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Saturday hot take: Equinor secured financing to move ahead with Empire Wind 1 in NY, expected online by 2027. But at $5b for 810 MW at Empire Wind 1 = north of $6000/kW. That's so expensive. Shouldn't we just be building new nuclear reactors in NY and NJ at this rate? 🔌💡
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Equinor closes $3 billion for New York City's first offshore wind farm
Equinor closed $3 billion in financing for the 810-MW Empire Wind 1, set to be the first offshore wind farm to connect to New York City’s grid.
electrek.co
January 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Saturday hot take: Equinor secured financing to move ahead with Empire Wind 1 in NY, expected online by 2027. But at $5b for 810 MW at Empire Wind 1 = north of $6000/kW. That's so expensive. Shouldn't we just be building new nuclear reactors in NY and NJ at this rate? 🔌💡
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key point. nuclear waste is a problem, but it is not even in the same ball park as fossil fuel pollution. a rounding error by comparison bsky.app/profile/jess...
The entire history of US civilian nuclear power, which has produced 1/5th of our electricity for decades with no CO2 or air pollution, has produced less than 100,000 tons of high level waste. We burn billions of tons of fossil fuels EVERY YEAR.
December 19, 2024 at 2:25 AM
key point. nuclear waste is a problem, but it is not even in the same ball park as fossil fuel pollution. a rounding error by comparison bsky.app/profile/jess...
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I don’t really get postal politics … it’s a cross-subsidy to rural package recipients and republicans hate it?
New: Trump is talking behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago about privatizing the Postal Service, sources say, citing financial losses
Could remake one of the oldest institutions in all of American government
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Could remake one of the oldest institutions in all of American government
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses
Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.
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December 14, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I don’t really get postal politics … it’s a cross-subsidy to rural package recipients and republicans hate it?
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Great remote job just posted over at @yimbyaction.bsky.social
This person will coordinate housing legislation across 3 states
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This person will coordinate housing legislation across 3 states
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Senior Campaigns Manager
yimbyaction.org
November 30, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Great remote job just posted over at @yimbyaction.bsky.social
This person will coordinate housing legislation across 3 states
yimbyaction.org/careers/seni...
This person will coordinate housing legislation across 3 states
yimbyaction.org/careers/seni...
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If there was a drug that made people smarter, I think it would be odd to say that instead of taking the drug people should just solve problems faster and more accurately.
November 25, 2024 at 12:23 AM
If there was a drug that made people smarter, I think it would be odd to say that instead of taking the drug people should just solve problems faster and more accurately.
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This place is too cozy, so let me be a little provocative:
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
November 22, 2024 at 6:46 PM
This place is too cozy, so let me be a little provocative:
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
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Thank you, John! Tireless efforts by many. OMB and USDS deserve huge props. What a win to rack up at this moment.
Paperwork Reduction Act is prime example how govt process could turn well-intentioned legislation into a net negative & became a test case to see whether reform in DC was possible at all. Great to see, after tireless effort by @pahlkadot.bsky.social, OMB came out with fixes this week. There is hope.
November 23, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Thank you, John! Tireless efforts by many. OMB and USDS deserve huge props. What a win to rack up at this moment.
Yes, this.
I'm taking sides in a spat between Congresswoman MGP and those defending the defensiveness of the left. Exactly what the regs say is not the point. The point is the impact they have. www.eatingpolicy.com/p/stop-telli...
Stop telling constituents they're wrong
But start making sure your policies don't fall prey to the cascade of rigidity
www.eatingpolicy.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Yes, this.