Climate economist, Columbia
https://gwagner.com
It’s pronounced juggernaut without the jug.
Gernot Wagner is an Austro-American climate economist at Columbia Business School. He holds an AB and a PhD in political economy and government from Harvard University, as well as an MA in economics from Stanford University. A founding co-director of Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program (2017–2019) he joined the faculty of New York University in 2019, moving to Columbia University in 2022. Wagner writes a monthly column for Project Syndicate, and is the co-author, with Martin L. Weitzman, of Climate Shock, a Top 15 Financial Times-McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015. He won the "Austrian of the Year" award in 2022, awarded by Austrian daily Die Presse. .. more
Perhaps wrapping perfectly fine apples in an impenetrable layer of petrochemicals is…hear me out: off-putting?! 🍎🍏
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And yes, CO₂ is another key fossil fuel pollutant, which heats the planet, which further hurts (elite) athlete performance.
Almost as if we really do need to get off fossil fuels, fast.
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And yeah, that heat pump CoP hovering around 3 or 4 without even trying is a key part of the story.
The fact that some now achieve CoPs > 7 is…wow.
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Climate tech is getting better a lot faster than most appreciate.¹
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Not the heat pump Coefficient of Performance, but the Conference of the Parties, UN climate talks, "Paris+10."
And yeah, like so much else, it's all about setting expectations.
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Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
But let's not pretend it's OK to do so while using the atmosphere as a free sewer.
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China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
Though we did end up with 2 gadgets instead of 1, to achieve the same thing: @npr.org + alarm.
About as rational as these things get.
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Feels like it's time for a replacement.
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