Ranjit Mene

Renewable energy, fixed & floating offshore wind, green hydrogen, D&I, RINA, angel investing, travel, music, food, poker, culture & sport. Views my own

[Emma 💛💙🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 @MonkEmma]

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄

Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇

So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves

Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage

🧵1/23

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇨🇳 China just switched on the world's largest offshore solar farm

2.3 million solar panels. 2,934 steel platforms. 11,736 piles driven into the ocean floor. Built to survive force-11 gales and sea ice.

It sits 5 miles off the coast and powers 2.67 million people.

Oh, and they're also farming fish underneath it 😳

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

It takes ~45 GWh to produce 1 GWh of battery, not 450 GWh.
More importantly, you can recharge a battery ~5000x. So that's 0.01 GWh per cycle.
And then you recycle the materials instead of burning them and emitting CO2.

Liars like this should not be admitted in polite company.

[Vinyl Records🎱✝️🇧🇷👪🗽 @j_c_domingues]

George Michael Feat. Lynn Mabry
Back To Life
https://t.co/vtS5QZuuho

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@itspetergabriel Such a well produced song & a groundbreaking video!

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@TheCinesthetic What exactly is the Headpiece to the Staff of Ra???

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

For decades, dependence on fossil fuels meant dependence on volatility. In past oil shocks, countries had little choice but to absorb the pain. 

Now they have an exit ramp: Homegrown renewable energy has never been cheaper, more accessible, or more scalable.

The resources of the clean energy era cannot be blockaded or weaponized. There are no price spikes for sunlight & no embargoes on the wind.

The fastest path to energy security, economic & national security is clear:

Speed up a just transition away from fossil fuels & toward renewable energy.

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@scottiebateman Interesting! What happens when it runs out of fuel?

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. The biggest health myth in the world isn’t about vaccines.

Or GMOs. Or fluoride.

It’s the root of all of them.
It’s called chemophobia - and it’s killing science.

Fear of “chemicals” now drives vaccine rejection, GMO bans, food hysteria, and entire political movements.

From tampons to tap water, people have been taught to fear chemistry - the very thing that keeps us alive.

Chemophobia tells us:
“Natural is good.”
“Synthetic is bad.”

That’s a lie.

Botulinum toxin is 100% natural and one of the deadliest molecules known.

Aspirin is synthetic and life-saving.

We’ve gone from banning harmful substances for good reason…to banning safe, well-tested molecules for emotional reasons.

You’ve seen the slogans:

“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”
“Paraben-free.”
“Clean beauty.”

They sound empowering. But they’re not science - they’re marketing.

And they’re making the world dumber, poorer, and sicker.

Your body doesn’t care if a molecule comes from a plant or a lab.
Vitamin C is vitamin C.

Formaldehyde is formaldehyde and your body makes more of it every day than any vaccine ever could.

Dose matters. Source doesn’t.
This fear isn’t harmless.

It shapes public policy.
It blocks innovation.
It raises food prices.
It slows down cancer treatments.

Chemophobia is now mainstream and it’s costing lives.

Scientists aren’t losing because we’re wrong. We’re losing because fear spreads faster than facts.

Because influencers sell fear for clicks. Because lawyers monetize doubt.

And because scientists are too tired to fight back. So here’s my message, as a chemist and as a citizen:

Learn how toxicology works.
Call out chemical fear-mongering.
Support policies based on evidence, not emotion.

Chemistry isn’t the enemy.
It’s the reason you have clean water, safe food, and modern medicine.

If we let fear win, we lose all of it.

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

Great article about poker and what it reveals about yourself

[Faraz Jaka @FarazJaka]

https://t.co/oCmIHFQUpW

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

This footage from inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa might be the most jaw-dropping video ever captured of a hurricane’s eye, showcasing the infamous “stadium effect."

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@TheStingisBack Love this scene! The little touches like the wife grabbing the cash and the slowed down version of Pull Up the Pieces playing in the background are 👏🏼

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@RealEmirHan It's a great scene from a fantastic movie - Léon (The Professional)

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@8Osmercuryrog Love this song!

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@mehdirhasan Love this!

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@DaveWallsworth @L18934881 So why didn't BA select the A350-900 ?

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@RealEmirHan And how about Nik Cage as Superman in The Flash?

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

@British_Airways You seem to be doing this all the time from Heathrow on short haul flights now. Why have a cabin baggage policy if it's not applied. Not seen this on @SAS ...

[Ranjit Mene @ranjitmene]

Hi @British_Airways, I've had a bad experience boarding my flight to Copenhagen when my hand luggage was taken away from me and put in the hold despite there being plenty of space in the overload lockers! You said the flight was full but I could see a whole row that was empty!