⚡ Energy-transition capital flows under a national-security frame, not a climate frame
Chamath's disclosed positioning in the Vivek climate-hoax debate: he has put zero dollars into anything sold to him as a climate investment, and hundreds of millions into technology that reduces energy and materials dependence on other countries, with lower emissions as a by-product. His claim is that the dogmatic climate framing actively repels capital while the energy-independence/fewer-endless-wars framing mobilises it, so the money in the transition goes to domestic supply-chain and hard-asset plays rather than to ESG-branded ones.
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CONVICTION
peaked 36.0 EMBER
DORMANT
band
▲ LONG MP
expression · bullish energy
WRONG
result · return -34.0% · vs SPY -63.5%
2024-08-25
born 2023-08-25 (E143) → window closed
⚠ CONFLICTING IDEA ON THE SAME TICKER
— the board is arguing with itself; net it out (ticker view →)
URA ·
Short nuclear: SMRs miss the economic window
SHORT
EMBER 22.9
← stronger than this idea (14.4)
⚖ Why this result
fully deterministic — computed from daily closes on the scoring date; nothing below is editable or hand-set
- Window: 2023-08-25 → 2024-08-25 — first mention + 12-month horizon, then the window locks.
- The call: ▲ LONG MP (primary play). MP fell 34.0% over the window → return (sign flipped for a SHORT) = -34.0% (the call lost money).
- Benchmark: holding SPY over the same window returned +29.6% → vs SPY = -34.0 − (+29.6) = -63.5% — what this call made or lost against just owning the index. This is the number the result uses.
- Rule fired:
· RIGHT — return ≥ +10% AND beat SPY by 5+· HALF — return ≥ +5% OR beat SPY at all▶ WRONG — everything else
- Credit: supporters of a WRONG earn 0 each, opposers the opposite — this feeds the scoreboard. supported: Chamath | proxy-sensitive: URA→PARTIAL (+21.0%)
Conviction timeline
bands: green ≥ 65 · watch ≥ 45 · ember ≥ 15
Plays vs SPY · % since first mention (2023-08-25)
Plays
| expression | symbol | kind | relevance | rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ LONG | MP | stock | PRIMARY | domestic rare-earth/critical-materials supply is the canonical national-security-framed energy-materials position (Chamath's own disclosed category) |
| ▲ LONG | TAN | etf | adjacent | solar build-out is the cost-driven, non-ESG-framed expression he points at |
| ▲ LONG | URA | etf | adjacent | nuclear fuel cycle as the energy-independence trade |
Mention log newest first
Chamath
energy 27% · n=22
· E182 (2024-06-07) · sentiment · strength 2
▶ 1:17:23
SUPPORT
“I think that climate change stalled when it was an emotional and philosophical rallying cry, largely of the left. When instead it became something about resilience and domestic manufacturing, both sides came together.”
Chamath
energy 27% · n=22
· E143 (2023-08-25) · positioning · strength 3
▶ 1:42:09
SUPPORT
“So ask me, how much money have I invested in climate change with all that data? Zero... Ask me how much money I've invested in technology, that will benefit climate change as a by-product of national security, hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Who built this conviction
each voice's total push on the score, in conviction points across every mention — supports and opposes · share = % of all mention-driven movement
⏳ decay drained -35.2 over the idea's life — that's time passing, attributed to no one
Score events
| episode | kind | Δ | after | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E143 2023-08-25 | init | +36.0 | 36.0 | E143 born by Chamath (positioning x3) |
| E144 2023-09-01 | decay | -1.4 | 34.6 | E144 silent |
| E146 2023-09-22 | decay | -1.4 | 33.2 | E146 silent |
| E147 2023-09-29 | decay | -1.3 | 31.9 | E147 silent |
| E148 2023-10-07 | decay | -1.3 | 30.6 | E148 silent |
| E149 2023-10-13 | decay | -1.2 | 29.4 | E149 silent |
| E150 2023-10-20 | decay | -1.2 | 28.2 | E150 silent |
| E151 2023-10-27 | decay | -1.1 | 27.1 | E151 silent |
| E152 2023-11-03 | decay | -1.1 | 26.0 | E152 silent |
| E156 2023-12-08 | decay | -1.0 | 24.9 | E156 silent |
| E157 2023-12-16 | decay | -1.0 | 23.9 | E157 silent |
| E158 2023-12-23 | decay | -1.0 | 23.0 | E158 silent |
| E159 2023-12-29 | decay | -0.9 | 22.1 | E159 silent |
| E160 2024-01-06 | decay | -0.9 | 21.2 | E160 silent |
| E161 2024-01-13 | decay | -0.8 | 20.3 | E161 silent |
| E162 2024-01-19 | decay | -0.8 | 19.5 | E162 silent |
| E163 2024-01-26 | decay | -0.8 | 18.7 | E163 silent |
| E164 2024-02-02 | decay | -0.7 | 18.0 | E164 silent |
| E165 2024-02-09 | decay | -0.7 | 17.3 | E165 silent |
| E166 2024-02-16 | decay | -0.7 | 16.6 | E166 silent |
| E167 2024-02-23 | decay | -0.7 | 15.9 | E167 silent |
| E168 2024-03-01 | decay | -0.6 | 15.3 | E168 silent |
| E169 2024-03-08 | decay | -0.6 | 14.7 | E169 silent |
| E170 2024-03-15 | decay | -0.6 | 14.1 | E170 silent |
| E171 2024-03-22 | decay | -0.6 | 13.5 | E171 silent |
| E172 2024-03-29 | decay | -0.5 | 13.0 | E172 silent |
| E173 2024-04-05 | decay | -0.5 | 12.5 | E173 silent |
| E174 2024-04-12 | decay | -0.5 | 12.0 | E174 silent |
| E175 2024-04-19 | decay | -0.5 | 11.5 | E175 silent |
| E176 2024-04-26 | decay | -0.5 | 11.0 | E176 silent |
| E177 2024-05-03 | decay | -0.4 | 10.6 | E177 silent |
| E178 2024-05-10 | decay | -0.4 | 10.2 | E178 silent |
| E179 2024-05-17 | decay | -0.4 | 9.7 | E179 silent |
| E180 2024-05-24 | decay | -0.4 | 9.4 | E180 silent |
| E181 2024-05-31 | decay | -0.4 | 9.0 | E181 silent |
| E182 2024-06-07 | reinforce | +13.7 | 22.6 | E182 Chamath support x2 |
| E183 2024-06-14 | decay | -0.9 | 21.7 | E183 silent |
| E184 2024-06-20 | decay | -0.9 | 20.9 | E184 silent |
| E185 2024-06-29 | decay | -0.8 | 20.0 | E185 silent |
| E186 2024-07-04 | decay | -0.8 | 19.2 | E186 silent |
| E187 2024-07-12 | decay | -0.8 | 18.5 | E187 silent |
| E188 2024-07-19 | decay | -0.7 | 17.7 | E188 silent |
| E189 2024-07-26 | decay | -0.7 | 17.0 | E189 silent |
| E190 2024-08-02 | decay | -0.7 | 16.3 | E190 silent |
| E191 2024-08-09 | decay | -0.7 | 15.7 | E191 silent |
| E192 2024-08-16 | decay | -0.6 | 15.1 | E192 silent |
| E193 2024-08-23 | decay | -0.6 | 14.4 | E193 silent |