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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 27/09/2026

Would you buy a car that disappeared when its manufacturer went bust? Wayne Scott uses that comparison to explain a risk with cloud software. I’ve put four moments from my Resilient Supply Chain podcast into this reel.

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 18/09/2026

The Grid Is Becoming Industrial Policy - Grid access is becoming a constraint on factories, data centres, renewables and electrification. Power infrastructure is moving from an energy issue to an industrial strategy issue.... tomraftery.com/2026/09/18/the-grid-…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 18/09/2026

Best name for this cat? I’ll go first - Richard? John Thomas? Willy? Over to you friends…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 17/09/2026

In case you’re depressed from all the doomscrolling, allow me to brighten your timeline a little!

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 17/09/2026

Viagra, Botox, Humira, Ozempic and Wegovy amongst others are only manufactured in Europe. Your move Donnie!

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 15/09/2026

The Content Compounds Long Before the Audience Does Reaching 100,000 YouTube subscribers was gratifying, but the number is less interesting than what accumulated along the way. Years of specialist interviews… tomraftery.com/2026/09/15/the-conte…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 13/09/2026

When a Podcast Archive Becomes a Research System A peer-reviewed paper based on 52 of my podcast interviews made me realise I had built more than a content archive. Here’s how I now turn hundreds of transcripts into… tomraftery.com/2026/09/13/when-podc…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 07/09/2026

One of the most powerful photos I’ve ever seen. Israel’s name will forever live in infamy. Photo taken by Omar Ashtawy

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 07/09/2026

The end of an era? Meep, meep 🛣️🏃‍♂️

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 05/09/2026

Your phone is a terrible crystal ball for an EV battery. Both bought in Dec 2024: iPhone 16 Pro: 93% maximum capacity. Kia EV3: 100% reported battery health. But my car isn't what settles the "new battery every three years" argument. The larger datasets are. #ElectricVehicles

Image showing that after 2 years my phone's battery is at 93% of original capacity, whereas my car, bought the same month, is still at 100%

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 04/09/2026

Long-duration energy storage is not waiting for one perfect invention. It needs markets that value time, contracts investors can finance and infrastructure that can deliver. My new evidence-led briefing examines what must change, and why grids are the next part of the…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 02/09/2026

A technically successful AI pilot is not necessarily a production capability. New research from the Resilient Supply Chain archive identifies four strongly supported reasons promising models struggle to create lasting operational value—and what leaders should test before scaling.

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 31/08/2026

The Visibility Trap: Why Seeing More Does Not Make Supply Chains Resilient Despite significant investments in technology, businesses often fail to act effectively on incoming data due to… tomraftery.com/2026/08/31/the-visib…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 30/08/2026

This new remake looks shit

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 25/08/2026

The US’ reserves of crude oil are at their lowest levels ever. Who is the largest supplier of crude oil to the US? Canada. Carney has an opportunity now to do the funniest thing!

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 19/08/2026

{Technology doesn’t deliver sustainable supply chains. Management does. A peer-reviewed analysis of 52 Resilient Supply Chain interviews shows how AI, IoT, blockchain and cloud create value through risk management, collaboration and…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 31/07/2026

For the techies on here!

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 31/07/2026

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 29/07/2026

In 10 years time we’ll look back on the summer of 2026, wishing we had as mild a summer ever again. Just like looking back today at how mild the summer of 2016 was. #climatechange #wildfires

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 11/07/2026

This is what it looks like when you’re so ignorant, you’re proud of the pollution your car spews

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 10/07/2026

AI Is Not Software. It Is Infrastructure Water disputes highlight the urgent need for sustainable practices amid increasing AI infrastructure demands. With AI moving from a technology-driven focus to an infrastructure and… tomraftery.com/2026/07/10/ai-is-not…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 26/06/2026

How I Produce Two Professional Podcasts Every Week: My Podcast Workflow There is a myth that interviews are the core of podcasting, whereas the real work lies in the comprehensive production… tomraftery.com/2026/06/26/how-i-pro…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 25/05/2026

Uncomfortable truth: Carbon data is no longer just something companies have to report. Increasingly, it may determine whether products can enter markets, win customers, or survive procurement scrutiny. That changes the game. #climate #carbonemissions #emissionsreporting #cbam

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 22/05/2026

Carbon data is moving from ESG reports into market access, procurement, finance, AI, and product viability. My latest blog post explains why “permission to sell” may become one of the defining business frames of the… tomraftery.com/2026/05/22/carbon-da…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 13/05/2026

Carbon data has stopped being a reporting chore. Banks, insurers, investors, customers and employees now want credible evidence. The winners will use primary emissions data, not lazy averages, to cut risk, cost, churn… tomraftery.com/2026/05/13/bad-emiss…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 11/05/2026

Ireland’s nuclear debate is back. But in a small grid with low summer demand, long timelines, outage risk, SMR hype, planning friction, and deep public resistance, domestic nuclear looks less like strategy and more… tomraftery.com/2026/05/11/irelands-…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 20/04/2026

War has exposed the fragility of fossil fuel dependence yet again. But the smarter reading is not triumphalism. It’s clarity: solar, EVs, batteries and electrification are scaling because they now answer… tomraftery.com/2026/04/20/oil-shock…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 03/04/2026

Fossil fuels don’t just drive emissions. They drive price shocks, exposure and instability. In this post, I unpack why renewables, grids, storage and electrification are now central to affordability,… tomraftery.com/2026/04/03/why-fossi…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 03/04/2026

€14 billion. That’s how much the Iran war added to the EU’s fossil fuel import bill in just 30 days. And we’re still told fossil fuels mean “energy security”. They don’t. They mean exposure. #climatechange #energysecurity #renewableenergy #iranwar

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 20/03/2026

$88.7bn burned in the first 17 days of this war. And the Pentagon wants another $200bn. Tell me again fossil fuels mean “energy security”. They look a lot more like geopolitical exposure with a military invoice attached. #climate #iranwar #energytransition

Tanker ship on fire in the Strait of Hormuz

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 11/03/2026

The climate crisis doesn’t have an evidence problem. It has a pressure problem. We have the science. We increasingly have the economics. And still… action stalls. That’s the thread running through my latest Climate Confident conversation with Professor Dana Fisher @fisherdanar.bsky.social #climate

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 09/03/2026

Did he just spell trillionaire wrong?

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 09/03/2026

If you live in the US and bought a Tesla…

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 09/03/2026

Oil just crossed $100 a barrel again. 📈 Which means we should probably congratulate the American president. Because making fossil fuels expensive, volatile, and geopolitically terrifying is… a daring climate policy. 🌍⚡️ Bold move 😉 #climate #climatechange

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 06/03/2026

Oil doesn’t need to run out to damage an economy. It just needs a chokepoint. That’s the real lesson from this week’s escalation around Iran and the disruption risk in the Strait of Hormuz.

Map of the Strait if Hormuz with fossil fuel tankers in red trapped on either side

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 28/02/2026

I think they spelled “bored” wrong!

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 28/02/2026

Kudos to the Iranians for coming back so quickly from having been obliterated

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Tom Raftery @tomraftery.com · 18/02/2026

I grew up in Ireland in the 70s and 80s. The country was almost entirely white. White privilege wasn't something I experienced - how could it be, when everyone looked the same? The only Black Irish people most of us knew were Paul McGrath and Phil Lynott. That was literally it.

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