Notices by Kees van der Leun (sustainable2050@mastodon.energy)

If confirmed, this £40 billion price tag for a 3.2 GW power plant would amount to £12,500 per kW, i.e. €15,000 per kW, that's roughly the current estimate for Hinkley Point C too.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/14/sizewell-c-cost-nuclear-power-plant-edf?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"Last month, Musk’s record-setting Tesla pay package was struck down once again by a Delaware judge even after shareholders backed the amounts and Musk asked her to reconsider. The stock options package was initially worth $2.6 billion and spiked to $56 billion by the time the judge canceled it."

ABP, the Dutch civil servants' pension fund, vs Tesla: Europe’s largest pension fund sold its entire stake in Tesla in the third quarter partly due to disagreement with Elon Musk’s remuneration package

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-12/europe-s-largest-pension-fund-sold-tesla-stake-over-musk-s-pay

Over 70,000 people killed in Gaza, so far.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3/fulltext

2024 was the hottest year on record globally, at 1.6°C above the pre-industrial average. 2023 is now second warmest.
Roughly 2/3 of the total warming happened since the 1980s.

When discussing things, e.g. in energy and climate, that need to be done by 2040:
That's not the distant future anymore. It's as far away from today as 2010 is.

We already use Signal at Common Futures, because it's more secure. And I'm quite surprised about how many of my contacts already have it, although WhatsApp is more frequently used.

Whatsapp, like Facebook, is owned by Zuckerberg's Meta.
Signal is owned by the Signal Foundation. And it's more secure. We have a choice.

Natural gas use in Dutch households plummeted in recent years, much more than I was aware of.
Where the average gas consumption used to be around 1,200 m³ per year, it was 970 in 2022, and just 820 in 2023!
More on causes in next post.
https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/81528NED

Good morning; finally some snow!
But we had to get up early to enjoy it. This evening it will be 10°C again.

Germany's Vice-Chancellor Habeck: "Hands off our democracy, Mr Musk"

Musk: "Habeck is a traitor"

The share of renewables in the EU electricity mix grew from 45% in 2023 to 48% last year, on slightly higher demand:
18% wind, 16% hydro, 9% solar, 5% bio

Nuclear's share grew from 23% to 24%, leaving only 28% for fossil fuels:
15% natural gas, 10% coal, 3% other
Data: Eurelectric

About time the Transnistria pro-Russia fantasy state becomes a normal part of Moldova again. It's in the EU's interest to help make it happen.
https://kyivindependent.com/transnistria-rejects-offer-to-buy-gas-from-europe-expects-russia-to-resume-supplies/

Both the current CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere and the speed with which we're increasing it are way out of range of anything ever experienced by mankind.
Beautiful visualization of a nasty trend that we have to bend!

Via Mark Subbarao on Bluesky
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5447

Dutch police chief Janny Knol is in favour of a national ban on private fireworks. Opinion polls suggest this is supported by a majority of the people too, but the current coalition sees it as an 'important Dutch tradition'.
https://nos.nl/l/2550288

The Mayors of Amsterdam and Utrecht support the call by the Mayor of Rotterdam and the national police chief for a ban on private fireworks after the deadly event.
PM Schoof was quick to say that won't happen. Because? His coalition doesn't support it. A killer argument. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/01/01/vuurwerk-is-een-traditie-maar-hoeveel-mag-die-kosten-a4878284

Another fatality, in the town of Tiel. "Due to explosion of heavy fireworks"
https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6340950/tweede-dodelijk-slachtoffer-door-vuurwerk-man-in-tiel-overleden-na-explosie.html

Once again, a big year-on-year jump in atmospheric CO₂!
Based on daily values from Mauna Loa, the December average was ~425.4 ppm, that's ~3.5 ppm more than last year.

#co2 #emissions #climatechange

Mayor of Rotterdam, where the 14-year old died, calls for national ban on private fireworks, gets lots of support.
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/roep-om-landelijk-vuurwerkverbod-van-burgemeester-schouten-massaal-gesteund-dit-is-toch-vreselijk~a93853d6/

Last night in the Netherlands: Boy (14) dies, another boy (13) loses hand, dozens need eye surgery, more fine particles emitted than all road vehicles do in a year, €118 million blown up instead of put to use, millions of pets in fear, wildlife disturbed. Private fireworks: great tradition.