Ed Conway
@EdConwaySky
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Did I mention I wrote a book?
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Joined July 2007
🧵MATERIAL WORLD THREAD COLLECTION🧵 Writing #MaterialWorld was the most fascinating thing I've ever done. It completely changed how I look at the world. For a sniff of what I'm on about, here's some threads about it. Starting with: 1: Why I wrote the book https://t.co/WzeItdSIms
That’s me in the hard hat, in front of the bucket of a terrifyingly enormous digger. What you can’t really tell from the picture is that my head was spinning. I’d just had one of those moments that change your life forever. It would set me off on a journey around the world…🧵
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Really enjoyed the chemicals industry film by @EdConwaySky. Ends with a fantastic quote from Peter Huntsman. "Without [the chemical industry] you're just a service economy" and yes, that's largely what we've chosen. For 45 years. From Thatcher to Net Zero.
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Devastating and important. The excellent @EdConwaySky is fast becoming a one-man public service broadcaster on the stuff that matters most – the overlooked materials, processes and systems that keep us alive.
🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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You must watch this.
🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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Very interesting watch from @EdConwaySky about UK chemical sector!
🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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This is a must watch. @EdConwaySky does a good dive into deindustrializstion of UK. I am a great fan of Ed and both his books always make it to the top of my list
🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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Essential viewing. Brilliant film by @EdConwaySky and @SkyNews. The destruction of the British chemicals industry. The highest energy prices in the world. The madcap dash to net zero driven by all the main political parties since the GFC. Well done everyone.
🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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A must watch on the deindustrialisation of Britain.
🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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A must watch
🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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Fascinating on many levels. Regional wealth and wellbeing. Paradox of modern life being cleaner and less polluting when to achieve less pollution we kill modern life. What is sustainability in this context? Can we live without some parts of this? Are there new methods to pursue?
🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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Superb piece on the critical role of the (high value-added) Chemicals Sector by @EdConwaySky
https://t.co/SZdcDAoADl Since 2019 the real GVA of the Chemicals Sector has fallen by 27%. It's not hard to understand why productivity continues to flounder given that our high value-
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Much has come and gone in Britain's industrial history.
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🚨Our film is up We spent months making this👇 About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us. Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think
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Coming very soon: a film I've been working on with @aoifeyourell for months. About one of the single biggest (and least discussed) issues facing the UK and European economy. Including some big news. Clue in the pic. Watch this space...
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New space simulator is coming. Free while playtest. Solar system 1:1 scale. Wishlist in Steam.
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Small rebound in GDP in November, growth of 0.3% after two consecutive contractions above expectations, and nudged the three-month trend into positive territory
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UK secures 8.4GW of offshore wind power in auction hailed as "monumental step" by Ed Miliband and "uncompetitive" by his Conservstive shadow. Details here
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The Conservatives accuse the government of locking the country into higher energy bills but ministers say we have taken a "monumental step" towards ending our reliance on volatile fossil fuels.
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Cette semaine paraît « Matières vitales » le best-seller d’Ed Conway, enfin traduit en français @EdConwaySky @EdArtilleur
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📽️Donald Trump wants you to know he's targeting Venezuela because of illegal drugs. But what if this were really about something else altogether...? Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation... Full primer 👇
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Tohle stojí za shlédnutí: video z prosince 2025, ale aktuální i teď. Ed Conway o Venezuele a ropných zásobách. (Mimochodem, napsal skvělou knihu Material World.)
📽️Donald Trump wants you to know he's targeting Venezuela because of illegal drugs. But what if this were really about something else altogether...? Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation... Full primer 👇
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From December: @EdConwaySky explains the real reason that Donald Trump cares about Venezuela Watch the full explainer on YouTube ⬇️ https://t.co/bw2Y6L2Py9
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