Andrew John Pixton aka Master Mahan
@andrew-j-pixton.bsky.social
SLC, Utah indie author, vocational specialist & case manager. Warrior, explorer, philosopher, poet
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Ethanol is such a good example of the hazards of the mid-transition, as @shastingssimon.bsky.social and @gruberte.bsky.social put it. Looked like a good idea 20 years ago but now outright harmful... and yet backed by an ironclad bipartisan constituency for reasons unrelated to climate.
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Ethanol is such a good example of the hazards of the mid-transition, as @shastingssimon.bsky.social and @gruberte.bsky.social put it. Looked like a good idea 20 years ago but now outright harmful... and yet backed by an ironclad bipartisan constituency for reasons unrelated to climate.
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the idea that they're both heavily influenced by capital is not controversial, but to leap from that and ignore the wide gulfs between the parties on climate change, labor rights, abortion and voting rights, is just silly
and of course that's not a defense of the US party system!
and of course that's not a defense of the US party system!
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 AM
the idea that they're both heavily influenced by capital is not controversial, but to leap from that and ignore the wide gulfs between the parties on climate change, labor rights, abortion and voting rights, is just silly
and of course that's not a defense of the US party system!
and of course that's not a defense of the US party system!