๐ง๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ.... ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐.
Sure, the English speaking world is miserable. Yes, accelerating global wealth inequality might be an existential risk. And the chaos in Hormuz is going to profoundly hurt agriculture in Sudan, which is already in a famine. All of this is sad, tragic, and solvable.
But letโs look for signs of progress. Texas is building battery storage like crazy. Is it because they โlistened to the scientistsโ? They listened to the unit economics, and found that batteries at scale can smooth out the variability of cheap renewables.
The billions are spending more than billionaires, proving Paul Polmanโs thesis largely correct. And perhaps most hearteninglyโฆ sentiment around prioritizing growth over conservation has shifted dramatically in just one generation.
Letโs learn from Picard in Gul Madredโs office: truth can be a matter of perspective.
Texas is deploying battery storage as quickly as the rest of the country combined.
Source: John Bistline
China has diversified their oil imports. Theyโll ride out the storm.
Source: Caixin Global
The impact on the poorest countries is heartbreaking.
Source: UN Trade and Development
Public opinion has really shifted around growth at all costs.
Source: Trellis
Maybe that Piketty fellow was on to something. Whatโs the solve?
Source: Wall Street Journal
Sell to the billions, not the billionaires.
Source: Economist
Why are English speakers so particularly miserable?
Source: Economist
Iโm guessing folks are dusting off their pirate costumes.
Source: Wall Street Journal
So many bonus marks to anyone who gets this.
Source: Who sources memes? Thatโs weird.