Great little essay on how to get things done as a Think Tank. I, for one, appreciated your lack of long reports; whats's the need when the message is so simple?
Well done Todd and team for your part in making this change happen!
Thanks for writing this, Todd. It’s a model of think/do that I know, love, and have even deployed myself once in a while. It’s also a model that works in a certain political / policy environment, and I wonder if Washington still functions that way. I can say that from 3,000 miles away it sure doesn’t look like it.
How many Nuclear projects has the World Bank financed now? Zero.
All that has happened is they are finally facing the hypocrisy of their blatant, overt antagonism to Nuclear Power, while at the same time they are touting the End of the World due to Climate Change. i.e. "Global Boiling", "12yrs to save the planet".
Does that mean they've changed? I doubt it. Just more BS. Pretend they support nuclear while doing zero to actually achieve it. In fact the exact opposite.
Central Bank Climate Change Bible, the latest 2024 edition:
Network for Greening the Financial System:
NGFS long-term scenarios for central banks and supervisors, Nov 2024:
On pg 22, they show their projected 2050 World primary energy mix at:
With more than $1.3T/yr average spending on renewables until 2050. A pipe dream. Like those guys have zero tech expertise. They are just a propaganda outlet. Unfortunately, it is them who mostly decides policy for Western Nations:
Too Big to Fail, A major new scandal in climate science
Aren't these held primarily for fundraising reasons (and maybe secondarily for networking with politicians to influence the further)? Even if they aren't directly useful for influence, it seems like there might be many indirect activities that needed including raising funds or coalition building or whatever, that are required to get your policy changes addressed.
Great little essay on how to get things done as a Think Tank. I, for one, appreciated your lack of long reports; whats's the need when the message is so simple?
Well done Todd and team for your part in making this change happen!
Thanks for writing this, Todd. It’s a model of think/do that I know, love, and have even deployed myself once in a while. It’s also a model that works in a certain political / policy environment, and I wonder if Washington still functions that way. I can say that from 3,000 miles away it sure doesn’t look like it.
Pure brilliance!
Update: According to this interview with Winston Lord, the Kissinger story is true. And his. (ht Marina Nitze)
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/coldwar/interviews/episode-15/lord1.html
How many Nuclear projects has the World Bank financed now? Zero.
All that has happened is they are finally facing the hypocrisy of their blatant, overt antagonism to Nuclear Power, while at the same time they are touting the End of the World due to Climate Change. i.e. "Global Boiling", "12yrs to save the planet".
Does that mean they've changed? I doubt it. Just more BS. Pretend they support nuclear while doing zero to actually achieve it. In fact the exact opposite.
Central Bank Climate Change Bible, the latest 2024 edition:
Network for Greening the Financial System:
NGFS long-term scenarios for central banks and supervisors, Nov 2024:
On pg 22, they show their projected 2050 World primary energy mix at:
nuclear 2.8%, biomass 19%, fossil 18.4%, renewables (wind + solar + hydro) 60%
With more than $1.3T/yr average spending on renewables until 2050. A pipe dream. Like those guys have zero tech expertise. They are just a propaganda outlet. Unfortunately, it is them who mostly decides policy for Western Nations:
Too Big to Fail, A major new scandal in climate science
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/too-big-to-fail
Jessica Weinkle
A Climate-Related Financial Risk Boondoggle
Bad Methods and Conflicts of Interest in the Attempt to “Green” Finance:
https://www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/a-climate-related-financial-risk
> We’ve never held a gala
Aren't these held primarily for fundraising reasons (and maybe secondarily for networking with politicians to influence the further)? Even if they aren't directly useful for influence, it seems like there might be many indirect activities that needed including raising funds or coalition building or whatever, that are required to get your policy changes addressed.
Good
Very good piece. But, who funds this patient, persistent, approach ? Is it really a replicable model ?
Shouldn't we just throw tomato soup at paintings?
;-)
Or that. Lol