Africa’s perception war

if you hire for extreme amounts of aptitude and drive and put those people in positions that are "ahead" of their career trajectory you are almost guaranteed success

'How do I transition into climate tech'? For newcomers from traditional tech, finding your corner of the climate universe can feel overwhelming. If you’re beginning your journey, a few of us made a "climate tech talent+capital mind map" to help — 🧵 1/10

Who can guess what this graph depicts?

Outages are becoming more frequent (and more consequential), and the problem is going to get worse before it gets better. Three major challenges: aging grid, climate change and managing the energy transition. My latest (part of WSJ wknd energy section!) wsj.com/articles/ameri…

American Manganese CEO Discusses Press Release on Demonstration plant High Prices of Lithium are dominating the battery metals market $AMY $AMYZF $AMY.V #battchat #batterytwitter #sustainability #batteryrecycling #circulareconomy howestreet.com/2022/02/americ…

Continuing with how crazy big are South American countries: 🇧🇷Brazil’s coast measured in Californias 🤯

"The enormous electricity consumption needed to sustain cryptocurrency is fueling the climate crisis & threatens a partial resurrection of coal in the US." TLDR: Care about climate? Don't support crypto. theguardian.com/technology/202… h/t @dlbessette

There's a pretty big difference in how much people drive every year in each state.

Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space.

As shortages loom, Saudi Arabia has drawn in lithium miners and battery makers to set up operations, filling a critical gap. The country wants 30% of cars on its capital city’s roads to be electric by the end of this decade trib.al/rFZdPZb

Saudi Arabia's geographical position allows it to supply Europe and get resources from China and Australia. The kingdom has assessed and issued mining licenses to tap into its mineral resources, with an estimated potential value of $1.3 trillion trib.al/rFZdPZb

2/ First, emissions were due to drop 25%+ by 2030 without IRA. IRA adds another 6% to 15%. That's 1% to 3% of global emissions - a drop in the bucket. & that's mostly by increasing takeup of maturing technologies: solar, wind, batteries...

3/ ... whose costs plummeted in the last few decades thanks to Wright's Law, as described by Ramez Naam, i.e. costs fall at a constant rate for each doubling in deployment.

4/ But with time each new doubling takes longer, incremental improvements are harder. Annual cost deflation in solar, wind now in low single digits. IRA will modestly hasten power sector shift from gas to wind/solar but this is the low-hanging fruit...

5/ Industry (cement, steel), agriculture, commercial aviation are much harder to decarbonize. IRA's subsidies to green hydrogen, direct air capture, sustainable aviation fuel could start the flywheel of demand, innovation, learning by doing, economies of scale in these areas ...

6/ ... that have happened so successfully in wind, solar and batteries. And as these efficiency improvements are adopted globally, the emission reductions achieved in the U.S. are multiplied many times over.

California moves to accelerate to 100% new #ZEV sales by 2035 with first-in-nation #EV regulation that will clean up the air in our communities & save consumers money. ➡️bit.ly/3PPYSMm #CleanAir #ClimateAction

Elon Musk 1. Fasting - helps focus & overall appreciation of life 2. Low-carb - more stable energy throughout day 3. Reading books - helps escape the madness of Twitter 4. Walking/running - gives time to think 5. Memes - helps not take stuff too seriously 6. Have friends I disagree with

The climate impact of the foods we eat. There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables