Author | Lightnews

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 8d

That would be awesome as it means we are there now commercially and can get on with mass roll out.

Energy abundance for all 👌🔥

1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 8d

Long term storage?

1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 9d

Awesome 🧵...

Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10d

Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.

www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon

www.worldscientific.com

2

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 18d

Totally agree. I'd also add the massive increase in car usage now prevents kids from being independent - it's often dangerous for them to go out on their own

So no youth clubs, dangerous to go out when younger... Then when these kids enter the workforce adults complain they don't have social skills

1 2

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 19d

The fundamentals suggest the price of these coins will fall to zero.

So let's see if that happens ;)

(I still think Bitcoin might fall close to zero in future... I've no idea when though)

5

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 23d

Reminds me of Wing Chun martial arts 😆

a black and white photo of a man in a black shirt standing in a crowded street .

ALT: a black and white photo of a man in a black shirt standing in a crowded street .

media.tenor.com

1 1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 23d

Windsun energy ;)

1 1

Reposted by Dominic Lavelle

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 24d

I don't fully agree with this analysis. It's more nuanced than the article makes out.

Offsets are often held to a higher standard than other form of decarbonisation.

For example:

"projects with leakage, such as protecting part of a forest but effectively pushing loggers elsewhere"

1/x

1 1 1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 24d

The IPCC state that halting deforestation is crucial for climate change mitigation.

But protecting existing forest struggles to meet "additionally" criteria because you can't prove it would have been chopped down without the funding from offsets.

Which is silly.. we have to protect the forests.

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 24d

Yes agree.

In my other examples those decarbonisation initiatives would be counted as genuine carbon reduction.

I don't know the answer, I just sense the bar offsets have to overcome - in particular around "additionally" - is not applied to other decarb initiatives.

1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 24d

I'm not here to defend offsets in particular, they do have issues.

But many are worthwhile projects.

I feel this nuance is missed when people imply all offsets are worthless.

5/5

1 1 1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 24d

The underlying point is that systematic change is needed, and all these actions nudge towards systematic change.

So for example if I invest in protecting a forest, that is inherently a good thing.

4/x

1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 24d

Or let's say I'm a corporate that wants to reduce my travel emissions so I ban employees taking short haul flights.

All those flights will probably take off anyway.

There are lots of other examples I could give.

3/x

1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 24d

Other forms of decarbonisation have the same issue...

Let's say I'm a large oil company and I decide to actually implement my ESG strategy and stop looking for new oil fields.

What will the other oil companies do?.... they will probably find the oil fields you were going to find.

Same issue.

2/x

1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 24d

I don't fully agree with this analysis. It's more nuanced than the article makes out.

Offsets are often held to a higher standard than other form of decarbonisation.

For example:

"projects with leakage, such as protecting part of a forest but effectively pushing loggers elsewhere"

1/x

1 1 1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 25d

I'm not sure what my exact point is... I think there is something in the US result that Labour members could find insightful

(And maybe even more widely how the progressive vote is always split and the dangers of that)

If I'm incorrect in any of the above please do point it out, I'm here to learn

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 25d

And then there is anecdotal evidence that some Dems abstained in the presidential election due to Dem policy positions, Eg Gaza.

(To be fair this article also says many abstentions were because they were not in swing states so their vote didn't matter)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 25d

I'm guess I'm saying many dems did not get behind their party in 2024..

Either they switched parties or they did not vote.

"In the 2024 presidential election, a higher share of Donald Trump’s 2020 voters than Joe Biden’s 2020 voters turned out to vote. "

www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Voter turnout, 2020-2024

Overall and across most demographic groups, Trump’s 2020 voters turned out at higher rates in 2024 than Biden’s did, a Pew Research Center analysis shows.

www.pewresearch.org

2

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 25d

I'm happy to be corrected if what I said isn't right.

I thought quite a few cohorts who normally voted Democrat either didn't vote or switched to Republican?

And a lot of Democrats were pissed with the party before the election with a "both parties are as bad as each other" sentiment

1

Dominic Lavelle @dominiclavelle.bsky.social · 25d

The parallels with what happened with the Dems in the last U.S. election are interesting

Many "I usually vote Dem" voters decided to not get behind the Dems, because they were not perfect

This helped Republicans win.

Leading to a much worse position for those voters than if Dems had won