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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 3d

It's Nobel Prize week! A good time to remember that the economics prize was created by Swedish bankers in 1968 (67 years after the 5 original Nobel prizes) against the wishes of the Nobel family, partly to legitimize neoclassical economics in the public eye and partly to help banks avoid regulation.

Philip Mirowski - Why Is There a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics?

YouTube video by New Economic Thinking

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 4d

The jig is up for CCS and DAC.

oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

The Collapse of Confidence in Carbon Capture | OilPrice.com

Carbon Capture and Storage, once seen as a lifeline for the oil and gas industry, is facing mounting doubts as delays, high costs, and poor performance cast serious doubts on its future viability.

oilprice.com

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks, I will look into it then!

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · 19d

@kevinjiskircher.com is there a european version of this study?

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · 19d

That's pretty much it!

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · 19d

Have you looked up how swiss universities are funded? Especially eth and epfl.
Or maybe don't look up...

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · 21d

When we pitch, it's AI
When we hire, it's ML
When we implement, it's linear regression

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · 22d

Amazing work here highlighting the need for more demand side energy managent on the residential scale 👇 congrats @kevinjkircher.com and team!!

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 22d

1) New paper! Replacing US fossil-fueled vehicles & appliances with electric versions could improve health & climate outcomes, but could cost up to $790 billion in distribution grid reinforcement. Strategic demand-side management could cut 2/3 of those costs.🔌💡

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Science for society" blurb from the paper:

In a future with clean electricity and full electrification of buildings and private vehicles, the United States would emit about half the greenhouse gas pollution than it does today. However, buildings and vehicles would also use much more electricity, especially in the coldest weather. Here, we show that reinforcing distribution grids to accommodate these new peaks in electricity demand could cost Americans $2,800–$6,400 per household. We also show that “smart electrification”—accompanying electrification with measures that mitigate electricity demand peaks, such as reducing thermal demand, improving equipment efficiencies, and coordinating device operation—could reduce grid reinforcement costs by over two-thirds. We believe that achieving an affordable, all-electric future will require cooperation between engineers to develop enabling technologies, social scientists to guide technology development toward people’s wants and needs, and policymakers to pass laws or incentives that shape technology adoption.

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Sep 6

No biggy, just your regular high speed train with stopover in Paris 😂

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Sep 6

"Hybrid/remote workshops..."

he skeets from a train returning from a conference ;)

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Sep 6

Cue in Jake from Statefarm

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is just sad.

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Sep 5

LO—and I cannot stress this enough—L

The Economist @economist.com · Sep 5

Will the absence of robotaxis in Europe mark the moment its citizens notice how far their continent has fallen behind?

Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe

A slow-motion car crash on Europe’s roads

econ.st

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Sep 4

An oldie but still relevant goodie
youtu.be/MSZgoFyuHC8?...

Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture & Storage

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yo Austin,TX connections-if anyone is looking to rent an awesome house in the Hyde Park area, DM me.

Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Aug 26

Rule#1 for pick up and drop off at our local 🇳🇱 school: cars are not allowed 😍

What a stark contrast to what we were used to in TX.

Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Jul 14

This is the way.

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thanks, you should stop by if you can!

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Jul 14

As I have moved to 🇳🇱 now, this account will henceforth be an urbanism account.
Sorry, I don't make the rules.

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Sheril Kirshenbaum @sheril.bsky.social · Jul 12

"I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. -Carl Sagan (1934-1996) in his 1995 book The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Jul 10

You can always google it with Bing. youtu.be/tYVCk10AzS0?...

Googling with Bing

YouTube video by Dropout

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Jul 9

Very cool, congrats!!

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Jul 5

Bellevue!!

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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagy.bsky.social · Jul 2

Heatwaves can be deadly indoors as well, especially in places traditionally without AC (most heat related incidents occur indoors). Here's our work for the UK from a while back www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/78bce8...

Activity hours: Assessing liveability during heatwaves

As climate change increases the frequency and severity of heatwaves, understanding their impact on the wellbeing, health, and permissible activities of building occupants becomes crucial. Existing wor...

www.repository.cam.ac.uk

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · Jul 2

In heatwaves, when air conditioning demand peaks and reliable electricity generation is needed most, nuclear and coal power plants that use nearby bodies of water for cooling risk failure due to too-warm cooling water. Those with air cooling towers are better off, but heat/humidity hurt them too.

Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · Jul 2

French nuclear power plant has to close during intense heat wave, because temperatures in the river that provides cooling water are too high.

EDF shuts down Golftech nuclear plant due to high river temperature

French utility EDF said it shut down the No. 1 reactor at the Golftech nuclear power plant in southwestern France late on Sunday, ahead of an anticipated rise in the temperature of the Garonne river that supplies the plant's cooling water.

www.reuters.com

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