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Ian McLeod
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Dog Lover and caretaker. Runner (@rprc.bsky.social) and backpacker. Energy nerd and climate concerned person. Employed at a well known open source software company. Opinions my own. Rogers Park, Chicago.
Heh. OK. I'm tapped out. As a far north-sider I'm at a disadvantage given the clues you've dropped. Thank you for a fun morning quiz though! (Will be watching for the answer.)
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Midway?
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Or maybe the Roosevelt road CTA transfer corridor?
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
McCormick place?
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Given that some of this re-purposes very mature technologies, where do they see the new opportunity for economies of scale?
December 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Also notable that the numbers for storage and various types of gas turbines are roughly the same, yeah? My eye is drawn to that as the intersection of "climate compatible" and "demonstrably deployed at scale in the recent past".
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposted by Ian McLeod
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.

In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”

And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM