Kees van der Leun  It amazes me to see this “story” come to me in the UAE from so many countries. This storm was predicted days in advance, including it’s potential severity. Why would the country then initiate cloud seeding.? Doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Gaat absoluut niet om de 2%-norm maar om de 'capability targets': de militaire doelstellingen, die per lidstaat verschillend kunnen zijn. Tijdens de persconferentie gisteren heeft Stoltenberg de 2% ook helemaal niet genoemd. ⬇️

On my way to the @Eurogas conference 'Achieving the EU 2040 climate target: The role of gaseous energy'. The target will be -90% or more, compared to 1990. That's a big jump from where we are today, and 16 years is not a lot.

Programme:
eurogas.org/events/eurogas…

🧵to follow!

UK's only 155-mm shells plant reports a blast (no serious damage for the factory) tonight. Two days ago, fire started at a US ammo facility in Scranton, producing shells for Ukraine. Today, in Germany, two Russian saboteurs have been arrested. /1
msn.com/en-za/news/oth…?

The idea that the widespread extreme rainfall in the Middle-East was caused by cloud seeding (pushing a cloud to drop its water) is nuts. And embraced by climate deniers. For them, nuts is normal anyway.

Utrecht-Brussels by NS online + Eurostar usually costs me about €85 (2nd class, one-way), if I can get hold of a ticket.
Zaragoza-Madrid on Renfe's AVE, last month: longer distance, faster, and right on time: €18.