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Michael Liebreich
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Host @CleaningUpPod. CEO Liebreich Associates. Managing Partner Ecopragma Capital. Founder, Contributor @BloombergNEF. Ex Board TfL, Board of Trade. Olympian. Don't message me - I'm not prepared to give away personal data to prove my age. Srsly BlueSky!
No. But I'll ask the team to mash the data for version 1.1 or 2.0. Thanks.
January 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Nice posh ceramic hobs are still unaffordable in large parts of the world. Cheap electric vans are now ubiquitous.
January 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It will most likely be viable in small niches. For instance, where distributed hydrogen is legitimately needed in the economy (labs power generating equipment, food hydrogenation, biogas CO2 upgrading, etc), it may be cheaper to electrolyse locally than to transport it via tube trailers.
January 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
We've talked about this before. When I'm off on holiday with my family, I'm not prepared to add one iota of risk or complication. You need to stop preaching at me about when and where you would like me to pee. Each time you do, I swear I'll hang on to my 4.4 litre petrol XC90 for another year.
January 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Or bullish if it turns out the US didn't have a plan.
January 4, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Indeed. They suffer from the automotive equivalent of Dutch Disease. They have done so well making ICE-powered vehicles that they are economically locked-in, which blocks then from leading in EVs. Same with Japan.
January 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM
I have just made a $250 donation to the GiveWell Top Charities fund, which helps fund Helen Keller International's Vitamin A Programme. It's a pleasure doing business with you!
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December 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hi Michael, yes, you win. I was uncharacteristically sloppy: I would never expect 50% of the *fleet* to be electric in 7 years, from zero, as it takes ~14 years to turn over. Annoyingly, 50% of EU bus *sales* were electric last year, but Germany lags: www.transportenvironment.org/articles/hal...
Half of new EU city buses were zero-emission in 2024
Zero-emission sales to reach 100% by 2027 if growth rate continues
www.transportenvironment.org
December 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
None of that would matter if the oil price were $100/barrel.
December 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM