 19.7 GW/year by 2027, supported by projects already under construction and backed by FID. Discover more 👉 shorturl.at/lmTwOshorturl.atElectrolyser manufacturing capacity | European Hydrogen ObservatoryGet latest insights into electrolyser manufacturing capacity in Europe. 055
Reposted by DanielEuropean Union Legal Watch @european-union-law.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Leaked RED IV recommendations for EU hydrogen: What’s really going on in the EU, and what investors can dojdsupra.comLeaked RED IV recommendations for EU hydrogen: What’s really going on in the EU, and what investors can doEarlier in September 2026, there was a leak of a draft impact assessment by the European Commission (“Commission”) recommending policy options to... 001
Reposted by DanielRobb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Hydrogen Stream: Germany, Austria and Luxembourg launch €2.12 billion program for sustainable aviation fuel www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/25/t...?pv-magazine.comThe Hydrogen Stream: Germany, Austria and Luxembourg launch €2.12 billion program for sustainable aviation fuel - pv magazine GlobalIn other news, African green hydrogen projects secure new funding and Mauritania advances the Aman project. Moreover, Ansaldo Green Tech is expands electrolyzer manufacturing, as Toyota, Iveco and Hys... 2127
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 24/09/2026*Plastic straws 2.0*: the one answer that could fix this - complete conversion of all plastic waste to hydrogen and solid carbon - is a policy issue the current Commission have basically mugged down a back alley and is now scarred for life 30% of oil is plastic; it's just bullshit in the Commission 100
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Here are my 10 most recent posts in one thread. I still like the Medium format and am reluctant to move to Substack until I have more me-time I hope that if you find any of these themes interesting, you will find much more structural work beneath them ▶️ We need to focus on obvious barriers first 100
Reposted by DanielAce Fujiwara @acefujiwara.bsky.social · 22/09/2026good list of many challenges associated with RFNBO fuel, of which the biggest elephant in the room is price. #energy #hydrogen #renewables #oil #gas #economics #EU #biofuel #climate danielrwilliams.medium.com/top-50-criti...danielrwilliams.medium.comTop 50 criticisms of the EU Commission’s RFNBO rulesDelegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1184 requires hydrogen producers using contracted power to conclude PPAs with new renewable capacity that… 141
Reposted by DanielIngmar Rentzhog @ingmar.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026Actuaries, whose job is to price risk, classify 3°C of warming as a risk of more than 4 billion deaths. Roughly half of everyone alive. Current policies put us on a path toward up to 2.8°C. Read that again. 1134
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Always the same story: inflation is a result of too much demand; reducing this demand by making everything more expensive is the correct thing to do Inflation is a result of supply constraints (climate impacts and energy prices) not demand. Rates are just a tax awarded to banking shareholders.. 011
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"The greenhouse gases blanketing the atmosphere are already costing U.S. households between $400 and $900 a year." By 2050, at the most conservative estimate (all policy targets achieved) climate impacts are going to cost €2.5-3 trillion per year, or about €15,000 per EU taxpayer annuallypolitico.comClimate inflation is hereClimate change might be costing you hundreds of dollars a year. 000
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Responsible carbon capture: the EU goal is 450 million tons of CO2 per year by 2050, out of about 2800mtpa in the EU27 currently Ineos Denmark: 8 mtpa at capacity Northern Lights in Norway went online in 2025: 5 mtpa by 2028 Carbon capture *works* at current prices, and can scale #CCSreuters.comINEOS says EU's first full-scale carbon storage project to start operatingThe European Union's first full-scale carbon dioxide storage is set to start operations on Friday, INEOS said in a statement. 000
Reposted by Danielhydrogenfuelnews.bsky.social @hydrogenfuelnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Germany and UAE Seal €40 Billion Energy and Clean Hydrogen Infrastructure Deal hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-news-… 002
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Impossible to ignore: the ECB have no interest in lowering inflation if the only response to inflation is to raise interest rates and therefore profits Another report explaining precisely this, actually funded by DG ECON #shareholdercapitalism www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud... 100
Reposted by DanielRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system. To counter Trump’s culture wars and fake populism, progressives must mount a real battle against economic elites who have rigged the game — and shafted millions of working class people. 18896212
Reposted by DanielSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Here's a non-paywalled version of the reporting on Canada becoming a possible "associate member" of the EU. It suggests Canada is willing to agree free movement of people, which (if true) would mean that the EU would be willing to agree more internal market access. www.reuters.com/world/americ...reuters.comCarney pushes idea of making Canada 'associate member' of EU, WSJ reportsThe EU is open to the idea, the Journal reported. 63884392
Reposted by DanielDaniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It's not just crop losses. My recent post - 12 minute read, part one of two We are looking at catastrophic GDP reduction by 2050; approximately €2.5-3 trillion per year in Europe danielrwilliams.medium.com/the-cost-of-... 021
Reposted by DanielDaniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Monetary policy is actively opposed to tackling climate change. It promotes fossil fuels by design because climate change ultimately consolidates the wealth of elites and their shareholder clientele My new post [guest link]: danielrwilliams.medium.com/the-cost-of-... 141
Reposted by DanielDaniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Actually, another pretty big lie is that interest rates are going to do anything except exacerbate the situation and transfer even more money to incumbents. Monetary policy is the real fraud driving climate change in the EU My new post [guest link]danielrwilliams.medium.comThe cost of climate change in the EU to 2030: climate breakdown in real timePart two of two: we are being screwed by central banks and the financial industry 041
Reposted by Daniel@dennis74.bsky.social @dennis74.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Is this real, or photo chopped! 184
Reposted by DanielEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11/09/2026Plans for hydrogen infrastructure on the Humber show that preparations for Britain’s future energy needs are already under way | East Anglia Bylines eastangliabylines.co.ukLetter to the editor: Humber Hydrogen – a plan for Britain’s energy futurePlans for hydrogen infrastructure on the Humber show that preparations for Britain’s future energy needs are already under way 052
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Living off-grid and not in cities to me seems the most practical and sensible answer to today's unfolding crises. No electricity, heating or water bills - and next the allotment [with vegcam, paved between beds, vibe coded single-press watering system powered by arduino etc] - this is a stable basis 110
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 05/09/2026So glad to discover Gary Stevenson! Really, really interesting debate again with Aaron Bastani. Disclosure: I grew up in London in the 80syoutu.beTheir Plan Is to DESTROY the Middle Class | Aaron Bastani Meets Gary StevensonYouTube video by Novara Media 010
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 04/09/2026*I will be moving to Substack as my Medium articles are being paywalled - link to follow* 000
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The cost of climate change in the EU as forecast by the NGFS, ECB, Swiss Re, Bundesbank etc is going to be about €2.9-3.2 trillion per year in a worst case scenario. This ends up being approximately €9,000-14,000 per year for each EU taxpayer [non-paywalled]danielrwilliams.medium.comThe cost of climate change in the EU to 2030: climate breakdown in real timePart one of two: piecing together the evidence 042
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fact: shale methane is the cause of recent warming [non-paywalled] #heatwave #shalemethanedanielrwilliams.medium.comFact: shale methane is the cause of recent warming, and the climate science industry are a charadeFor the past two decades, the climate conversation about methane's effect on the climate has circled around an convenient mistruth: that… 020
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 03/09/2026One really, really useful thing @bsky.app - a recycle bin for 'second-thoughts' posting, where you delete and then experience profound remorse Rather than having extra-long video And basically, a 'power-user' mode (possibly analytics?) that might come with a small premium like microsoft etc, €1-2 000
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"The study highlights that, to limit peak warming to well-below 2C, net-zero CO2 targets must be complemented by stringent methane emissions cuts." We are racing past 2°C in every credible climate model, and to suggest otherwise is to highlight how utterly unhinged conventional climate science is 000
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It's a pity #hydrogen production is banned in the EU #RFNBO #DelegatedActs 000
Reposted by DanielDaniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 24/08/2026So correct; and precisely the message my writing tries to get across: this is a contrived collapse in service of power and control. "They want the kind of money that bends others to their will. They seek power, buy it, co-opt it, leverage it and always thirst for more of it."theguardian.comThis is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowinglyGlobal heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly 101
Reposted by DanielPositive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"There's one very clear target for tax rises in John Healey & Andy Burnham's first Budget this autumn, and that's the banks." - our Head of Campaigns & Comms @hankd667.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 📻 Add your name to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks 💰 063
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Not at all the fraud of using hydrofractured shale (the primary cause of warming on the planet, and which will soon push us past 2°C by 2030) to power gas turbines which then power data centers - which are then paid for by local residents (in the pocket and in the lungs, etc) 000
Reposted by DanielWillshome @willshome.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years theconversation.com/empty-north-...theconversation.comEmpty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven yearsGreen hydrogen production is, in effect, a way of bottling renewable energy. 001
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Read the article after this one as well, an extremely rounded perspective of the green transition. Excellent stuff 010
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Updates on the place? I am building a full 3D model (to the millimetre) before I start construction in February 2027. I will build in two halves, and construct the passivhaus sections independently for the ~50sq-m (plus terrace). I have a river at the bottom of the garden for water 110
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In other news, weirdly, the more hydrogen we combust or put on crops (rather than completely clean fuel cells) the more nitrogen oxide we produce and the faster methane concentrations break down and completely dissapate Really great full-spectrum writing from Yury Erofeevmedium.comNitrogen oxide pollution has reduced atmospheric methane concentrationsHydroxyl radicals oxidize it to the less potent carbon dioxide 100
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Prices need to rise sharply for everything (energy, food, consumer durables) not because of shareholder profits but because of government spending on a responsible, cooperative and decent future that at least provides the tiniest window of possibility for survival 000
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It's not just wheat: the EU economy has lost *all GDP growth* in 2026 When GDP growth is permanently zero / negative, conventional monetary policy (single lever mechanism) becomes obsolete. Monetary policy is over, dead. The ECB cannot reward shareholders for ever-worsening failure with zero upside 100
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I was starting to lose faith. Long overdue, however. Hopefully a ban on fracking will arrive. It should be obvious now that localised shale methane emissions have not only caused specific heating of - for example - the Atlantic LNG shipping lane, but also fracking regions like British Columbia 000
Reposted by DanielECCO think tank @eccoclimate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Public procurement accounts for 16% of Europe's GDP. Yet, it relies on price-based criteria, limiting its ability to drive industrial transformation. 💬ECCO is among 26 organisations calling for low-carbon criteria to be at the centre of the forthcoming EU public procurement revision. 155
Reposted by Danielhydrogenfuelnews.bsky.social @hydrogenfuelnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Hydrogen Infrastructure: EnBW’s Karlsruhe Plant Paves Way for Coal-to-Hydrogen Shift hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-infra… 011
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This was really valuable. Kevin Anderson doesn't write or produce much these days, but I really liked these 1h47m of genuine chat with an engaged host regarding these topics, which are 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 being understood 111
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 16/08/2026From the Dirtiest Fuel to the Cleanest Molecule: Why Chinese Coal Producers Are Betting on Green Hydrogenchinahydrogen.substack.comFrom the Dirtiest Fuel to the Cleanest Molecule: Why Chinese Coal Producers Are Betting on Green HydrogenChina’s coal producers are emerging as major developers of the country’s large green hydrogen projects. 000
Reposted by DanielBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 10/08/2026Same argument always, and always wrong. The private sector is *never* in a better position to buy and operate not-for-profit assets because its cost of capital and, therefore, required returns are always—always—higher than the state's. Which means higher user costs and/or lower service quality. 36925
Daniel @danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Sulphur-aerosol reduction or fracked LNG imports? #heatwave #shalemethanedanielrwilliams.medium.comSulphur-aerosol reduction or fracked LNG imports? Revisiting James Hansen’s 2023 report ‘Global Warming in the Pipeline’ with regard to the previous global heatwaveThe global 2020 shipping regulations have become the default explanation in some circles for why the 2023–2024 heatwave was so intense , but evidence suggests otherwise 011
Reposted by DanielHypx @hypx.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Reservations on Germany's hydrogen core network double to nearly 6 GW renewablesnow.com/news/reserva...renewablesnow.comReservations on Germany's hydrogen core network double to nearly 6 GWAlmost 6 GW of entry and exit capacity had been reserved on a paid basis across Germany's planned hydrogen core network as of July 23, 2026, doubling the level reported in May. 011