HN for 10 years: Twitter is garbage, it’s impossible to read without long-form text, threads are the #1 issue facing society. HN today: long form text on twitter is garbage, this is an attempt to trap writers, there is so much low hanging fruit Twitter could have fixed instead

"Do you believe in the peaceful transition of power in the United States of America"? General Flynn:

A simple calc, but striking enough that I checked it twice: China's renewable electricity generation growth in 2021. In 2020: 863.2 terawatt-hours In 2021: 1,152.5 TWh Change: +289.3 TWh UK final electricity consumption in 2021: 285TWh

Can attest. We moved into in a brand new “green” apartment building by Utopia Arkitekter - it is consistently 5-10C hotter than outdoor summer temp. Huge “climate-conscious” buildings being put up here that are unliveable in summer weeks.

1/ 🚨🚨Our modeling of the #InflationReductionAct is out & the findings are unequivocal-- this is the biggest climate investment in US history. Full results here: bit.ly/3ORxdKt, & a 🧵 w/ highlights

What impact will the #InflationReductionAct the Senate is debating today have on the United State's climate and energy future? See our repeatproject.org preliminary analysis of the bill. Thread 👇

If you are interested in moving to a career in climate tech and have questions or feel lost: DM me! I spent a lot of time thinking about this before I made the move. Happy to be a sounding board!

This is a BFD.

The skyrocketing electricity prices are now exposing the limitations of our current market design.   It was developed for different circumstances.   That’s why we are now working on an emergency intervention and a structural reform of the electricity market.

25yo me would read every Chomsky book I could get my hands on. Now seeing him call for Ukraine to cede.. was he always nuts, or am I getting old? Similar for a lot of other views. Can’t tell if I got pickled and am wrong now or if I got smarter and was wrong then.

cc Carl Bildt when will Archer reach UA frontlines?

your onboarding train to #climatetech has now arrived! all aboard! inspiring to have cheered & collaborated w the Climate Draft team this past year, including a key role posing as Protocol photo stock 😂📸

1. Time to make 2021 minor updates to my annual “opinions on #solar” thread. If you like these, you’ll like my 2019 book, Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon, a little old but still valid, five stars on Amazon. tinyurl.com/y6lc3ohl

The HN post about how to correctly turn while you are walking, with HN posters then correcting the article ("actually, this isn't the optimal way to turn"), is just A+, great way to start my morning. What a world.

US discourse: Which company will be first to deliver heavy EV trucks? Sweden walking through town: Electric heavy trucks everywhere.

I wish with so much force Anders would write this in English. If you're following the #energytransition, consider using available tools to have this thread translated for you, on countering critics of carbon free steel production, from those doing the work.