Kevin J. Kircher
@kevinjkircher.com
Engineering prof (mechanical + electrical) at a big Midwest state school. Energy, climate, buildings, power grid, control, optimization, data science. He/him. Personal account. https://kevinjkircher.com/ Email: my last name at purdue dot edu
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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The combination of fall colors and a dusting of pristine snow was lovely on my morning walk to work. Fall sure goes by fast here, but it's great while it lasts.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The combination of fall colors and a dusting of pristine snow was lovely on my morning walk to work. Fall sure goes by fast here, but it's great while it lasts.
Right, Seasonal COP (SCOP) is an average over a representative range of conditions, including extreme cold
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Right, Seasonal COP (SCOP) is an average over a representative range of conditions, including extreme cold
Imagine a parallel-universe US with a ~$20 trillion public wealth fund, built from the profits that O&G owners/executives/major shareholders took in our universe. Imagine how much better US health care, education, infrastructure, childcare, retirement support, etc. could be. Breaks the brain a bit.
(Norway's oil fund is about $2 trillion [about $350k per person], built from oil reserves and past production that are about 10x smaller than America's. Which puts the hypothetical US oil fund in a parallel universe at $20 trillion or so, very roughly.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Imagine a parallel-universe US with a ~$20 trillion public wealth fund, built from the profits that O&G owners/executives/major shareholders took in our universe. Imagine how much better US health care, education, infrastructure, childcare, retirement support, etc. could be. Breaks the brain a bit.
Although the US has historically produced far more O&G than Norway, and continues to do so today, US O&G wealth goes almost exclusively to the ultra-wealthy owners, executives, and major shareholders of O&G companies and the banks and engineering companies that support them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Although the US has historically produced far more O&G than Norway, and continues to do so today, US O&G wealth goes almost exclusively to the ultra-wealthy owners, executives, and major shareholders of O&G companies and the banks and engineering companies that support them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM