Todd De Ryck
@tder2012.bsky.social
Reliable, affordable, abundant and low-emissions energy for everyone, good standard of living for all. Humanist, supporter of nuclear energy, critical thinking. Winnipeg, MB, Canada
What do you blame the Spanish blackout on? There is doubt that IBR generation should be kept to 30% max. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
December 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
What do you blame the Spanish blackout on? There is doubt that IBR generation should be kept to 30% max. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Who is Nøland? Do you not like him and these organizations? UNECE, EPRI, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (Bloomberg NEF), Quantified Carbon, Clean Air Task Force (CATF), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), World Nuclear Association (WNA), and World Resource Institute (WRI)
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Who is Nøland? Do you not like him and these organizations? UNECE, EPRI, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (Bloomberg NEF), Quantified Carbon, Clean Air Task Force (CATF), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), World Nuclear Association (WNA), and World Resource Institute (WRI)
Actually, a good point here, I'd be curious what the "many parts of the world..." is being referred to here. Using Lazard as the source for cheap renewables is being challenged, rightly so unece.org/climate-chan...
December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Actually, a good point here, I'd be curious what the "many parts of the world..." is being referred to here. Using Lazard as the source for cheap renewables is being challenged, rightly so unece.org/climate-chan...
You're not referring to your own article that you shared yourself 8 days ago, are you? bsky.app/profile/keta...
And wow, is citing Texas such a tell - because Texas' power sector emissions have been CLIMBING for years now
So the Pragmatic Realistic Very Serious Climate Reset guys love to finger wag, but they hate *looking at the reality*
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/19/t...
So the Pragmatic Realistic Very Serious Climate Reset guys love to finger wag, but they hate *looking at the reality*
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/19/t...
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You're not referring to your own article that you shared yourself 8 days ago, are you? bsky.app/profile/keta...
Which article are you referring to specifically? This one? If so, it is well known CA has a poverty problem, I googled it because I wasn't sure the extent of the poverty in CA and everyone knows poverty equates to less energy consumption calmatters.org/commentary/2...
California's sky-high living costs afford it nation's highest poverty label — again | Opinion
California ties Louisiana for the biggest share of poor people. Lawmakers say they just passed bills that will lower housing, electricity and gasoline costs.
calmatters.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Which article are you referring to specifically? This one? If so, it is well known CA has a poverty problem, I googled it because I wasn't sure the extent of the poverty in CA and everyone knows poverty equates to less energy consumption calmatters.org/commentary/2...
You state in the article California is providing a better example than Texas, but maybe not? “13.2 million Californians struggling to put roofs over their heads, food on the tables, fuel in their cars and electric power in their appliances and light fixtures” ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/19/t...
Texas is showing us what real ‘abundance’ looks like
About this time last year, I wrote a post about Texas and California. The two populous American states are often held up against one another to make a simple point: a deregulated and ‘abundan…
ketanjoshi.co
December 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You state in the article California is providing a better example than Texas, but maybe not? “13.2 million Californians struggling to put roofs over their heads, food on the tables, fuel in their cars and electric power in their appliances and light fixtures” ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/19/t...
My initial thought is perhaps its best to not even engage with Greenpeace, great thread, thank you rationalwiki.org/wiki/Greenpe...
rationalwiki.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My initial thought is perhaps its best to not even engage with Greenpeace, great thread, thank you rationalwiki.org/wiki/Greenpe...
We could certainly use some good news about EVs @maxfawcett.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We could certainly use some good news about EVs @maxfawcett.bsky.social
Any thoughts on China's stockpiling of oil? discoveryalert.com.au/china-oil-st...
China’s Strategic Oil Stockpiling Reaches 1.5 Billion Barrels
China oil stockpiling reaches 1.5 billion barrels with 169 million barrel expansion, creating market stability.
discoveryalert.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Any thoughts on China's stockpiling of oil? discoveryalert.com.au/china-oil-st...
I would rather not import from the USA at all. How would your proposed solution work for a 2 week stretch in Jan. when temps don't rise above -30C (wind turbines don't operate below -30C)?
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I would rather not import from the USA at all. How would your proposed solution work for a 2 week stretch in Jan. when temps don't rise above -30C (wind turbines don't operate below -30C)?
Yeah, but still, it is critically important to do detailed, thorough quantitative analysis, read both to the end unpopular-truth.com/2025/07/25/p... & www.linkedin.com/pulse/congra...
Congratulations, Australia & the NEM!
A new Solar generation record
A new Solar generation record seems to have been set 09 December 2025, 00:00 thru 23:59 h: Total electrical energy from Solar [utility + rooftop]: 222,329 MWh Peak cumulative Solar power across the NE...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yeah, but still, it is critically important to do detailed, thorough quantitative analysis, read both to the end unpopular-truth.com/2025/07/25/p... & www.linkedin.com/pulse/congra...
Time to move on from Lazard and LCOE, Lazard acknowledges mistakes in firming energybadboys.substack.com/p/we-found-e... & LCOE "leads to suboptimal investments, increased planning risks, and overreliance on intermittent sources w/o adequate firm capacity" unece.org/climate-chan...
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Time to move on from Lazard and LCOE, Lazard acknowledges mistakes in firming energybadboys.substack.com/p/we-found-e... & LCOE "leads to suboptimal investments, increased planning risks, and overreliance on intermittent sources w/o adequate firm capacity" unece.org/climate-chan...
On the topic of abundance (or degrowth?) What can we expect annual energy consumption to be by, for example, 2050? Today France & Germany 38K/per person/yr, Bangladesh 3K? What should the many poor countries in the world, eg Bangladesh, expect in 2050? Will they have a good standard of living?
Energy use per person
Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Here, energy refers to primary energy using the substitution method.
ourworldindata.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
On the topic of abundance (or degrowth?) What can we expect annual energy consumption to be by, for example, 2050? Today France & Germany 38K/per person/yr, Bangladesh 3K? What should the many poor countries in the world, eg Bangladesh, expect in 2050? Will they have a good standard of living?
Fatih Birol of IEA has stated in the past USA achieved the most CO2 emission reductions mostly because of transitioning from coal to fossil gas. Do you see China doing any of this type of transition?
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Fatih Birol of IEA has stated in the past USA achieved the most CO2 emission reductions mostly because of transitioning from coal to fossil gas. Do you see China doing any of this type of transition?