Carbon, Energy, Urbanism, Bicycles - the rest is noise to me
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Matthew Withy retweeted
Dear policymakers:
Don’t ask us to quantify the GHG effects of this bill. We don’t have the tools, and it wouldn't help you if we did because people who oppose it on climate grounds want ~zero additional fossil infrastructure.
So don’t ask us. BECAUSE WE WILL DO IT IF YOU ASK
The Permitting Grand Bargain Is Here:
greentape.pub/p/the-permitti…
Matthew Withy retweeted
Almost all businesses on the news angle for government support one way or the other (money, regulation), but they'd all be jealous about howuch coverage Sam Stubbs of Simplicity is getting to say the Government should compel people to funnel more money through his business
Matthew Withy retweeted
My book appears to have accomplished something of an environmental movement parlor trick. Both Alex Trembath and Bill McKibben say it's worth reading!
Big thanks to my longtime ideological frenemy, @atrembath, for this thoughtful review of The Earth Said Remember Me
breakthroughjournal.org/p/de…
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Watching the GND -> moratorium shift. We can't handle 2% load growth? With companies that have the top clean energy procurement teams in the world, and the margins to pay 50%+ premiums for electricity? And the proposal is ban it?
How do you proposed achieving 100% load growth minimum with negative spark spreads and brutal trade exposures?
If you cannot articulate a proposal that handles growth affordably, you are not ready to lead on any form of New Deal.
Matthew Withy retweeted
Water: this data centre will draw ground water and run it through a clean closed system. Absolutely disgusting. The correct new zealand way to deal with groundwater is to run it through a dairy cow and out its asshole into a river
Matthew Withy retweeted
POV: You just filed a permit to install a 4 foot fence post on your property that will cast a shadow on a public right of way at sunset
Matthew Withy retweeted
The central planners obviously think it should never have been dismantled into pieces in the first place
Matthew Withy retweeted
Karl Marx would have changed his mind about capitalism if he was a Costco member and bought 32 sirloin steaks, 48 diet cokes, 10 rotisserie chickens, a 5L Kirkland box wine, a comically-large tub of mayo, 50 frozen burritos and a hot tub while only paying 5% above wholesale price
Matthew Withy retweeted
if you have the time and inclination for math, it's never been easier to get really good at it
Matthew Withy retweeted
BREAKING: world's largest crude oil importer likes low prices and wants prices to fall further.
Matthew Withy retweeted
BBG: Fire Breaks Out at Delta Air Lines Refinery in Pennsylvania
One advantage of hedging with derivatives rather than investing in an *actual oil refinery* is that the former are typically less flammable than the latter.
Matthew Withy retweeted
I also repair leaf blowers as a hobby. Heres a video of a Husqvarna leaf blower repair. Follow me for more great leaf blower repair tips.
Matthew Withy retweeted
We could just as easily produce an analysis where the 2 degree goal is met primarily through rapid cleaninnovation and zero reductions in labor hours.
These kinds of energy systems/economic projections to 2100 can show any result, and support any conclusion, that modelers want.
2) "The report relies on an unrealistically pessimistic 4.5°C warming scenario."
The report does not use the RCP8.5 scenario. The temperature projections in our “growth-focused macroeconomic scenarios” are based on our own modelling framework and are not supposed to be "business-as-usual" or "current policy" pathways.
Rather, they are designed to illustrate the consequences of a future narrative that prioritizes rapid aggregate growth while failing to accelerate the energy transition or adopt other emissions-reducing policies. Specifically, these scenarios assume continued large-scale economic growth (economy size in 2100 is 8 times today's world economy), an unchanged global sectoral consumption, and energy developments broadly consistent with current-policy trajectories from the International Energy Agency (extended to 2100). This results in very large emission numbers and temperature rise projections. We don’t advocate for these scenarios but simply use them to decompose the emission reduction drivers: sufficiency (reduced labour hours, sectoral change, reforestation) is as important as the energy transition (end to fossil fuels, electrification, improvements in energy efficiency) to stay within 2 degrees.
Matthew Withy retweeted
I didn’t have Facebook training welders on my 2005 bingo card
Today we're announcing America's Workforce Academy (AWA), the largest private-sector commitment to the skilled trades in American history, beginning with a $115 million commitment in the first year alone.
This cost-free program supports all participants while they learn and then guarantees a job for all graduates in high-demand fields such as electrical work, mechanical systems and plumbing. Every graduate will be guaranteed a job on a Meta construction site.
Learn more: meta.com/AmericasWorkforceAc…
Matthew Withy retweeted
Sorry I couldn’t hear you over the sound of the oil and gasoline flooding out of inventory
Matthew Withy retweeted
Bogleheads need to eat their slop like the little piggies they are
Passive S&P 500 funds could have to buy roughly 19% of public SpaceX shares within 6mo under fast-tracking framework (it would enter the index at the est 6th spot), Russell 1000 and Nasdaq 100 may buy another 5.5% within weeks of the IPO. Thrown in active MFs benchmarked to those indices and you get to HALF of SpaceX shares. Nice study from my colleague @rduboff
