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Jonathan Koomey
@jgkoomey.bsky.social
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Climate solutions, information technology, critical thinking skills. Born at 318 ppm. https://www.koomey.com
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · May 8
Tapping the sign: bsky.app/profile/jgko...
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · May 7
The most important thing is not to fall for people hand waving about how AI will definitely help to fix climate change so we should develop it as fast as possible. Honestly, nobody knows. It could help a lot. It could also hinder solutions.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2h
Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!
Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025
With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.
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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · 3h
We have rooftop solar and house scale batteries. They power the house and charge our two cars (EV and plug-in hybrid). On an annual basis, we are a “net exporter” of power. Here in California the utilities have to buy our surplus. We get free electricity, plus a check from PG&E each year.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1h
'By applying protections meant for vulnerable groups to shield government actors, Apple has created — within its own ecosystem — a new kind of protected class: state power itself."

migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h
plus if you have a short commute, work from home, or take public transport most days maybe don't even bother with any fancy charging stuff - plugging the car into a regular outlet over a night or two will give more range than you need

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State
www.nytimes.com
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 4h
It's still cheaper per mile than gasoline, and if you charge off of your home solar array or during off peak times, it's much cheaper.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 4h
If you are accidentally quoting Hitler, then may I humbly suggest that it is time to rethink your ideology...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 4h
The article cites my real world experience of having my name put on a paper as an author without my knowledge. www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...
Paper Chase: A Global Industry Fuels Scientific Fraud in the U.S.
In southern India, a new enterprise called Peer Publicon Consultancy offers a full suite of services to scientific researchers. It will not only write a scholarly paper for a fee but also guarantee pu
www.realclearinvestigations.com
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 4h
The Constitutional crisis you've been waiting for is here.

The right moment to speak up—that moment of clarity you've been waiting for—that's here too.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 4h
Yup
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alex mears @alexmears.bsky.social · 6h
and these are just fuel costs. I just switched from a gas car to a Mustang Mach-E a few months ago and I’m betting I’ll save hundreds if not $1k per year on maintenance, oil changes, etc.
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 4h
Also emissions testing!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h
we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.
How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 5h
Maybe someday coal will play a part in the US power grid but for now it's just too unreliable to compete with wind, solar and batteries. ieefa.org/resources/ne...
Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027
The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.
ieefa.org
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 5h
JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d
11/ Listen to the Inter-annual Storage and Balancing for 100% Renewables - A Global Analysis paper in the podcast on our research results: youtu.be/pAWjWeLqt-A – this is AI-generated using Google NotebookLM.
Inter-annual Storage and Balancing for 100% Renewables - A Global Analysis
YouTube video by Christian Breyer
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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 1d
1/ New research @lut.fi presents the first global analysis of inter-annual storage for #100RE systems in 145 regions doi.org/10.1016/j.ap.... Strategic generation overcapacity is a significantly more cost-effective solution than building massive storage.
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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 1d
“Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world.”https://newrepublic.com/article/201376/trump-compact-academic-excellence-university-virginia via @newrepublic.com
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 14h
Sean likes to claim he was demonetized at the Federalist. Google *did* pull ads from the site for a while... but not because of political pressure. But because... comments on The Federalist (as you might expect given their core audience) violated Google's policies: www.techdirt.com/2020/06/16/n...
No, Google Didn't Demonetize The Federalist & It's Not An Example Of Anti-Conservative Bias
So, earlier today, NBC reported that Google had “banned” two well known websites from its ad platform, namely The Federalist and Zero Hedge. The story was a bit confusing. To be clear, …
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 15h
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule #energysky -- via Canary Media:
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
www.canarymedia.com
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Stacy VanDeveer @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social · 15h
Feeling both vindicated & depressed about this
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d
Carbon offsetting suffers from deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve says review paper from Oxford Uni

“We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 15h
The other point, of course, is that if the National Academy HAD done a review, they would have blistered Koonin's DOE report as a piece of garbage. That's why the Trump government didn't ask the National Academy to do a review.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 16h
Koonin spending an entire WSJ column criticizing @nationalacademies.org’s report for not being a review of his DOE climate contrarian report when (1) to my knowledge, the Academies have never reviewed a gov’t report without being asked (though such an independent review, or comparable, is necessary…
Opinion | Another Tale of Climate Change Bias
The government should stop funding the National Academies’ climate studies until they shed the political conformity.
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Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 22h
US political violence is very much a right-wing phenomenon. Multiple studies bear this out.

The Jasko, et al. study below is particularly impressive. But even the Cato Institute agrees that it's mostly right-wing.

www.someweekendreading.blog/political-vi...
Is Most US Political Violence Left or Right?
Is more political violence in the US perpetrated by the left or the right?
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Climate Solutions @climatesolutions.org · 1d
“With the elimination of promised incentives by the Trump Administration, states must step up as the last line of defense against climate catastrophe. We have to get renewable energy infrastructure built, and quickly,” — Gov. Kotek
Oregon to accelerate siting of renewable energy projects to beat Trump’s incentive deadline
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed an executive order that seeks to fast-track permitting and siting for renewable energy projects so developers can take advantage of federal tax credits.
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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 1d
“The e-bike lets me keep riding bikes and spend time outside, even though I have this health condition,” she said. “I don’t think that a lot of people realize that e-bikes make things accessible to people with disabilities.” www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/07/e...
Why electric bikes are everywhere in Berkeley
Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.
www.berkeleyside.org
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