Martin Jones
@martincjones.com
🇦🇺/🇩🇪 climate change/energy economist and policy wonk; former academic (CEEM) and consumer advocate (CUAC); amateur footballer. Personal views. He/him.
He went back for more, twice!
January 9, 2026 at 5:26 AM
He went back for more, twice!
"A man accused of setting fire to a rabbi’s car in St Kilda was allegedly on a crime spree at the time and is charged with burning several other cars, stealing hundreds of tubes of toothpaste and breaking into a Middle Eastern restaurant."
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
"A man accused of setting fire to a rabbi’s car in St Kilda was allegedly on a crime spree at the time and is charged with burning several other cars, stealing hundreds of tubes of toothpaste and breaking into a Middle Eastern restaurant."
Someone with "several mental health conditions, including bipolar and schizophrenia" on an alleged crime spree, apparently. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Someone with "several mental health conditions, including bipolar and schizophrenia" on an alleged crime spree, apparently. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
"We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees" theconversation.com/we-discovere...
We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees
We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark can also “eat” climate gases.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
"We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees" theconversation.com/we-discovere...
"Sometimes the most important transitions are visible not in moments of crisis, but in moments where crisis quietly fails to appear."
'This week has shown the explosive growth of solar power in particular had diminished the risks of blackouts during heatwaves caused by supply shortfalls' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave
For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"Sometimes the most important transitions are visible not in moments of crisis, but in moments where crisis quietly fails to appear."
'The chief stresses have moved, or are moving, into evenings and winters. Coal and gas are still currently necessary then, but batteries will come to dominate evening supply.'
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
'The chief stresses have moved, or are moving, into evenings and winters. Coal and gas are still currently necessary then, but batteries will come to dominate evening supply.'
'This week has shown the explosive growth of solar power in particular had diminished the risks of blackouts during heatwaves caused by supply shortfalls' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave
For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
'This week has shown the explosive growth of solar power in particular had diminished the risks of blackouts during heatwaves caused by supply shortfalls' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Dozens of steel platforms for offshore oil & gas extraction, as tall as skyscrapers, are no longer pumping fossil fuels from Australia's seabed. What should happen to them?' www.theage.com.au/business/com...
Now the hard part for Australia’s oil and gas sector: erasing itself from the sea
Dozens of offshore steel platforms as tall as skyscrapers are no longer pumping fossil fuels from the seabed. What should happen to them?
www.theage.com.au
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
'Dozens of steel platforms for offshore oil & gas extraction, as tall as skyscrapers, are no longer pumping fossil fuels from Australia's seabed. What should happen to them?' www.theage.com.au/business/com...
"this is catastrophic as a shift away from a world in which we deal with our problems peacefully toward a world in which we deal with our problems using military force ... This is just a blatant throwing-the-whole-thing-out and making a claim to be able to use force whenever [the USA] wants."
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
"this is catastrophic as a shift away from a world in which we deal with our problems peacefully toward a world in which we deal with our problems using military force ... This is just a blatant throwing-the-whole-thing-out and making a claim to be able to use force whenever [the USA] wants."
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I'm saying this because I spent 3 years reporting on oil in Guyana not because I have a feeling. You can also Google it! But here are some helpful links:
www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
theintercept.com/2023/06/18/g...
www.offshore-technology.com/features/exp...
catalystmcgill.com/jungle-war-t...
www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
theintercept.com/2023/06/18/g...
www.offshore-technology.com/features/exp...
catalystmcgill.com/jungle-war-t...
What Is the Significance of Venezuela’s Naval Incursion into Guyana?
CSIS Americas Program director Ryan C. Berg, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Rubi Bledsoe, Henry Ziemer, and Eitan Casaverde examine Venezuela's recent naval incursions into Guyanese waters.
www.csis.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm saying this because I spent 3 years reporting on oil in Guyana not because I have a feeling. You can also Google it! But here are some helpful links:
www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
theintercept.com/2023/06/18/g...
www.offshore-technology.com/features/exp...
catalystmcgill.com/jungle-war-t...
www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
theintercept.com/2023/06/18/g...
www.offshore-technology.com/features/exp...
catalystmcgill.com/jungle-war-t...
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Hi hello the Venezuela stuff is entirely about oil, both in Venezuela and in Guyana (where Venezuela is laying claim to the oil in what is now Exxon’s largest oilfield, which Chevron has also bought into). It is the bidding of US oil majors and it’s not remotely subtle.
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hi hello the Venezuela stuff is entirely about oil, both in Venezuela and in Guyana (where Venezuela is laying claim to the oil in what is now Exxon’s largest oilfield, which Chevron has also bought into). It is the bidding of US oil majors and it’s not remotely subtle.
What the fuck is Trump doing abducting foreign heads of state?! This is some megalomania shit.
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 AM
What the fuck is Trump doing abducting foreign heads of state?! This is some megalomania shit.
"One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic. Both are being harvested and turned into serious businesses."
www.theage.com.au/business/ent...
www.theage.com.au/business/ent...
Move over AI, seaweed is the new wonder product
One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic.
www.theage.com.au
January 2, 2026 at 11:03 PM
"One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic. Both are being harvested and turned into serious businesses."
www.theage.com.au/business/ent...
www.theage.com.au/business/ent...
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“I cannot describe to you how enraging it is to look to well-established, reputable, publicly altruistic people to seek to understand how to use power, fame, and influence responsibly only to discover that for the most part this question, or this agenda, has never occurred to these people at all.”
I wrote about the endless temptation successful people feel to justify and feel justified in a clearly toxic system. Happy new year.
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
Caveat Vendor
Universities, audience capture, and bullshit; Beowulf, Kendrick Lamar
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“I cannot describe to you how enraging it is to look to well-established, reputable, publicly altruistic people to seek to understand how to use power, fame, and influence responsibly only to discover that for the most part this question, or this agenda, has never occurred to these people at all.”
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This year I wrote and released a set of methodologies for measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of videogame making, distributing, playing, etc. (with a lot of help and input)
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This year I wrote and released a set of methodologies for measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of videogame making, distributing, playing, etc. (with a lot of help and input)
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Another day, another dubious #ResolvePM issues question wording. Especially wrt Palestine march ban, it's debatable both whether the idea would tackle antisemitism and whether tackling antisemitism is the primary motive of proponents.
December 26, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Another day, another dubious #ResolvePM issues question wording. Especially wrt Palestine march ban, it's debatable both whether the idea would tackle antisemitism and whether tackling antisemitism is the primary motive of proponents.
I am genuinely curious whether CA offers refunds for this situation or whether it just says, "That's the way the game works, sorry!" It feels like the former should be true, but their refund policy reads like the latter.
December 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I am genuinely curious whether CA offers refunds for this situation or whether it just says, "That's the way the game works, sorry!" It feels like the former should be true, but their refund policy reads like the latter.
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yeah, fuck bolognese
December 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
yeah, fuck bolognese
Gosh these continued violent attacks on Jews in Australia are just horrific. Who follows up the monstrous acts of Bondi with a car bombing? Awful stuff.
December 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Gosh these continued violent attacks on Jews in Australia are just horrific. Who follows up the monstrous acts of Bondi with a car bombing? Awful stuff.
"Expecting either system to deliver perfect foresight is not a serious standard of accountability; it is a retrospective fantasy."
December 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Expecting either system to deliver perfect foresight is not a serious standard of accountability; it is a retrospective fantasy."
"Intelligence ... is probabilistic, incomplete and often ambiguous, built from fragments that appear coherent only once violence has already occurred. Policing operates within deliberate legal and ethical constraints that privilege civil liberties over omniscience." www.theage.com.au/national/aft...
After Bondi, we crave certainty – but quick fixes are dangerous
We won’t make Australia safer with rapidly conceived solutions for the massacre. They could make us less safe.
www.theage.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Intelligence ... is probabilistic, incomplete and often ambiguous, built from fragments that appear coherent only once violence has already occurred. Policing operates within deliberate legal and ethical constraints that privilege civil liberties over omniscience." www.theage.com.au/national/aft...