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Both instances of national-sectoral “overcapacity” vis-a-vis rest of the world’s “undercapacity” signal sovereignty risk for the RoW. One of these propels the RoW in a “good” direction re energy transition. The other… is more or less a waste of resources? And will hopefully collapse in on itself

Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good ongoing thread re LULUCF, deforestation, forest carbon, etc… 👇🌲🌳 bsky.app/profile/data...

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Most interesting thing you'll see today? On the left: Reconstructed neolithic wall found in germany, 3500 years old: Better U-value (insulation) than a german house built till early 1990ies. Foto: Dr. Hans-Otto Schmitt On the right: modern #strawbuilding #Passivhaus #Technology

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Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Re natural (non-plastic) insulation materials, air tightness, ventilation: bsky.app/profile/mich...

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Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Re electrification / decarbonisation / energy security: (UK v behind on this) bsky.app/profile/aarn...

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Sip Coffee, Build for Change @sipgoodcoffee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A great thread on building w/ hemp & lime. The benefts are astounding: lighter for workers to lift, fire & mold resistant, sound & heat insulating, low or negative emission. A sound choice for new builds & renovations / retrofits. There is so much to like -- once you know it's hard not to evangelize

A horizontal photo of an interior building renovation for a future retail space. The walls are felled oak and reclaimed lumber surrounded by hempcrete. The floor is a Roman concrete made with 96% recycled materals and no Portland cement. A ladder stands to the left side of the future ADA bathroom. An opening where the salvaged steel windows will be installed is empty and greenery from a tree shows through it. Framing tools are leaned up in various places along the walls and floor.the original ceiling joists can be seen.

A vertical photo of a first floor interior commercial renovation. The close up of the wall demonstrates hempcrete running 12' from floor to ceiling in between local antique oak studs. The hempcrete encaseds the steel beams. The steel beams were purchased from a canceled project and the decking is used with nail holes.

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Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

John Rent-a-ghoul

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Remember Kalecki! Today's price spikes and the subsequent rise in employment will only fuel the far-right. 🌹 We must be bold and tackle insecurity with an economics of essentials.

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Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌳🌲 More on this appalling situation. Great article by @katearonoff.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/kate...

Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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☝️ malign proposals to change international LULUCF accounting standards. Highly relevant for the political economy of sustainable construction, using timber instead of concrete, steel etc. Forest conservation & restoration. @kevinclimate.bsky.social wonder if you have thoughts?

Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And a thread by Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/gree...

Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌳🌲 More on this appalling situation. Great article by @katearonoff.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/kate...

Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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🌲🌲 Circling back to this: Must-read NYT article by @mikegrunwald.bsky.social about some truly dire proposals for changing the international forest carbon-accounting rules. Technical & boring-sounding 🙈 Profoundly important 👇👇

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

”A new analysis says that heat pumps avoided a staggering €9.7 billion in import costs alone last year.” #EnergyCrisis www.euronews.com/2026/06/22/e...

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Heat pumps are saving Europe billions by lowering gas imports

A new analysis says that heat pumps avoided a staggering €9.7 billion in import costs alone last year.

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Don’t want to ignore that financial repression, wage constraint etc in China are a sacrifice forced on Chinese workers, in exchange for technological & trade preeminence. Nor that constrained household income might have been bad for them on net (?) Nevertheless.

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Helpful brief explainer by @mathewlawrence.bsky.social about current network problems, & promising potential of Burnham’s public grid buildout plans. Look forward to learning more details…

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Altho I shouldn’t laugh. He’s right bsky.app/profile/paul...

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 30/09/2026

From a thoroughly disreputable and irresponsible organisation.

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The social internet — for science! I'm super excited to see @aster.id launching. It's an Atmosphere service provider (like @eurosky.social) for researchers, hosted by your friends at the @modalfoundation.eurosky.social. Why does it matter? Thread time! 🧵

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026

Lol bsky.app/profile/pete...

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NEW – Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/K6T9wCt

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And yet Only the “good” kind of overcapacity (from the standpoint of human wellbeing, climate, nature) - China’s solar PV exports etc - appears as a “bad” currency imbalance. Only the bad form of overcapacity (AI) appears all fine from a currency perspective via-a-vis US(petro)D hegemony.

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

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This is how a boreal forest should look like. The Finnish government removed boreal forests from the nature restoration plan without consultation. There are still unprotected small areas in southern Finland left from phased clear-cutting management. #RestoreNature 🌲

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On the social utility / elective distribution of various types of productive capacity: bsky.app/profile/70sb...

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Maybe I’m wrong or this is obvious, but I feel like it’s important to distinguish between *physical* (over?)capacity of Chinese EV, PV etc exports, and those exports’ competitive (under?)pricing wrt eg European manufactures, which has secured a ready market for them. bsky.app/profile/fber...

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In the meantime, we shouldn't want to see the continued expansion of air travel, and should be working to shrink it instead.

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But to reiterate: I have not myself looked into this seriously at all. IEA, IRENA and others seem cautiously hopeful over 20-30 years, but also v doubtful over the short-medium term: lots of political & economic contingencies, various moving parts.

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Meanwhile, biofuels appear to be the focus. Those also v problematic! But more established & look to remain more cost-competitive for a good while. At the end of the day, all these solutions seem to be a ways off! I worry that futuristic tech-fixes encourage taking our eye off the ball.

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RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCES mean it is typically cheaper to produce electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels. Yet, around the world, the transition to green energy is happening too slow...

It's also not just cost curves of inputs, but *profitability* that drives capital investment. Cf Brett Christophers' book on the troubled history of investments into renewables-powered electricity: www.versobooks.com/products/306...

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Also big barriers. The blogpost talks about cost of energy via solar PV. What about cost of electrolysers, DAC, and other kit? A quick google => capital investments into this stuff currently lag, w China most effective in directing investments. Not all synthetics aim to use atm CO2 as feedstock

Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah I also think that's a plausible fix - eventually! That blogpost says this stuff is viable in the "near term future" tho, which I think is misleading. IEA suggests that by 2050, some jet fuel provided by synthetics - but only in regions with strong mandates in place. (EU wants 35%)

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So anyway yeah, good to R&D electric planes & other ecological alternatives to jet fuel. But in the meantime presumably best to not get excited / feed the hype? and don’t fly at all if possible

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Still not nearly enough initiative or sufficiently large & robust moves. Also insane that it takes the threat of China dominating these sectors for the EU to start getting even small-steps serious about building its own capacity. Or at least that’s what it looks like to this lay observer.

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Both have been world historically important for energy transition, & to that extent v welcome. But European states & capital were not themselves taking appropriate levels of initiative before China dumped a load of product onto “their” markets.

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