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How to write a lede: Maine is…"singularity reliant on heating oil, and the price of the product is surging because of President Trump's war with Iran, which has clogged a vital oil shipping corridor." No "experts say," no passive voice. Facts. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u... @timbalk.bsky.social

Gernot Wagner

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Here's the Spatial Crude Oil Price Equilibrium Model (SCOPE), with @ethz.ch chemical engineering Ph.D. student Hidde Kolmeijer, who created SCOPE while visiting @columbiabusiness.bsky.social's Climate Knowledge Initiative this past spring: globalscope.io

globalscope.ioSCOPE — Spatial Crude Oil Price EquilibriumAn interactive research tool modelling the global crude oil network as a spatial price equilibrium — simulate strait closures, outages and market-psychology shocks and watch regional prices respond.

11/10/26, 2:52 pm3 reposts4 likes

Gernot Wagner

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Yes, the answer to fossilflation is to get off fossil fuels — i.e. electrification. see e.g. @nature.com WorldView: gwagner.com/nature-fossilflation; brief video explainer: gwagner.com/fossilflation-explained

gwagner.comWhy more fossil fuels won’t fix the Iran energy crisisby Gernot Wagner

Gernot Wagner

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Yes, *singularly 😕

Vania

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haha typos are your subconscious proving that being smart doesn't make you a bot (is my theory) (when I fail to cach* a typo)

Gernot Wagner

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Let's go with that explanation, yeah. 💚