Akshat Rathi
@akshatrathi.bsky.social
- Senior climate reporter, Bloomberg News
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- Newsletter http://bit.ly/bbg-zero
- Podcast http://bloomberg.com/zero-podcast
- Book https://akshatrathi.com/book
- akshat.rathi@pm.me
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@autoschmidt.bsky.social:
"Tesla's share of the Western European new BEV passenger car market has now fallen below 10% for the first time on record, according to Schmidt Automotive Research data."
Two key points to the collapse in its dominating position:
read more:
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
"Tesla's share of the Western European new BEV passenger car market has now fallen below 10% for the first time on record, according to Schmidt Automotive Research data."
Two key points to the collapse in its dominating position:
read more:
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
January 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
@autoschmidt.bsky.social:
"Tesla's share of the Western European new BEV passenger car market has now fallen below 10% for the first time on record, according to Schmidt Automotive Research data."
Two key points to the collapse in its dominating position:
read more:
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
"Tesla's share of the Western European new BEV passenger car market has now fallen below 10% for the first time on record, according to Schmidt Automotive Research data."
Two key points to the collapse in its dominating position:
read more:
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthi...
"Politics — and political violence — is now something performed, first and foremost, for an online audience. It almost doesn’t matter what happens irl if it makes noise online."
A worthy read: www.garbageday.email/p/the-rise-o...
A worthy read: www.garbageday.email/p/the-rise-o...
The rise of the troll state
Read to the end for a crab tureen
www.garbageday.email
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"Politics — and political violence — is now something performed, first and foremost, for an online audience. It almost doesn’t matter what happens irl if it makes noise online."
A worthy read: www.garbageday.email/p/the-rise-o...
A worthy read: www.garbageday.email/p/the-rise-o...
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That this statement has to be written is frankly insane.
Joint Statement of major EU/NATO countries on Greenland, together with Denmark:
January 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
That this statement has to be written is frankly insane.
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I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
January 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
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“We have been anticipating this breakthrough....our $2bn private placement memorandum is ready to go with several investment targets identified"
"I’ve had a dozen calls over the past 24 hours from potential investors. Interest in Venezuela has gone from 0 to 99%"
www.ft.com/content/67c4...
"I’ve had a dozen calls over the past 24 hours from potential investors. Interest in Venezuela has gone from 0 to 99%"
www.ft.com/content/67c4...
January 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
“We have been anticipating this breakthrough....our $2bn private placement memorandum is ready to go with several investment targets identified"
"I’ve had a dozen calls over the past 24 hours from potential investors. Interest in Venezuela has gone from 0 to 99%"
www.ft.com/content/67c4...
"I’ve had a dozen calls over the past 24 hours from potential investors. Interest in Venezuela has gone from 0 to 99%"
www.ft.com/content/67c4...
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With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the market within five years
The cassette tape made a comeback in 2025 thanks to a DNA upgrade
With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the market within five years
www.newscientist.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 PM
With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the market within five years
Lots of uncertainties, but Rory is clear that the only sure fire thing Canada can do to protect its oil industry if Venezuelan heavy oil replaces Canadian imports in the US is to build a pipeline to the Canadian west coast. Something Carney is already open to.
📺 Joined @cbcnews.ca last night to provide my view on what's happening in Venezuela, what will likely happen next—weeks, months, years—for the oil market, and what this might mean specifically for Canada's oil sector, which produces a similar, heavy sour grade of crude oil
Watch part 1 (pt 2 below)
Watch part 1 (pt 2 below)
January 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Lots of uncertainties, but Rory is clear that the only sure fire thing Canada can do to protect its oil industry if Venezuelan heavy oil replaces Canadian imports in the US is to build a pipeline to the Canadian west coast. Something Carney is already open to.
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this is an incorrect read of the situation.
it isn't "us domination of oil production" that has allowed crazy geopolitics in oil producing countries (without economic disaster) but rather a glut of supply and peaking demand thanks largely to the EV transition.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
it isn't "us domination of oil production" that has allowed crazy geopolitics in oil producing countries (without economic disaster) but rather a glut of supply and peaking demand thanks largely to the EV transition.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump Now Has His Very Own Oil Empire
Let’s do the math. Start with the oil production of the US and add Canada. Then include Venezuela and the rest of Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina and everywhere else in between: Brazil, Guyana...
www.bloomberg.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
this is an incorrect read of the situation.
it isn't "us domination of oil production" that has allowed crazy geopolitics in oil producing countries (without economic disaster) but rather a glut of supply and peaking demand thanks largely to the EV transition.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
it isn't "us domination of oil production" that has allowed crazy geopolitics in oil producing countries (without economic disaster) but rather a glut of supply and peaking demand thanks largely to the EV transition.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The economic idiocy on display is pretty wild. Apparently Trump created a new oil empire where he has a new unique power.
"Washington would have the means to keep the oil price close to $50 a barrel"
Brilliant. None of the US oil industry makes money at that price. What a great option to have!
"Washington would have the means to keep the oil price close to $50 a barrel"
Brilliant. None of the US oil industry makes money at that price. What a great option to have!
Trump Now Has His Very Own Oil Empire
Let’s do the math. Start with the oil production of the US and add Canada. Then include Venezuela and the rest of Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina and everywhere else in between: Brazil, Guyana...
www.bloomberg.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The economic idiocy on display is pretty wild. Apparently Trump created a new oil empire where he has a new unique power.
"Washington would have the means to keep the oil price close to $50 a barrel"
Brilliant. None of the US oil industry makes money at that price. What a great option to have!
"Washington would have the means to keep the oil price close to $50 a barrel"
Brilliant. None of the US oil industry makes money at that price. What a great option to have!
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The first two hours this morning
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The first two hours this morning
Presumably the American editor of this cricket story headline does not understand that a test match can go on for five days.
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Presumably the American editor of this cricket story headline does not understand that a test match can go on for five days.
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NEW RECORD: Africa imports 2GW of solar panels for the first time in a month.
And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...
And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 AM
NEW RECORD: Africa imports 2GW of solar panels for the first time in a month.
And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...
And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...
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Iraq's population in 2003: 27 million
Venezuela's population in 2026: 28 million
Approximated based on World Bank data.
Venezuela's population in 2026: 28 million
Approximated based on World Bank data.
January 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Iraq's population in 2003: 27 million
Venezuela's population in 2026: 28 million
Approximated based on World Bank data.
Venezuela's population in 2026: 28 million
Approximated based on World Bank data.
Date of publication: Feb 19, 2003
January 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Date of publication: Feb 19, 2003
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NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Mamdani Called Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
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‘But people in the industry said the administration’s message has left them still leery about the difficulty of rebuilding decayed oil fields in a country where it’s not even clear who will lead the country for the foreseeable future.’
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
‘But people in the industry said the administration’s message has left them still leery about the difficulty of rebuilding decayed oil fields in a country where it’s not even clear who will lead the country for the foreseeable future.’
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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For months, the U.S. sold its pressure campaign against Venezuela as a way to curtail drug trafficking. Now, it’s about getting American energy companies access to one of the world’s largest oil bounties.
Trump Wants to Unlock Venezuela’s Oil Reserves. A Huge Challenge Awaits.
The president wants to put Venezuela’s viscous crude into play. The problem is the world doesn’t have much appetite for more oil.
on.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 PM
For months, the U.S. sold its pressure campaign against Venezuela as a way to curtail drug trafficking. Now, it’s about getting American energy companies access to one of the world’s largest oil bounties.
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Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
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This is exactly the reason why this is not only wildly illegal, under both domestic & international law, but also why it is so disastrous for world order & US national security.
So, now what stops Turkey from taking over Syria, Russia from taking over Ukraine, and China from taking over Taiwan? US?
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is exactly the reason why this is not only wildly illegal, under both domestic & international law, but also why it is so disastrous for world order & US national security.
Technically, guano is renewable.
I mean, people have gone to war over anything and everything, including guano, aka bird shit, but renewables don't bring the geopolitical strife fossil fuel does.
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Technically, guano is renewable.
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Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
January 4, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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About 200 people are rallying in downtown Seattle to denounce U.S. military strikes on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president Nicolás Maduro. The attacks occurred overnight and were authorized by U.S. President Donald Trump. Organizers called for a new anti-war movement to oppose the attacks.
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 AM
About 200 people are rallying in downtown Seattle to denounce U.S. military strikes on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president Nicolás Maduro. The attacks occurred overnight and were authorized by U.S. President Donald Trump. Organizers called for a new anti-war movement to oppose the attacks.