Political economy of climate, finance, geopolitics & other things, by @70sbachchan.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social
All our stuff is now here! http://www.thepolycrisis.org
The Polycrisis
…why the US won’t become the new provider of "geopolitically secure” oil and gas, which seems to be a line that the industry and administration are trying out”
New podcast season: Demand Destruction
Origin story
The Polycrisis
How did the US - possibly the world's most stubborn petrostate - finally do climate policy? And what happens next now that it's fallen apart and we're in for yet more demand destruction?
Listen to Rhiana Gunn-Wright and Ted Fertik on our 5th podcast episode -- THE US COUNTERREVOLUTION
Origin story part 2
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The Polycrisis
Its not just Spain's Sanchez. Whats going on with the western alliance courting Beijing in 2026? Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social essay:
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/con...
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...and why this photograph was Polycrisis origin story in 2022.
riots in sri lanka when they ran out of petrol
masks, the virus is still killing us
bread, we can't feed ourselves
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@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
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Kate Mackenzie
New podcast episode! How the US-China energy contest is part of a broader rivalry; accelerated by the global financial crisis and the US shale boom. @jessicacweiss.bsky.social and Jake Werner
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Kate Mackenzie
Kate Mackenzie
Albert Pinto
Albert Pinto
Albert Pinto
This is a critical point: *today*, even in countries that don’t introduce policies & measures to support it, consumers can unilaterally enact electrification and demand destruction
Kate Mackenzie
**US oil is not winning the Iran war**
—-> We have a new podcast season & this is
Episode 1. This one is a short conversation between me & @70sbachchan.bsky.social about whether our geopolitics/energy transition theory is already proved, and how
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Why is this account nom de plume 70s Bachchan? Since this is a ref thats lost on non subcontinent ppl...
1970s Bachchan was "angry young man" in films
"the morality of the day said that if you wanted justice, you had to fight for it yourself. And if you don't fight, you will be crushed"-Javed Akhtar
How US-China rivalry contributed to the new clean energy manufacturing boom
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film-obsessed Bombay childhood :) Working-class kid gets disillusioned by capitalists using identity politics in the wake of massive deindustrialization & switch to finance in 1980s. Who then allow fascists to take over the State in 1990s.
Sound familiar...? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...
PM Sanchez: Today, with President Xi, I have confirmed the bond between Spain and China (..) Spain is betting on a EU-China relationship based on trust, dialogue, and stability. We must continue advancing toward a multipolar order built from respect and pragmatism.
This is the first oil crisis in which alternatives to oil and gas — solar panels, EVs, batteries, induction stoves heatpumps — are cheap and easy to get.
These flying off the shelves already...
This has reporting from 10 countries
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In this first bonus episode, we discuss why the Middle East war is accelerating the destruction of demand for fossil fuels, and why the US won’t become the new provider of "geopolitically secure” oil ...
