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Re: The Death Of Fossil Fuels
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 5:50 pm
by Gfamily
bjn wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 5:21 pm. Cuba is now installing solar at a great pace given they’ve been reliant on Venezuelan oil until now.
Is that Cuba resourced, or is it a version of the Chinese "Belt and Road" approach, developing Cuba as a strategic ally/client state in the Caribbean?
Re: The Death Of Fossil Fuels
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 10:07 pm
by bjn
AIUI it’s mostly Chinese investment, Cuba being short of hard cash and all. They are aiming to get 2GW by 2028. FWIW Pakistan install over 22GW in 2025.
Re: The Death Of Fossil Fuels
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2026 8:31 pm
by jimbob
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk ... -year-low/
Less coal use in the UK since the time of Shakespeare
Re: The Death Of Fossil Fuels
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2026 10:25 pm
by Grumble
The Iran war and particularly the associated disruption to fossil fuel supplies will drive adoption of EVs as never seen before. My prediction FWIW. In the past people did not have an alternative, the Ukraine invasion mainly affected gas, not really petrol and diesel.
Re: The Death Of Fossil Fuels
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:20 am
by IvanV
Grumble wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 10:25 pm
The Iran war and particularly the associated disruption to fossil fuel supplies will drive adoption of EVs as never seen before. My prediction FWIW. In the past people did not have an alternative, the Ukraine invasion mainly affected gas, not really petrol and diesel.
But the immediate problem is gas. The price of gas in Europe has shot up. Enough gas comes out through the Straits of Hormuz for the restriction there to affect the global gas market, even if in practice most of it moves E rather than W - the easterners are looking for alternative supplies. And a large gas liquefaction plant in Saudi has been hit by the Iranians and needs repair.
Re: The Death Of Fossil Fuels
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:54 am
by bjn
Which is why we need to restructure the electricity market to reduce the impact of expensive foreign gas, which sets the price over 90% of the time, even if its generating only a fraction of demand.
Re: The Death Of Fossil Fuels
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2026 10:48 am
by Grumble
IvanV wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:20 am
Grumble wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 10:25 pm
The Iran war and particularly the associated disruption to fossil fuel supplies will drive adoption of EVs as never seen before. My prediction FWIW. In the past people did not have an alternative, the Ukraine invasion mainly affected gas, not really petrol and diesel.
But the immediate problem is gas. The price of gas in Europe has shot up. Enough gas comes out through the Straits of Hormuz for the restriction there to affect the global gas market, even if in practice most of it moves E rather than W - the easterners are looking for alternative supplies. And a large gas liquefaction plant in Saudi has been hit by the Iranians and needs repair.
I wasn’t thinking about immediate problems in that post