Lovely thread about the birth of the NYC fare card that MTA is now laying to rest

Big news for the upper upper west side of Manhattan in 2026

The era of the mad libs mayor is over Buh bye

Once, a law school classmate said to me, "It's really nice talking with someone who knows that we're not going to be ok." I don't plan to quit working on clean energy transition, ever, but I also won't ever lose sight of what's coming -- what we've already baked into climate outcomes.

Megadeth Pretty sure there's a right answer here and that's it.

Make a Bond movie academic: License to Access a Hilariously Overpriced Database

Is this a solution for everyone? Probably not. But is it a solution for a LOT of people (not just diy-ers, but people with a handy neighbor, son-in-law, etc.)? I think maybe yes.

We need to keep secret our excellent reasons for killing a viable electricity generation resource

Could someone with the right skillset please write the McSweeney's entry that gives this little token the full art-historical treatment it deserves? It is, as they say, a rich text.

The Future of Heat Initiative has added a new tab to our webpage: Publications. The 1st category of publication we're posting are short explanations -- "primers" -- on what's driving residential gas bills higher. 1/5

One of my most delightful academic experiences this semester was our reading seminar on infrastructure. Here were the ground rules: 1. we all read 12 of 15 books new to us 2. no laptops or phones 3. read widely bc of our polycrises Reading books was just great. Here's what we read and reactions:

New York has joined the growing list of states (CA, CT, MA, MD, WA) that no longer mask-and-subsidize the cost of extending gas distribution grids to new customers. I think it's the right move. Gas isn't going away tomorrow, but facilitating the growth of gas networks doesn't make sense.

The Future of Heat Initiative has added a new tab to our webpage: Publications. The 1st category of publication we're posting are short explanations -- "primers" -- on what's driving residential gas bills higher. 1/5

Heat pump install quality matters a ton (pun!) And it's a function of installer know how Which is something that policymakers in the EU and UK have focused on more than we've managed to do here in the US

I haven't read the Yglesias piece... Could someone please tell me if it's 100% slate-pitch "contrarianism is sooo sexy" (ie, safe to ignore) or if there's something in there worth wrestling with?

Anyone know of research (ideally empirical, but modeling runs are welcome too) showing that more intensive T and/or D utililization lowers unit costs and thus rates? (It's an obvious, intuitive point, but I still want to be able to point to a demonstration of it.)

I read the whole thing. The experience was ... stressful.

Question for the disaster history-knowers out there: How many times in the last 50 years have this many people been directed to flee from some place in the US?

I'm swimming against the stream / tide / tsunami of info consumption patterns with this one, but here goes: People should read judicial opinions. And nodes in our media environment should be designed to facilitate the reading of judicial opinions.

Resolved: part of the Reconstruction Project shall include the introduction of peer review to law reviews

I'm doing this for three reasons: 1. Most Americans don't know a living scientist, and essentially 0% Americans have seen the process of applying for funding from the systems that Trump, RFK Jr., etc. are destroying. Come take a peek behind the curtain with me: a guy who isn't very good at this.

Hey @canarymedia.com or @heatmap.news: I do not mean to hereby volunteer Sarah to be interviewed (hi Sarah, we haven't met, but congrats on persevering!), but her comment sounds like comments I've heard several times from people in different jurisdictions. I think there's a story there.

What are we going to do about the fact that so many political leaders have revealed that they just don't care about the rule of law? (I'm not asking about DJT here, but his enablers, including those in robes.) That isn't a rhetorical question. It's a keep-Justin-up-at-night question.

Geothermal for direct heat is the single biggest exception to electrify everything. Energy use is about 50% heat, 30% transportation, and 20% electricity. The less heat you have to put on a winter peaking electric grid, the better.

Market prices are telling us something about the costs of climate change (which are scary-high and climbing). It's not us telling markets. Not govts trying to refract an adjustment to market prices through policy measures.

Thread, as they used to say. Maybe *the* thread for this moment? Time to think not just about retaking power but how to wield it, and what's needed to prep for wielding it effectively.

New report says that utility execs in Germany and neighboring countries are dispensing with fiction that gas networks don't need to contract to comply with emissions reduction requirements. Seems that they're turning in earnest to the task of figuring out how to handle that contraction.

Hey all my regulatory people: If we can't use this moment to convey why a simplistic, weaponized notion of "choice" is flimsy and not deserving of priority over other considerations when designing and managing markets, then shame on us. Seriously. Get crackin'. This is a window of opportunity.

Architecture and building construction are closely adjacent to my lane (but not in my lane). I've been through several worthwhile climate adaptation workshops with utilities and state and local govt officials. Are similar exercises ever conducted for the building community? If so, do they stick?

Hey #EnergySky, do we have a version of "He's running" for energy-related asset deployment?

So so worth it.

I follow Zach on here the way a moth follows a grim, singeing, sober-me-up-right-quick flame

These people are such children. You can almost hear the sneering "nyah. No take-backs!" They think they're counting coup but they're just further @#$^ing the bed that is our techno-economic stature in the world.

This is what the goose meme was made for. I want to see a poster of the meme at the trials.

Sometimes I try to think of how we might design a monument to the malicious fools who have led us here. I want their names remembered, but only as objects of scorn and as a cautionary tale. No one knows anything about Quisling apart from his betrayal of his country.

Anyone else remember a decade+ of the chattering classes in the US talking about Christensen's creative destruction as tho the ability to navigate it was somehow innate in US industries?

Well, when you put it like that

Skip your next horror movie and just read this thread about students' non-engagement with anything

Oh if Madison Condon were still here

I want more info about this beast, but even without much info I'm confident that this sort of rolling battery is going to become ubiquitous in many places and serve many purposes.

Only apply if you want to work with the very best in the field

Especially if you haven't heard of Octopus Energy, maybe take a listen. #energysky

I'm dense when it comes to finance, so the fact that I got to a point of understanding how utilities earn profit and why they should or shouldn't earn less means you can too. I stayed up till 3am trying to explain in an accessible way. Hopefully it was worth it! heatmap.news/energy/calif...

Resolved: journalists and editors shall pause in their use of the word "skyrocketing" when describing a numeric increase. Usage may resume after an appropriate cooling off period.

I'd love to know how @dieworkwear.bsky.social would read this photo.

Give me the grace to respond with patience and generosity of spirit when people say rude things because I have ridden a bicycle near* them. *not cut them off, not made them apprehensive of collision, not ridden against traffic -- just rolled by in their vicinity

This makes TurboTax doubly vampiric: 1) the IRS already does most people's returns and could just get confirmation or corrections on a 1st draft; and 2) this will make tax filing a vector for data scraping. If we as a society can't even quash this sort of naked parasitism, what the hell can we do?

This is anthropomorphism I can get behind

New op-ed from my colleague, James van Nostrand. Gas bills -- yes, gas too, not just electric -- are rising and Jamie's got 800 words to help you understand why. He's writing about Massachusetts, but his points hold in multiple other states too. (If I can get a gift link, I'll add it in a reply)

The best use of pennies is to drill holes in them and use them as washers, which typically cost 10 cents each.