Scott Williams
@spwilliams.bsky.social
Energy nerd at UW-Madison.
Anytime I hear the phrase "We need to restore trust in (news, higher ed, science, government, democracy, etc.)" there's a refusal to acknowledge the well-funded, right-wing machine at the heart of destroying that trust.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
What sorts of utility regulatory features in Europe would you like to see applied in the US?
Or, is “less regulation” (more competition) needed to mitigate the utility incentive structure that rewards building stuff, or is “better regulation” (e.g. performance-based regulation) needed?
Or, is “less regulation” (more competition) needed to mitigate the utility incentive structure that rewards building stuff, or is “better regulation” (e.g. performance-based regulation) needed?
October 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What sorts of utility regulatory features in Europe would you like to see applied in the US?
Or, is “less regulation” (more competition) needed to mitigate the utility incentive structure that rewards building stuff, or is “better regulation” (e.g. performance-based regulation) needed?
Or, is “less regulation” (more competition) needed to mitigate the utility incentive structure that rewards building stuff, or is “better regulation” (e.g. performance-based regulation) needed?
Anytime I hear the phrase "We need to restore trust in (news, higher ed, science, government, democracy, etc.)" there's a refusal to acknowledge the well-funded, right-wing machine at the heart of destroying that trust.
October 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anytime I hear the phrase "We need to restore trust in (news, higher ed, science, government, democracy, etc.)" there's a refusal to acknowledge the well-funded, right-wing machine at the heart of destroying that trust.
If California covered all its major canals and aqueducts, it could generate 13 GW and save 63 billion gallons of water. That’s enough water for 2 million people and to irrigate 50,000 acres of agriculture. ☀️💧🔌💡
September 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I planted a rain garden earlier this summer with lots of milkweed and now it’s starting to pay off with monarch caterpillars.
September 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I planted a rain garden earlier this summer with lots of milkweed and now it’s starting to pay off with monarch caterpillars.
Not gonna happen in this Congress, but one potential solution is to force Congress to vote 90 days (or some other time window) after a president declares an emergency on whether to affirm/continue the state of emergency (and every 90 days thereafter). Otherwise the emergency ends.
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Not gonna happen in this Congress, but one potential solution is to force Congress to vote 90 days (or some other time window) after a president declares an emergency on whether to affirm/continue the state of emergency (and every 90 days thereafter). Otherwise the emergency ends.
Paging @paulkelleher.net on intergenerational ethics
index – J. Paul Kelleher
www.paulkelleher.net
August 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Paging @paulkelleher.net on intergenerational ethics
Also, some folks have researched the possibility of mining the moon for Helium-3 to use in a fusion reactor. www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
Helium-3 mining on the lunar surface
The idea of harvesting a clean and efficient form of energy from the Moon has stimulated science fiction and fact in recent decades. Unlike Earth, which is protected by its magnetic field, the Moon ha...
www.esa.int
August 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Also, some folks have researched the possibility of mining the moon for Helium-3 to use in a fusion reactor. www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
Also @seancasten.bsky.social was proven right again on how nothing improves once it goes through the Sentate.
June 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Also @seancasten.bsky.social was proven right again on how nothing improves once it goes through the Sentate.
Is there a particular online calculator that you recommend for doing equations like you mentioned in the video?
May 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Is there a particular online calculator that you recommend for doing equations like you mentioned in the video?
NASA is doing more outreach to make their satellite data relevant to public stakeholders, like air quality analysis: haqast.org
NASA HEALTH AND AIR QUALITY APPLIED SCIENCES TEAM
Our mission is to put the power of NASA’s satellites down to earth and in your hands. HAQAST is a collaborative team that works in partnership with public health and air quality agencies to use NASA d...
haqast.org
February 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
NASA is doing more outreach to make their satellite data relevant to public stakeholders, like air quality analysis: haqast.org
Does he think a leprechaun stole it?
February 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Does he think a leprechaun stole it?
Thankfully other groups are archiving these tools and data, but it’s really disheartening to see this happen real-time in front of a bunch of highly motivated students who want to make a difference in the world. insideclimatenews.org/news/0402202...
As Trump Administration Purges Climate Data and Web Pages, Research Groups Scramble to Save Information - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration has directed federal agency staff to remove climate references and scientific data from many web pages. Researchers are rushing to archive it.
insideclimatenews.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thankfully other groups are archiving these tools and data, but it’s really disheartening to see this happen real-time in front of a bunch of highly motivated students who want to make a difference in the world. insideclimatenews.org/news/0402202...
I had EJScreen pulled up on my computer from an hour or two earlier and was ready to talk about it in class, and sure enough when I tried to use it in class, it was no longer working. When I refreshed, I got an access denied message.
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I had EJScreen pulled up on my computer from an hour or two earlier and was ready to talk about it in class, and sure enough when I tried to use it in class, it was no longer working. When I refreshed, I got an access denied message.
At the start of the lecture, I advised that students should download as much as they can now, as we have no idea if or when one of these websites will be taken offline, as is what happened to CEJST a few days ago.
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
At the start of the lecture, I advised that students should download as much as they can now, as we have no idea if or when one of these websites will be taken offline, as is what happened to CEJST a few days ago.
For the past few years in our Energy Analysis and Policy capstone course, I’ve given a demonstration of free, publicly available, user-friendly tools that are useful for energy analysis and policy projects. Many of them are from federal sources, such as EPA or DOE national labs.
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
For the past few years in our Energy Analysis and Policy capstone course, I’ve given a demonstration of free, publicly available, user-friendly tools that are useful for energy analysis and policy projects. Many of them are from federal sources, such as EPA or DOE national labs.