Rob
@robertferry.bsky.social
Climate policy, society, and the built environment. Architect, LEED AP BD+C. https://landartgenerator.org
One part of the @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social interview with James Talarico that stood out to me was his distinction between politics of fear and hope. I think a better word than hope is “desire.” Politicians need to point to a future that the public can desire—if and when we can ever move past fear.
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 AM
One part of the @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social interview with James Talarico that stood out to me was his distinction between politics of fear and hope. I think a better word than hope is “desire.” Politicians need to point to a future that the public can desire—if and when we can ever move past fear.
Solar energy likes this. 👍
January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Solar energy likes this. 👍
Anyway, the idea of "classical" for a stadium is actually Pier Luigi Nervi.
January 15, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Anyway, the idea of "classical" for a stadium is actually Pier Luigi Nervi.
Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all the world's cars + trucks to go electric.
"If we put PV panels on that land, we could produce 23x more than the energy currently produced in the form of all liquid biofuels."
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
"If we put PV panels on that land, we could produce 23x more than the energy currently produced in the form of all liquid biofuels."
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all the world's cars + trucks to go electric.
"If we put PV panels on that land, we could produce 23x more than the energy currently produced in the form of all liquid biofuels."
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
"If we put PV panels on that land, we could produce 23x more than the energy currently produced in the form of all liquid biofuels."
ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...
Can the simple installation of a GFCI outlet that you plug the system into help to mitigate the risk? Could even be a $25 short GFCI extension cord.
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Can the simple installation of a GFCI outlet that you plug the system into help to mitigate the risk? Could even be a $25 short GFCI extension cord.
I just made this projection of the true size of Greenland using an orange. You’re welcome.
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I just made this projection of the true size of Greenland using an orange. You’re welcome.
Buckminster Fuller’s “dymaxion” projection is maybe the best look at Greenland because the other equal area maps squeeze it into a pancake. It’s pretty big regardless, and it belongs to the Greenlanders who are still fighting Denmark for their independence.
January 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Buckminster Fuller’s “dymaxion” projection is maybe the best look at Greenland because the other equal area maps squeeze it into a pancake. It’s pretty big regardless, and it belongs to the Greenlanders who are still fighting Denmark for their independence.
This is an existential test of news media tonight. I’m reading the @nytimes.com coverage, seeing how they are struggling to make a “both sides” narrative out of what we all saw with our own eyes. Sometimes objectivity just means telling the truth. Not doing so now puts our democracy at risk.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 AM
This is an existential test of news media tonight. I’m reading the @nytimes.com coverage, seeing how they are struggling to make a “both sides” narrative out of what we all saw with our own eyes. Sometimes objectivity just means telling the truth. Not doing so now puts our democracy at risk.
I’m heartened by Minneapolis’s response tonight. We will outwit this powerful, hateful force through demonstrations of love for each other, a commitment to the truth, and a careful, coordinated strategy of non-violent justice. Let’s not be baited into disorderly vengeance. That is what they want.
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I’m heartened by Minneapolis’s response tonight. We will outwit this powerful, hateful force through demonstrations of love for each other, a commitment to the truth, and a careful, coordinated strategy of non-violent justice. Let’s not be baited into disorderly vengeance. That is what they want.
It doesn't even include an integrated solar power module, which would be the most obvious element to incorporate into the design. Kind of a middle finger cherry on top of everything else wrong with this. For a beautiful example of integrated solar in street lighting see Hei. www.hei.at/en/products/
January 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
It doesn't even include an integrated solar power module, which would be the most obvious element to incorporate into the design. Kind of a middle finger cherry on top of everything else wrong with this. For a beautiful example of integrated solar in street lighting see Hei. www.hei.at/en/products/
These charts on pages 21 & 21 of a report by economists at Yale and Columbia tell the story of life in America as our highest court has ever more consistently ruled in favor of the aggregation of wealth from the bottom up.
Great summary by Adam Liptak in the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Great summary by Adam Liptak in the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
These charts on pages 21 & 21 of a report by economists at Yale and Columbia tell the story of life in America as our highest court has ever more consistently ruled in favor of the aggregation of wealth from the bottom up.
Great summary by Adam Liptak in the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Great summary by Adam Liptak in the NYT:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
In the never ending quest for the perfect stick, sometimes you have to go straight to the source.
December 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In the never ending quest for the perfect stick, sometimes you have to go straight to the source.
December 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In other words we can either remove the mountaintops or cover some of them with solar modules.
Also, there are plenty of ways to design solar installations to work more in harmony with biodiverse ecosystems.
It’s not either/or.
Also, there are plenty of ways to design solar installations to work more in harmony with biodiverse ecosystems.
It’s not either/or.
December 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In other words we can either remove the mountaintops or cover some of them with solar modules.
Also, there are plenty of ways to design solar installations to work more in harmony with biodiverse ecosystems.
It’s not either/or.
Also, there are plenty of ways to design solar installations to work more in harmony with biodiverse ecosystems.
It’s not either/or.
That is some serious investigating you did there taking the word of the utilities. Anyway, things are changing in this space far more rapidly than you are able to follow. California is already showing the end of gas on the horizon and Texas may not be too far behind.
December 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
That is some serious investigating you did there taking the word of the utilities. Anyway, things are changing in this space far more rapidly than you are able to follow. California is already showing the end of gas on the horizon and Texas may not be too far behind.
Would you listen to Wood Mackenzie? They consistently rank U.S. LNG as having the worst carbon footprint. Even if it is slightly better than locally mined coal, you're asking the importing countries to lock in new gas power plants rather than build solar plus storage just so we can keep selling it?
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Would you listen to Wood Mackenzie? They consistently rank U.S. LNG as having the worst carbon footprint. Even if it is slightly better than locally mined coal, you're asking the importing countries to lock in new gas power plants rather than build solar plus storage just so we can keep selling it?
CO2 is amazing. While having just a little too much in the atmosphere is really bad, it may also be the best stuff to use for longer duration energy storage, which is key to keeping more of it out of the atmosphere. Simply convert CO2 back and forth from a liquid to gas.
energydome.com
energydome.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
CO2 is amazing. While having just a little too much in the atmosphere is really bad, it may also be the best stuff to use for longer duration energy storage, which is key to keeping more of it out of the atmosphere. Simply convert CO2 back and forth from a liquid to gas.
energydome.com
energydome.com
“Annual LNG exports from the United States have historically grown at a considerable rate since Cheniere Energy Inc. shipped the first commercial cargo from the Gulf Coast in 2016.”
naturalgasintel.com/news/us-lng-...
naturalgasintel.com/news/us-lng-...
December 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“Annual LNG exports from the United States have historically grown at a considerable rate since Cheniere Energy Inc. shipped the first commercial cargo from the Gulf Coast in 2016.”
naturalgasintel.com/news/us-lng-...
naturalgasintel.com/news/us-lng-...
The first moving walkway was also the longest ever. It appeared at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
December 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The first moving walkway was also the longest ever. It appeared at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
This is the same data center project I used to make this information graphic in case anyone is interested in seeing approximately what it might look like to power it with solar, wind, and batteries alone.
landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
December 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is the same data center project I used to make this information graphic in case anyone is interested in seeing approximately what it might look like to power it with solar, wind, and batteries alone.
landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...
A trillion dollars is about what would fill a large data center floor to ceiling with tightly stacked $100 bills. A million dollars in stacked $100s fits in a single briefcase.
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A trillion dollars is about what would fill a large data center floor to ceiling with tightly stacked $100 bills. A million dollars in stacked $100s fits in a single briefcase.
The gap between Liberal and Progressive is getting wider. Liberals will sell out our future chasing some mythical centrist voter. They are stuck in the 1990s except in the 90s we understood the science of climate change.
December 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The gap between Liberal and Progressive is getting wider. Liberals will sell out our future chasing some mythical centrist voter. They are stuck in the 1990s except in the 90s we understood the science of climate change.
This is really something.
"In addition, taxation often fails where it is most needed: at the very top of the distribution."
"In addition, taxation often fails where it is most needed: at the very top of the distribution."
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is really something.
"In addition, taxation often fails where it is most needed: at the very top of the distribution."
"In addition, taxation often fails where it is most needed: at the very top of the distribution."
Here is a link to the full report: prod.wid.world/www-site/upl...
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Here is a link to the full report: prod.wid.world/www-site/upl...