Morgan Jones
@mjjones.bsky.social
He/Him. Working in Canadian Utility industry doing Market analysis in energy. Most important work as Dad. Follower and commentator on all energy trends. Transportation as my second love. On Treaty 1 land.
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This isn’t working.
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This isn’t working.
I mean RTGs are a thing ..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
I've heard that Matthew Yglesias's next piece on energy and climate is going to be a recommendation that no one should switch to heat pumps or install solar with batteries because soon everyone will be able to have a Small Modular Reactor in their homes that will them almost free power and heat.
December 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I mean RTGs are a thing ..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
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There was a nice atmospheric inversion layer when my flight took off early in the morning from Paris. Here you see dense fog on the ground that doesn't even reach the top of the wind turbines. The ripples are gravity waves created by the wind turbine towers as the wind blows. 🧪 🌬️
December 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
There was a nice atmospheric inversion layer when my flight took off early in the morning from Paris. Here you see dense fog on the ground that doesn't even reach the top of the wind turbines. The ripples are gravity waves created by the wind turbine towers as the wind blows. 🧪 🌬️
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Okay, I admit I didn’t think it was possible, but here’s a story about GenAI that is genuinely delightful:
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Okay, I admit I didn’t think it was possible, but here’s a story about GenAI that is genuinely delightful:
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
these kind of "issues" seem more common in Canada. where the general public will go "thats stupid but whatever, next gov't will just change it back". and i think thats a healthy response. worry about the big stuff the little stuff you just ignore and roll back later.
Quick reminder: things like "renaming" The Kennedy Center is, in part, done specifically to piss you off. They perform these public spectacles to "prove they can" and that there's nothing we can do to stop them.
Legally & practically, nothing has changed. They can't just rename shit like that.
Legally & practically, nothing has changed. They can't just rename shit like that.
December 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
these kind of "issues" seem more common in Canada. where the general public will go "thats stupid but whatever, next gov't will just change it back". and i think thats a healthy response. worry about the big stuff the little stuff you just ignore and roll back later.
we have the technology for this. it also solves the AI problem. #buttlerianjihad
December 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
we have the technology for this. it also solves the AI problem. #buttlerianjihad
do i think CCS could *in theory* work? sure. have we seen any evidence of such? not quite. Even Boundary Dam in Sask had (might still have to?) pay payments as penalties as it failed to capture enough co2 from a coal plant. also most of that CO2 goes to EOR creating more carbon in the end.
Man this is such a good read. The entire purpose of power sector CCS is to sort of hover tantalisingly on the horizon but never actually materialise.
From my personal collection of planned projects (this isn't even 'projections' or scenarios - the future lines were all real projects!)
From my personal collection of planned projects (this isn't even 'projections' or scenarios - the future lines were all real projects!)
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
do i think CCS could *in theory* work? sure. have we seen any evidence of such? not quite. Even Boundary Dam in Sask had (might still have to?) pay payments as penalties as it failed to capture enough co2 from a coal plant. also most of that CO2 goes to EOR creating more carbon in the end.
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There has been one (1) period of sustained deflation (eg prices down for multiple years in a row) since the 1910s. That was the Great Depression. I understand why people (not Chris, he gets it) naively think prices should fall but I cannot emphasize enough how Bad that would be.
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
There has been one (1) period of sustained deflation (eg prices down for multiple years in a row) since the 1910s. That was the Great Depression. I understand why people (not Chris, he gets it) naively think prices should fall but I cannot emphasize enough how Bad that would be.
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A second levee broke south of Seattle last night as our relentless parade of atmospheric rivers continues.
Thinking of the John Holdren quote that we have three options: mitigation, adaptation or suffering. The third is growing ever more apparent as progress lags on one and two.
Thinking of the John Holdren quote that we have three options: mitigation, adaptation or suffering. The third is growing ever more apparent as progress lags on one and two.
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A second levee broke south of Seattle last night as our relentless parade of atmospheric rivers continues.
Thinking of the John Holdren quote that we have three options: mitigation, adaptation or suffering. The third is growing ever more apparent as progress lags on one and two.
Thinking of the John Holdren quote that we have three options: mitigation, adaptation or suffering. The third is growing ever more apparent as progress lags on one and two.
"I discovered I can really save on my sewer bill if I just dump my waste in the backyard"
December 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"I discovered I can really save on my sewer bill if I just dump my waste in the backyard"
did you know that AOL messenger was the power trading industry messaging service? i had to get an AOL address in 2009. that was wild. i remember asking "for real? what year is it?!?"
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
did you know that AOL messenger was the power trading industry messaging service? i had to get an AOL address in 2009. that was wild. i remember asking "for real? what year is it?!?"
What is incredibly sad, by having a hyper militant state of Israel who categorized even the slightest criticism of Israel (the state) as antisemitism it caused ACTUAL antisemitism to flourish. This risk was flagged by many Jewish leaders worldwide. The ongoing genocide in Gaza ignited dry tinder.
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
What is incredibly sad, by having a hyper militant state of Israel who categorized even the slightest criticism of Israel (the state) as antisemitism it caused ACTUAL antisemitism to flourish. This risk was flagged by many Jewish leaders worldwide. The ongoing genocide in Gaza ignited dry tinder.
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I consider it a great victory when I can get ~80-90% of my Energy Policy students to say "energy" when they mean "energy" and "electricity" when they mean "electricity". The clarity is important!
This particular crime against meaning actually bothers me relatively little bc electricity people have been incorrectly referring to electricity as electrons in some contexts for a long time, and, worse, like 98% of climate people incorrectly say "energy" when they mean electricity.
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I consider it a great victory when I can get ~80-90% of my Energy Policy students to say "energy" when they mean "energy" and "electricity" when they mean "electricity". The clarity is important!
I hope every day is worse for him. He's welcome to live to a ripe old age broken, alone, impoverished, and profoundly sad.
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I hope every day is worse for him. He's welcome to live to a ripe old age broken, alone, impoverished, and profoundly sad.
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Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
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"By irradiating laser beam with an optical power of 1 kW, we succeeded in receiving 152 W of electric power 1 kilometer away"
In a perfect ATMOSPHERIC (aka water and other things you will have to deal with) environment. 85% loses, 1 km
You are loosing 99% with best in class for the next decade
In a perfect ATMOSPHERIC (aka water and other things you will have to deal with) environment. 85% loses, 1 km
You are loosing 99% with best in class for the next decade
December 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"By irradiating laser beam with an optical power of 1 kW, we succeeded in receiving 152 W of electric power 1 kilometer away"
In a perfect ATMOSPHERIC (aka water and other things you will have to deal with) environment. 85% loses, 1 km
You are loosing 99% with best in class for the next decade
In a perfect ATMOSPHERIC (aka water and other things you will have to deal with) environment. 85% loses, 1 km
You are loosing 99% with best in class for the next decade
the American commitment to free speech IS a pretense? like i dont know how to break it to you. its been the classic "to enemies the law, to my friends, everything" for a fairly long time. its really high time that Americans realize that their "exceptionalism" is mainly propaganda
Requiring temporary visitors to surrender five years of social media to the U.S. sends the message that the American commitment to free speech is pretense. This simply is not the behavior of a country confident in its freedoms.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
It's a threat to free speech around the world and must be opposed.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
the American commitment to free speech IS a pretense? like i dont know how to break it to you. its been the classic "to enemies the law, to my friends, everything" for a fairly long time. its really high time that Americans realize that their "exceptionalism" is mainly propaganda
i see that ICE has taken a page from Canadian police/RCMP and adopted Starlight Tours as a effective way to kill/maim minorities. remember after they die you get to claim "well they were drunk and died of exposure" spheresofinfluence.ca/canadas-best...
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i see that ICE has taken a page from Canadian police/RCMP and adopted Starlight Tours as a effective way to kill/maim minorities. remember after they die you get to claim "well they were drunk and died of exposure" spheresofinfluence.ca/canadas-best...
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Utilities give up hope on using hydrogen in their gas grids, prepare to phase out pipeline network #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Utilities give up hope on using hydrogen in their gas grids, prepare to phase out pipeline network #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
If my options are Peter Thiel and MAGA silicon valley or Chinese AI? Ni hao, huanying!
This is a big deal. Essentially a reversal of the US export control policy on advanced chips. Possibly decisive in the AI race. Compute is our main advantage — China has more power, engineers, and the entire edge layer — so by giving this up we increase the odds the world runs on Chinese AI.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If my options are Peter Thiel and MAGA silicon valley or Chinese AI? Ni hao, huanying!
My tween might be having IT problems
And I mean. I get it.
And I mean. I get it.
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
My tween might be having IT problems
And I mean. I get it.
And I mean. I get it.
I enjoy watching CFB fans tie themselves in knots. Either a) they are students so therefore the schedule and transfer rules have to make sense for students. You can't force them to play games etc or b) you make rules that only apply to CFB players and now? Paid employees. And b) blows up everything.
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I enjoy watching CFB fans tie themselves in knots. Either a) they are students so therefore the schedule and transfer rules have to make sense for students. You can't force them to play games etc or b) you make rules that only apply to CFB players and now? Paid employees. And b) blows up everything.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...