Josh Lappen
@jlappen1.bsky.social
energy historian | postdoc at Notre Dame, PhD at Oxford | infrastructure, decarbonization, and landscapes | Angeleno | always on the lookout for a good fun fact
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Oh I think you're definitely correct!
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Oh I think you're definitely correct!
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If the youth and the vulnerables in the Global South have not given up on COP yet, I am not sure middle-aged educated people in the Global North should either
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If the youth and the vulnerables in the Global South have not given up on COP yet, I am not sure middle-aged educated people in the Global North should either
among other things!
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
among other things!
some politicians are Skilled and Reasonable and the bad things they do aren't worth reporting on now, bc they're probably part of some sort of grand plan we'll be let in on later. other politicians are Naive and Suspect, so we should devote most of our time to checking whether they've fucked up yet.
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
some politicians are Skilled and Reasonable and the bad things they do aren't worth reporting on now, bc they're probably part of some sort of grand plan we'll be let in on later. other politicians are Naive and Suspect, so we should devote most of our time to checking whether they've fucked up yet.
Hard to feel optimistic about the UK's will to impose adequate sanctions on a symbolic American company right now - but the least they can do is not allow Ford to recapture its own penalty like Volkswagen did.
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hard to feel optimistic about the UK's will to impose adequate sanctions on a symbolic American company right now - but the least they can do is not allow Ford to recapture its own penalty like Volkswagen did.
In many industrial sectors, cost equalization might just prompt operators to finally realize the low-hanging efficiency gains we've been trying to get them to act on for 50 years...
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
In many industrial sectors, cost equalization might just prompt operators to finally realize the low-hanging efficiency gains we've been trying to get them to act on for 50 years...
Yeah, I'd note also that it's likely these programs are encouraged by traffic-reduction provisions in the companies' General Use Permits, issued by their home counties on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. Those counties could seek to amend their GUPs to preference use of public transit.
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yeah, I'd note also that it's likely these programs are encouraged by traffic-reduction provisions in the companies' General Use Permits, issued by their home counties on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. Those counties could seek to amend their GUPs to preference use of public transit.