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Tapio Laakso

@tapiolaakso.bsky.social
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Working with Nordic businesses for transition to sustainable world as Policy Lead at Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC). Father of three.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My favourite chart from the @IEA special report on electrification. Electricity is only 23% of Final Energy (No big deal), but it's 37% of Useful Energy (What?) and delivers 46% of GDP (Wow!) And it's going clean, fast. Still think there's no transition? iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/1c696...
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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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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The biggest scandal in the energy transition? Huge amounts of energy lost as rejected heat. Great talk with @mliebreich.bsky.social on Cleaning Up about why we may be measuring the transition all wrong. Plus hydrogen, heat pumps and systems thinking. youtu.be/7xDH8ZqJvqo?...
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The Scandal at The Heart of The Energy Transition | Ep275: Jan Rosenow
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The evil AI copied itself onto the internet! No stoping it now! That's just Skynet or Ultron. Those stories rely on magic, and the audience suspends disbelief because the plot is cool. Makes no sense for AI that needs giant datacenters or live connections to them. Can we deal with reality, please?
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
OUT TODAY: The take-off in African solar that official statistics can’t yet see 2026 is on track for +45% in solar installations, setting new records in 36 countries. New methodology reveals 3/4 of growth is distributed solar, much of which is missing from official data..🧵
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Measuring energy usage in units of Primary Energy is like measuring nutrition in acres. People need food, not food waste or land inefficiently farmed. People need energy services not thermal waste or fossil fuels inefficiently extracted. Time to measure what matters. #PrimaryEnergyFallacy
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/08/2026
The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 31/07/2026
Climate change is rendering Europe more flammable, vastly increasing the odds of the tinderbox conditions that fueled this week’s megafires in France and Spain, researchers say.
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Climate change made Spanish wildfires 20 times more likely
Global warming also doubled the likelihood of this year’s tinderbox conditions in France, says snap scientific analysis.
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This is what I've been saying for years - there is much more cleantech manufacturing outside China, especially in Europe, Japan, Korea, than the narrative of China's "dominance" suggests.
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Öljykriisi näyttä saaneen enegiasiirtymän aivan uuteen vauhtiin.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
There are many stories for why oil price remains lower than any expert expected. None of them fully explain it. So let me add one more: capitalists are saying oil is not as important to global economy as energy experts think it is. Certainly not as important as it was in the 1970s or even 2000s.
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This is a critical point: *today*, even in countries that don’t introduce policies & measures to support it, consumers can unilaterally enact electrification and demand destruction
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I just launched a Substack newsletter. Every week I'll be writing about the energy transition. The first issue is out today. I include a section called Bright Spots — good news from the transition every week. Please subscribe to my Substack below - it is completely free: janrosenow.substack.com
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Watts Up | Jan Rosenow | Substack
Jan Rosenow's newsletter on the energy transition. Oxford Professor. Energy policy advisor. Energy transition optimist. Cutting through the noise to show how the clean energy future is possible. Click...
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Good morning with good news: Pakistan's solar skyrocketed from ~2% in 2019 to 32.3% in November 2025. Solar output rose ~14x to 36.6 TWh in 12/2025 from 2.6 TWh in 12/2019! 14x in 6 years! Solar jumped to 27.5% in 3/2025 from 15.3% in 3/2024. Twelve-point gain in 12 months. Wow! #energysky
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
NEW RESEARCH: Up to 90% of industrial energy demand could be electrified with existing & emerging tech. Under high-ambition policy, 51% by 2050 is achievable. 84% under the most enabling assumptions. The technologies exist. The constraint is policy. www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/industr...
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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🇪🇺 NEW | Analysis: EU countries with cleanest energy mix to save 58% more on bills than those hooked on fossil fuels 5 countries with highest clean energy share in electricity mix to save up to EUR 8.5 bn in 2026, compared to those w/ dirtiest energy mix energyandcleanair.org/eu-countries...
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 20/04/2026
THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026 * CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt * Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2 * Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse * Age of Electricity "confirmed" * "Extraordinary" solar growth * Batteries up 40% * EVs up 20% 1/10
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Branko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
3 The need to observe simple rules: no interreference in domestic affairs, no foreign aggression. Very simple. Very true. thewire.in/world/multip...
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'Multipolarity Not a Hypothesis but the New Reality in Which the World Lives': Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
'...what is happening today is not a transfer of hegemonies. It is a multiplication of poles. Not only of power, but also of prosperity. And this is great news for Europe,' Sanchez said.
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A striking difference between the 2021-22 and the current fossil fuel crunches is the IEA's response. This time, not a mention of the actual solutions to cut dependence on fossil fuels - clean energy and electrification. This expert letter calls them out for it.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
IEA: “Global oil demand is expected to fall by 80,000 barrels per day year-on-year in 2026, revised down from growth of 640,000 barrels per day seen in last month’s report. The pace of decline will subside in our base case forecast, after supplies chains start to normalize from May.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Péter Magyar: “Our country wants to live again. It wants to be a European country again.”
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The Iran war is driving a solar boom in the UK. @octopus.energy reports solar sales up 54% in March alone. EDF says residential sales are running at double last spring's rate. Every rooftop solar installation is a vote against fossil fuel price volatility.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Heat batteries are a game changer for decarbonising heat. Polar Night Energy and Lahti Energia Oy have partnered to construct what is expected to become the world’s largest sand-based thermal energy storage system, to be built in Vääksy, Finland. www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/worl...
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World's Largest Sand Battery to Supply District Heat in Finland - Environment+Energy Leader
A Finnish energy company is heating 2,400 tons of sand above 500°C to store renewable energy at scale. Can sand replace natural gas in district heating?
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Suomessa on 300 miljardin euron vihreän siirtymän investointien pipeline. Tavoitteiden avaaminen tuottaisi isoa epävarmuutta ja hidastaisi investointeja. Mitä mihinkään auttaa se, että poliitikot riitelevät kolme vuotta uudesta tavoitteesta, kun joka tapauksessa pitää keskittyä toimenpiteisiin?
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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Interesting case of a lead market for a green strategic commodity being secured through reverse auction based government top-up. www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/india...
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Indian government signs deals to buy almost 700,000 tonnes a year of green ammonia for fertiliser production
Contracts have been signed with most — but not all — of the developers that won auction bids in August last year
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 31/03/2026
Happening in realtime... "Vingroup has told Vietnam's government it wants to ditch ​a plan to build the country's largest LNG-fired power plant and embark on a renewable energy project instead, as ‌the Iran war has boosted the risk of the fuel becoming too expensive" www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Exclusive: Vingroup proposes scrapping LNG-powered plant plan for renewables amid Iran war, document shows
Vingroup has told Vietnam's government it wants to ditch ​a plan to build the country's largest LNG-fired power plant and embark on a renewable energy project instead, as ‌the Iran war has boosted the...
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Erinomainen EK:n Jyri Häkämiehen kirjoitus vihreän kasvun mahdollisuuksista Suomelle keskellä globaalia energiakriisiä. ”Puhtaiden ja ekologisten ratkaisujen globaali kysyntä tulee vääjäämättä kasvamaan.” www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
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Vieraskynä | Energiakriisi tarjoaa Suomelle kasvun mahdollisuuden
Ekologisten ratkaisujen globaali kysyntä kasvaa vääjäämättä, ja Suomen on pidettävä kiinni nykyisestä etulyöntiasemastaan.
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Erinomainen EK:n Jyri Häkämiehen kirjoitus vihreän kasvun mahdollisuuksista Suomelle keskellä globaalia energiakriisiä. ”Puhtaiden ja ekologisten ratkaisujen globaali kysyntä tulee vääjäämättä kasvamaan.” www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
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Vieraskynä | Energiakriisi tarjoaa Suomelle kasvun mahdollisuuden
Ekologisten ratkaisujen globaali kysyntä kasvaa vääjäämättä, ja Suomen on pidettävä kiinni nykyisestä etulyöntiasemastaan.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Electricity generated from wind and solar is largely insulated from fossil fuel price volatility – once built, the fuel is free." This is what I told @dharna.bsky.social @theguardian.com who published this article. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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What does the Iran war mean for clean energy transition?
Here’s what to know about how the current crisis could shape the expansion of renewable energy
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 26/03/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: India's CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in more than two decades 🏭power CO2 down 3.8% ☀️record clean-energy growth 🚗oil demand only up 0.4% 🏗️steel/cement up 8/10% By CREA for CB www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Climate change is rightly back on the Democrats' agenda. And thank god for that, since making climate change worse is certainly on the Republicans' to-do list! Thank you @whitehouse.senate.gov and @schumer.senate.gov!
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS
RANKING MEMBER SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2026
Contact: Meaghan McCabe,
(202) 224-2921
***MEDIAADVISORY*** Ranking Member Whitehouse, Leader Schumer Host Spotlight Forum on How
Climate Change is Raising Costs for American Families Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow, March 26, 2026, at 10 a.m. ET, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will host a spotlight forum on the many ways climate change is driving the affordability crisis, focusing on the consequences for home insurance, grocery prices, and health care costs. The Trump Administration is forcing expensive fossil
fuels on American consumers and blocking clean, cheap energy sources. The spotlight builds on last week's roundtable on rising energy costs, co-hosted by Senator Whitehouse; Senator Heinrich, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy
and Natural Resources Committee: and Leader Schumer.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
In just over a decade, Chile went from no utility-scale wind or solar at all to having more electricity from these sources than from all fossil fuels combined: In 2000, wind+solar provided 0% of Chile's electricity, fossil fuels 45%.By 2025, wind+solar had risen to 36%, fossil fuels fallen to 28%.
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finnchurchaid.bsky.social @finnchurchaid.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🙏 Faith leaders are vital in crises, supporting communities before and after aid groups arrive. A Finnish church delegation visited South Sudan to see the impact of their parishes’ humanitarian work. 🔗 More: www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi/en/latest-ne...
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Finnish church leaders visiting South Sudan see impact of work firsthand - FCA Finn Church Aid
Finnish church leaders visiting South Sudan see impact of work firsthand A delegation of Finnish vicars and church representatives visited South Sudan to witness firsthand the humanitarian work their parishes help fund and the important role faith leaders can play. Text & photos: Kiden Viola Lubang IN MANY humanitarian crises, faith leaders are often the […]
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 25/03/2026
“Ignoring climate policy diminishes the ability to defend” - German science council reminds German government that climate policy is increasingly also security policy. Forderung von Sachverständigen – Klimapolitik als Teil von Sicherheitspolitik share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...
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Forderung von Sachverständigen - Klimapolitik als Teil von Sicherheitspolitik
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Mike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Since the closure of USAID an estimated 834,000 people lost their lives as a result of the loss of health assistance. USAID was also one of the largest contributors to conservation ($400m annually). This week on the podcast, Michelle Nijhuis @biographic.bsky.social details the situation a year on.
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‘We will not know what we lost’: Conservation fallout a year after USAID shutdown
When then-U.S. president John F . Kennedy created the United States Agency for International Development in 1961, it was meant primarily to administer health and food aid around the world. In the deca...
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Tässä Paltalta kaukonäköinen kannanotto viime marraskuulta: raskaan liikenteen päästökauppakustannusten korvaamisen painopiste pitäisi siirtää puhtaan siirtymän tukiin. Latausinfra kuntoon ja sähkörekat liikenteeseen! www.palta.fi/ajankohtaist...
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Ammattidiesel ei riitä raskaalle liikenteelle – hallituksen on korjattava kompensaatioiden painopiste puhtaan siirtymän tukiin
ETS2-päästökauppa tuo raskaan liikenteen toimijoille merkittäviä lisäkustannuksia. Hallituksen jo päättämien kompensaatioiden painopiste on siirrettävä alan puhtaan siirtymän tukemiseen.
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Nyt pitäisi kiihdyttää fossiilisista irtautumista. Sähköistämisen vauhdittaminen ja tietysti puhtaan energian rakentamisen kiihdytys tarpeen.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
#energysky
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is not some lefty, hippy, environmentalist point of view. It's what investors are saying. www.ft.com/content/4696...
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Excellent description of what to expect from the oil shock. Only the last stage is missing: price shock will lead to permanent and structural oil and gas demand destruction through clean energy, electrification and energy efficiency measures.
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Tämä kirjoitus Smart Bomb Trap on erinomainen kuvaus siitä, miten miten mukamas tarkat pommitukset johtavat poliittiseen sumuun ja johtavat sotkuisiin, loputtomiin sotiin. Iranissa ollaan nyt todella lähellä tätä luisua.
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The Smart Bomb Trap
How Precision Strikes Expand the Wars They Aim to Contain
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Occurs to me a China / economy reading list is in order. I recommend - Breakneck - Dan Wang Apple in China - Patrick McGee Arriving Today - Christopher Mims (not just China) Private Revolutions - Yuan Yang These all challenge stereotypes. Would love to hear of more.
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
USAn ja Israelin hyökkäys Iraniin nostaa fossiilienergian hintaa mahdollisesti pitkäksi aikaa. Samalla energiasiirtymä kiihtyy. Riippuvuutta kalliista öljystä ja kaasusta vähennetään puhtaalla sähköntuotannolla ja sähköistämisellä. 1/🛢️
Öljyn hinta nousi tänään 108 dollariin.
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This is Asia's Ukraine moment...
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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
On the real tensions brewing in the Gulf that won’t make it in lazy headlines. Must thank Jadaliyya editors for giving me the space to do this.
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The Gulf Between Us
I was seven when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. The memories of a child are vague and grainy, and I cannot vouch for their fidelity, but three images have stayed with me with the sharpness of things tha...
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Tapio Laakso @tapiolaakso.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
USAn ja Israelin hyökkäys Iraniin nostaa fossiilienergian hintaa mahdollisesti pitkäksi aikaa. Samalla energiasiirtymä kiihtyy. Riippuvuutta kalliista öljystä ja kaasusta vähennetään puhtaalla sähköntuotannolla ja sähköistämisellä. 1/🛢️
Öljyn hinta nousi tänään 108 dollariin.
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Jaakko Haikonen @jaakkoha.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Vihreä siirtymä syrjäyttää kaivostoimintaa.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18/03/2026
Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence reut.rs/4cVsHug
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Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence
The energy shock from the Iran war has policymakers around the globe rethinking ways to reduce long-term dependence on oil and gas imports, with proposals to expand nuclear energy and renewables, grow strategic stockpiles and domestic production, and diversify foreign sources of supply.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Electric vehicles are already cutting 2.3 million barrels of oil demand per day. That's about to double under a business-as-usual scenario this decade. It could go faster if EV sales rise, which there are indications they will at this oil price. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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