Wolfgang Blau

No future energy system should ever again have bottlenecks - geographic or technological - as narrow as the Strait of Hormuz.

Is Europe, the world’s geopolitical punching bag, ready to hit back? | Wolfgang Blau 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 In her post below, Yasmine Moezinia offers something rare in the current debate on Europe and China and our respective energy transitions: To...

Glad you mentioned that. See here:

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No future energy system should ever again have bottlenecks - geographic or technological - as narrow as the Strait of Hormuz.

Ölversorgung: Irans Revolutionsgarde prognostiziert Ölpreis von 200 US-Dollar Der Iran droht damit, jedes Schiff zu verbrennen, das die Straße von Hormus zu passieren versucht. Auch Pipelines würden attackiert. Kein Tropfen Öl solle durchkommen.

“Technologieoffen” = auf ewig gefangen in der Straße von Hormus.

www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

So aktuell wie nie👇

Within only three days, this war went from ‘days’, to ‘weeks’, to ‘a question of months’ to ‘not years’.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul:

“We are not participating in this conflict in any way. We are not making any military facilities available,” Wadephul told public broadcaster ZDF.

Cubans fight blackouts with solar as US extends oil chokehold Cubans are scrambling to install solar panels on their homes, shops and vehicles to combat extended blackouts as Washington prevents oil shipments from reaching the Caribbean's largest island, contrib...

While the fossil-fuel market operates on tight supply-demand constraints, there's huge overcapacity in solar and batteries. When countries are cornered, like Cuba has been by the US, they can now choose solar. A choice unavailable during previous oil crises. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

The long-term case for renewables get stronger each time tho, given clean-energy prices keep falling and fossil-fuel volatility remains unchanged. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Donald Trump struggles to explain why he launched another Middle Eastern war Reason for conflict that has already killed hundreds of Iranians and six US soldiers remains unclear

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“Technologieoffen” Deutschlands Wirtschaft an die Straße von Hormus gekettet.

Renewables, anyone?

I’ll delete my original post, to not spread confusion.

Hi Andrew,
Yes, to 1 (covert nature)
On 2, I wasn’t aware the bases are sovereign UK territory.
That answers my question. Thank you.

on Cyprus. But yes, a UK base there.

Strike on Girls’ School Kills at Least 175, Iranian State Media Says

Update from the NYT today:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...

That was just yesterday.

The Google Trends data doesn't lie: Americans have a lot of questions about the strikes in Iran. Rising searches include "why is Trump fighting Iran," "Trump addresses nation" and "did Trump get congressional approval to strike Iran?"

No future energy system should have any version of a Strait of Hormuz.

Is Europe, the world’s geopolitical punching bag, ready to hit back? The EU could land a range of economic blows if it wants to be more than a lightweight, researchers say.

Europe's secret arsenal: is the world's geopolitical punchbag finally ready to take a swing?

From me in the weekend paper on the mounting literature around Europe's weapons to hit back against the US and China. But does it have the cojones to use them?

www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

wie immer. Ist ja auch korrekt. Und dann nicht mehr.

Strike on Iranian primary school kills 148, authorities say Girls’ education facility hit as US and Israel launch joint military operation

The death of possibly more than 100 little girls in a primary school. How is that not a central news story today across all serious outlets?
And thank you, FT, for being one of only a few newsrooms driving attention to what happened there.
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Making Sense of Iran War Thinking Live conversation with military historian Phillips O'Brien

This is insightful:

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X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

“Almost all of the most viral posts reviewed by WIRED on Saturday came from accounts with blue check marks, meaning they…could be eligible to earn money based on how much engagement their posts generate, even if the content is false.”

From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

Mayor of New York City:

The Olympic Games on Instagram: "So much to learn from @eileengu ❤️👏 You made your younger self, and countless people around the world, proud! Thank you, Eileen! For us, that’s GOLD. 🥇 #Olympics #Wi... 251K likes, 1,943 comments - olympics on February 27, 2026: "So much to learn from @eileengu ❤️👏 You made your younger self, and countless people around the world, proud! Thank you, Eileen! For us, t...

The ways in which she talks about our brain’s neuro-plasticity is so inspiring:
www.instagram.com/reel/DVRXSyy...

your bot is currently useless. Can you please change it so it doesn’t confuse people with ‘yester-news’? Thx.

According to the German gov spokesman Kornelius, the German government was only informed this morning about the US intent to attack Iran.