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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

According to JD Vance, the pope doesn't know theology. The pope has several related university degrees. JD Vance has none. According to Pierre Poilievre, Mark Carney is poorly educated in economics. Dr. Carney has a PhD in economics from Oxford. PP? None. Dunning-Kruger? Confirmation Bias?

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

One container (TEU) of LFP battery cells can store and return about 27 000 MWh of electricity over their lifetime- as much as 270 container-sized tanks of diesel fuel. Renewable energy is about reducing GHG and toxic emissions. But it's also about energy security and resilience!

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

One container of solar panels shipped to Toronto, can generate enough electricity over their lifetime to replace about 42 container-sized tanks worth of diesel fuel (4200 MWh).

An image showing that one container of solar panels (1 TEU) can replace the electricity generated from 42 TEU containers of diesel fuel over their lifetime.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Batteries and solar panels and wind turbines, much less the wind and sun to power them, don't need to be constantly shipped through the Strait of Hormuz Just sayin'

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Here's what a Cheetolini voodoo doll looks like when exposed to flame. Made of fat, starch and hot air, and hence a considerable flame. As much as I avoid practices based on poor or absent evidence, in this case it was worth a try!

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Trolls and bots Canadian and otherwise, have been distorting the message of the brilliant speech @mark-carney.bsky.social gave at Davos. So here's the speech's main points, explained by AI so a 5 yr old can get the gist: spitfireresearch.com/mark-carneys...

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Mark Carney’s Speech- Interpreted for 5 yr olds – Spitfire Research Inc.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I was interviewed by Krissy Holmes on CBC Newfoundland On the Go last week in relation to several H2 to ammonia to rich, dumb Germans projects that have recently been cancelled. My commentary starts at around 12:30 into the piece www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Here's why I think biofuels are the obvious solution for shipping and aviation- not fuels made from their combustion products using electricity, because that's thermodynamic idiocy. But it won't be cheap...https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/short-screed-biofuels-paul-martin-y7ohc/

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

There, I fixed it for you, nuclear bros. Seems you failed basic data analysis and statistics, or at least ignored it when it didn't make a happy story for your industry. Nukers aren't getting cheaper in China- they're just way cheaper to build there than anywhere else. Like everything.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I saw this and thought it was wryly amusing. Didn't see it on X- I'm done with that platform permanently.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The ER-6 battery pack has been replaced. Elon-free silent roadster motoring is back on the menu- with twice the range! The old pack is going into a solar installation where it will likely last another decade. www.linkedin.com/pulse/er-6-b...

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ER-6 Battery Pack Replacement

ER-6 Battery Pack Replacement I converted a 1975 Triumph Spitfire to a fully electric vehicle in 2014. The project is described here, including the specifications of the motor, inverter and other comp...

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Danny Michel @dannymichelmusic.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

As Canadians do their best to buy Canadian, it's worth pointing out how much the CBC has been a constant presence throughout our entire lives. To me, Canada wouldn’t be Canada without the CBC. And I hope it never is. Don’t forget to vote tomorrow ❤ #vote #canadastrong @savethecbc.bsky.social

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Somebody told @dannymichelmusic.bsky.social that musicians should stay in their lane and not make political comments. So he did the right thing - he wrote a protest song. "But we ain't for sale, like one of your cars And the northern star- that one's ours!"

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A tale of two batteries. 11 years apart. The new ones to the left weigh the same, have 1.66x the energy density per unit volume and 2.4x the energy density per unit mass, and cost 30% as much per kWh. And they're not done getting better.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Batteries arrived for the ER-6 replacement pack. The 11 yr old original cells will be going into a solar project to serve a low C rate retirement of likely another 10 years or so. Now the long process of capacity measurements before they go in the car!

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Our old bumpersticker for our Model Y is starting to peel already, but the new one is sticking fast- and I think it makes the point even clearer. Elon can kiss my shiny metal ass!

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Tesla is rattling around $234, but if it had twice the P/E of Toyota it would be $30. Fan-boys will buy it all the way down. It's a meme stock, not an investment, and hasn't been one for years. Stop funding the narcissist CEO - if you own it, ditch it, like you did your X account.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

And just like that, the cynical stock price reward given by "investors" to Elon after he bought Orange Julius Caesar the presidency, has been wiped out. 15% drop in a day- and lots more room to fall. Brings to mind my 2nd favourite German word: schadenfreude. (fave is still "gift" (poison))

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Congratulations to Mark Carney, Canada's next prime minister. Tough job ahead- he has to contend not only with Orange Julius Caesar, but Canada's own "Trump lite" Pierre Poilievre. Hopefully Canadians will vote for competence over bluster.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

US booze has been pulled from Ontario and Quebec shelves. US products are heavily discounted but not selling in our grocery stores. Canadians have two modes: "We're sorry", and "You're about to be sorry". Elbows up- this is going to get ugly until the Orange Turd is flushed from the Oval Toilet

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Speaks for itself- when it can get a word in edgewise.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

What do you think of my new trash artwork? Any guesses as to what it is?

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Watch out! Green hydrogen as a fuel is a zombie meme idea. It can never be alive- thermodynamics and H2's properties ensure that- but it also will never die. It is too powerful at a simpleminded level, and as a predatory delay strategy. spitfireresearch.com/green-hydrog...

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Green Hydrogen as a Fuel is a Zombie Meme Idea – Spitfire Research Inc.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/02/2025

I have no idea how I missed this but this @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social report on Oxy is fantastic carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/u...

a diagram showing how direct air capture operates

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This piece from the Onion is darkly funny, until you realize it was published in November 2023- then its prescience is a little spooky...https://theonion.com/nazi-hopes-elon-musk-antisemitism-apology-as-disingenuo-1851062416/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIUYu1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRmw

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Airbus has given up on hydrogen as a practical aviation fuel- they are "still committed" to the concept but have given up on a timeline for its implementation. As was predicted. Because that turkey was never going to fly, except as a predatory delay strategy. www.flightglobal.com/air-transpor...

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Airbus pushes back ZEROe timeline and ditches A380 fuel cell flight-test plan

Airbus has delayed the service-entry target for a hydrogen-powered aircraft developed under its ZEROe project by up to 10 years and axed plans to flight-test hydrogen propulsion systems, according to ...

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

There’s a gulf between installed electrolyser capacity in Europe and what’s needed to meet the 10m t green hydrogen production ambition set out in RePowerEU Strategy. Great slide @nathanielbullard.com !

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 06/02/2025

We all know fossil fuel companies are beyond shameless, but it takes a special kind of sociopathy to announce $9.1 billion in profits, and a 50% cut to renewable energy investments ON THE SAME DAY. Great work as always, #Equinor 🤮

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Norwegian oil giant Equinor cuts green investment in half

Equinor will slash investment in renewable energy while ramping up oil and gas production.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It never had a thing to do with Canadian border security.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I'm not an artist, but I modified this popular cartoon to make it more accurate. It would better if the Great Orange Turd were holding the MAGA supporter to ward off the backsplash- hopefully someone can do a nicer job of it and post it here!

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

We didn't start this trade war, but we sure as hell won't just roll over and take it, either. Great speech from Trudeau- well worth listening to.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I'm going to try to never dirty my mouth, or my keyboard, with his real name again. My current favorite nickname for the orange felon is the Manchurian Cantaloupe. What's yours?

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

My experience with generative AI text search results is exactly this: it spits out plausible sounding but false answers. Frequently with obvious internal contradictions- but often more subtly and dangerously. So you can only ask it what you know already- rending it useless.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Proof, despite recent events, that I haven't lost my marbles. I know exactly where they are- they're in a coffee can, mixed in with my ball bearings. And I also know where my towel is.

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Justin Apgar @prandpw.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/01/2025

Finally - if you want a breather - please go watch this video of @frediotto.bsky.social at @climatescibreak.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BWY...

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Nish Kumar Translates Dr Fredi Otto | Climate Science Translated

YouTube video by Climate Science Breakthrough

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Yeah, Elon was "throwing his heart" to the crowd. And the way he chose to do it- twice- makes it quite clear what's actually IN that cold, dead little Grinch heart of his. Don't kid yourself. Don't post pics of other people with arms raised. Watch the video- and note the absence of an apology.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I'm told daily that "efficiency doesn't matter". Which is true, sort of. Low efficiency approaches can work, if their capital cost is low. Higher efficiency pays for more capital. The problem with wind=>H2=>ammonia=>electricity is low efficiency AND high capex, which means high cost per kWh.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

How a graph can be accurate and yet tell a different story than it intends to. Chinese road fuels use has plateaued. Petrochemical use continues to grow- but is MUCH LOWER (the graph has different scales!). Chinese peak oil consumption is near, which is great news.

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

That the world's richest man is likely mentally ill and self medicating, is worrisome enough- that he bought himself an evil orange president should worry everyone. Sam Harris apparently has had enough, and is no longer Elon's buddy. samharris.substack.com/p/the-troubl...

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The Trouble with Elon

I didn’t set out to become an enemy of the world’s richest man, but I seem to have managed it all the same.

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