Powerwall 3 looks awesome

On Monday, I'm recording a pod with the CEO of a company that is trying to make ground-source heat pumps work for big commercial buildings in tight urban spaces.

What should I ask her about?

Duncan S. Campbell Strangler fig let’s go

The weird new street features on Underhill still confuse me.

It took away parking and replaced it with… nothing.

Locals are just like, wtf is this?!?

Seems like a great way to drive people away from good urban design and see this as a fight.

Use the space for something cool!

Throwback to 2020 when Gauri Dixit of Scale Microgrids offered a masterclass on how valuing energy resilience doesn't just offer a bump to project economics - it fundamentally changes the project design process and results in better engineering and economics.…

waste water treatment plants have always reminded me of orthodox churches

some of the coolest industrial architecture

anyone know someone at Newtown Creek (wastewater treatment plant) in NY I can connect with?

thank uuu

anyone know where I can find the modeling/studies that were done to justify the pricing of Connected Solutions?

Complain about this being a lot of capacity all you want. Their ongoing energy costs are going to be basically the same as the utility's, and their direct upfront costs and opportunity costs are way lower. A sophisticated org chose this approach because it was best.

IT'S TIME TO DER

a16z is der pilled too now?!?

looking forward to reading this.

This is going to be extremely common moving forward

Duncan S. Campbell David Roberts Jigar Shah This, to me, is one of the most valuable pieces of a microgrid nowadays.

Effectively increasing the off-peak utilization of existing distribution grid infrastructure. Utilities can use it to prioritize upgrades while meeting new load growth and customers avoid delays/costs.

what if we invent AI robots and they just want to get laid and hang out on the beach

Duncan S. Campbell Sam D'Amico Plug in hybrid humvees makes a ton of sense. Especially as they’re good at GENERATING electricity and can serve as generators or to power anti drone lasers, etc. and don’t need fuel for regular patrols.

Worth considering at least.

I know this will seem overbearing for those of us who like freedom, but every so often formidable societies make rules like this with the strength of the pack in mind.

At DERVOS in November Sam D'Amico predicted partially electrified “woke tanks” will become standard issue because they’re more performant.

Just saw this dropped: