Paddy McCully
@paddymccully.bsky.social
Analyste @ReclaimFinance. Views own. Ex dam fighter & solar builder. Climate hawk. Underwater archaeologist for a very short time. Irish Ulster-Scots franco-hispanophone Ardsman in California.
The much-cited IEA "Current Policies Scenario" shows O&G demand rising to 2050 & would lead to catastrophic 2.9°C warming. But it assumes govts take no further climate action even as disasters mount & clean tech improves "a bold stance even for the most hardened cynic." www.ft.com/content/97dd...
Fossil fuels in the spotlight at COP30
Momentum builds behind transition ‘road map’ as IEA report underscores the stakes
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The much-cited IEA "Current Policies Scenario" shows O&G demand rising to 2050 & would lead to catastrophic 2.9°C warming. But it assumes govts take no further climate action even as disasters mount & clean tech improves "a bold stance even for the most hardened cynic." www.ft.com/content/97dd...
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This stuff is so crazy. Trump is now just letting his allies that helped him nearly overthrow the government take turns stealing taxpayer money.
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This stuff is so crazy. Trump is now just letting his allies that helped him nearly overthrow the government take turns stealing taxpayer money.
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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In June, Ireland 🇮🇪 became the 15th coal-free country in Europe, made possible by its remarkable progress on renewable power!
But, it’s leaning heavily on fossil gas to supply for Irish data centres’ insatiable electricity demand, which accounts for 88% of electricity demand growth since 2015.
But, it’s leaning heavily on fossil gas to supply for Irish data centres’ insatiable electricity demand, which accounts for 88% of electricity demand growth since 2015.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In June, Ireland 🇮🇪 became the 15th coal-free country in Europe, made possible by its remarkable progress on renewable power!
But, it’s leaning heavily on fossil gas to supply for Irish data centres’ insatiable electricity demand, which accounts for 88% of electricity demand growth since 2015.
But, it’s leaning heavily on fossil gas to supply for Irish data centres’ insatiable electricity demand, which accounts for 88% of electricity demand growth since 2015.
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WOW, new signage!
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
WOW, new signage!
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100%. It's one thing that becomes crystal clear in every masters of universe email dumps. there is no access to better information. rumors, wild ideas from people popular in their social circles, absurdities. to be all powerful, even for evil, you need access to good information. they mostly don't.
Ironically you can see this very dynamic in the Epstein emails themselves, where the power elite all email each other absurd rumors and semi-literate political scuttlebutt and theorizing. The boys’ club exposed in those messages is the same one that controls the brains of the top Times editors.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
100%. It's one thing that becomes crystal clear in every masters of universe email dumps. there is no access to better information. rumors, wild ideas from people popular in their social circles, absurdities. to be all powerful, even for evil, you need access to good information. they mostly don't.
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Anyone who ever sent an email to Epstein.
a dog is sitting in the back seat of a car and looking at the camera .
Alt: a dog is sitting in the back seat of a car and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Anyone who ever sent an email to Epstein.
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Whats so unnerving, among many other aspects of the whole sordid Epstein miasma, is how incestuous the world of these elites are. Everyone knows everyone. The personal, social, and professional spheres all overlap.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Whats so unnerving, among many other aspects of the whole sordid Epstein miasma, is how incestuous the world of these elites are. Everyone knows everyone. The personal, social, and professional spheres all overlap.
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My latest post has a table of the most expensive hurricanes to affect each nation/territory/island in the Atlantic relative to GDP. Over 30 nations have suffered a storm costing more than 5% of GDP, and 13 have seen losses of at least 100% of GDP. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My latest post has a table of the most expensive hurricanes to affect each nation/territory/island in the Atlantic relative to GDP. Over 30 nations have suffered a storm costing more than 5% of GDP, and 13 have seen losses of at least 100% of GDP. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/the-...
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Doctors in the aftermath of hurricanes have been surprised to see health damage extending far beyond the immediate toll of drownings and injuries, including respiratory ailments, heart attacks from trying to move debris, and rises in hospital admissions from many other causes.
The Hidden Devastation of Hurricanes
Their health effects extend far beyond official death tolls.
www.newyorker.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Doctors in the aftermath of hurricanes have been surprised to see health damage extending far beyond the immediate toll of drownings and injuries, including respiratory ailments, heart attacks from trying to move debris, and rises in hospital admissions from many other causes.
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Escape velocity achieved.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Escape velocity achieved.
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"[AMOC collapse] is a direct threat to national resilience and security" the Icelandic Climate Minister said
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"[AMOC collapse] is a direct threat to national resilience and security" the Icelandic Climate Minister said
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
IEA WEO TLDR? The future is renewable
The @iea.org’s World Energy Outlook is here
❌ Ignore the hype on an extended shelf life for fossil fuels
Renewables + electrification = an energy revolution ⚡
Let’s unpack what it all means
🧵1/8
❌ Ignore the hype on an extended shelf life for fossil fuels
Renewables + electrification = an energy revolution ⚡
Let’s unpack what it all means
🧵1/8
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
IEA WEO TLDR? The future is renewable
This is hilarious
every time you watch this you discover a new way in which this went wrong
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is hilarious
Yet again huge amounts of time and effort are put into creating a carbon trading program which fails to cut carbon because its key drivers are profit seeking and avoiding emissions cuts www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
COP30 has a carbon trading problem
The global carbon market envisaged by the Paris Agreement is losing steam.
www.semafor.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Yet again huge amounts of time and effort are put into creating a carbon trading program which fails to cut carbon because its key drivers are profit seeking and avoiding emissions cuts www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Energy resilience www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Energy resilience www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
A peak, if too early to call it THE peak. But regardless an encouraging sign.
NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A peak, if too early to call it THE peak. But regardless an encouraging sign.
Pretty sure that if she opened that mouth we'd see some pretty impressive fangs.
Laura Loomer said that she would never “make the sacrifices” she’s made for President Trump for someone else. But some in Washington have started to wonder whether she is being compensated for what she portrays as a selfless mission. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/bf6nyC
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Pretty sure that if she opened that mouth we'd see some pretty impressive fangs.
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America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
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“.. The plan could cost the US government double what it's projected to take in for 2025 and undercut Trump's argument that tariff revenue will be used to help pay down federal debt.” 🤡
@bloomberg.com
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@bloomberg.com
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“.. The plan could cost the US government double what it's projected to take in for 2025 and undercut Trump's argument that tariff revenue will be used to help pay down federal debt.” 🤡
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The best adopt a dulled acceptance, while the worst/
Are full of passionate stupidity, as Yeats might have said www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Are full of passionate stupidity, as Yeats might have said www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Governments and Billionaires Retreat Ahead of COP30 Climate Talks
Worldwide, every other week seems to bring a new climate-related crisis. Increasingly, the response has seemed to be a dulled acceptance.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The best adopt a dulled acceptance, while the worst/
Are full of passionate stupidity, as Yeats might have said www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Are full of passionate stupidity, as Yeats might have said www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Interesting energy fact from Ember picked up by @gregor.us - IEA predicts global power demand growth of 4%/yr 2025-27 - but in H1-25 it was 2.6%. A significant difference in terms of RE's ability to cover all growth and eat into existing demand www.coldeye.earth/p/trade-game...
Trade Games
Monday 10 November 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Interesting energy fact from Ember picked up by @gregor.us - IEA predicts global power demand growth of 4%/yr 2025-27 - but in H1-25 it was 2.6%. A significant difference in terms of RE's ability to cover all growth and eat into existing demand www.coldeye.earth/p/trade-game...
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Hurricane Harvey's peak storm total rainfall was about 60 inches. Vietnam just saw this total and threw in an extra 8 inches of rain - and in one day??
The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
Vietnam sees 35 rainfall records broken in October - VnExpress International
Vietnam's northern and central regions saw a total of 35 rain records broken in October alone as two storms, Matmo and Fengshen, caused unprecedented downpours.
e.vnexpress.net
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Hurricane Harvey's peak storm total rainfall was about 60 inches. Vietnam just saw this total and threw in an extra 8 inches of rain - and in one day??
Fabulous clip.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fabulous clip.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc