On the photo you can see the liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipeda with the gas carrier vessel:


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Interesting comparison: if nobody would develop renewables after 2000, in 2023, consumers worldwide would spend 409 billion USD more on fossil fuels. Assuming that fossil prices would be as they were in 2023. Those prices would be significantly higher due to higher demand likely. Europe alone saved 88 billions in 2023. Savings in 2024 will be much ( Read more... )

These are the words of the Estonian business media portal Aripaev.

The resilience of Lithuanian economy to various challenges in recent years is simply amazing. The economy relatively well overcame COVID issues. Surprisingly the country is coping with the war related issues among others.

There are many reasons for such resilience. The very ( Read more... )

Interesting data showing how much kilometres you can drive using 100 kWh electricity generated. Preferably from renewable sources:


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Likely the apotheosis of annual Fluxus festival is the interactive game Camino de Fluxus held Saturday night. It includes making various exotic dresses from used materials and night walking in those dresses. It looks really amazing :)

Some photos from the event (from kaunas.kasvyksta.lt):


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I am too old to attend many concerts frequently but anyway I am happy that sometimes some stars are visiting us:


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The recent tensions caused some activities that were nearly forgotten in the last 30+ years. Including tests of ICB - intercontinental ballistic missiles - the most powerful weapon in combination with nuclear warheads.

In June US successfully tested Minutmen 3 ICB after many years of test absence. For several years Putin's clique tries to frighten ( Read more... )

At the start of September, it became a good tradition to have a special race in Kaunas. This race is called the Red Bull Soapbox race :) The idea is to make transport mean as strange as possible and take part in the downhill race with it. Organised for the first time less than 10 years ago as a memorial to the Fluxus artistic movement of the 1960s- ( Read more... )

The life and the world are so complex and sophisticated issues that it is very hard to predict the impact of some decisions in advance. For everyone. One interesting fact: after 24 February 2022 the world installed more solar power generating units (till July 1, 2024) than it was installed before in 30 years. Only in two years.

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I am amazed how many different cities played Kaunas in recent years. This time it was Hamburg.

Few weeks ago American studio Kaleidoscope Pictures finished filming series "Truth and Conviction" in Kaunas (director Matt Whitaker). The film is about anti-Nazi youth group which was active in 1941-1942 in Hamburg and Gestapo hunt of these brave youths ( Read more... )