Tweets for the Week of 2014-05-11 to 2014-05-17

Continually surprised at how often people say "impossible" when what they really mean is "different". 22:35:22, 2014-05-17
@alexsteffen Have you followed evolution of @nature_org biz model? Seems like they're almost heading toward ecosystem services contracting. in reply to AlexSteffen 13:58:58, 2014-05-16
I love biking by @scottholton's project at 17th & Walnut every morning, watching it take form. @downtownboulder is growing up! 13:36:42, 2014-05-16
I. Love. Gluten. And also, double blind placebo controlled studies: http://t.co/KngpJMJ8a9 12:23:38, 2014-05-16
A nice album of photos showing life in Freiburg's car-free Vauban neighborhood (pop. 5500): http://t.co/xkUB4Uaald 03:00:46, 2014-05-16
RT @pourmecoffee: It is arrogance and folly to think climate change manmade when other possibilities exist (Drawing: Don Ivan Punchatz) htt… 21:57:46, 2014-05-15
@fishnette @agahran Oooh, no, what did you work on? Would love to sit down and chat about the tool we're building… in reply to fishnette 12:21:53, 2014-05-15
@fishnette Know anyone who might be interested in funding some data journalism around US coal/carbon/electricity data? 11:57:13, 2014-05-15
Ironically, cessation of costly reserve hunting would, in the short term, increase fossil carbon profits/dividends. Asset liquidation. 10:16:09, 2014-05-15
RT @alicebowslarkin: No need for further fossil fuel exploration if we want to stay within a 2C carbon budget: Le Quere #climate2014 @Tynda… 10:13:21, 2014-05-15
@cjhood71 Thanks! And also for your response on the BC carbon tax. I will definitely have a look at those refs. in reply to cjhood71 10:04:21, 2014-05-15
Time lapse eyes in a long slow now, while the ants scurry around mindlessly everywhere. 00:33:16, 2014-05-15
What happens to human population in a world with universal contraception and a commitment to centuries of increasing climate disruption? 23:00:27, 2014-05-14
@subnaughtsounds If there's anything juicy, you'll be the first to know… in reply to subnaughtsounds 22:57:46, 2014-05-14
Aww, random climate denier trolls have finally found me on Twitter. I guess that means I'm doing this right? Occupational hazards. 22:11:30, 2014-05-14
@ericmbudd Save some hearts for breaking in June. And July. And August. And September. in reply to ericmbudd 21:52:10, 2014-05-14
"Political prejudices tend to blind us to facts that fail to fit any conventional political agendas." http://t.co/N3Vnd0BpbV 16:57:47, 2014-05-14
@ericmbudd @TheBTI Yep yep yep. in reply to ericmbudd 11:52:35, 2014-05-14
@BoulderAdvocacy thanks for trying to get some more participation from the other half… 11:03:17, 2014-05-14
Only 50% of the people on this panel are dudes, but 95% of the words seem to be coming from dudes. #JustSayin 10:51:18, 2014-05-14
Strong words from @jaredpolis on the need for especially clean tech startups to engage politically given the power of incumbents. #bsw14 10:41:09, 2014-05-14
@andrew_leach @MICHELLEatSP Almost all public mind changers in business and politics use narrative not data. Why would climate be different? in reply to andrew_leach 09:20:14, 2014-05-14
@andrew_leach touché in reply to andrew_leach 09:15:56, 2014-05-14
@andrew_leach Stories just work better than data for the humans. As long as we tell stories that reflect the data, is that awful? in reply to andrew_leach 08:33:18, 2014-05-14
@garyridesbikes Like pedestrian malls, another thing our cities share. How sweet. in reply to GaryRidesBikes 00:15:06, 2014-05-14
RT @TheTweetOfGod: Overwhelming scientific evidence suggests a startling number of people are capable of ignoring overwhelming scientific e… 00:12:54, 2014-05-14
RT @TheTweetOfGod: Antarctica is melting and there's no way to stop it and it's your fault and it's a catastrophe beyond comprehension. Jus… 00:12:41, 2014-05-14
Glaciers are like the #HoneyBadger Admiral Titley "The ice doesn’t care about politics or who’s caucusing with whom." http://t.co/mISMimOepX 23:26:11, 2014-05-13
@alexsteffen You've clearly been talking to someone working on the EPA's 111(d) rules. *sigh* in reply to AlexSteffen 20:50:16, 2014-05-13
Just a little good old fashioned billboard liberation: http://t.co/4sf4O76Xne 20:43:12, 2014-05-13
RT @svrdesign: Whoa. Perspective. MT @grescoe Despite domestic uptick—more ppl cycle to work/school in Copenhagen than in all of US http://… 13:52:23, 2014-05-13
What our bike parking will look like when we meet our transportation climate goals… @bouldergobldr @BoulderParking http://t.co/iiTwtS5k99 13:27:30, 2014-05-13
(2/2) Richard B. Alley: “But there’s a bunch more fuses, and there’s a bunch more matches, and we have a decision now: Do we light those?” 13:02:29, 2014-05-13
(1/2) Richard B. Alley: “If we have indeed lit the fuse on West Antarctica, it’s very hard to imagine putting the fuse out,” 13:02:13, 2014-05-13
@iea @cjhood71 Public info on discount rate, fuel escalation, & risk pricing assumptions in this study? They kinda determine the outcome. in reply to IEA 12:55:00, 2014-05-13
@rorowe Jim Morris Environmental Tees? in reply to rorowe 12:34:16, 2014-05-13
Discount rate not found in the powerpoint, but cost effectiveness is largely determined by it http://t.co/knVEZFE0Cz http://t.co/OonbIZwEFg 01:48:23, 2014-05-13
My god, does @IEA make you buy the book to find out what the discount rate and fuel cost escalation rates are? http://t.co/6IRpYLhEBL €150?! 01:39:11, 2014-05-13
Oh, p8 of Exec Summary gets close… at DR=10% you still save $5T in fuel. But DR for $71T savings? No comment! http://t.co/OzQ1XEIR13 01:34:35, 2014-05-13
I have a low discount rate and risk tolerance because I want civilization to persist. Not vice versa. And that causality is obviously okay. 01:26:20, 2014-05-13
$44T to get 2°C in 2050.
$115T in fuel saved!
Discount rate unknown… In the press release anyway:
http://t.co/BgVSEvx0VR @vanderhoeven_m in reply to VanderHoeven_M 01:22:07, 2014-05-13
Decarbonizing: $4.4e13
Fuel savings: $1.15e14
Discount rate/fuel escalation: not reported in @BloombergNews
http://t.co/xYlAW0npqo @ramez in reply to ramez 01:18:05, 2014-05-13
I think this is a parody, but sometimes in this town I'm not quite sure. @dailycamera reader admits to chemtrails: http://t.co/s8kAh4Ezpv 00:21:29, 2014-05-13
"The persistent rhetoric of 'we will not retreat' is a form of denial" @Revkin http://t.co/tyHEkeGZ2d 00:15:08, 2014-05-13
RT @MayOneUS: In effort to make corruption easier, WI lawmakers accidentally ban campaign cash from lobbyists.
http://t.co/bw2FSWSxNi #In… 23:52:49, 2014-05-12
Is this is the best America can do in election reform legislation? "Oops, we banned lobbyists from fundraising" http://t.co/DzcTANPBqO 23:51:45, 2014-05-12
That awkward moment when you finally realize Bob and Bill Nordhaus are actually different people… http://t.co/PNXFLvJ8j3 23:38:53, 2014-05-12
If you're not one of the die-hard suburbanites in Boulder… come to our #bsw14 session on sustainable urbanism! https://t.co/88cYywbGif 21:23:49, 2014-05-12
Serious question. How do you talk to kids about climate change? Seems like a surreal 21st century version of the sex talk. 21:20:45, 2014-05-12
@shwinnebego What drives me f-ing nuts is the fact that the cult of "realism" is so far from pragmatic in the context of challenges we face! in reply to shwinnebego 21:08:56, 2014-05-12
RT @interfluidity: Fun way to run a lottery: siultaneously spend the prize in bitcoin to all contestants. The winner is the one who ends up… 20:23:18, 2014-05-12
Is it bad that I look forward to the federal transportation funding implosion? Might have to actually do something *different*. The horror! 19:51:50, 2014-05-12
Other non-suburban design options yield so many other benefits, I can't fathom the mindset that excludes them. Mind is boggled. 19:24:32, 2014-05-12
"Realist" position is that we're stuck with our suburban neighborhoods. Can't possibly change them. But hey, how 'bout them ice sheets? 19:21:01, 2014-05-12
Trying to reduce GHGs by 80% in a transportation planning silo that can't consider drastically changing suburban land-use is totally insane. 19:18:06, 2014-05-12
This is what every parking lot should look like! In the Grácia neighborhood of Barcelona… #Sustainability #Parking http://t.co/T8TSGIttv6 19:01:25, 2014-05-12
Boulder transportation GHG reduction goals: 41% from CAFE 44% from fuel switch. Only 15% from mode shift/VMT reduction? Really? Unambitious. 18:56:38, 2014-05-12
With all this lead up we better get to have a long rowdy discussion about the actual policy options. 18:45:12, 2014-05-12
Is this the 5th TAB "overview" of Boulder's new parking/access management plan? Still few details, but, uh… compass! http://t.co/lAjg4wxhNn 18:44:20, 2014-05-12
RT @GaryRidesBikes: If we melt Antarctica, newly exposed land could be more parking. Parking. Parking. Park in parking. Could be oil. Aspha… 16:16:51, 2014-05-12
RT @GaryRidesBikes: No. This solar roads concept can most definitely not power "the entire country". No. No. Nope. http://t.co/yhls43JaUV h… 16:04:56, 2014-05-12
What a statistically representative climate debate looks like. There are definitely hats: https://t.co/OxdecKFEny 15:02:26, 2014-05-12
@sugarmags3 Ice sheet collapse got you down? in reply to sugarmags3 13:59:46, 2014-05-12
@ericmbudd Also, the grotesque non-linearity of the system is not comforting. How lucky do you feel, punk? in reply to ericmbudd 13:24:03, 2014-05-12
@ericmbudd We built cathedrals once, that took centuries to complete. in reply to ericmbudd 13:23:37, 2014-05-12
Okay, enough ice sheet mourning. Back to trying to shut down the xenoforming machines. 13:21:59, 2014-05-12
Good explainer on instability of the #WAIS from @NASAJPL http://t.co/hU1yiBKofd and another from @BadAstronomer http://t.co/IeL0T9iZoq 13:18:51, 2014-05-12
Animation showing drainage rates and ice loss on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: https://t.co/Cct0LRjHIS 12:54:31, 2014-05-12
Also depends on when we decide to get our shit together as a species. Until then, bad news is an almost inexhaustible, renewable resource. 12:50:39, 2014-05-12
Is today the worst news day of your life? That depends on your discount rate. http://t.co/86ahdvVrbU 12:49:19, 2014-05-12
Sometimes Colorado rewards the lazy gardener. http://t.co/3i50qBtwM9 12:00:55, 2014-05-12
@ZachBehrens @GaryRidesBikes now you can bike to the tunnels to nowhere, for the nuclear war evacuation freeway that was never finished… in reply to ZachBehrens 01:07:39, 2014-05-12
@dansinker Well shoot, welcome to Boulder! Don't get your hopes up about the tacos though. in reply to dansinker 01:03:16, 2014-05-12
@bruteforceblog funny how the memes leak in, and you lose track of them. It just felt like I ought to search around for Dutch social housing in reply to bruteforceblog 23:11:05, 2014-05-11
So the world isn't all mortgage interest tax deductions and govt. sponsored securitization of single family home loans. Who knew? 22:15:33, 2014-05-11
Those organizations now produce >50% of *all* new Dutch housing, and own about 80% of all rental housing, without direct subsidy. 22:12:51, 2014-05-11
The Netherlands "privatized" social housing in the 1960s by turning it over to 100s of non-profit social enterprises: http://t.co/KIUKF811HW 22:05:00, 2014-05-11
Look up! Go for a bike ride. Smart phones and dumb people. Embrace the irony! https://t.co/6f4Hs8kQDe 21:33:56, 2014-05-11
@ericmbudd Train to Sac'to, 2-day ride S. to F'no then over to SCZ, up to SF, train up to Portlandia and back, train to DEN. Or something. in reply to ericmbudd 21:22:18, 2014-05-11
@ericmbudd I'm hoping to visit family and avoid living in a construction zone while the co-op is renovated… dunno what the schedule is yet. in reply to ericmbudd 21:18:08, 2014-05-11
@zaibatsu @ericmbudd Hoping to try this thing out with a late summer/early fall flightless trip to California with my bike. in reply to zaibatsu 21:13:01, 2014-05-11
@fishnette Wouldn't it be nice if we could just attribute this to the fact that we're really outdoorsy? 09:52:55, 2014-05-11
Portland, OR is encouraging ADUs as sustainable, affordable, small-scale infill development: http://t.co/rKUU9Zm9Gl C'mon Boulder! 00:39:31, 2014-05-11

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