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AukeHoekstra

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AukeHoekstra

@AukeHoekstra

@aukehoekstra.bsky.social Debunking scare stories about electric vehicles and renewable energy. Director NEONresearch.nl @TUeindhoven. Founder Zenmo.com.

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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Nov 29, 2020
Thread with tweets I refer to often. First my studies showing EVs are really much better Article Joule x.com/AukeHoekstra/s… CO2 study with Prof Steinbuch avere.org/wp-content/upl… Us in Der Spiegel x.com/AukeHoekstra/s… Transport & Environment tool x.com/AukeHoekstra/s…
AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Apr 20, 2020
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What I like best is that they are very very transparent. I always look at the annex with underlying assumptions and here I think it is well written, short but exhaustive and accurate. transportenvironment.org/sites/te/files…
AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jul 28, 2024
Some are angry about the "anti-Christian depiction of the last supper" at the Olympic Opening ceremony. (@elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump among others) A Dutch art historian explains it's not the last supper but a Dutch painting of the Olympic gods. And I explain what I loved. 🧵
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Nov 7, 2025
Geert Wilders
@geertwilderspvv
Nov 6, 2025
I Want My Country Back!.
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jan 25, 2023
"EVs will ruin the climate" is the message of this new @guardian clickbait piece, focussing on how electric vehicle batteries need lithium, while mining is bad for the planet. I think this crusade is unhelpful and the number for lithium mining presented 1000x too high. 🧵
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jul 28, 2024
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Finally, it's true that the Olympics didn't shy away from celebrating diversity in love and race. But if you think that's wrong, I think that's on you. France showed us they are free, cultured and secular, and I am here for it!
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jul 28, 2024
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Original Dutch thread here. I just translated it. x.com/WSchoonenberg/… @WSchoonenberg shows that the "tableau vivant" (living painting) is depicting "The Feast of the Gods" by Jan van Bijlert, from 1635.
Walther Schoonenberg
@WSchoonenberg
Jul 28, 2024
Op de #OpeningCeremony van #Paris2024 werd een tableau vivant (een levend schilderij) getoond van 'Het Feest van de Goden' van Jan van Bijlert uit 1635 (bewaard in het museum in Dijon). Apollo, de Zonnegod, is herkenbaar aan de stralenkrans, Bacchus aan de druiven op zijn hoofd.
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Aug 10, 2022
FINALLY! Our paper on 100%RE is out! It traces the history and fast growth of the scientific field that models 100% renewable energy: no fossil or nuclear needed. Hundreds of peer reviewed studies now claim 100%RE is possible worldwide against low cost! helsinkitimes.fi/themes/themes/…
AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jul 28, 2024
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I think the opening ceremony was beautiful, cultured, and a celebration of freedom. It was not a bland US Coca Cola commercial but something more artful and playful. For me it's a reason to love the French even more.
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Apr 27, 2022
First read it top down. Then read it bottom up. Your choice.
AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Dec 20, 2023
Self explanatory
Joshua March
@joshuamarch
Dec 20, 2023
When people complain about the amount of mining (lihtium, copper etc) needed to enable the transition from fossil fuels to batteries... just show them this graph from FutureCrunch Total transition mineral mining needed is 0.186% of the coal, gas, and oil extracted every year
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jul 28, 2024
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And Marie Antoinette's revolutionary song (singing "the aristocrats we'll hang them") after being beheaded was not anti-Christian either. It was simply a festival of color and sound with a nod to a famous moment in French history.
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jul 28, 2024
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So this tableau vivant is in no way an insult to Christians. If anything one might claim that the pagan gods are insulted because the often somewhat effeminate Apollo is depicted as a plus-sized woman.
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jul 28, 2024
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Now people say: "that's what they claimed afterwards". Nope. Here's what they said before. So now we have: - A statement before explaining it was about greek gods. - An art critic explaining the same - The art director explaining the same Get over it!
The Olympic Games
@Olympics
Jul 26, 2024
The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings. #Paris2024 #OpeningCeremony
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AukeHoekstra
@AukeHoekstra
Jul 28, 2024
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Many people saying the organization admitted it was the last supper. Well, they are wrong. Here is Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the opening ceremony, explaining that the explanation in this thread was indeed correct.
Sophie Pedder
@PedderSophie
Jul 28, 2024
Was it the Last Supper? “That wasn’t my inspiration”, replies Thomas Jolly, artistic director of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. The scene portrayed Dionysus, god of wine and festivities, at “a big pagan festival linked to the gods of Olympus”
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