@davidfickling

Climate & energy columnist at @opinion. Migrant. These are my views. If you don't like them, well, I have others.

 Sydney, New South Wales
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1/ I’m about to cycle 380km in the #RideForCountryKids for @RoyalFarWest 🚴‍♂️ This is a questionable decision given that until about 5 years ago, the longest ride I’d ever done was about 5km. 😬 rideforcountrykids.com.au/fu…

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3/ I’m aiming to raise $4,000 for a ride on May 17-19. If you can chip in, I’d really appreciate it — every donation will help power me up a hill somewhere, torn between regret and character-building. Here's my fundraising page: 👉 rideforcountrykids.com.au/fu…

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4/ And here's a bit more about the ride, and Royal Far West: rideforcountrykids.com.au/ev… royalfarwest.org.au/the-need… Thank you and wish me luck!
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Personal note: I am doing my first full Ironman triathlon in April. I’m raising money for WaterAid, to provide the billions who lack access to it with the clean water I will be gulping as I swim 3.8km, bike 180km, and run 42.2km! Please click the link! mycause.com.au/page/366670/h…

Please donate and support Help me swim, bike and run for WaterAid!

Around the world today, 2.2 billion people still lack routine access to clean drinking water and 3.5 billion lack access to sanitation. Diarrhoeal disease is the leading killer of children under 5 and

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Well, I did it! Exhausting race in horrible windy conditions but I finished and we raised A$1,620 for WaterAid! Thanks for all who donated!
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The biggest climate impact of a second Trump administration may well be in China, writes @davidfickling. It's a perfect opportunity for Beijing to present itself as the clean alternative bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion

China’s Energy Dominance Gets a Boost From Trump

Beijing has the perfect opportunity to present itself as the clean alternative.

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Que sacrificio!, 1797-1798 #artbots #goya
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Just obsessively typing "[state]" + "county" + "2020" into this website looking for some crumbs of low-quality information to break the tension
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Entrenched sexism is very Australian, and it needs to change, writes @ACPapuc. To say we’re frustrated by this bad behavior is an understatement trib.al/itWEheG via @opinion

Entrenched Sexism Is Very Australian. Let’s Uproot It

To say we’re frustrated by this epidemic of bad behavior is an understatement. The corporate old boys’ club is no longer fit for purpose.

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"How Soon Is Now?" just came up on my playlist and I just realised for the first time how incredibly incel it is
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IN MY DAY we didn't have all this incel malarkey, we just wore a lot of black clothing and obsessed over the NME letters page
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Peak beef could already be here, writes @davidfickling. For climate doomers and denialists alike, this is good news in the quest to rein in emissions trib.al/edpB7mI

Peak Beef Could Already Be Here

For climate doomers and denialists alike, this is good news in the quest to rein in emissions.

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China's biggest clean power machine is misfiring, writes @davidfickling. Climate change is coming for the water that fuels hydroelectric plants trib.al/R5vZar6 via @opinion

China’s Biggest Clean Power Machine Is Misfiring

Climate change is coming for the water that fuels hydroelectric plants, putting decarbonizing plans at risk.

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More of a Bigoncé fan tbh
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We’ve been relying on natural environments to suck up our fossil carbon, writes @davidfickling. But a hotter planet could be losing its ability to absorb our pollution trib.al/w4OgeW7

The Global Methane Bomb Is Starting to Detonate

A hotter planet could be losing its ability to absorb our pollution.

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Wakanda’s Afro-Futurist dream is more remote than ever, writes @davidfickling. Economic growth is powered by energy, and Africa just doesn’t have enough of it trib.al/Jrh2jcD

Wakanda’s Afro-Futurist Dream Is More Remote Than Ever

Economic growth is powered by energy, and Africa just doesn’t have enough of it.

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Japan is hoping electric cars were just a bad dream, says @davidfickling. Even Europe is ahead in the contest with China trib.al/dKDvk18

Japan Hopes Electric Cars Were Just a Bad Dream

A tale of two auto shows in Tokyo and Paris offers a surprising verdict about who’s better prepared for the future.

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Prices of uranium are sliding as investors buy and hold it, writes @davidfickling. If we want less fossil fuels, price discovery in the clean nuclear alternative is necessary trib.al/f5GejEQ via @opinion

Nuclear Power Investors Are Holding Back a Revival

If you want less fossil fuels, use the uranium rather than buy and hold it.

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TIL the first French edition of George Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London" was titled "The Angry Cow"
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There is actually a good reason for this, "manger le vache enragée" ("reduced to eating the meat of rabid cows") is a French idiom for destitution and poverty. Still makes me laugh.
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