Gerald Lindo
@glindo.bsky.social
Energy, climate, finance, and living well. Views expressed are nobody's in particular. Semper Vigilans. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrylindo/
A good read, which forced me to go way back into my political economy bag.
Is Climate Change an Externality?
lpeproject.org/blog/is-clim...
Is Climate Change an Externality?
lpeproject.org/blog/is-clim...
Is Climate Change an Externality?
Environmental harms are often cast as externalities, even by those seeking to emphasize their urgency. Yet the major modern environmental statutes, written before America'
lpeproject.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A good read, which forced me to go way back into my political economy bag.
Is Climate Change an Externality?
lpeproject.org/blog/is-clim...
Is Climate Change an Externality?
lpeproject.org/blog/is-clim...
Ralph Gonsalves loses an election. Surely the second coming is at hand. share.google/ThhB63p5HRvI...
Opposition NDP party claims victory in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
New Democratic Party ousts longtime Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, who has served in office since 2001.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ralph Gonsalves loses an election. Surely the second coming is at hand. share.google/ThhB63p5HRvI...
Reposted by Gerald Lindo
The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India’s Desert State Reignites Coal-Fired Power Debate
The competitive cost of batteries is making clean energy a viable alternative to coal in parts of the country.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
It is right and just.
Attitudes, and investment patterns, could shift in Africa. But in the coming year, many on the continent will be looking east
As the West turns inward, Africa looks eastward to China
Western countries have reduced aid and military support to Africa, prompting African nations to pivot towards the east, particularly China
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It is right and just.
Jamaica's PM is doing a good job. (Never mind the saucy video title, it's just a clip from Jamaican public TV.)
youtu.be/-rTAba4BrYM?...
youtu.be/-rTAba4BrYM?...
FIRED UP PM BLASTS Critics: Stop Trying to Destroy Jamaica!
YouTube video by Talk Sense Media
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Jamaica's PM is doing a good job. (Never mind the saucy video title, it's just a clip from Jamaican public TV.)
youtu.be/-rTAba4BrYM?...
youtu.be/-rTAba4BrYM?...
Are you watching closely? www.bbc.com/news/article...
US says countries with DEI policies as infringing human rights
US officials say the rules will stop "destructive ideologies" but others argue it is redefining human rights principles for Trump's goals.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Are you watching closely? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Internal colonization. youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Internal colonization. youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
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"COP30 ends with a whimper - The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it" via @economist.com [paywalled]: www.economist.com/internationa...
#COP30
#COP30
COP30 ends with a whimper
The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it
www.economist.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"COP30 ends with a whimper - The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it" via @economist.com [paywalled]: www.economist.com/internationa...
#COP30
#COP30
So be it. The real action is elsewhere.
BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout www.theenergymix.com/breaking-emp...
BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout
A dramatic, last-minute intervention by Colombia at the closing session of the COP30 climate summit Saturday afternoon failed to derail what one veteran negotiator called an “empty deal” on countries’...
www.theenergymix.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
So be it. The real action is elsewhere.
The car antlers are out. It's not even Advent yet.
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The car antlers are out. It's not even Advent yet.
The internet is serving me Patek Philippe ads. Perhaps they know something I don't about the next few quarters.
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The internet is serving me Patek Philippe ads. Perhaps they know something I don't about the next few quarters.
Loving how Jamaica's World Bank resident representative has embraced our peculiar use of language.
Thus, the phrase is not "build back better"; instead, it is "build forward better."
Sizzla Kalongi should be proud of himself.
Thus, the phrase is not "build back better"; instead, it is "build forward better."
Sizzla Kalongi should be proud of himself.
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Loving how Jamaica's World Bank resident representative has embraced our peculiar use of language.
Thus, the phrase is not "build back better"; instead, it is "build forward better."
Sizzla Kalongi should be proud of himself.
Thus, the phrase is not "build back better"; instead, it is "build forward better."
Sizzla Kalongi should be proud of himself.
Reposted by Gerald Lindo
For years, Washington has been warning others not to trust loans from Chinese state banks fueling its rise as a superpower. But a new report reveals an ironic twist: The United States is the biggest recipient of all — by far.
'China was playing chess while the rest of us were playing checkers': Bombshell study finds $200 billion of secret loans to U.S. businesses over 25 years | Fortune
Many of the loans from China’s state lenders were routed through shell companies in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Delaware and elsewhere, according to AidData.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
For years, Washington has been warning others not to trust loans from Chinese state banks fueling its rise as a superpower. But a new report reveals an ironic twist: The United States is the biggest recipient of all — by far.
It's a shame that collective action is so hard to muster on the biggest collective action problem of our time, but so it is.
Rather than waiting for "them," change the facts on the ground as you can.
Rather than waiting for "them," change the facts on the ground as you can.
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's a shame that collective action is so hard to muster on the biggest collective action problem of our time, but so it is.
Rather than waiting for "them," change the facts on the ground as you can.
Rather than waiting for "them," change the facts on the ground as you can.
Sounds familiar.
‘Everyone is exhausted’: First week of COP30 marked by frustration with slow progress
‘Everyone is exhausted’: First week of COP30 marked by frustration with slow progress
Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations.
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sounds familiar.
Building out the clean, resilient infrastructure of the future is *the* long-term path for economic growth for those who want it.
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...
Indonesia’s clean energy future can power its economic growth - Academia - The Jakarta Post
The country is rich in untapped potential for solar and hydro power and is already the world’s second-largest producer of geothermal power.
www.thejakartapost.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Building out the clean, resilient infrastructure of the future is *the* long-term path for economic growth for those who want it.
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...
www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...
"They are killing us and they are watching us die. It's honestly crazy how the big polluting countries don't give a crap about us."
youtu.be/il2pFwBKdj8?...
youtu.be/il2pFwBKdj8?...
The Tragedy of Jamaica, SIDS & Climate Change!
YouTube video by Dionne Jackson Miller
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"They are killing us and they are watching us die. It's honestly crazy how the big polluting countries don't give a crap about us."
youtu.be/il2pFwBKdj8?...
youtu.be/il2pFwBKdj8?...
It seems I can't deny
Some days just don't feel right
I think I feel, I feel much better
At night
Some days just don't feel right
I think I feel, I feel much better
At night
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It seems I can't deny
Some days just don't feel right
I think I feel, I feel much better
At night
Some days just don't feel right
I think I feel, I feel much better
At night
Roc Nation's marketing for "Let God Sort 'Em Out" is masterful. Haven't seen anything like this for a hip-hop album rollout, ever.
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Roc Nation's marketing for "Let God Sort 'Em Out" is masterful. Haven't seen anything like this for a hip-hop album rollout, ever.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
ChatGPT writing style is so weird. So many odd hyphens and em dashes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
ChatGPT writing style is so weird. So many odd hyphens and em dashes.
I need a materialist analysis of anti-vaccine movements. What class, economic, or material interests are at play?
I ask because I honestly cannot wrap my head around it. Why would a society do this to itself?
I ask because I honestly cannot wrap my head around it. Why would a society do this to itself?
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I need a materialist analysis of anti-vaccine movements. What class, economic, or material interests are at play?
I ask because I honestly cannot wrap my head around it. Why would a society do this to itself?
I ask because I honestly cannot wrap my head around it. Why would a society do this to itself?
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"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
Reposted by Gerald Lindo
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Some Jamaican have been turning to rooftop solar power. After Melissa, it paid off. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Some Jamaican have been turning to rooftop solar power. After Melissa, it paid off. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...