I always appreciate how comfortable Oreskes is with the messiness of science, and yet steadfast (and ultimately, I think, correct) belief that the social character of science is the reason to trust it in the first place. Her book Why Trust Science has been hugely influential on me.

There's an adage in community organizing that one needs to "move at the speed of trust". But for trust, one needs health, safety, stability. As I read it, this paper ⬇️ is about getting out ahead of that in energy planning, to address weak points, so the energy transition can move faster. Yes!

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First person to correctly identify the inspiration for the "+ -" symbol in my banner photo gets a physical print of it mailed to them. I'll be waiting.

Happy to report that I will never be happy to report that I have a new social media account. But here I am. (How's this thing work, anyway?)