Rhys Davies
@rcdavies.bsky.social
Common culture and community. Believer in manufacturing & interested in productivity. Trade should be balanced & energy should be renewable.
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Rhys Davies
@rcdavies.bsky.social
· Oct 23
👇The very obvious solution to Britain's housing crisis, and Thatcher's most damaging legacy for the nation.
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Greece has made an astoundingly quick transition from coal to solar power. But in the historic energy-producing region of Western Macedonia, the economy has struggled to keep up.
As solar booms and coal fades, Greece’s mining region struggles to…
Next year, Greece will complete its coal phaseout, a success for the energy transition. But Western Macedonia residents feel left behind.
www.canarymedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Greece has made an astoundingly quick transition from coal to solar power. But in the historic energy-producing region of Western Macedonia, the economy has struggled to keep up.
Much of the world is giddy at the thought of the retreat of American power.
Reality awaits. They aren't going to like the end of pax-Americana.
Reality awaits. They aren't going to like the end of pax-Americana.
The war in Sudan: A tragic symptom of US powerlessness
The war in Sudan: A tragic symptom of US powerlessness
Devastated by the clash between the regular army and the militia led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as 'Hemedti,' Sudan has become a battleground for the competing interests of its powerful neighbors – precisely those on whom Donald Trump is relying to end the conflict.
www.lemonde.fr
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Much of the world is giddy at the thought of the retreat of American power.
Reality awaits. They aren't going to like the end of pax-Americana.
Reality awaits. They aren't going to like the end of pax-Americana.
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RSVP: #UK has the scrap/skills/ambition to be a global leader in #CircularSteel. But w/out the right policy framework, we will continue sending this valuable resource abroad, along w/jobs and investment. The current system 🚨makes no economic or environmental sense🚨
nation.cymru/news/industr...
nation.cymru/news/industr...
Industry leaders call for action over scrap steel exports
The UK’s leading steelmakers and metal recyclers have joined forces to demand urgent government action to overhaul how steel scrap is handled.
nation.cymru
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
RSVP: #UK has the scrap/skills/ambition to be a global leader in #CircularSteel. But w/out the right policy framework, we will continue sending this valuable resource abroad, along w/jobs and investment. The current system 🚨makes no economic or environmental sense🚨
nation.cymru/news/industr...
nation.cymru/news/industr...
"In areas like financial & professional services, creative industries, pharmaceuticals, luxury goods & more - the export opportunities are huge, & we will back you to seize them".
The PM, like his recent predecessors, promoting mainly low productivity sectors.
news.sky.com/story/china-...
The PM, like his recent predecessors, promoting mainly low productivity sectors.
news.sky.com/story/china-...
PM issues China warning - and hits out at Brexit
Sir Keir Starmer argued that it would be "utterly reckless" to consider Brexit as a template for future foreign policy - and attacked politicians who have a "corrosive, inward-looking attitude".
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"In areas like financial & professional services, creative industries, pharmaceuticals, luxury goods & more - the export opportunities are huge, & we will back you to seize them".
The PM, like his recent predecessors, promoting mainly low productivity sectors.
news.sky.com/story/china-...
The PM, like his recent predecessors, promoting mainly low productivity sectors.
news.sky.com/story/china-...
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Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Tetra Pak launches integrated heat pump system to electrify pasteurization and cut energy use by up to 77%
Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with its new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump system for pasteurizers, designed t
www.foodtechbiz.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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Putin wants peace, huh?
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Putin wants peace, huh?
This is exceptional. Gloom and lightening rendered together.
Gulf Lightning
6”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel
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Available on my website.
6”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel
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Available on my website.
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is exceptional. Gloom and lightening rendered together.
The most reassuring thing about this detailed thread from a government minister @torstenbell.bsky.social is that it starts with a key graph showing what the problem is.
Good to see there are some in government who understand where to focus.
Good to see there are some in government who understand where to focus.
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The most reassuring thing about this detailed thread from a government minister @torstenbell.bsky.social is that it starts with a key graph showing what the problem is.
Good to see there are some in government who understand where to focus.
Good to see there are some in government who understand where to focus.
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I got pulled back into
Some plein air watercoloring by the Maine November evening skies.
#maine #pleinairpainting #novemberlight
Some plein air watercoloring by the Maine November evening skies.
#maine #pleinairpainting #novemberlight
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I got pulled back into
Some plein air watercoloring by the Maine November evening skies.
#maine #pleinairpainting #novemberlight
Some plein air watercoloring by the Maine November evening skies.
#maine #pleinairpainting #novemberlight
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This is necessary
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
AI is accelerating a tech backlash in American classrooms
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is necessary
Reposting this in the vain hope any British politicians on here will see it.
2/10
While this is widely believed, it isn't true. Foreign capital inflows don't fund fiscal deficits. They fund current account deficits, and they must be matched domestically either by higher US investment, higher US unemployment, or higher US household and fiscal debt.
While this is widely believed, it isn't true. Foreign capital inflows don't fund fiscal deficits. They fund current account deficits, and they must be matched domestically either by higher US investment, higher US unemployment, or higher US household and fiscal debt.
November 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reposting this in the vain hope any British politicians on here will see it.
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2/10
While this is widely believed, it isn't true. Foreign capital inflows don't fund fiscal deficits. They fund current account deficits, and they must be matched domestically either by higher US investment, higher US unemployment, or higher US household and fiscal debt.
While this is widely believed, it isn't true. Foreign capital inflows don't fund fiscal deficits. They fund current account deficits, and they must be matched domestically either by higher US investment, higher US unemployment, or higher US household and fiscal debt.
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
2/10
While this is widely believed, it isn't true. Foreign capital inflows don't fund fiscal deficits. They fund current account deficits, and they must be matched domestically either by higher US investment, higher US unemployment, or higher US household and fiscal debt.
While this is widely believed, it isn't true. Foreign capital inflows don't fund fiscal deficits. They fund current account deficits, and they must be matched domestically either by higher US investment, higher US unemployment, or higher US household and fiscal debt.
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Jason Anderson (British Artist, born 1970)
"Nightlife 5", 2025.
Oil on Linen, 60 × 60 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Nightlife 5", 2025.
Oil on Linen, 60 × 60 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Jason Anderson (British Artist, born 1970)
"Nightlife 5", 2025.
Oil on Linen, 60 × 60 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Nightlife 5", 2025.
Oil on Linen, 60 × 60 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Otto Hesselbom, Swedish, 1848–1913
Winter Landscape with Cottage (undated; securely attributed and signed O. Hesselbom)
Oil on canvas
70 × 51 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Winter Landscape with Cottage (undated; securely attributed and signed O. Hesselbom)
Oil on canvas
70 × 51 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Otto Hesselbom, Swedish, 1848–1913
Winter Landscape with Cottage (undated; securely attributed and signed O. Hesselbom)
Oil on canvas
70 × 51 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Winter Landscape with Cottage (undated; securely attributed and signed O. Hesselbom)
Oil on canvas
70 × 51 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Have to say it’s deeply frustrating that the BBC News team simply cannot ask a tough question about POLICY rather than politics. It is infantilising the audience - unless the audience is other journalists in the lobby.
I’ll give Laura K some questions for free:
Are you really going to introduce tax on salary sacrifice pension contributions on your own voters months before the election?
Where will the money for special educational needs come from when it’s moved from local government to central?
Are you really going to introduce tax on salary sacrifice pension contributions on your own voters months before the election?
Where will the money for special educational needs come from when it’s moved from local government to central?
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Have to say it’s deeply frustrating that the BBC News team simply cannot ask a tough question about POLICY rather than politics. It is infantilising the audience - unless the audience is other journalists in the lobby.
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Playing with Fire.
British banks expect their capital requirements to be eased.
Lower capital requirements and higher leverage to be permitted as post-2008 crash reforms scrapped.
Banks will do more gambling to boost profits. Public purse will bear the cost of bailouts.
archive.ph/hygat
British banks expect their capital requirements to be eased.
Lower capital requirements and higher leverage to be permitted as post-2008 crash reforms scrapped.
Banks will do more gambling to boost profits. Public purse will bear the cost of bailouts.
archive.ph/hygat
Lenders gear up for loosening of capital rules by Bank of England
Bankers are expecting easing of leverage ratio as part of forthcoming review
www.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Playing with Fire.
British banks expect their capital requirements to be eased.
Lower capital requirements and higher leverage to be permitted as post-2008 crash reforms scrapped.
Banks will do more gambling to boost profits. Public purse will bear the cost of bailouts.
archive.ph/hygat
British banks expect their capital requirements to be eased.
Lower capital requirements and higher leverage to be permitted as post-2008 crash reforms scrapped.
Banks will do more gambling to boost profits. Public purse will bear the cost of bailouts.
archive.ph/hygat
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During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
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Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
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Tesla was the first and is still a leader in some segments. They showed the world wanted electric cars and showed they can be profitable. I would always love them but also I am not going to miss them and Musk most of all.
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Tesla was the first and is still a leader in some segments. They showed the world wanted electric cars and showed they can be profitable. I would always love them but also I am not going to miss them and Musk most of all.
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China’s BEV trucks are breaking the freight economy: $63k–$92k USD for a purpose-built electric heavy truck — each one a lithium vacuum. BEVs now ~22% of China’s heavy-truck sales as diesel falls. The freight S-curve is igniting, & LFP/LMFP demand is about to explode. #Lithium #LFP #LFMP #Disruption
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
China’s BEV trucks are breaking the freight economy: $63k–$92k USD for a purpose-built electric heavy truck — each one a lithium vacuum. BEVs now ~22% of China’s heavy-truck sales as diesel falls. The freight S-curve is igniting, & LFP/LMFP demand is about to explode. #Lithium #LFP #LFMP #Disruption
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The relative underperformance of North England’s economy is a mystery…….
I don’t know how many ways there are to say “Manchester’s economy is growing, so if we’re not going to do much proactive on infrastructure, can we at least not do stuff that’s actively damaging”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The relative underperformance of North England’s economy is a mystery…….
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Love or hate Tesla, this effectively ends the argument: 11 MW of solar and 39 MWh of Megapack storage powering a 164-stall, fully off-grid Supercharger in California. Proof that not just transport, but electricity itself, no longer needs fossil fuels. The tech exists. The excuses are gone. #Lithium
Tesla Just Opened Its Biggest Supercharger Station Ever—And It's Powered By Solar And Batteries
Tesla's huge 164-stall charger in California is powered by solar panels and huge amounts of off-grid storage.
insideevs.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Love or hate Tesla, this effectively ends the argument: 11 MW of solar and 39 MWh of Megapack storage powering a 164-stall, fully off-grid Supercharger in California. Proof that not just transport, but electricity itself, no longer needs fossil fuels. The tech exists. The excuses are gone. #Lithium
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.