Former fund manager and economist. Deeply alarmed by the climate crisis. Neo-liberalism has been catastrophic for our civilisation. I mostly follow back.
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Should banks and dating apps be forced to refund victims like her? npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Ironic that Trump, so opposed to EVs and renewables, has done so much for EV sales. In Australia, EV sales have exploded as everyone realises that the oil price is volatile and supply unreliable. I'm sure it's happening everywhere. npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/308/666/036/762/186/original/196c05b035f39ba1.png npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/920/207/579/067/389/original/24f039cbe068ff92.png npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica The final nail in the fossil fuel coffin npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica ‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Why Is Europe Still Pretending Trump Is Their Ally? npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica MI5 closely involved in handling of IRA spy Stakeknife, says report npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica ‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Anti-vax is based on a faked paper npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Britain to get its first SMR npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Centrelink illegally cancelled Daniel’s jobseeker payment. He fought back against the system – and won npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica AI is wreaking havoc on global power systems npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica The green technology that could save us all npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica It's not just the BLS's data npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Heavy truck sales continue to decline npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/233/323/507/203/842/original/32fdff4fcb075194.png npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica We are spending scandalous amounts of money on useless submarines, but there is exciting news! npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Working class tax rates now higher than billionaires' npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Does raising the minimum wage kill jobs? npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica India's renewable electricity reaches new record npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica UK summer hottest on record npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Russia's economy is in trouble npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Why the world cannot afford the rich npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Africa's solar surge npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica What fascism looks like npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Will AI take your job? npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica From The Guardian npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica How Medicare (socialised healthcare) saves lives npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica An artist on the run, an exhibition censored: How China tried to silence a Thai art show npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica The Jaws of Stagflation npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica #Inequality #TrickleDown #FarRight npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Wind turbines like palm trees? 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npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Spain and England record hottest June as heatwave grips Europe npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/778/082/928/904/200/original/3b328ce4542411d8.png npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Israeli forces kill 11 Palestinians awaiting food trucks, say Gaza officials npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Forget the "hockey stick". Now we have the "scythe" npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Half the tree of life is going extinct npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Iran's threatening to close the Straits of Hormuz, through which flow 20% of the world's oil, and even more of its LNG. npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/651/866/157/875/275/original/51304f60eebcaaea.png npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Coventry's very light rail npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Solar passes nuclear in global electricity generation npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Tesla Is Getting Absolutely Creamed In Europe npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica The ecological disaster unfolding on Australia's coast npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica 50 years of green hydrogen failure npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Solar in Texas up six-fold in four years npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica A sobering look at key climate indicators npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica #Trump #Dictatorship #PoliceState #Republicans npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Conservatives are trumpeting a new abortion-pill study. One problem: it’s bogus npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica #Trump npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica #antivaxxers npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica From The Guardian npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Video claiming re-elected Labor would ‘plunder’ middle class made by member of WeChat Liberal campaign group npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica #Trump #Krasnov npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica 😂 npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/333/562/147/322/749/original/d7d3dc6c7ec070b5.png npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Who should pay? npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica This is a completely different dam, as far as I know. Hers is a micro dam, which aren't damaging to the environment npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica #Musk npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Brisbane city council blocks plans for fridge-sized community batteries "due to loss of green space" npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Oh, Muskie, my sweet. Yes, we do want to destroy your "influence" (= complete control), because we believe in democracy. Where ordinary people (remember them?) have a say. npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Congo nun overcomes blackouts with homemade hydroelectric plant npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica How the Republican Party has moved right npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica NZ glacier melt accelerates npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica EV sales could reach 25% mkt share this year npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica America is no longer a trustworthy ally. It would be unsafe to buy military hardware from them. Meanwhile, all the US's former allies will need to double their defence spending, buying jets, tanks, missiles, etc., from non-US democracies. npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica #AOC #Billionaires #Inequality #Socialism npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Tourist in US chained npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica #Krasnov #Trump npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working npub120tkv94jsad3a2wfczvuyrpra3lmn53nerhqfln4zzghuznr2zpswdey6p Volewica It is now routine for solar farms in Oz (and elsewhere) to have 4 hours of storage of nominal (nameplate) panel capacity. In fact, since actual capacity is +-25% in sunny places, this is in fact equivalent to 12 hours of actual output, i.e., it is "firm".
