Wokebloke (call me Doug)
@dougiec3@libretooth.gr  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

"Renewables might now be cheaper than fossil fuel in the vast majority of cases, but this makes them less attractive to capital, not more. Fossil fuels are uncompetitive and highly profitable. Renewables are highly competitive and not very profitable."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/26/fossil-fuel-extractors-bend-the-world-to-their-will-help-fund-the-journalism-that-exposes-them
FossilFuel #Renewables#Energy#Capitalism
Wokebloke (call me Doug)
@dougiec3@libretooth.gr  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

"Renewables might now be cheaper than fossil fuel in the vast majority of cases, but this makes them less attractive to capital, not more. Fossil fuels are uncompetitive and highly profitable. Renewables are highly competitive and not very profitable."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/26/fossil-fuel-extractors-bend-the-world-to-their-will-help-fund-the-journalism-that-exposes-them
FossilFuel #Renewables#Energy#Capitalism
Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺
@Vittoria@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
#India fears a planned Chinese mega #dam in #Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, according to Reuters sources, prompting Delhi to fast-track plans for its own dam to mitigate the effects. FRANCE 24 speaks to Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. He says the main driver behind China's push to build mega-dams is power-hungry technologies like AI.
#China#Hydropower #energy #water#AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTHRi_UtkOU