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Harriet Weber

@harri.bsky.social

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Journalist covering Data Centers Breaking Things, Electrification, Oil Demand Destruction, and more for Investors.com. Hear something interesting? Tip me on Signal: hew.04 or email harri@harri.fm

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What's the best way to preserve a carved pumpkin during 80+ degree October days? (Best as in not environmentally harmful)

Two wilting carved halloween pumpkins in Los Angeles circa October, 2025.

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here's what IEA and Harvard reports have to say about electric car sales in the near future👇

The International Energy Agency sees fully electric vehicles a ways away from the halfway milestone. It forecasts fully electrics representing about 28% of total new-car sales in 2026 and 50% by 2035. Meanwhile, a Harvard study points to 38% by 2030. The pace varies by report and diverges by country. EVs already dominate Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands and Finland.

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This EV chart screams dashed hopes & future oil demand. Two years ago, BNEF thought EVs and hybrids could make up 47% of US car sales by 2030. Last year, BNEF trimmed to 27%. This year it revised down again to 17.3%. via @insideevs.com @bloomberglp.bsky.social

Two years ago, BNEF forecasted EVs/hybrids would represent 47% of US car sales by 2030. Last year, BNEF cut that prediction to 27%. This year its revised forecast sank to 17.3% of car sales.

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Experts don't see the fuel crisis igniting a refinery boom tomorrow, especially not in the U.S. Why? Long-term demand for gas & diesel *isn't* really growing. But forecasts *do* show oil sticking around past 2050 (see also: shrinking U.S. EV forecasts)

'Modestly' Less Oil Demand?

U.S. gasoline demand flattened in 2005, and inched to its record level, just above nine million barrels per day, in 2018. Demand ran roughly 880,000 barrels per day below that record level in June. The Energy Information Administration projects U.S. daily demand will gradually decrease to between six million and seven million barrels per day by 2050.

S&P Global sees renewables stealing from fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix in the coming decades. However, the firm doesn't see a full oil phaseout.

Instead, it expects oil demand to fall "modestly," per its 2026 report, "from 101 million barrels per day in 2025 to 93 million barrels per day in 2060, including feedstocks."

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Smartphones seem to act like a drain on effort and certainty in financial literacy tests. This study digs into what that means for U.S. adults' falling scores. TL;DR: a "smartphone penalty" explains some of the drop off recorded in the last 15 years, but not all. 🧪 www.investors.com/news/financi...

U.S. financial literacy scores are falling and researchers think they've pinpointed an overlooked factor in the plunge — the "smartphone penalty." Research suggests smartphones lead to less engaged survey participants, and are therefore partly to blame for declining financial literacy scores on surveys conducted over the past 15 years.

"We found that using a smartphone to answer survey questions leads to lower measured financial knowledge and more 'don't know' responses," said economists at the University of Southern California, Montana State University, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's FINRA Foundation in an August 2026 report.

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

How much energy does solar produce? 🧪

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Quirky AI power loads, now in print!

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

No, computer, it's the Strait of Hormuz. Strait. Of. Hormuz. This is the upshot of widespread, automatic audio transcribers.

an automated transcription says "straight of hormones" rather than "Strait of Hormuz," the busiest sea lane for oil.

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Posting my blue sky on bluesky

Blue, early-morning sky with lots of fluffy clouds speckled about and some silhouettes of trees barely in frame.

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Share their names, this post, or my contact deets. In exchange, here is my picture with my friend's big boy. mail: harri@harri.fm signal: hew.04

The author, blonde, wears a baseball tee and a brown bandana. In the corner lays a blonde dog.

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Harriet Weber @harri.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Reintroducing myself. Hi! I write about $, tech, science, energy, and data centers. Hear something interesting? I'll honor your privacy. DMs open. Or, message me on Signal: hew.04 🧪

Close-up on a newspaper that includes an article on a lesser-known player in the AI hype machine, Advanced Energy

A selfie of the reporter at her desk with a laptop and flower tattoos.

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