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Taxing Fossil Fuel Profits

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A fair and effective tool for Europe’s energy transition Fossil fuels still account for around 70% of the EU’s energy consumption, leaving it heavily dependent on imports and exposed to price shocks. In 2024 alone, the EU spent more than €375 billion on fossil fuel imports, while fossil fuel companies made €180 billion … [continued]

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Germany’s Bid To Double Hydrogen Fuel Targets Ignores Operator Demand And Cost Signals

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The German Bundesrat’s recent plea to Brussels to double green hydrogen-base fuel quotas is less a bid to accelerate decarbonization than a request to manufacture demand for an infrastructure program that never made economic sense and had weak demand signals from the start. The upper chamber’s proposal to increase mandated … [continued]

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Tesla’s Huge Market Cap — Reader Thoughts

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I published an article yesterday on Tesla’s crazy-high market cap, more than the following automakers’ combined: Toyota, BYD, GM, Ford, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Geely, Ferrari, BMW, Volkswagen Group, Honda, Nissan, Renault, XPENG, and NIO. Unfortunately, we had a tech crisis today and had to republish several articles, which led … [continued]

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