Jon Shieber
@shieber.bsky.social
Pitching things. Sometimes #innovation mostly #fits.
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46. Achieving a net-zero energy transition, for most countries, will not look like winning a war or marching while waving flags. It will be the ability to say "no thank you, we do not want what you are selling" to the petrostates, and walking (or cycling, or taking a bus, or driving an EV) away.
October 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
46. Achieving a net-zero energy transition, for most countries, will not look like winning a war or marching while waving flags. It will be the ability to say "no thank you, we do not want what you are selling" to the petrostates, and walking (or cycling, or taking a bus, or driving an EV) away.
Humanity’s ability to innovate is astounding. With the right tools we can build things faster, better, and cheaper to improve people’s lives. Friendly reminder that it’s good to celebrate that side of ourselves. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...
How Japan Built a 3D-Printed Train Station in 6 Hours
As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Humanity’s ability to innovate is astounding. With the right tools we can build things faster, better, and cheaper to improve people’s lives. Friendly reminder that it’s good to celebrate that side of ourselves. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...
Europe could do the funniest thing: www.overseasbases.net/fact-sheet.h...
FACT SHEET
Figures below updated October 2024. PDF (2023) and additional updates coming soon.
www.overseasbases.net
March 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Europe could do the funniest thing: www.overseasbases.net/fact-sheet.h...
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A great job in environmental politics👇
The University of Manchester seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Environmental Politics. More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM071/. Closing date: 8/5/2025. I am not involved in the search but would love to see more colleagues in environmental policy and governance. #PublicPolicy #Polisky #PolicyProcess
Lecturer in Environmental Politics at The University of Manchester
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www.jobs.ac.uk
March 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A great job in environmental politics👇
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This is one of the best documentaries I've had the privilege to be a part of. Totally worth 20 minutes of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIuG...
The Hunt for a New Kind of Magnet to Power the Future | Bloomberg Primer
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is one of the best documentaries I've had the privilege to be a part of. Totally worth 20 minutes of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIuG...
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"Large parts of the SEO industry have pivoted entirely to AI-generated content, as has some of the internet advertising industry. They are using generative AI to brute force the internet, and it is working"
@404media.co
www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
@404media.co
www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality
Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.
www.404media.co
March 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Large parts of the SEO industry have pivoted entirely to AI-generated content, as has some of the internet advertising industry. They are using generative AI to brute force the internet, and it is working"
@404media.co
www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
@404media.co
www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a...
If these charts are correct, the U.S. is about to lose the manufacturing race in another critical component of the new energy economy.
Screaming into the void here, but US energy policy needs to get more serious very quickly. It's a national security + economic imperative.
Screaming into the void here, but US energy policy needs to get more serious very quickly. It's a national security + economic imperative.
March 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If these charts are correct, the U.S. is about to lose the manufacturing race in another critical component of the new energy economy.
Screaming into the void here, but US energy policy needs to get more serious very quickly. It's a national security + economic imperative.
Screaming into the void here, but US energy policy needs to get more serious very quickly. It's a national security + economic imperative.
Always worth remembering that design is political too and can be weaponized against the less fortunate.
Regular sitting benches seem to have been replaced by “leaning benches” at the West 4th Street station - presumably to prevent homeless people from sleeping on them.
March 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Always worth remembering that design is political too and can be weaponized against the less fortunate.
More #goodnews for people who like nerdy #goodnews.
Electric metal is awesome and the startup Boston Metal is gearing up to make a ton of it.
Greening the hardest-to-industrialize segments of the economy actually does require innovative tech and startups.
singularityhub.com/2025/03/13/g...
Electric metal is awesome and the startup Boston Metal is gearing up to make a ton of it.
Greening the hardest-to-industrialize segments of the economy actually does require innovative tech and startups.
singularityhub.com/2025/03/13/g...
Green Steel Startup's Largest Reactor Yet Produces a Ton of Molten Metal With Electricity
For Boston Metal, the new reactor is a step towards industrial-scale green steel plants that can make millions of tons of steel.
singularityhub.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
More #goodnews for people who like nerdy #goodnews.
Electric metal is awesome and the startup Boston Metal is gearing up to make a ton of it.
Greening the hardest-to-industrialize segments of the economy actually does require innovative tech and startups.
singularityhub.com/2025/03/13/g...
Electric metal is awesome and the startup Boston Metal is gearing up to make a ton of it.
Greening the hardest-to-industrialize segments of the economy actually does require innovative tech and startups.
singularityhub.com/2025/03/13/g...
Europe getting its groove back on innovation -- esp energy and industrial innovation -- is good.
www.ft.com/content/942d...
www.ft.com/content/942d...
It’s time for Europe’s deep tech companies to go big
Reasserting technological sovereignty is becoming increasingly urgent
www.ft.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Europe getting its groove back on innovation -- esp energy and industrial innovation -- is good.
www.ft.com/content/942d...
www.ft.com/content/942d...
Somebody should check in on capitalism, because it’s not okay r/n.
March 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Somebody should check in on capitalism, because it’s not okay r/n.
Two cents per kilowatt-hour wind is insane. Why would anyone want to keep this from the U.S. if they believe in energy abundance?
www.scientificamerican.com/blog/plugged...
www.scientificamerican.com/blog/plugged...
Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest Sources of Electricity, and It's Getting Cheaper
A comprehensive survey of the wind industry shows wind energy is routinely purchased in bulk for just two cents per kilowatt-hour—and turbines are only getting cheaper, bigger, and better
www.scientificamerican.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Two cents per kilowatt-hour wind is insane. Why would anyone want to keep this from the U.S. if they believe in energy abundance?
www.scientificamerican.com/blog/plugged...
www.scientificamerican.com/blog/plugged...
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The FBI is moving to criminalize community climate workgroups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA under the Biden administration, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by writing successful funding proposals.
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The FBI is moving to criminalize community climate workgroups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA under the Biden administration, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by writing successful funding proposals.
Big news in the land of clean energy $$.
Nice lil scoop from @axios.com on Fervo Energy's plans for an IPO.
It's potential proof that sustainable investing can deliver real returns at a time when that's pretty desperately needed.
#Geothermal is coming up.
www.axios.com/2025/03/13/f...
Nice lil scoop from @axios.com on Fervo Energy's plans for an IPO.
It's potential proof that sustainable investing can deliver real returns at a time when that's pretty desperately needed.
#Geothermal is coming up.
www.axios.com/2025/03/13/f...
Fervo moves toward IPO despite Trump climate storm
The discussions come as power demand rises and geothermal enjoys the administration's embrace.
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Big news in the land of clean energy $$.
Nice lil scoop from @axios.com on Fervo Energy's plans for an IPO.
It's potential proof that sustainable investing can deliver real returns at a time when that's pretty desperately needed.
#Geothermal is coming up.
www.axios.com/2025/03/13/f...
Nice lil scoop from @axios.com on Fervo Energy's plans for an IPO.
It's potential proof that sustainable investing can deliver real returns at a time when that's pretty desperately needed.
#Geothermal is coming up.
www.axios.com/2025/03/13/f...
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insane stat
www.ft.com/content/e61e...
www.ft.com/content/e61e...
February 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
insane stat
www.ft.com/content/e61e...
www.ft.com/content/e61e...
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We are now "virtually certain" in overshoot territory. Those carbon removal companies only become a bigger part of the future. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It’s ‘Virtually Certain’ the World Has Already Breached 1.5C
Two new studies reveal that last year’s record heat is a sign that burning fossil fuels has already pushed the climate past a key threshold.
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We are now "virtually certain" in overshoot territory. Those carbon removal companies only become a bigger part of the future. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
After living in Chattanooga for about a year I can confirm. This town is like Star’s Hollow on meth.
December 7, 2024 at 3:56 PM
After living in Chattanooga for about a year I can confirm. This town is like Star’s Hollow on meth.
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This is an absolutely incredible example of how, if you ever decide to engage with a right-wing media outlet, *how* you do it almost perfectly. Bravo @risingtideaus.bsky.social!
Sky News Host PANICS During Climate Activist Interview
YouTube video by fusion
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:16 PM
This is an absolutely incredible example of how, if you ever decide to engage with a right-wing media outlet, *how* you do it almost perfectly. Bravo @risingtideaus.bsky.social!
Material innovation is the next wave of sustainability tech that’ll make a huge difference in emissions reduction. Solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear and batteries answer the energy question. It’s time to move on to everything else.
#climateresponses
#climateresponses
www.psu.edu/news/researc...
Hey, Lion glass - 10x tougher than ordinary glass and made with materials (which they are somewhat secretive about) that avoid the process emissions of soda lime glass (and also melt at lower temperatures) - is making it out of the lab and into the real world.
Hey, Lion glass - 10x tougher than ordinary glass and made with materials (which they are somewhat secretive about) that avoid the process emissions of soda lime glass (and also melt at lower temperatures) - is making it out of the lab and into the real world.
Ecofriendly glass invented at Penn State secures partner for product development | Penn State University
LionGlass, a new family of glass engineered by researchers at Penn State, has secured its first corporate partner, a move toward bringing the ecofriendly alternative to standard soda lime silicate gla...
www.psu.edu
November 26, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Material innovation is the next wave of sustainability tech that’ll make a huge difference in emissions reduction. Solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear and batteries answer the energy question. It’s time to move on to everything else.
#climateresponses
#climateresponses
Hey #energysky (is that the hashtag?).... Looking for someone who can explain to me the significance of COP29's movement on Article 6.4 for companies? Someone told me it's good news, but I'm not sure why? Help much appreciated.
November 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Hey #energysky (is that the hashtag?).... Looking for someone who can explain to me the significance of COP29's movement on Article 6.4 for companies? Someone told me it's good news, but I'm not sure why? Help much appreciated.
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So the two Chair and Ranking Member of Senate ENR next Congress are the bipartisan co-sponsors of the strongest geothermal permitting bill ever introduced? Must be Hot Rock Season in DC... thehill.com/policy/energ...
Lee to lead Senate Energy committee next year
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will lead the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee next year. He’ll take over for the panel’s current top Republican, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), who will become th…
thehill.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:12 AM
So the two Chair and Ranking Member of Senate ENR next Congress are the bipartisan co-sponsors of the strongest geothermal permitting bill ever introduced? Must be Hot Rock Season in DC... thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Depressing: Fossil fuel emissions projected to be almost 8% higher in 2024 than in 2015, the year the Paris climate agreement was signed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 20, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Depressing: Fossil fuel emissions projected to be almost 8% higher in 2024 than in 2015, the year the Paris climate agreement was signed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...