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To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield / Tennyson
Max Aitken
December 14, 2025
Climate & energy are changing everything.
A new age of cheap, abundant energy beckons. Yet we’re not cutting emissions fast enough to avoid serious consequences.
A new world is coming - one way or another.
This is the fastest way to keep up.
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What mattered this week
How much progress has your country made?
Huh? Three decades of effort. How are you getting on?
Read more: Visual Capitalist
Hydrogen ain’t happening, chapter 562
What happened? FT found 60 major hydrogen projects have been abandoned this year alone.
Why? Costs a lot. Governments not willing to fund. And, well, no-one uses it.
Does it have a future? EU plans 20% bloc’s energy from H₂ in 2050. Does anyone believe that?
Read more: FT.com (£)
Wham, bam: CBAM to slam EU imports Jan 1
What happened? World’s first carbon import tax (“Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism”) on carbon starting. Imports to be taxed based on how much CO₂ went into production - wherever it was.
Isn’t that just protectionism? Yes. But if local companies abide by rules, shouldn’t importers?
Read more: Canary Media
One thing to worry about
Arctic sea ice at a record low.
180,000km² below previous, set… last year (@eliotjacobson).
One thing to be optimistic about
Clean power investment is running at 2x fossil fuel investment (WRI).
If you’ve got more time…
Love this clip on the reality of Carbon Capture & Storage.
In the storage phase, we pay fossil fuel companies billions of dollars to bury their emissions underground.
Does it work? Absolutely.
Those companies store the billions of dollars deep, deep in their bank accounts…
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