Chris Bataille

It is 2008. Democratic politicians are greatly underestimating the size of the bag the next president will be left holding.

It is 2020. Democratic politicians are greatly underestimating the size of the bag the next president will be left holding.

It is 2026. Democratic politicians are greatly—

My guess is this might be one of the last big global oil crises, because now there’s a way out, at least for ground transport - much of the developing world that’s on good terms with China is going to do an Ethiopia and ban new ICE vehicle imports.

I think this is about the temperature but honestly it works for decades as well

Hang on, I knew China’s SPR was big, but 3x the current US levels?? Great thread

This is what makes CDR investable — when removal stacks with biodiversity, food security, or resilience, you get coalitions that survive political cycles. The best CDR projects aren't single-purpose. They're infrastructure for multiple futures.

Who says you cannot do biodiversity, ecological restoration, carbon dioxide removal and plan for national defence all at once? 🙃 #afolu #cdr

If you were investing in the future would you like to spend a billion or more dollars a day on a war for oil or would you like to spend that money to rapidly reduce your dependence on oil?

Now we get to see both of those approaches in real time.

Well, there’s nothing like sustained >$100/bbl oil and+50% LNG to boost global EV, solar and battery sales.

BYD just killed your EV argument with a battery that competes with gas engines The Chinese carmaker's new batteries feature a 5-minute charge and 621-mile range, plus a 620,000-mile lifespan and lower prices.

It feels like we get new announcements like this -- more range, more speed, more features, and lower costs -- every few weeks from EV makers.

From conventional automakers? Crickets.

www.fastcompany.com/91503415/byd...

Had to doublecheck the date on this

Tom here raises an interesting question while shouting into the void of social media. We have 8 months or so to destroy as much gas demand as possible in the least harmful way. Not a lot of time. What do you do?

It sounds crazy to be discussing the ethics of AI use in an illegal war, started without provocation, but that may be where they matter most. Very soon, starting in Ukraine, AI piloted robots are going to take over warfare. Just as we developed conventions for chemical & nuclear war, we need to here

TLDR All else aside, and that's a big aside, using AI to help sort through mounds of data to choose targets makes sense, but a human should check and approve every one of them.

The US really needs the equivalent of a Westminster style non confidence vote and prime ministerial “replacement”, like yesterday.

2 wars in 4 years. This war will accelerate Solar +Batteries + EVs as real Energy Security.

"rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels & the whims of idiots"

Be like Spain. bsky.app/profile/jere...

I've often wonder about historical wars "how they could have been so stupid to start that" (e.g., France starting the 1870 war with Prussia which lead to its defeat and the unification of Germany) and now I'm getting my answer, and it's not satisfying.

*vision

Have to say, the visions in these "clean energy bases" is stunning

With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt' If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, ...

So apparently we can potentially grow protein and make hummus on the moon. www.reuters.com/science/with...

One of the most interesting things about iron & steel is that it is like crude oil - it's a globally traded commodity with multiple grades and post-processing. You cannot solve steel problems without thinking globally.

Also bsky.app/profile/carb...

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

This one takes the cake. How not win friends and influence people? Blow up their kids.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

If you’re going to choose a war, shouldn’t you at minimum double & triple check your target list and not make a precision hit on an elementary school?

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

Funny one doesn’t hear more about “Quiet (secular) Revolutions” such as happened in Québec and apparently Spain.