Managing Director, Planetary Technologies: @planetaryops.bsky.social
2024 Bloomberg Green Champion
Accidental Affiliate Prof of Computer Science, @UWCSE.bsky.social
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Hello World. I work at the intersection of technology, economics, and security.
I start with simple questions. How big is it? How fast is it? How do you know? Are you sure? Then I dig deeper.
Present topics:
Electrification
Bioeconomy
The truth/fiction of threats/benefits from AI
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 222 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
Results:
Last week: 100% RE
Last 222 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)
Utility-scale solar surged 17% from Jan-Aug 2025, compared to same period in 2024.
Gas generation fell 18%, as solar rose 17%!
CA also has ~18 GW of small solar.
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... #energysky
Utility-scale solar surged 17% from Jan-Aug 2025, compared to same period in 2024.
Gas generation fell 18%, as solar rose 17%!
CA also has ~18 GW of small solar.
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... #energysky
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
Ester is 8 years old. She's one of several children helping to spread evangelical Christianity in Brazil, a movement that’s blending youth, faith and social media to win souls.
Let's keep them in business, #Seattle.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Let's keep them in business, #Seattle.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
What is the probability weighted sales funnel that would support $1T in spending, even without other costs?
What about when you have to support a software industry profit margin (~35%)?
When?
OpenAI wants to spend $1T/yr
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/o...
What is the probability weighted sales funnel that would support $1T in spending, even without other costs?
What about when you have to support a software industry profit margin (~35%)?
When?
OpenAI wants to spend $1T/yr
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/o...
"The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru."
www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
"The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru."
www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
One plot element of the SF novel I am sort-of-occassionally-but-not-really working on is that Elmo starts a solar irradiance modification project in space but then screws it up and abandons it.
But maybe I can still be creative about how he screws up.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
One plot element of the SF novel I am sort-of-occassionally-but-not-really working on is that Elmo starts a solar irradiance modification project in space but then screws it up and abandons it.
But maybe I can still be creative about how he screws up.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
“Nostalgia is not a strategy. We should not pine to go back to the world that was. We should focus on building something better. The twilight of multilateralism will be followed by the rise of plurilateralism. States that embrace weaving new networks, will be best placed to thrive.”
“Nostalgia is not a strategy. We should not pine to go back to the world that was. We should focus on building something better. The twilight of multilateralism will be followed by the rise of plurilateralism. States that embrace weaving new networks, will be best placed to thrive.”