Evan Murphy
@murphhhhhhh.bsky.social
I like to talk about mountains, energy, politics, and movies. In that order.
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All views are my own. evanmurph.com
Interesting how the abundance agenda took over Dem messaging so quickly. ~2/3 of 2024 home sales weren’t new builds, so zoning isn’t the main issue. Prices are way past 2008 levels. Here in Colorado, many homes have doubled or more.
The real problem is investors turned housing into a commodity.
The real problem is investors turned housing into a commodity.
Home ownership is a cornerstone of the American dream. I'm fighting to make that dream possible again.
July 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Interesting how the abundance agenda took over Dem messaging so quickly. ~2/3 of 2024 home sales weren’t new builds, so zoning isn’t the main issue. Prices are way past 2008 levels. Here in Colorado, many homes have doubled or more.
The real problem is investors turned housing into a commodity.
The real problem is investors turned housing into a commodity.
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DOE's study of resource adequacy across the US (as required by Trump's reliability executive order) is out. They're ignoring most of the planned and potential new build when concluding that the grid faces big reliability risks.
Love to model rapidly growing demand and retirement of aging generators while ignoring 1) the resources utilities are planning to meet their resource needs and 2) most of the massive pipeline of projects under development: www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...
www.energy.gov
July 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
DOE's study of resource adequacy across the US (as required by Trump's reliability executive order) is out. They're ignoring most of the planned and potential new build when concluding that the grid faces big reliability risks.
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Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
July 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
“It’s as good as it’s gonna get.”
New republican slogan just dropped
New republican slogan just dropped
Jim Jordan: "I think we probably got as good of a product as we're going to get ... it's best if we just pass this and get moving and keep moving."
July 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“It’s as good as it’s gonna get.”
New republican slogan just dropped
New republican slogan just dropped
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We could make nice places like this in the US. We just don't.
This new Paris neighbourhood is VERY good. Clichy-Batignolles (former rail yard), 1 of many transformations at Metro transit stations around the city. Dense+mixed (urban IKEA, grocery store, schools, jobs etc), diverse (50% public housing, 20% middle class rental), 1/3rd beautiful park, 20k people.
July 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We could make nice places like this in the US. We just don't.
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We are losing to China in a competition for the future.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
June 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We are losing to China in a competition for the future.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
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Rich pundits paid by billionaires whose yachts have yachts are telling you with a straight face that there’s no way to afford some free city buses to take the poors to their jobs cleaning the yachts.
June 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Rich pundits paid by billionaires whose yachts have yachts are telling you with a straight face that there’s no way to afford some free city buses to take the poors to their jobs cleaning the yachts.
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Them: “LA is a full on insurrection”
Us at the protest:
Us at the protest:
June 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Them: “LA is a full on insurrection”
Us at the protest:
Us at the protest:
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What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️
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May 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️
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Donald Trumps next executive order will mandate all parking lots have designated parking for lifted Dodge Ram trucks
May 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Donald Trumps next executive order will mandate all parking lots have designated parking for lifted Dodge Ram trucks
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The body and blood of Christ
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The body and blood of Christ
**screaming from the rooftops** CARS SHOULD BE GETTING SMALLER NOT BIGGER
The 2026 Subaru Outback is ... a crossover.
• No more Legacy-based wagon
• 2 inches taller
• Modified WRX steering system
Love it or hate it?
• No more Legacy-based wagon
• 2 inches taller
• Modified WRX steering system
Love it or hate it?
April 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
**screaming from the rooftops** CARS SHOULD BE GETTING SMALLER NOT BIGGER
Autism is not a disease. Let alone an infectious one. Calling autism an epidemic is both disgusting and incorrect. Anyone that helped this man find power should feel ashamed.
RFK Jr on autism: "It is an epidemic. Epidemics are not caused by genes ... you need an environmental toxin."
April 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Autism is not a disease. Let alone an infectious one. Calling autism an epidemic is both disgusting and incorrect. Anyone that helped this man find power should feel ashamed.
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Trump's sweeping global tariffs will significantly raise the costs of renewable energy.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump's sweeping global tariffs will significantly raise the costs of renewable energy.
Read more in Semafor Net Zero ↓
www.semafor.com/newsletters/...
Read more in Semafor Net Zero ↓
www.semafor.com/newsletters/...
And this is why ecological sustainability and capitalism inherently cannot coexist. There will always be a profit motive, down to the last drop of water.
“a 3 degree warming scenario, the analysts determined, could more than double the growth rate of the $235 billion [air conditioner] market every year, from 3 percent to 7 percent until 2030”
must read reporting from @corbinhiar.bsky.social at @eenews.bsky.social today
must read reporting from @corbinhiar.bsky.social at @eenews.bsky.social today
Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree
www.eenews.net
March 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And this is why ecological sustainability and capitalism inherently cannot coexist. There will always be a profit motive, down to the last drop of water.
Democrats officially co-sign the illegal and unconstitutional actions of Trump and co. It is time for an alternative to the Democratic Party.
JUST IN: The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. The vote exposed a deep rift among Democrats.
Senate advances plan to avert shutdown, in vote that exposes Democratic rifts
The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. The vote exposed a deep rift among Democrats.
www.npr.org
March 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Democrats officially co-sign the illegal and unconstitutional actions of Trump and co. It is time for an alternative to the Democratic Party.
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The crazy activists over at [checks notes] the UK's body of insurance actuaries just said that continuing fossil fuels could kill half the economy by 2070, and half the humans in [checks notes again] 25 years.
The light is yellow. But going to red is a choice.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The light is yellow. But going to red is a choice.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
March 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The crazy activists over at [checks notes] the UK's body of insurance actuaries just said that continuing fossil fuels could kill half the economy by 2070, and half the humans in [checks notes again] 25 years.
The light is yellow. But going to red is a choice.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The light is yellow. But going to red is a choice.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Didn’t know it could get any worse than denial
The outlines of a White House plan to produce a government science report that highlights the "benefits" of climate change is coming together. The intent is to expand presidential power, target regulations and fight litigation filed against fossil fuel companies. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump’s next climate move: Show global warming benefits humanity
A new federal report downplaying or denying climate change could drive a reversal of climate rules and expansion of executive authority.
www.eenews.net
March 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Didn’t know it could get any worse than denial
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Why would taking away government contracts matter if the end goal is privatization?
Democrats can hit him where it hurts: His stocks. https://interc.pt/411wAWY
February 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Why would taking away government contracts matter if the end goal is privatization?
Arizona was +5.5 for Trump. Now it will lose an estimated 3,000 full time jobs
A $1 billion battery factory in Arizona is canceled as the company behind it says the giant loan it was awarded in 2023 never closed and Trump admin won’t say if it ever will arrive
Via @azcentral.com
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Via @azcentral.com
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
KORE Power never received federal loan. Now it scrubbed its $1B battery plant in Buckeye
An $850 million loan from the energy department to support KORE Power's battery plant in Buckeye never came. The company has since nixed the project.
www.azcentral.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Arizona was +5.5 for Trump. Now it will lose an estimated 3,000 full time jobs
Finally! Drugs for my drugs
BREAKING: U.S. regulators approve a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction associated with opioids.
FDA approves new painkiller that shows promise and challenges of opioid alternatives
U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioids.
apnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Finally! Drugs for my drugs