Nina Kelsey
@ninakelsey.bsky.social
Assistant professor of public policy and foreign affairs at GWU. Studies energy and decarbonization policy. Teaches energy and environmental policy and policy analysis. Spends free time on nerdy stuff, hiking, and photography.
@melissakgriffith.bsky.social and I just published this piece on policymaking for technologies that sit at the intersection of economics, security, and sustainability - what we're calling "fulcrum technologies" - and I'm pretty happy with it.
warontherocks.com/2024/07/the-...
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The Challenges of Policy in an Era of Fulcrum Technologies - War on the Rocks
Last month, Alliant Energy announced it will delay converting its Wisconsin coal plant by three years. This delay underscores an important tension: While
warontherocks.com
July 2, 2024 at 6:41 PM
@melissakgriffith.bsky.social and I just published this piece on policymaking for technologies that sit at the intersection of economics, security, and sustainability - what we're calling "fulcrum technologies" - and I'm pretty happy with it.
warontherocks.com/2024/07/the-...
warontherocks.com/2024/07/the-...
Well this is… accurate.
September 20, 2023 at 1:02 AM
Well this is… accurate.
Speaking as a potential buyer of a sporty little plug-in pickup truck (if one were available) - why Ford? Why?
Australia Is Getting a Sporty Little Plug-in Pickup Truck. America Isn’t.
What gives, Ford?
heatmap.news
September 20, 2023 at 12:55 AM
Speaking as a potential buyer of a sporty little plug-in pickup truck (if one were available) - why Ford? Why?
Russia’s project to turn itself into a satellite state that exists to supply energy to China continues apace: www.naturalgasworld.com/russia-gas-p...
September 12, 2023 at 2:44 AM
Russia’s project to turn itself into a satellite state that exists to supply energy to China continues apace: www.naturalgasworld.com/russia-gas-p...
For anyone that’s missed that WV’s flagship research university doesn’t think students should learn foreign languages anymore (amid other drastic cuts): https://community.wvu.edu/~jokatz/Closure/
The cuts at WVU
community.wvu.edu
August 15, 2023 at 4:29 PM
For anyone that’s missed that WV’s flagship research university doesn’t think students should learn foreign languages anymore (amid other drastic cuts): https://community.wvu.edu/~jokatz/Closure/
Many Americans don’t get low-tech, locally appropriate cooling. In my no-AC arid CA childhood home, we had a protocol: windows wide open all night; then closed and curtains drawn till it got hotter inside than out, usually ~5-6pm. Never could convince my East Coast AC-acclimated roommates it works.
Don’t Be Too Chill About Your Air Conditioning Dependency
People without air conditioning fare better during blackouts. Here’s why.
heatmap.news
May 15, 2023 at 6:54 PM
Many Americans don’t get low-tech, locally appropriate cooling. In my no-AC arid CA childhood home, we had a protocol: windows wide open all night; then closed and curtains drawn till it got hotter inside than out, usually ~5-6pm. Never could convince my East Coast AC-acclimated roommates it works.
Elon Musk is the worst person to headline an electric truck business in 2023 for exactly the same reasons he was the best person to headline an electric car business in 2008.
May 10, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Elon Musk is the worst person to headline an electric truck business in 2023 for exactly the same reasons he was the best person to headline an electric car business in 2008.
Reposted by Nina Kelsey
it’s time for Biden to buy oil. a lot of it. for the climate’s sake.
i wrote about it: https://heatmap.news/economy/strategic-petroleum-reserve-biden-climate
i wrote about it: https://heatmap.news/economy/strategic-petroleum-reserve-biden-climate
Biden Is Squandering the Trade of the Century
Here’s the climate case for the Department of Energy buying millions of barrels of oil.
heatmap.news
May 5, 2023 at 10:09 PM
it’s time for Biden to buy oil. a lot of it. for the climate’s sake.
i wrote about it: https://heatmap.news/economy/strategic-petroleum-reserve-biden-climate
i wrote about it: https://heatmap.news/economy/strategic-petroleum-reserve-biden-climate
Well, I just got a BlueSky invite and now it’s time to find out if there will be a brief window of low enough usage that I don’t find it to be as impossible to engage with as Twitter!
May 6, 2023 at 2:02 AM
Well, I just got a BlueSky invite and now it’s time to find out if there will be a brief window of low enough usage that I don’t find it to be as impossible to engage with as Twitter!