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Rupert Darwall

@RupertDarwall

Author of The Age of Global Warming: A History https://t.co/JngYmrtsG3 and Green Tyranny https://t.co/Jij2PSWyGM (she/her, the dog that is)

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Rupert Darwall
Rupert Darwall@RupertDarwall·
My review of Todd Stern's indispensable book on the Paris climate agreement - a mechanism for the unilateral decarbonisation of the West - and argues the West needs to abandon the agreement and net zero to save itself ... realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/…
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Mahan Esfahani ن@MahanEsfahani·
Am on the "Grand Inquisitor" chapter of Brothers Karamazov, and now the remark - I know not of what provenance - that in this novel Dostoevsky had expressed every human emotion - makes perfect sense in a handful of pages. Were we to have had only this chapter surviving, we would consider Dostoevsky one of the great thinkers of all time.
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Rupert Darwall@RupertDarwall·
... while Ed Miliband says windmills.
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Handre@Handre·
China drew the lessons from the Russian reserve freeze, the semiconductor embargo, and the US's willingness to threaten sea-lane access — and stocked accordingly. South Korea, Japan, Germany, France, and every US ally assumed the old guarantees held. So did almost every portfolio manager. The result: energy fell to roughly 3% of the S&P 500. That 3% number is the quantified cost of misplaced trust in US hegemony. Brilliant.
Louis-Vincent Gave@gave_vincent

The financial architecture of the post WW2 world rested on three assumptions: - US is a benevolent hegemon with an embedded interest in maintaining global trading order - US controls the world’s sea lanes - US treasuries could always be transformed into commodities at a moment’s notice These assumptions are melting away faster than morals at a bachelor party. So how do we now position portfolios? I wrote the following last weekend and a number of clients asked me to unlock it, so here is the paper research.gavekal.com/article/shatte…

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Tara Singh
Tara Singh@RenewableUKCEO·
Hi Maurice, no professional view on the ban, it's a matter for government to decide, my personal view is I don't think fracking will solve the problems we face. We tried it in No10 (we really did try on the Conservative side!), but (1) the community impacts are a real consideration, (2) the price impact wouldn't be there because we aren't an energy island like the US, with limited internal pipelines or export capacity.
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James Graham
James Graham@jamesd_graham·
Big wind doesn’t give up. Amazing that this made it past the fact checkers. Not having to pay for the costs of LNG shipping would significantly reduce the domestic price of gas. Same with oil. It’s true that “technologies aren’t ideologies.” But if the technology has to be heavily subsidised to exist it is being pursued for ideological reasons. If the North Sea is a declining basin as some claim, why not grant licences? If there is no commercially viable prospect it will make no difference either way. Ditto with fracking.
Tara Singh@RenewableUKCEO

Why wind power isn't “woke”, my piece in today's @spectator. The North Sea matters but won’t cut bills - we pay the global price for gas. Fracking is unpopular and wouldn’t change that. SMRs are promising but distant. Wind is the practical, affordable option to build right now. spectator.com/article/wind-p…

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I Kaya@kaya85kaya·
@RupertDarwall @5saeternitatis @JeevunSandher Solar and Wind are not low productivity anymore 10y ago yes Not in 2026 Depending on location and local costs or course. But for a lot of the world solar + battery is cheap Arguably offshore wind England is also now decent
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Rupert Darwall@RupertDarwall·
@5saeternitatis @kaya85kaya @JeevunSandher Renewables are low productivity/ negative value add. That's why they need subsidies. Oil and gas by contrast generate massive economic rents. That's why Boris Johnson's vision of Britain as the Saudi Arabia of wind is complete baloney.
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Guy Butler
Guy Butler@5saeternitatis·
@kaya85kaya @RupertDarwall @JeevunSandher The labour market for the renewable sector is essentially the same as for oil and gas. Already far more people work in renewables in the UK than fossil fuels. We get their tax revenue and these are growth industries, unlike North Sea oil and gas.
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Marian L Tupy@Marian_L_Tupy·
Among the 36 countries surveyed, the level of support for ‘capitalism’ in Ukraine is only exceeded by Poland, while it is similarly high in the United States. In 33 countries, however, overall perceptions of capitalism are more negative than in Ukraine. In contrast, general opinions of capitalism were more negative in only two of the 36 countries than in Russia.
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Tara Singh
Tara Singh@RenewableUKCEO·
Also, offshore wind is cheaper than new gas ccgts on normal gas prices (not today's) when you factor in building, operating, running and fuel (even without carbon). Clearly on today's levels gas very bad economics, as with the Russia/Ukraine crisis. Would love to come and meet with you and the PI to discuss!
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William Atkinson
William Atkinson@WTMAtkinson·
This week's @spectator leader, on why the Tories should find it easy being green.
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The Spectator@spectator

You might describe it as the Polanski paradox. The party which calls itself Green, which has concern for the environment as its raison d’être, has never been more popular. Four Green MPs returned at the last general election. Victory in the recent Gorton and Denton by-election. Local election gains in May predicted to be sweeping. Running second in many national opinion polls, and in the projected seat tally for the Scottish parliament. ✍️ The Spectator Article | spectator.com/article/the-to…

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Tara Singh
Tara Singh@RenewableUKCEO·
Why wind power isn't “woke”, my piece in today's @spectator. The North Sea matters but won’t cut bills - we pay the global price for gas. Fracking is unpopular and wouldn’t change that. SMRs are promising but distant. Wind is the practical, affordable option to build right now. spectator.com/article/wind-p…
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Harry Wilkinson
Harry Wilkinson@HarryWilkinsonn·
Another day, and another call for more flexibility in meeting decarbonisation goals. But as long as we're tied in to Net Zero and the Climate Change Act, Britain won't be able to follow the same course. politico.eu/article/german…
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Rupert Darwall@RupertDarwall·
@ggraham @mattwridley Britain could not have resisted German conquest in WW2 if it had not industrialised, so the issue hinges on those three's tolerance of that outcome.
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Geoff Graham
Geoff Graham@ggraham·
I really meant the question in relation to their view toward the Industrial Revolution, all of which had a stance that was at least somewhat hostile. I think you’re right that there is a fundamental difference between conservationists and environmentalists, but I think it hinges on their oikopholia/oikophobia, and their love/disdain for technocracy.
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Rupert Darwall@RupertDarwall·
Environmemtalism, which is radically different from conservationism, is an anti-human ideology that views the Industrial Revolution as the original sin of modern civilisation and should be repealed (hence net zero). Here it's being championed in the pages of The Spectator ...
Kitty Thompson🐿@kittyraethomp

If you want to read a love letter to conservative environmentalism this morning, look no further than the @spectator's leading article. 🌳💙

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Rupert Darwall@RupertDarwall·
@ggraham @mattwridley Other than during the Nazi period, environmentalism began in the 1960s with publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, so doesn't apply to the first two. I haven't read Scruton on the subject.
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Jacob Furedi
Jacob Furedi@jacobfuredi·
A fascinating report on the revolt simmering in the Peak District over a new 'green' pipeline. Suspect you'll be reading about it in the nationals soon: a near-perfect encapsulation of the tensions between net zero and local consent.
Dispatch@dispatch__media

Will a pipeline carve through Britain’s first national park? In the Peak District, a vast new carbon-capture scheme could soon cut across farms, villages and protected land. @hughesroland walked the route, and found a local revolt brewing.

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Maurice Cousins
Maurice Cousins@MDC12345678·
@RenewableUKCEO @afneil .@RupertDarwall why are we reliant on LNG? Do Amber, George, Greg or Ed Davey know the answer? Perhaps Alok can help?
Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma@AlokSharma_RDG

The demolition @SSE⁩’s Ferrybridge coal power plant today was a symbolic moment for me It demonstrates that change is possible But to limit global temperature rises and keep 1.5C within reach, the whole world needs to plan to consign coal power to history #COP26

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Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley@mattwridley·
“We pay the global price for gas”. There is no such thing! Where do they find such ignorance? It’s a mystery.
Tara Singh@RenewableUKCEO

Why wind power isn't “woke”, my piece in today's @spectator. The North Sea matters but won’t cut bills - we pay the global price for gas. Fracking is unpopular and wouldn’t change that. SMRs are promising but distant. Wind is the practical, affordable option to build right now. spectator.com/article/wind-p…

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Kathryn Porter
Kathryn Porter@KathrynPorter26·
@MotchmanJ Unfortunately you don't pay the wholesale price you pay the all in cost... When the wholesale price falls policy costs go up by broadly the same amount
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James Motchman
James Motchman@MotchmanJ·
Just looking at how low the price of electricity is when so little gas is being burnt. Going to fill up the car and top up the house battery, heat water, run the dishwasher and the washing machine. How good is that 😀 More renewables 🌞 and less fossil 💩 Only 4% is gas💩
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