Benet Fusté

El coche eléctrico es de pijos del norte global con siete casas, no va a salvar el mundo y no sé qué. El mundo, mientras, pasándonos por encima.

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As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

One study concluded 70% of increased electric cost across US due to AI data centers.
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Segur que tens part de raó, però potser podríem pensar que els costos [electorals] de no acostar-se a aquestes posicions extremes són menors del que se sol pensar.

Trump Bid for Cut of Nvidia, AMD Revenue Risks ‘Dangerous World’ Even in an administration that has repeatedly pushed the legal limits of using economic statecraft to reshape the global business landscape, a new deal with two tech giants is raising alarm bells amon...

When phrases like "new and dangerous" and "crony capitalism state" appear in a Bloomberg story, you know there are alarms ringing among investors.

🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

O per què ens hauria de preocupar més el que diguin i facin Junts o PSC que el que diguin i facin Orriols o Barriga

Israel mata al periodista de Al Jazeera Anas al Sharif y a otros tres reporteros de la cadena en un bombardeo en Gaza El ejército israelí confirmó la información y aseguró que era el jefe de una célula terrorista de Hamás y dirigía ataques con cohetes contra civiles y tropas israelíes

El periodista Anas al Sharif, de 28 años, uno de los rostros gazatíes más emblemáticos de la cadena de televisión Al Jazeera, y otros tres reporteros palestinos murieron en un bombardeo israelí. El ataque tenía como blanco a los periodistas

Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.

"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...

That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"

🧵Is the US-China semiconductor revenue-sharing deal a sign of American weakness? The FT reveals that Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay 15% of China chip revenues to the US government for export licences. This is about American desperation...

I més prediccions...

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

"“If this volume just grows even more, we simply have a societal situation that is not bearable anymore because it is just too much risk that is no longer covered,” Thallinger told CNBC..."

whatever politicians pretend to believe about climate, this is what they know

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/c...

A man standing on what appears to be a balcony of his home.

The man's living room. There's a couch, coffee table, and foot stool, as well as some tall windows. Lots of wood.

Another living space with a fireplace and bookshelf. Possibly a compression hallway leading to this room.

The outside of the home.

Incredible.

Roland Reisley is 101 years old, the last original client of Frank Lloyd Wright. He still lives in the 3,200 square foot home that Wright built for him in 1952.

The price? $40,000. Or a little less than half a million in today's money.

Com acostumen a canviar, fronteres?

Una explicació enganyosa Atribuir el reciente dinamismo económico de Madrid en relación a Cataluña a su condición de capital plantea varios problemas: 1) Cataluña fue más dinámica que Madrid durante el franquismo (…) 2) Duran...

"la raó fonamental de la pèrdua de “dinamisme econòmic” de Catalunya no rau en la capitalitat de Madrid, sinó en l’aposta de les nostres elits per un sector econòmic que va aportar molt en el passat però que avui resta més que suma".
Miquel Puig parla, clar, del turisme.

The 401(k) heist proceeds precisely as @cedricdurand.bsky.social and I expected.
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Spain shuns US F-35 jets as tensions grow with Washington Madrid to purchase European military aircraft in sign of deepening rift with Trump over defence and foreign policy

“Madrid’s decision to shun Lockheed Martin’s F-35s is the latest sign of a rift with the US over defence, after Donald Trump branded as “terrible” Spain’s refusal to boost military expenditure to 5 per cent of GDP by 2035 earlier this year.”
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Thatcher’s right to buy policy is celebrated but here’s the cost: losses to us all of £194bn and a fractured society | David Madden A new report details the damage. This was an ideological ploy from which we have yet to recover, says LSE’s David Madden

“Resolving the housing crisis depends upon reversing and replacing the changes to the British housing system and society that Right to Buy helped to bring about.”

Our latest report covered by @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇

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FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICE Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs. It could signal problems with ICE recruitment.

🚨SCOOP:
A "select" number of FEMA probationary employees have been involuntarily reassigned to ICE, effective immediately, to "assist with hiring and vetting." If the employees don't report to ICE within seven days, they are threatened with termination.
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La veritat és que no sé quina fusta i en quins usos es maximitzaria la captura de carboni un cop tallada a la que es refereix. L'article bàsicament diu que cal més recerca...

De fet al contrari, eh?

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Ara que per aquí tothom té tantes ganes de parlar de "gestió forestal"...

Trump amenaza a la UE con aranceles del 35% si no cumple con la inversión de 600.000 millones Úrsula Von der Leyen se comprometió a invertir esa cifra en compras de energía a Estados Unidos, pero la realidad es que la UE no puede dictar a las empresas europeas dónde gastar el dinero

Molta sort a Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen i companyia en mobilitzar 600.000 milions d'euros europeus directament a les mans de Trump per a calmar-lo. Els xuplaculs estos mereixen una humiliació d'este calibre www.eldiario.es/economia/tru...

US households tend to be too optimistic about their future job prospects. This bias leads to worse financial decisions over the life course and contributes to wealth inequality.

I tu, encara penses que no cal reformar els impostos als béns immobles?

Més de 700 trens de Rodalies suprimits al juliol: "És una bogeria" L'excepcional xifra de serveis anul·lats, principalment a causa del manteniment i avaries, provoca més retards en un servei molt tensionat, i obliga fins i tot a portar trens de València i Madrid

Més de 700 trens de Rodalies suprimits al juliol.

Més de 700 trens de Rodalies suprimits al juliol: "És una bogeria" L'excepcional xifra de serveis anul·lats, principalment a causa del manteniment i avaries, provoca més retards en un servei molt tensionat, i obliga fins i tot a portar trens de València i Madrid

Més de 700 trens de Rodalies suprimits al juliol.

Cada vez que coges el coche, la sociedad paga 7,6 céntimos por kilómetro. Pero cada vez que caminas, generas 2,60€ de beneficios por kilómetro (o ahorro).
Estos son los costes (aproximados) de las externalidades del transporte.

Sigo 🧵

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
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