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Dec 1, 2022Liked by Fictitious Capital

I personally feel like you have really done it all here. From using interestingly funny blips to these really entertaining cartoons, which you made I guess, you really knocked this out of the park! Good job! It was really fun to read this. Looking forward to more!

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Nov 22, 2022Liked by Fictitious Capital

Great read, loved the “think about that…” regarding Covid-19 energy use blip. Looking at other blips they all seemed to come in recessions, which were then “cured” by looser monetary policy (in the us, which is the main reserve currency and has outsized impact on the world)

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I’d love to here your analysis on the impact bitcoin “mining” is having on energy markets. I see a lot on the scale of usage, but how is that impacting market price, raw and generated transfer logistics, and extraction?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html

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Mar 21, 2023Liked by Fictitious Capital

Great piece!! Would love love to hear your thoughts about what a "just energy transition" looks like for the African continent, and how continental leaders and the private sector should think about this. As an African myself, I do feel "some type of way" about the restriction to use "transitional fuels" such as natural gas, even though we haven't peaked in economic growth & we've contributed less than 5% of current CO2 emissions. We do care about the climate globally, but 600m of the 700m people without access to electricity are in sub-saharan africa - and access to climate financing on the continent to boost renewable energy hasn't been quite as smooth!

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