“I don't think it'll be long before this would be a boring statistic,” said Joshua Rhodes Texas recently generated 80% of its power from renewable and nuclear power. Here's why that matters. houstonchronicle.com/business/energ…

Scott Poynton made a video of us discussing our work together - he helped me when I was in a dark place, and a big part of that was showing me the dark place is also the place of transformation youtube.com/watch?v=3Pxcfy…

Electrifying your home still isn't nearly as easy or cheap as it should be. We can & should use public policy to make it easier & cheaper. grist.org/buildings/elec…

The fact that Texas has more than 3x the solar capacity coming online this year than California should make us reassess what we consider effective policy here. Yes, targets and subsidies are important, but so are interconnections and regulatory reform.

Out today in Ecosystem Services and led by Lari Boesing: ‘Identifying the optimal landscape configuration for landscape multifunctionality’ authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22… We present a simple theoretical framework to predict when landscapes should be in a fine mosaic or segregated

fascinating to see evolution used as a tool in engineering. Smart! youtube.com/watch?v=beROF-…

Where is the electricity from California batteries going? In this chart I see about 31 MW/h charging and about 21 MW/h discharging. Is the chart just misleading? caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/…

Hello there from across the vast emptiness. You're there I see, you finally found it: This little message in a bottle made of ones and zeros. I made it just for you.

Here's the first thing I've written since I quit writing: theheidihypothesis.blogspot.com/2025/01/restar…

I made a checklist of the electrical choices I go over with people when embarking on a big remodeling project theheidihypothesis.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-to…

"America has changed sides in the middle of a war", says Churchill's biographer, Andrew Roberts, launching an excoriating attack on the Trump administration. His closing words are worth hearing.

This is incredible. The last 20 years have transformed the world, apparently, and I'm just learning about it now. Has anyone dug into this?

Couldn't find a good technology-fueled moral panic timeline, so I made this (with a little help): techlashed.org