Chris Potter
@christopotter.bsky.social
Albany, NY-based climate dad. Media and Strategic Comms.
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🤯 This heat pump startup says its vertically integrated approach can, in some cases, make the climate-friendly appliance cheaper to install than a fossil-gas furnace. That would be a mind-blowing development in HVAC.
My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
This startup says it can halve the cost of a heat pump — here’s how
The Vancouver-based Jetson has a simple cost-cutting formula: lots of tech, no middlemen. Today, it’s launching its own heat pump product.
www.canarymedia.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🤯 This heat pump startup says its vertically integrated approach can, in some cases, make the climate-friendly appliance cheaper to install than a fossil-gas furnace. That would be a mind-blowing development in HVAC.
My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
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Best heat pump video!
It’s accurate, engaging, and sharable—let's fight myths and misconception with good information.
It’s accurate, engaging, and sharable—let's fight myths and misconception with good information.
Heat Pumps, Explained (And Why Everyone’s Switching)
YouTube video by Drew Tozer
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Best heat pump video!
It’s accurate, engaging, and sharable—let's fight myths and misconception with good information.
It’s accurate, engaging, and sharable—let's fight myths and misconception with good information.
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Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the natural world they describe.
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.
grist.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the natural world they describe.
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So proud of the cities in Ohio, many of them smaller #legacycities, who are spending the $$ & political capital to change streets back to 2way after decades of 1 ways.
If your downtown still has many wide and fast one-way streets, then your priority is to move cars as fast as possible thru a weak downtown. It’s NOT to create a vibrant downtown, help downtown retailers, keep people safe, support walkability and accessibility, reduce pollution, etc. #TrafficSewers
September 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So proud of the cities in Ohio, many of them smaller #legacycities, who are spending the $$ & political capital to change streets back to 2way after decades of 1 ways.
“At its core, though, Alaska’s predicament is a reminder of the economic risks inherent to building energy systems around fossil fuels.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
Alaska Produces a Ton of Gas. Soon, Its Biggest City Might Not Have Enough.
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“At its core, though, Alaska’s predicament is a reminder of the economic risks inherent to building energy systems around fossil fuels.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
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What a clear, concise summary of the state and potential of renewable energy technologies. I particularly like how @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social includes the fact that nearly two-thirds of primary energy gets wasted today. Burning fossil fuels is a very inefficient way to provide useful services.
![Screenshot of a paragraph about fossil fuels and wasted energy:
"As the Rocky Mountain Institute explains it: “Today, most energy is wasted along the way. Out of the 606 EJ [exajoules] of primary energy that entered the global energy system in 2019, some 33% (196 EJ) was lost on the supply side due to energy production and transportation losses before it ever reached a consumer. Another 30% (183 EJ) was lost on the demand side turning final energy into useful energy. That means that of the 606 EJ we put into our energy system per annum, only 227 EJ ended up providing useful energy, like heating a home or moving a truck. That is only 37% efficient overall.” That’s the old system, and it’s dirty, toxic to human health and the environment – and our politics – as well as the main driver of climate chaos. And wasteful."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zytqzub4mwqb5m7zvefdrpw/bafkreiah76nsqmjm27mbqadhllnqogbdsmeslpy4egojgka77rnwzvnf2a@jpeg)
August 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What a clear, concise summary of the state and potential of renewable energy technologies. I particularly like how @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social includes the fact that nearly two-thirds of primary energy gets wasted today. Burning fossil fuels is a very inefficient way to provide useful services.
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1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
September 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).