Visvaldis Graveris

3 days ago

Kā Rietumi stutē Ķīnu, un Ķīna gremdē Rietumus.

5 days ago

Western nations are growing poorer by the day—losing strategic industries, shedding high-productivity jobs, and accumulating unpayable debt. China - by comparison - produces roughly 80% to 85% of global solar components and over 60% of wind turbines, heavily supported by state-directed industrial policy and lower industrial electricity costs. China got it right, and the West got it wrong. It represents a fundamental policy failure all across the West, delivering energy poverty, and forcing factory closures and systemic deindustrialisation. No modern economy can sustain heavy manufacturing when electricity costs are four to six times that of its primary competitor. Entire foundational sectors—steel, chemicals, fertilizers, refining, and automotive—are contracting or relocating. Western energy strategy has been gripped by policy paralysis. After decades of heavy subsidies, the inherent intermittency of wind and solar has proven incapable of delivering the cheap, reliable baseload power required for heavy manufacturing and industrial processing. Over the last four decades, Western nations systematically dismantled their reliable coal, oil, and natural gas infrastructure, effectively imposing an energy squeeze on their own domestic economies. Yet, traditional fossil fuels still supply over 80% of total global primary energy, while wind and solar combined account for under 8%. Household and industrial electricity prices have marched relentlessly upward, alongside a projected global price tag for net zero reaching $275 trillion by 2050—or $9.2 trillion annually (McKinsey, 2022). In stark contrast, China has permitted or broken ground on hundreds of gigawatts of new coal capacity—prioritising energy security to power its industrial base. No Western nation can match Beijing’s cost structures for forging steel, refining aluminum, manufacturing fertilizers, or mass-producing batteries and EVs. By securing cheap, abundant and reliable coal-fired power, China has become the greatest manufacturing nation in world history.

PeterDClack's tweet photo. Western nations are growing poorer by the day—losing strategic industries, shedding high-productivity jobs, and accumulating unpayable debt.

China - by comparison - produces roughly 80% to 85% of global solar components and over 60% of wind turbines, heavily supported by state-directed industrial policy and lower industrial electricity costs.

China got it right, and the West got it wrong. It represents a fundamental policy failure all across the West, delivering energy poverty, and forcing factory closures and systemic deindustrialisation. No modern economy can sustain heavy manufacturing when electricity costs are four to six times that of its primary competitor.

Entire foundational sectors—steel, chemicals, fertilizers, refining, and automotive—are contracting or relocating.
Western energy strategy has been gripped by policy paralysis.

After decades of heavy subsidies, the inherent intermittency of wind and solar has proven incapable of delivering the cheap, reliable baseload power required for heavy manufacturing and industrial processing.

Over the last four decades, Western nations systematically dismantled their reliable coal, oil, and natural gas infrastructure, effectively imposing an energy squeeze on their own domestic economies. Yet, traditional fossil fuels still supply over 80% of total global primary energy, while wind and solar combined account for under 8%.

Household and industrial electricity prices have marched relentlessly upward, alongside a projected global price tag for net zero reaching $275 trillion by 2050—or $9.2 trillion annually (McKinsey, 2022).

In stark contrast, China has permitted or broken ground on hundreds of gigawatts of new coal capacity—prioritising energy security to power its industrial base.

No Western nation can match Beijing’s cost structures for forging steel, refining aluminum, manufacturing fertilizers, or mass-producing batteries and EVs.

By securing cheap, abundant and reliable coal-fired power, China has become the greatest manufacturing nation in world history.

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3 days ago

Kā Sarkanā sērga ieradās un pārņēma ASV universitātes.

Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱

@Kristof_Poland

3 days ago

The Most Destructive Intellectual Project of the Twentieth Century. The Frankfurt School. You should know what it was, what it built, and why you are still living inside it. 1. The Institute for Social Research was founded in Frankfurt in 1923 and relocated to Columbia University in 1934 when Hitler came to power. The civilization they had decided to dismantle gave them refuge when another tried to kill them. They spent the next five decades producing the theoretical infrastructure for that dismantling. Western civilization itself was the problem: reason, the Enlightenment, the family, tradition, authority. Not reformed. Dismantled. 2. They called it Critical Theory – and the name is the program. Everything is to be criticized; nothing is to be built. In The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944), Adorno and Horkheimer argued that Western reason — the reason that produced Newton and the rule of law — contained the seeds of Auschwitz. Not that reason had been misused, but that reason itself, taken to its conclusion, produces the death camp. This was not a critique of institutions. It was an indictment of the civilization itself. 3. Adorno gave them the psychological weapon. The Authoritarian Personality (1950) classified conservatism, religious faith, patriotism, and the traditional family not as political positions but as symptoms of a proto-fascist personality. If you believe in the nation or the father’s authority, you are pre-fascist. The opponent was no longer wrong – he was sick. You don’t argue with a pathology. You treat it. This made dialogue impossible. You don’t persuade someone who is wrong; you diagnose someone who is sick. Politics becomes therapy, and disagreement becomes pathology. 4. Marcuse gave them the political weapon. Repressive Tolerance (1965) argued that tolerating wrong ideas is itself oppression. True tolerance therefore requires suppressing intolerant ideas. The left decides which ideas are intolerant. Everyone else is silenced – not despite tolerance, but "in its name." Censorship dressed in the vocabulary of liberation. 5. The generation that read Marcuse at Columbia, Berkeley, and Yale went on to run universities, media, foundations, NGOs, content moderation departments, and the EU regulatory apparatus. They implemented the argument sincerely because they had been taught it as philosophy. This was the Frankfurt School’s greatest achievement: it produced true believers. 6. French Theory picked up the tools and made them aesthetic. Foucault made the critique of power literary. Derrida made the critique of meaning philosophical. Deleuze made the critique of identity elegant. A political program became a cultural sensibility. You can argue with a program. A sensibility is in the air you breathe. By the time these ideas reached the American campus through the French conduit, they were no longer ideology. They were the water. The fish did not know they were wet. 7. A civilization stands on three pillars: truth exists and is accessible to reason; good is distinguishable from evil; and there is an inheritance worth transmitting. The Frankfurt School attacked all three – systematically and with considerable intellectual sophistication. It produced a generation that knows how to deconstruct and has forgotten how to build. That sees power everywhere and beauty nowhere. The ultimate achievement was to make destruction feel like progress. Every inherited institution became suspect; every constraint became oppression; every act of preservation became reactionary. Deconstruction became the default, while construction became something that needed to justify itself. The answer is not another theory. It is the thing the Frankfurt School most feared: the builder who simply builds, the scientist who follows the evidence, the father who transmits what was transmitted to him. The deconstruction machine runs on the assumption that nothing is worth building. Prove it wrong. Tell the truth, have courage, and build.

Kristof_Poland's tweet photo. The Most Destructive Intellectual Project of the Twentieth Century.

The Frankfurt School. You should know what it was, what it built, and why you are still living inside it.

1. The Institute for Social Research was founded in Frankfurt in 1923 and relocated to Columbia University in 1934 when Hitler came to power. The civilization they had decided to dismantle gave them refuge when another tried to kill them. They spent the next five decades producing the theoretical infrastructure for that dismantling. Western civilization itself was the problem: reason, the Enlightenment, the family, tradition, authority. Not reformed. Dismantled.

2. They called it Critical Theory – and the name is the program. Everything is to be criticized; nothing is to be built. In The Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944), Adorno and Horkheimer argued that Western reason — the reason that produced Newton and the rule of law — contained the seeds of Auschwitz. Not that reason had been misused, but that reason itself, taken to its conclusion, produces the death camp. This was not a critique of institutions. It was an indictment of the civilization itself.

3. Adorno gave them the psychological weapon. The Authoritarian Personality (1950) classified conservatism, religious faith, patriotism, and the traditional family not as political positions but as symptoms of a proto-fascist personality. If you believe in the nation or the father’s authority, you are pre-fascist. The opponent was no longer wrong – he was sick. You don’t argue with a pathology. You treat it.
This made dialogue impossible. You don’t persuade someone who is wrong; you diagnose someone who is sick. Politics becomes therapy, and disagreement becomes pathology.

4. Marcuse gave them the political weapon. Repressive Tolerance (1965) argued that tolerating wrong ideas is itself oppression. True tolerance therefore requires suppressing intolerant ideas. The left decides which ideas are intolerant. Everyone else is silenced – not despite tolerance, but "in its name." Censorship dressed in the vocabulary of liberation.

5. The generation that read Marcuse at Columbia, Berkeley, and Yale went on to run universities, media, foundations, NGOs, content moderation departments, and the EU regulatory apparatus. They implemented the argument sincerely because they had been taught it as philosophy. This was the Frankfurt School’s greatest achievement: it produced true believers.

6. French Theory picked up the tools and made them aesthetic. Foucault made the critique of power literary. Derrida made the critique of meaning philosophical. Deleuze made the critique of identity elegant. A political program became a cultural sensibility. You can argue with a program. A sensibility is in the air you breathe. By the time these ideas reached the American campus through the French conduit, they were no longer ideology. They were the water. The fish did not know they were wet.

7. A civilization stands on three pillars: truth exists and is accessible to reason; good is distinguishable from evil; and there is an inheritance worth transmitting. The Frankfurt School attacked all three – systematically and with considerable intellectual sophistication. It produced a generation that knows how to deconstruct and has forgotten how to build. That sees power everywhere and beauty nowhere.
The ultimate achievement was to make destruction feel like progress. Every inherited institution became suspect; every constraint became oppression; every act of preservation became reactionary. Deconstruction became the default, while construction became something that needed to justify itself.

The answer is not another theory.
It is the thing the Frankfurt School most feared: the builder who simply builds, the scientist who follows the evidence, the father who transmits what was transmitted to him.

The deconstruction machine runs on the assumption that nothing is worth building.

Prove it wrong.
Tell the truth, have courage, and build.

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3 days ago

Par Rietumu mīlestību pret boļševismu. Atceramies...

Taisnība

@taisniba_com

4 days ago

Neilgi pēc Otrā pasaules kara Staļina PSRS noziegumus kļuva arvien grūtāk noslēpt, un Rietumu kreisajās aprundās nekavējoties sāka veidoties šīs sistēmas intelektuālā aizstāvība. Viens no tās ievērojamākajiem filozofiskajiem aizstāvjiem bija Žans Pols Sartrs, kurš kļuva slavens ar eksistenciālisma idejām, bet arvien vairāk guva ievērību ar savu politisko darbību. Ilgu laiku viņš uzskatīja Padomju Savienību par nepieciešamo progresīvās cerības simbolu. Padomju represijas, paraugprāvas un milzīgā piespiešanas un vardarbības mašinērija tika noniecināta, skaidrota ar apstākļiem vai noraidīta kā vēstures neizbēgamās blaknes. Cilvēks, kurš tik spēcīgi rakstīja par brīvību un atbildību, atrada veidus, kā attaisnot sistēmu, kas šīs vērtības sistemātiski iznīcināja. Cits filozofs, Alberts Kamī, viņa draugs, kolēģis un kreiso ideju piekritējs, atteicās no šāda kompromisa. Viņš bija redzējis pietiekami daudz revolucionāru attaisnojumu slepkavībām. Grāmatā „Dumpinieks” (1951) Kamī vērsās pret ideju, ka vēsture nākotnes labuma vārdā atļauj neierobežotu vardarbību. Viņš noraidīja marksistisko apgalvojumu, ka tagadnes paaudzi drīkst upurēt tālas nākotnes izpirkšanas vārdā. Atbildot uz to, Sartrs un viņa loks vērsās pret Kamī strīdā, kas kļuva publisks, rūgts un galīgs. Viņu draudzība izjuka un tā arī nekad netika atjaunota. Strīda būtība bija jautājums par to, vai intelektuāls godīgums prasa stāties pretī totalitārās varas realitātei vai arī lojalitāte revolucionārajam mērķim ļauj klusēt un racionalizēt notiekošo. Kamī izvēlējās pirmo. Sartrs — otro. Filozofs, kurš aizstāvēja brīvību, piešķīra savu autoritāti režīmam, kas šo brīvību iznīcināja. Tas bija ārkārtējs intelektuāla kompromisa piemērs. Kamī šo cenu saskatīja skaidrāk un samaksāja par šo skaidrību ar izolāciju kreiso aprindās, kur apzināta nevēlēšanās redzēt realitāti bija un diemžēl joprojām ir norma.

taisniba_com's tweet photo. Neilgi pēc Otrā pasaules kara Staļina PSRS noziegumus kļuva arvien grūtāk noslēpt, un Rietumu kreisajās aprundās nekavējoties sāka veidoties šīs sistēmas intelektuālā aizstāvība.

Viens no tās ievērojamākajiem filozofiskajiem aizstāvjiem bija Žans Pols Sartrs, kurš kļuva slavens ar eksistenciālisma idejām, bet arvien vairāk guva ievērību ar savu politisko darbību. Ilgu laiku viņš uzskatīja Padomju Savienību par nepieciešamo progresīvās cerības simbolu. Padomju represijas, paraugprāvas un milzīgā piespiešanas un vardarbības mašinērija tika noniecināta, skaidrota ar apstākļiem vai noraidīta kā vēstures neizbēgamās blaknes. Cilvēks, kurš tik spēcīgi rakstīja par brīvību un atbildību, atrada veidus, kā attaisnot sistēmu, kas šīs vērtības sistemātiski iznīcināja.

Cits filozofs, Alberts Kamī, viņa draugs, kolēģis un kreiso ideju piekritējs, atteicās no šāda kompromisa. Viņš bija redzējis pietiekami daudz revolucionāru attaisnojumu slepkavībām.

Grāmatā „Dumpinieks” (1951) Kamī vērsās pret ideju, ka vēsture nākotnes labuma vārdā atļauj neierobežotu vardarbību. Viņš noraidīja marksistisko apgalvojumu, ka tagadnes paaudzi drīkst upurēt tālas nākotnes izpirkšanas vārdā. Atbildot uz to, Sartrs un viņa loks vērsās pret Kamī strīdā, kas kļuva publisks, rūgts un galīgs. Viņu draudzība izjuka un tā arī nekad netika atjaunota.

Strīda būtība bija jautājums par to, vai intelektuāls godīgums prasa stāties pretī totalitārās varas realitātei vai arī lojalitāte revolucionārajam mērķim ļauj klusēt un racionalizēt notiekošo. Kamī izvēlējās pirmo. Sartrs — otro. Filozofs, kurš aizstāvēja brīvību, piešķīra savu autoritāti režīmam, kas šo brīvību iznīcināja. Tas bija ārkārtējs intelektuāla kompromisa piemērs. Kamī šo cenu saskatīja skaidrāk un samaksāja par šo skaidrību ar izolāciju kreiso aprindās, kur apzināta nevēlēšanās redzēt realitāti bija un diemžēl joprojām ir norma.

Dravnieks, dārznieks, 100% lauķis. Neielaižos diskusijās ar anonīmiem kontiem. Pasmaidot vai ironizējot, bieži vien smaidiņus nelieku. Savējie sapratīs! :)

3 days ago

Zinātnieku saprāta balss!

Robin Monotti

@robinmonotti

4 days ago

PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZE 2022 SIGNS CLIMATE DECLARATION: "THERE IS NO CLIMATE EMERGENCY" CLAUSER & a global network of over 2,000 scientists and professionals have prepared this urgent message: Natural as well as anthropogenic factors cause warming The geological archive reveals that Earth’s climate has varied as long as the planet has existed, with natural cold and warm phases. The Little Ice Age ended as recently as 1850. Therefore, it is no surprise that we now are experiencing a period of warming. Warming is far slower than predicted The world has warmed significantly less than predicted by IPCC on the basis of modeled anthropogenic forcing. The gap between the real world and the modeled world tells us that we are far from understanding climate change. Climate policy relies on inadequate models Climate models have many shortcomings and are not remotely plausible as global policy tools. They blow up the effect of greenhouse gases such as CO2. In addition, they ignore the fact that enriching the atmosphere with CO2 is beneficial. CO2 is plant food, the basis of all life on Earth CO2 is not a pollutant. It is essential to all life on Earth. Photosynthesis is a blessing. More CO2 is beneficial for nature, greening the Earth: additional CO2 in the air has promoted growth in global plant biomass. It is also good for agriculture, increasing the yields of crops worldwide. Global warming has not increased natural disasters There is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent. However, there is ample evidence that CO2-mitigation measures are as damaging as they are costly. Climate policy must respect scientific and economic realities There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050. If better approaches emerge, and they certainly will, we have ample time to reflect and re-adapt. The aim of global policy should be ‘prosperity for all’ by providing reliable and affordable energy at all times. In a prosperous society men and women are well educated, birthrates are low and people care about their environment."

robinmonotti's tweet photo. PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZE 2022
SIGNS CLIMATE DECLARATION:
"THERE IS NO CLIMATE EMERGENCY"

CLAUSER & a global network of over 2,000 scientists and professionals have prepared this urgent message:

Natural as well as anthropogenic factors cause warming

The geological archive reveals that Earth’s climate has varied as long as the planet has existed, with natural cold and warm phases. The Little Ice Age ended as recently as 1850. Therefore, it is no surprise that we now are experiencing a period of warming.

Warming is far slower than predicted

The world has warmed significantly less than predicted by IPCC on the basis of modeled anthropogenic forcing. The gap between the real world and the modeled world tells us that we are far from understanding climate change.

Climate policy relies on inadequate models

Climate models have many shortcomings and are not remotely plausible as global policy tools. They blow up the effect of greenhouse gases such as CO2. In addition, they ignore the fact that enriching the atmosphere with CO2 is beneficial.

CO2 is plant food, the basis of all life on Earth

CO2 is not a pollutant. It is essential to all life on Earth. Photosynthesis is a blessing. More CO2 is beneficial for nature, greening the Earth: additional CO2 in the air has promoted growth in global plant biomass. It is also good for agriculture, increasing the yields of crops worldwide.

Global warming has not increased natural disasters

There is no statistical evidence that global warming is intensifying hurricanes, floods, droughts and suchlike natural disasters, or making them more frequent. However, there is ample evidence that CO2-mitigation measures are as damaging as they are costly.

Climate policy must respect scientific and economic realities

There is no climate emergency. Therefore, there is no cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050. If better approaches emerge, and they certainly will, we have ample time to reflect and re-adapt. The aim of global policy should be ‘prosperity for all’ by providing reliable and affordable energy at all times. In a prosperous society men and women are well educated, birthrates are low and people care about their environment."

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Who to follow

3 days ago

CO2 ir svētība dzīvībai nevis bieds! Kad jūs, Grietas piektdieņi (FFF), to ielāgosiet!?

4 days ago

Since 1960, CO₂ fertilisation has increased photosynthesis in wheat by roughly 35% and soybeans by 18%. Recent studies (2024–2025) confirm that even under thermal stress, vegetation continues to expand—primarily because elevated CO₂ allows plants to use water far more efficiently. This marks a fundamental shift in our understanding of CO₂’s biological benefits. While institutional bureaucracies spend decades managing narratives, the biosphere has simply used that extra CO₂ to regenerate. CO₂ and chlorophyll are the primary engines of photosynthesis, and CO₂ nourishes phytoplankton in the oceans and plant life on land. This supports every food web on Earth, while producing the atmospheric oxygen all animal life depends on. Thirty years of annual COP summits have made zero measurable difference to the global climate, while raising vast sums in political capital and climate finance. It is an attempt to shift to a globalist world over the ashes of Western culture. Which raises the fundamental question: Is Net Zero about protecting the planet’s life-support system, or dismantling it?

PeterDClack's tweet photo. Since 1960, CO₂ fertilisation has increased photosynthesis in wheat by roughly 35% and soybeans by 18%.

Recent studies (2024–2025) confirm that even under thermal stress, vegetation continues to expand—primarily because elevated CO₂ allows plants to use water far more efficiently. This marks a fundamental shift in our understanding of CO₂’s biological benefits.

While institutional bureaucracies spend decades managing narratives, the biosphere has simply used that extra CO₂ to regenerate.

CO₂ and chlorophyll are the primary engines of photosynthesis, and CO₂ nourishes phytoplankton in the oceans and plant life on land. This supports every food web on Earth, while producing the atmospheric oxygen all animal life depends on.

Thirty years of annual COP summits have made zero measurable difference to the global climate, while raising vast sums in political capital and climate finance. It is an attempt to shift to a globalist world over the ashes of Western culture.

Which raises the fundamental question: Is Net Zero about protecting the planet’s life-support system, or dismantling it?

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3 days ago

@DelfiLV Trojas zirgs spārdās un kož?

14 days ago

Beidzot LVU, man diplomā bija rakstīts - pusvadītāju fizika. Varu apliecināt - rakstītais ir pilnīga taisnība.

Electroverse

@Electroversenet

15 days ago

Manufacturing solar panels requires extreme heat, up to 3,600F, to turn silicon dioxide into usable silicon. hen, for every megawatt of panels produced, inputs total around 1.4 tons of toxic chemicals and nearly 3,000 tons of water. Production can also release greenhouse gases thousands of times more potent than CO2 molecule-for-molecule. Silicon is wasted during wafer cutting, while other manufacturing stages involve hazardous compounds, including trichlorosilane and silicon tetrachloride. Then comes disposal. IRENA projects global solar panel waste will reach around 6 million tons every year by 2050, with cumulative waste approaching 78 million tons. Recycling is possible, but it requires more energy, water, chemical processing and specialized facilities. Solar panels can be labeled "clean," but only if you ignore the intensive mining, extreme heat, toxic chemistry, manufacturing waste, disposal, and also the short life cycle (of just 10 to 15 years).

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14 days ago

Hydroxychloroquine - strīdīgi...

Joe Tippens

@JoeTippensl

14 days ago

🚨 SHOCKING DISCOVERY THEY BURIED: Hydroxychloroquine doesn't just fight viruses—it turns viruses into precision-guided cancer killers. It allows viruses to attack cancer cells while leaving healthy cells completely untouched. This claim comes from Dr. Richard Urso (an ophthalmologist and member of America's Frontline Doctors) in a powerful presentation. Why was this information suppressed and the data obscured? Because a cheap, decades-old drug that could selectively destroy cancer would be catastrophic for the multi-trillion-dollar cancer industry. They don't want you to know this. They want you dependent on expensive treatments forever. The truth is out. Share it before it gets buried again.

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"Pasaule liesmās" - bļaustās klimtārdi (arī mūsējie). Patiesībā ir pilnīgi pretēji.

Bjorn Lomborg

@BjornLomborg

15 days ago

Alarmists: “World on fire!” Reality: By Aug 5, global burned area likely never lower than 2026 Disasters in France, Spain & Canada are tragic—but climate is global. Cherry-picking isn’t science Climate policy does near-nothing for fires We need better fire policy (prescribed burns, let some burn) and better climate info https://t.co/iDqlYckvRT You can see all the references in my Twitter thread: https://t.co/HOomhskQoB

BjornLomborg's tweet photo. Alarmists: “World on fire!”

Reality: By Aug 5, global burned area likely never lower than 2026

Disasters in France, Spain & Canada are tragic—but climate is global. Cherry-picking isn’t science

Climate policy does near-nothing for fires

We need better fire policy (prescribed burns, let some burn) and better climate info

https://t.co/iDqlYckvRT

You can see all the references in my Twitter thread:
https://t.co/HOomhskQoB

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"Melnās Klints" šefs Larry Finks lavierē...

14 days ago

In a surprise shift, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has backed away from his earlier strong support for a rapid global energy transition to wind and solar. Fink says intermittent wind and solar alone cannot be relied on to power the rapid rise of AI data centres, now being built across the United States and elsewhere. Without sufficient firm, dispatchable power, he warns the world will face significant power shortages. This view aligns roughly with his previous comments linked to the World Economic Forum at Davos in early 2026. 'The world is going to be short power, and to power these data companies you cannot have just this intermittent power like wind and solar,' he said. Fink says dispatchable power is essential because data centres 'can’t turn off and on'. This marks a move from BlackRock’s previous strong focus on climate risk, net-zero alignment and the energy transition toward what Fink calls 'energy pragmatism'. Renewable construction (especially solar) are still increasing, but without major advances in storage they cannot keep the lights on reliably on their own—particularly now facing surging electricity demand for AI data centres, electrification and industry. Fink stressed the need to retain and expand oil gas and nuclear alongside renewables. He also highlights natural gas’s reliability and the risk of higher prices or shortfalls if supply fails to keep pace with demand. He appears to emphasise affordability, energy abundance and security rather than rapid fossil-fuel phase-outs. BlackRock still invests substantially in wind-solar and transition-related assets, while underscoring the limits of intermittency versus the need for firm power. The shift emphasises the limits of intermittency while facing rising demand, rather than a wholesale abandonment of clean-energy investment.

PeterDClack's tweet photo. In a surprise shift, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has backed away from his earlier strong support for a rapid global energy transition to wind and solar.

Fink says intermittent wind and solar alone cannot be relied on to power the rapid rise of AI data centres, now being built across the United States and elsewhere. Without sufficient firm, dispatchable power, he warns the world will face significant power shortages.

This view aligns roughly with his previous comments linked to the World Economic Forum at Davos in early 2026. 'The world is going to be short power, and to power these data companies you cannot have just this intermittent power like wind and solar,' he said.

Fink says dispatchable power is essential because data centres 'can’t turn off and on'.

This marks a move from BlackRock’s previous strong focus on climate risk, net-zero alignment and the energy transition toward what Fink calls 'energy pragmatism'.

Renewable construction (especially solar) are still increasing, but without major advances in storage they cannot keep the lights on reliably on their own—particularly now facing surging electricity demand for AI data centres, electrification and industry.

Fink stressed the need to retain and expand oil gas and nuclear alongside renewables. He also highlights natural gas’s reliability and the risk of higher prices or shortfalls if supply fails to keep pace with demand.

He appears to emphasise affordability, energy abundance and security rather than rapid fossil-fuel phase-outs.

BlackRock still invests substantially in wind-solar and transition-related assets, while underscoring the limits of intermittency versus the need for firm power.

The shift emphasises the limits of intermittency while facing rising demand, rather than a wholesale abandonment of clean-energy investment.

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14 days ago

Par bēgļiem - tik vienkārši!

JB 😏

@2_teikumi

22 days ago

Tātad, tālajā 1951. gadā, prātīgi, ar labu gribu apveltīti cilvēki (dalībvalstu pārstāvji) vienojās par konvenciju, kurā ir katram pat intuitīvi uztverami un saprotami (domāju, tiem neiebilstu arī vairums "naccīštroļu"🥰) ierobežojumi attiecībā uz nelegālu ierašanos valstī. Tātad, ja tu 1) pārbēdz TIEŠI no teritorijas, kurā esi apdraudēts, ja tu, kā normāls cilvēks, 2) piesakies pie robežsargiem un paskaidro - 3) tā un tā, nu nebija man citas iespējas🥹 - nu, ok, nav strīda.🤷‍♂️ Par ko šie feinie principi ir pārvērsti mūsdienās? Paskatieties: VISI tiek prezumēti "bēgļi un patvēruma meklētāji", nelegālās ierašanās tiešums tiek pieminēts garāmejot, aizturēšana tiek pasniegta kā "sods", un jaunākai kronis visam - pat rīkles kaut kam pārgriezt draudošie cilvēkkontrbandisti neesot sodāmi🤦‍♂️ Tā tātad ir, manuprāt, LR naidīga (vai vismaz nedraudzīga) organizācija, un viņu pašu, nevis LR robežsargu darbība būtu uzraugāma - tik vienkārši.

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@akirstei ...un arī no ogļu TEC, vēl lētāku!

17 days ago

Pareizais ceļš enerģētikā. Nevis mūsu "Zaļo ākstu" apmātība ar saules un vēja grabažām. Skaists plakāts, kas izskaidro advancēto Pebble Bed kodoldegvielu.

John Wylie

@JohnWylie987

17 days ago

@PeterDClack All will be fine, Trump has "green" lite new safe, cool nuclear energy. He recently signed an executive order. He had 5 new companies at the ceremony. Some have a footprint no bigger than a container. That will replace large solar set-ups.

JohnWylie987's tweet photo. @PeterDClack All will be fine, Trump has "green" lite new safe, cool nuclear energy.

He recently signed an executive order.

He had 5 new companies at the ceremony.

Some have a footprint no bigger than a container. That will replace large solar set-ups. https://t.co/93eUBz790Q

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17 days ago

Kādreiz varenā Francija, kas spēja 12-13gados uzbūvēt ~55reaktorus ar kop.jaudu ~60-65GW(!!), tagad no skapja izvilktā prezidenta u.c. vadībā ir kļuvusi par galīgu nespējnieku, kas 17 gadus būvēja vienu 1,6GW jaudīgu reaktoru Flamanvillā!!

18 days ago

Pat Francija viena nespēj finansēt MI sektoru, bet var saražot 5 Gw jaudas datu centriem lētu AES elektrību, piesaistot investīcijas no Japānas. Briti saprot, ka VES nevelk un atsāk naftas ieguvi Ziemeļjūrā. Drošu enerģiju var iegūt tikai no AES, HES vai biomasas un gāzes TEC!

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17 days ago

@akirstei Kādreiz varenā Francija, kas spēja 12-13gados uzbūvēt ~55reaktorus ar kop.jaudu ~60-65GW(!!), tagad no skapja izvilktā prezidenta u.c. vadībā ir kļuvusi par galīgu nespējnieku, kas 17 gadus būvēja vienu 1,6GW jaudīgu reaktoru Flamanvillā!!

17 days ago

Pie mums to dara zaļā PRO sērga...

17 days ago

Globalisation sent the factories away and current energy policy ensures they cannot return. Western nations have been devolving all serious industrial manufacturing for 40 years. Energy policy was the final dagger in the back, preventing any hope of a Western industrial renaissance. This is all because of a reversal away from cheap, traditional energy from coal, oil and gas. Billions of solar panels now replace our flowering fields. Vast turbine structures loom from the mists along the shorelines and hillsides. The rapid rise of AI-driven supercomputers is now becoming visible in dull inner-city streetscapes. The next great leap is already here: a new digital frontier of AI data campuses taking over the spreading urban emptiness. This incredible new chapter threatens to supersede the entire climate agenda, adding a massive power pull to a system already struggling with energy blockages. The rise of AI data campuses could signal the next big step. But a step to where and what? These city-block size computer warehouses will double demand for baseload power as soon as 2030—an added consumption footprint equal to the entire energy output of Japan. Supercomputer demand for freshwater cooling also means massive additional pressure on drinking water. This is unlikely to ignite any Western recovery. China's industrial output now exceeds the US, Japan, Germany and South Korea combined. Its share of global manufacturing output went from 6% in 2000 to over 30% today, while the US share of global output has slid to roughly 16%. Europe has steadily declined, a structural shift fully reflected in the latest International Energy Agency reports.

PeterDClack's tweet photo. Globalisation sent the factories away and current energy policy ensures they cannot return.

Western nations have been devolving all serious industrial manufacturing for 40 years. Energy policy was the final dagger in the back, preventing any hope of a Western industrial renaissance. This is all because of a reversal away from cheap, traditional energy from coal, oil and gas.

Billions of solar panels now replace our flowering fields. Vast turbine structures loom from the mists along the shorelines and hillsides. The rapid rise of AI-driven supercomputers is now becoming visible in dull inner-city streetscapes.

The next great leap is already here: a new digital frontier of AI data campuses taking over the spreading urban emptiness. This incredible new chapter threatens to supersede the entire climate agenda, adding a massive power pull to a system already struggling with energy blockages.

The rise of AI data campuses could signal the next big step. But a step to where and what? These city-block size computer warehouses will double demand for baseload power as soon as 2030—an added consumption footprint equal to the entire energy output of Japan.

Supercomputer demand for freshwater cooling also means massive additional pressure on drinking water.

This is unlikely to ignite any Western recovery. China's industrial output now exceeds the US, Japan, Germany and South Korea combined. Its share of global manufacturing output went from 6% in 2000 to over 30% today, while the US share of global output has slid to roughly 16%.

Europe has steadily declined, a structural shift fully reflected in the latest International Energy Agency reports.

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23 days ago

8 Tieši un atklāti, lai zinātu!!

sirups pins @SirupsP

24 days ago

Tā vēl kādu brīdi izskatījās Mumbaja pēc Britu aiziešanas . Pēc 1947.g. Neatkarības... kad radās divas valstis . Indija un Pakistāna. Bijušās britu kārtības izpratnes inerce ...tālāk nelielā laika nogrieznī šajā 3 miljonu Mumbajā ieplūda 20 miljonu no provincēm . Kāda tā fundamentālā bilde Indijā ir tagad ? Kas bijuši - zina. Indija sākas ar smakām , smārdiem dvakām un tad jau viss pārējais tālāk izrietošais.... Tagad viņi pamet savas Zemes , jo labi zina , ka nekad nevarēs atjaunot to, ko savulaik radīja Briti. Kur nu vēl ievērojami attīstīt un uzlabot britu paveikto. To viņi tā arī pa 79 neatkarības gadiem nav varējuši. Vairoties nenozīm�� attīstīties ! Tāpēc arī tagad izmanīgākie raujas pie mums - uz attīstīto pasauli , uz Eiropu .... arī uz Latviju . Un viņi neko pie mums neuzlabos - tikai noplicinās un patērēs . Šie kodolfiziķi un kvantu fiziķi ar zaļiem koferiem uz kupriem . Viņiem patīk ierasties tajās sakārtotajās , ar krietnu cilvēku , pacietīgu darbu izveidototajās valstīs. Viņiem ir sava neatkarīga un milzīga Valsts . Bet viņi grib uz GB , DE , FR. FIN, SE, NO un utt. ieskaitot Latviju . Bet - šiem ļautiņiem ir tikai viena izpratne . Visu iegūto sev ! Visu , kas viņiem nav vajadzīgs , ieskaitot fekālijas - nomest jebkur ... kas tālāk un ko tālāk , tas viņus neskar . Mēslot tur , kur tas dotajā brīdī ir iespējams . Viņi nezina un neko negrib zināt par nodokļu maksāšanu savās jaunajās mītnes zemēs. Bet viņi ātri noskaidro - cik kurā Zemē var nopelnīt ar vairošanos . Kādi pabalsti , benefiti , atvieglojumi, kas viniem pienākas un ko var ieg��t par velti.. Viņi praktiski neko, vērā ņemamu- mūsu foršajai Zemei nevar dot ... bet viņi ļoti daudz grib. Vēlams visu ! Un viņu ir ļoti daudz . Kas grib , lai uzskata mani par rasistu . Es vienkārši izsaku to , ko es tagad redzu ikdienā un ko es par to domāju. Es esmu savā Zemē . Un uzskatu , ka tam mīkstajam tiktok gejam no Indijas , kas ir ielīdis šajā Zemē .... un iedomājies , ka var pamācīt, izteikt sašutumu , un vēl kā izpildīties ... ir jālasās no šejienes prom . Izņemot spiegšanu - nekādu sauso atlikumu no viņa manai un manu dēlu - Latvijai neredzu . Man nevajag , lai šis drazu ietekmelis vervē un vēl aizcina tādus pašus uz Latviju ! Man nevajag 9 kebabnīcu īpašnieku , kurš dibina katru nākamo un nākamo ... aiz sevis atstājot tikai nodokļu parādus un cūkkūtis. Jo šī ir mana Zeme . Bet viņējā ir tur - Indijā ! Un lai viņš tad stāv, tur pie Gangas ... savā tiktokā izsakot svu viedo vēstījumu par apdegušajiem peldošajiem miroņiem , izkārnīšanos , urinēšanu , mazgāšānos tur kopā ar govīm un kazām, un arī padzeršanos no tās savas baisās Likteņupes. Viņiem ir Ganga . Bet man ir Daugava . Krietnajiem Sabiliešiem ir Abava ! Un tā lai tas arī paliek . Mēs parūpēsimies par to , kas pieder mums.... Bez viņiem ! Lai viņi izpildās pie sevis , kā vien tik vēlas ... Bet ne šeit !

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23 days ago

Tas nu būtu jāzina, lai neiekristu klimata afēristu jeb klimattārdu valgos!

24 days ago

Any modern commercial greenhouse will boost CO₂ levels artificially to between 1,000 ppm and 1,200 ppm—nearly triple outdoor conditions worldwide. In controlled glasshouse environments, this heightening of CO₂ supercharges crop yields by 20% to well over 40% for staples like tomatoes and peppers. This is why greenhouse operators spend millions pumping it into their enclosures—the biological return on investment is immediate. This biological miracle is not only found in greenhouses any more. It's happening in the open fields and arid regions throughout the world. CO₂ has climbed to roughly 426 ppm, powering a green revolution across desert margins and many formerly barren landscapes, such as the Sahal in Africa. This global greening wave is visible from space and has been measured by NASA satellites. It covers twice the area of two United States. The climate change bureaucracy declared that rising CO₂ would lead to droughts, floods and food scarcity. The ice caps would melt, flooding many coastal cities. Drought or rainfall would become the norm. These baseless fears were based almost entirely on worst-scenario computer models. That is not how it's turning out. NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellites reveal an unexpected new dawn. Between 10% and 40% of all historical crop yield improvements since 1940 are directly due to rising CO₂. For wheat, soybeans and corn, the atmospheric fuel injection has driven a massive portion of the modern 'green revolution'. For C3 crops, like wheat, rice and potatoes, the extra CO₂ has been an instant stimulant, driving growth and expanding biomass. CO₂ allows leaf pores (stomata) to stay partially closed, reducing water loss by up to 40%. In dry broadacre zones, this creates unprecedented natural drought resilience. This data comes from a landmark study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which used satellite tracking to measure the exact impact of CO₂ fertilisation on broadacre field crops. CO₂ has been painted as an agent of crisis by the climate change bureaucracy, led by the United Nations. Yet science proves once again that this miracle molecule is the world's primary engine of green agricultural abundance.

PeterDClack's tweet photo. Any modern commercial greenhouse will boost CO₂ levels artificially to between 1,000 ppm and 1,200 ppm—nearly triple outdoor conditions worldwide.

In controlled glasshouse environments, this heightening of CO₂ supercharges crop yields by 20% to well over 40% for staples like tomatoes and peppers.

This is why greenhouse operators spend millions pumping it into their enclosures—the biological return on investment is immediate.

This biological miracle is not only found in greenhouses any more. It's happening in the open fields and arid regions throughout the world. CO₂ has climbed to roughly 426 ppm, powering a green revolution across desert margins and many formerly barren landscapes, such as the Sahal in Africa.

This global greening wave is visible from space and has been measured by NASA satellites. It covers twice the area of two United States.

The climate change bureaucracy declared that rising CO₂ would lead to droughts, floods and food scarcity. The ice caps would melt, flooding many coastal cities. Drought or rainfall would become the norm. These baseless fears were based almost entirely on worst-scenario computer models. That is not how it's turning out.

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellites reveal an unexpected new dawn. Between 10% and 40% of all historical crop yield improvements since 1940 are directly due to rising CO₂. For wheat, soybeans and corn, the atmospheric fuel injection has driven a massive portion of the modern 'green revolution'.

For C3 crops, like wheat, rice and potatoes, the extra CO₂ has been an instant stimulant, driving growth and expanding biomass. CO₂ allows leaf pores (stomata) to stay partially closed, reducing water loss by up to 40%. In dry broadacre zones, this creates unprecedented natural drought resilience.

This data comes from a landmark study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which used satellite tracking to measure the exact impact of CO₂ fertilisation on broadacre field crops.

CO₂ has been painted as an agent of crisis by the climate change bureaucracy, led by the United Nations.

Yet science proves once again that this miracle molecule is the world's primary engine of green agricultural abundance.

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Aleksandrs Kiršteins🇱🇻 @akirstei

about 1 month ago

Labs salīdzinājums.

about 1 month ago

Valainis atrada kasti ar degvīnu, pārdeva un naudu nodzēra. Tad nolēma atpirkt no ,,stratēģiskā” investora LMT un TET daļas ar mērķi pārdot to citam ,,stratēģiskam”investoram. Kur te marža, nesaprata premjers. Pietiks visiem, nomierināja ministrs, saskatoties ar konsultantiem.