Rob
@robertferry.bsky.social
Climate policy, society, and the built environment. Architect, LEED AP BD+C. https://landartgenerator.org
Floatovoltaics (solar on reservoirs) can be installed vertically too! In this way (facing east and west) they maximize morning and afternoon power generation and avoid overshadowing the water, keeping oxygenation high for aquatic habitat.
www.worldrecordacademy.org/2025/11/worl...
www.worldrecordacademy.org/2025/11/worl...
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Floatovoltaics (solar on reservoirs) can be installed vertically too! In this way (facing east and west) they maximize morning and afternoon power generation and avoid overshadowing the water, keeping oxygenation high for aquatic habitat.
www.worldrecordacademy.org/2025/11/worl...
www.worldrecordacademy.org/2025/11/worl...
I made this graphic in 2020 to describe the energy transition using the analogy of a mortgage. Carbon emissions is like interest and renewable energy as a percentage of useful energy is like principal. landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I made this graphic in 2020 to describe the energy transition using the analogy of a mortgage. Carbon emissions is like interest and renewable energy as a percentage of useful energy is like principal. landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
It would be such a better world to live in though.
Here is my income tax proposal. It is as simple as the flat tax but progressive.
tax rate = (9*log(“income”)-85)/100
Here is my income tax proposal. It is as simple as the flat tax but progressive.
tax rate = (9*log(“income”)-85)/100
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It would be such a better world to live in though.
Here is my income tax proposal. It is as simple as the flat tax but progressive.
tax rate = (9*log(“income”)-85)/100
Here is my income tax proposal. It is as simple as the flat tax but progressive.
tax rate = (9*log(“income”)-85)/100
How much more could Harris have possibly moved to the center? She denounced all her progressive positions from the 2020 primary (alienating the base), campaigned with Dick Cheney, embraced fracking, deportation (“do not come”), and Netanyahu.
Not so obvious then…
Not so obvious then…
November 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
How much more could Harris have possibly moved to the center? She denounced all her progressive positions from the 2020 primary (alienating the base), campaigned with Dick Cheney, embraced fracking, deportation (“do not come”), and Netanyahu.
Not so obvious then…
Not so obvious then…
Nothing makes me angrier than seeing these massive data centers with not one solar panel on them. I know it would be a small percent of their demand but it’s a lot of perfectly good solar roof area to deploy on and none of the big tech companies take advantage of it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/t...
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Nothing makes me angrier than seeing these massive data centers with not one solar panel on them. I know it would be a small percent of their demand but it’s a lot of perfectly good solar roof area to deploy on and none of the big tech companies take advantage of it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/t...
Interesting comparison
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Interesting comparison
This is partly why PA is so painfully slow to deploy distributed solar. That, and the fact there is still no community solar legislation.
ilsr.org/article/ener...
ilsr.org/article/ener...
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is partly why PA is so painfully slow to deploy distributed solar. That, and the fact there is still no community solar legislation.
ilsr.org/article/ener...
ilsr.org/article/ener...
Before you dunk on this forecast, look back at the hourly grid monitor for Texas in 2015 when solar never registered as even a fraction of a percent. Now in 2025 it's nearing 1/4 of midday summer power. If we want to live in a net-zero future we have to normalize the idea and manifest it today!
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Before you dunk on this forecast, look back at the hourly grid monitor for Texas in 2015 when solar never registered as even a fraction of a percent. Now in 2025 it's nearing 1/4 of midday summer power. If we want to live in a net-zero future we have to normalize the idea and manifest it today!
I want to glaze and fire these eight charts as ceramic wall tile accent pieces. They take the trends from the EIA data (2021 - 2025) and extrapolate them to a 100% clean energy grid for Texas by 2035. Seems doable.
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I want to glaze and fire these eight charts as ceramic wall tile accent pieces. They take the trends from the EIA data (2021 - 2025) and extrapolate them to a 100% clean energy grid for Texas by 2035. Seems doable.
Demolishing priceless historic artifacts and buildings is entirely on brand, as is replacing them with garish and tasteless monuments to himself.
envisioningtheamericandream.com/2024/04/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
envisioningtheamericandream.com/2024/04/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Demolishing priceless historic artifacts and buildings is entirely on brand, as is replacing them with garish and tasteless monuments to himself.
envisioningtheamericandream.com/2024/04/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
envisioningtheamericandream.com/2024/04/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
For me this was the most misleading part. It seems to bend over backwards to subtly point a finger at renewables ignoring bad market design and regulatory capture, when the truth is that renewables when combined with storage is the best and fastest way to hold down rates (re: Texas).
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For me this was the most misleading part. It seems to bend over backwards to subtly point a finger at renewables ignoring bad market design and regulatory capture, when the truth is that renewables when combined with storage is the best and fastest way to hold down rates (re: Texas).
Chef’s kiss.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Chef’s kiss.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This comment sums up the problem of the appearance of conflict of interest. Readers are left uncertain as to whether the news they are getting is biased, and when articles like this seem to be cherry-picking research it only adds to the concern.
October 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This comment sums up the problem of the appearance of conflict of interest. Readers are left uncertain as to whether the news they are getting is biased, and when articles like this seem to be cherry-picking research it only adds to the concern.
Benjamin Latrobe chose the Ionic order for the White House porticoes to reflect the young American republic's democratic ideals. It was a rejection of the ornate and elaborate Baroque and Rococo designs associated with European monarchies. Of course the new ballroom is as ornate as possible.
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Benjamin Latrobe chose the Ionic order for the White House porticoes to reflect the young American republic's democratic ideals. It was a rejection of the ornate and elaborate Baroque and Rococo designs associated with European monarchies. Of course the new ballroom is as ornate as possible.
Conventional oil resources in the U.S. already peaked way back in 1970. It was only because of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies that we experienced a new boom in production, but that too is peaking and about to fall.
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Conventional oil resources in the U.S. already peaked way back in 1970. It was only because of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies that we experienced a new boom in production, but that too is peaking and about to fall.
The law of thermodynamics requires disequilibrium to flow towards equilibrium. One of the greatest energy gradients on the planet is “between the sea of organic carbon under its surface and the extremely oxidizing world above it.” What if life on earth exists to break the dam on this flow of energy?
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The law of thermodynamics requires disequilibrium to flow towards equilibrium. One of the greatest energy gradients on the planet is “between the sea of organic carbon under its surface and the extremely oxidizing world above it.” What if life on earth exists to break the dam on this flow of energy?
Here is a cross section from their website. They deposit aluminum oxide layers that could make existing pipelines suitable for long distance H2 transmission from New England to viable reservoirs in the south and back again.
October 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here is a cross section from their website. They deposit aluminum oxide layers that could make existing pipelines suitable for long distance H2 transmission from New England to viable reservoirs in the south and back again.
One of our superpowers as humans is that we can choose to make this life into heaven for others, both living and in the future, human and non-human. The rest of the natural world does this by default, but we choose how to do it with intention and in so doing get to truly know our capacity for good.
October 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
One of our superpowers as humans is that we can choose to make this life into heaven for others, both living and in the future, human and non-human. The rest of the natural world does this by default, but we choose how to do it with intention and in so doing get to truly know our capacity for good.
This is an arch!
The “Arch of Time” is a glorious sculptural sundial clad in solar PV that generates an impressive 400,000 kilowatt-hours of clean energy each year—enough to fully power Mason Park in Houston. It also provides 25,000 square feet of breeze-filled shade.
archoftime.org
The “Arch of Time” is a glorious sculptural sundial clad in solar PV that generates an impressive 400,000 kilowatt-hours of clean energy each year—enough to fully power Mason Park in Houston. It also provides 25,000 square feet of breeze-filled shade.
archoftime.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is an arch!
The “Arch of Time” is a glorious sculptural sundial clad in solar PV that generates an impressive 400,000 kilowatt-hours of clean energy each year—enough to fully power Mason Park in Houston. It also provides 25,000 square feet of breeze-filled shade.
archoftime.org
The “Arch of Time” is a glorious sculptural sundial clad in solar PV that generates an impressive 400,000 kilowatt-hours of clean energy each year—enough to fully power Mason Park in Houston. It also provides 25,000 square feet of breeze-filled shade.
archoftime.org
Even when the A.I. slop machine gets some of the news right (agrivoltaics are a great option—they just don’t look like this) it gets the illustration of the idea wildly wrong, which I can only imagine makes people laugh at and dismiss what are actually viable solutions. How is that tractor…what?
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Even when the A.I. slop machine gets some of the news right (agrivoltaics are a great option—they just don’t look like this) it gets the illustration of the idea wildly wrong, which I can only imagine makes people laugh at and dismiss what are actually viable solutions. How is that tractor…what?
I’m sorry DIY Generator. This is not what wave energy looks like and boulders are not alternators.
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I’m sorry DIY Generator. This is not what wave energy looks like and boulders are not alternators.
Have you been on any Meta platforms lately? For people like me with a pattern of interest in sustainability it is 99% A.I. slop with crap like this.
No. Greece is not installing wind harp powered street lights.
No. Greece is not installing wind harp powered street lights.
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Have you been on any Meta platforms lately? For people like me with a pattern of interest in sustainability it is 99% A.I. slop with crap like this.
No. Greece is not installing wind harp powered street lights.
No. Greece is not installing wind harp powered street lights.
There are plenty of solar energy landscapes that have been designed to be efficient power generators while also living on as thoughtful contributions to the built and natural environments where they are installed. This is a slide from a presentation we give with some examples.
October 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
There are plenty of solar energy landscapes that have been designed to be efficient power generators while also living on as thoughtful contributions to the built and natural environments where they are installed. This is a slide from a presentation we give with some examples.
Won’t be long now until our use of gas peaker plants is only required on rare occasions.
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landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
October 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Won’t be long now until our use of gas peaker plants is only required on rare occasions.
landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
It is interesting to see how horse fodder and food was as much a part of our energy mix (20%) in 1820 as coal is today. In 1920 coal was up at 70%. Note these are percentages not quantities.
visualizingenergy.org/americas-ene...
visualizingenergy.org/americas-ene...
October 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It is interesting to see how horse fodder and food was as much a part of our energy mix (20%) in 1820 as coal is today. In 1920 coal was up at 70%. Note these are percentages not quantities.
visualizingenergy.org/americas-ene...
visualizingenergy.org/americas-ene...