I may have found my defining quote. Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

@volts.wtf distilled

I don’t think any country in the history of the world has ever done anything as stupidly self destructive as what Trump and RFK jr are doing with vaccines.

Strongly recommend reviewing the deck for the #energysky crowd, but keep your analytic hat on. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Wow. Can you imagine how bad the Secretary of Death’s policies are when insurance companies are the heros in vaccine story.

If China holds a paintbrush on that last one, Trump admin has the roller…

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Yeah, I would't necessarily credit Kirk as an exponent of "good-faith debate." One can lament violence without making up a better person to mourn than the victim actually was.

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Compared to California's CalFUSE proposal, the Spanish tariffs are so much simpler to understand and reason about. I'm looking into * public adoption / reaction * impact on households bills * concerns about RTP giving preferential treatment to specific classes of customers

Does anybody have pointers to / experience with Real Time Pricing tariffs in Spain? I'm looking into the proposals for California and I'd love to do a compare / contrast. I know what the rates are, what I'm looking for is customer feedback #energysky Compared to California's proposal...

I think Saul Griffith wins the Best Podcast Name Award for "The Shameless Plug" energyandstuff.substack.com/p/introducin...

NERC proposing: Large loads are similar to IBRs wrt system risk 🔌💡 Nice catch @sylvaingignac.bsky.social

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In a new interview, Iron Mountain Data Centers says it’s deploying battery storage at 100% nameplate capacity of its New Jersey data center “so we can totally shed the load of the data center.” “We’re going to see a lot more of this.” #greensky #energysky 🔌💡 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Our country is going the wrong way

I'm dipping my toe back into the academic literature: who's got recommendations for good papers around transmission network reduction algorithms? 🔌💡

“Moron risk premium” in US treasury markets is so perfect and so sad

Is anyone keeping track of all the public schools/ districts under investigation by the Dept of Education? I’d love to see a map by congressional district or vote share in 2024. @jenjennings.bsky.social ??

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Pakistan is in the midst of a solar boom that has rapidly turned the country into one of the world's largest new adopters of this renewable energy source. 🔌💡 www.npr.org/sections/goa...

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This op-ed from NIH director Jay Bhattacharya is *infuriating*. He says we have to stop funding mRNA vaccine research because it hasn't "earned public trust." Motherfucker, WHO DID THAT.

If the federal government can simply seize privately held patents then that is the end of the U.S. patent system, the legal basis for American innovation.

There's no visual signifier for the climate apocalypse better than the red sun of wildfire smoke

www.realize2050.com/pgepitchfest Hey @jessedjenkins.com on the Heatmap podcast released today you asked for people working on BTM PV & battery without needing any interconnection: here I am. I’d share my application to the PG&E pitch fest, but it’s not yet public. My email jphoffman at 380dc.com

“Maximum derision” Chefs kiss @bobbyllew.bsky.social 🔌💡

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The natural gas supply chain serving homes emits more methane than the supply chain serving power plants. Power plants mostly plug in near high-pressure transmission pipelines, but homes plug into low-pressure distribution pipelines that span many miles between transmission and homes.

Wow. This, unfortunately, makes sense to me. Does the same apply to homes? If so strong argument against gas backup heat pumps. 🔌💡

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The future will be electric. You can’t hold back progress; But you can get left behind. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🌊🔋 www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

«You can’t hold back progress, but you can get left behind». *chef kiss*

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From Substack Little Reminder Best mental reset l've learned: If your mind is loud - Write. If your mind is empty - Read. If your mind is racing - Walk. If your mind is tired - Sleep. If your mind is sharp - Build. Most problems are just mismatched energy. Get the inputs right, the rest follows.

electrek.co/2025/07/30/p... The first MWh scale sodium-ion battery has shipped, and it runs entirely on passive cooling, which is great for efficiency, safety, cost, and battery lifetime. Awesome stuff.

A beautiful golden hour moment captured at Emmarentia dam and Johannesburg Botanical Gardens. 📸🦆

this is really worth a read... www.reuters.com/business/ene...

My sunset walk in the beautiful Johannesburg Botanical Gardens. A precious public space that’s always been totally free and accessible to anyone and everyone. 💚

Let’s see how the data center hype cycle is going

I guess I’ve got some TV to watch. 😁

So, this happened tonight. Confirmed squirrel at the pole transformer. But body didn’t fall and short remained. Half of our GFCIs wouldn’t reset as current remained. PECO rolled a truck quick < 1 hour for about 10 houses. Video wanders as person shooting was freaked the fuck out 🔌💡

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This is where I post from

More specifically, we blocked an amendment from one of the wingnuttier Republicans to ban Ukraine aid. But why did Speaker Johnson allow this amendment to come to the floor but block amendments to release the Epstein files? He'll protect pedophiles before he'll protect UKR.

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