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What mattered this week
Hydrogen: Not happening, again
But I hear so much promise? Nope, only bad news now. Reuters reckons 80% of projects being shelved.
Why? So expensive, no-one wants it. Tantamount to $250 oil - 4x today’s price.
And that means? Heavy industry requires electrification - it can be done.
Read more: Reuters
Ethiopia hits 60% EVs
What? As reported last year, Ethiopia have effectively banned fossil cars - so EVs are taking off.
How? Government doesn’t want to spent precious foreign currency on fossil imports - when they have a LOT of sun, for free, and huge hydroelectric resources.
Others will copy? Yes.
Read More: Kenyan Wall Street
Ethiopia revolt: Actively preventing fossil imports
UK chargers increase 27% in a year, gives me an excuse for self-promotion
But everyone said chargers are really hard? Um, it’s just big power plugs, men and a bit of planning 😌.
Any companies you co-founded that might speed it up? Funny you should ask. Take a gander at 3ti’s Papilio3- 12 chargers, with solar, installed in a morning 😀.
Best commentary: ECIU on UK’s increase
One thing to worry about
Weather is hurting food prices - the FT (£) did a deep dive. Also analysis from Carbon Brief here.
Olive oil up 50% in Spain
Onions and potatoes up 80% in India
Coffee up 55% in Brazil
Food prices cause revolutions. One to watch.
One thing to be optimistic about
F1 is going green. New rules for 2026 mean cars will be 50% electric (Motorsport Week).
Other half? Petrol will be replaced by sustainable fuels from…. well, not entirely clear. Maybe biofuel, or electricity. Both can be done but will cost up to $300 a litre (The Race).
If you’ve got more time…
Q. How much power does AI really need?
A. More than you can possibly imagine.
OpenAI’s Stargate project just added 4.5GW. That’s roughly two Hoover dams, or about 10% UK’s entire consumption. (TechRadar)
Anthropic (owner of Claude) argued in a recent paper that the US needs to dedicate 56GW to AI by 2028. That’s roughly the entire UK’s power load (Build AI in America).
Downside? Pushing power prices up across America (Impakter).
OpenAI’s Stargate project. Big.
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