Tweets for the Week of 2014-06-15 to 2014-06-21

So we might as well do our best to get them to build the right kind of bubbles. 03:35:01, 2014-06-21
Sometimes a bubble leaves behind valuable infrastructure. Railroads. Dark fiber. Gifts to the public from misallocated private capital. 03:09:08, 2014-06-21
Are people who grow up poor or female more risk averse? If so, would it be a problem for civilization that mostly rich dudes run things? 02:18:41, 2014-06-21
Feed-in-Tariffs are simple… but to stay effective they require constant adjustment, which is politically difficult: http://t.co/usbT44JY1q 02:48:27, 2014-06-20
Why does it feel better when something has a nice latin sounding name, even if it still hurts? Cervical Radiculopathy. Bleah. 02:20:25, 2014-06-20
@trueanomalies What?!? Only just a few months ago? They’re wonderful with binoculars in the desert… in reply to trueanomalies 22:03:23, 2014-06-19
@kelseykccody And the rent is too damn high! http://t.co/CA8bIjU3ON in reply to kelseykccody 22:00:29, 2014-06-19
RT @WIRED: A new kind of bike lane that could save lives and make cycling more popular http://t.co/z8VXgFXRP5 http://t.co/aYaOm9r28H 21:54:39, 2014-06-19
It's always entertaining to watch other scientists advocate against scientists advocating. @CIRESnews 13:50:45, 2014-06-19
3) Then the question isn't whether investment in mitigation hurts "The Economy" or not, it's about what kind of economy we actually want. 12:27:28, 2014-06-19
2) This becomes especially interesting if you're willing to admit that costs are a function of subjective risk tolerance/time preferences. 12:27:15, 2014-06-19
1) Do people really think that carbon pricing is a macroeconomic downer if the revenues are spent on negative-cost emissions mitigation? 12:26:56, 2014-06-19
Small is both green and affordable. Why not allow downsizing in place by making a big home into two smaller ones? http://t.co/QSXyLCmVBi 08:58:34, 2014-06-19
If China wants to subsidize our solar, why don't we let them? via @nelderini: http://t.co/NiHv23GWj9 http://t.co/ww1Nr8SWYU in reply to nelderini 14:59:58, 2014-06-18
You can double street activity by doubling the number of people who come, or just doubling how long they stay: http://t.co/Nwfl1P1Z2a 14:43:23, 2014-06-18
@ericmbudd of course, the other side I that is the hedonic adaptation of the West. We use 5x the energy required for a good life. in reply to ericmbudd 11:46:55, 2014-06-18
Sadly the co-op herb garden just got whacked. Weed whacked, that is. The problem with #outsourcing… http://t.co/Pd1cjR2mNS 11:25:53, 2014-06-18
@pc0101 @astro_alex Ugh, wow, that's not the greatest search interface… Is it indexed by the Google? Maybe I can use their search by image… in reply to PC0101 11:06:39, 2014-06-18
RT @JeffSpeckAICP: This just in on Climate Change: http://t.co/u5s7pByfkC 11:02:37, 2014-06-18
@ericmbudd Problem is much of the world is still on the part of the curve where *more* energy is vital, thus that graph I retweeted earlier. in reply to ericmbudd 11:01:54, 2014-06-18
@ericmbudd Maybe talk to @bouldergobldr and see what racks they went with for the downtown bike station at @RideRTD transit center. in reply to ericmbudd 11:00:00, 2014-06-18
@ericmbudd Energy will always be necessary, but I think the proportion of growth/productivity it's responsible for could change dramatically in reply to ericmbudd 10:58:38, 2014-06-18
@ericmbudd How about https://t.co/krD001iPuY or https://t.co/K39zdLfEhU in reply to ericmbudd 10:56:21, 2014-06-18
@ericmbudd Time to double-deck that shit. Like every train station in Germany and the Netherlands… in reply to ericmbudd 10:52:54, 2014-06-18
Utilities pass both risks & costs on to customers, but risks don't show up on your bill. What if they did? http://t.co/ADEg7X7gxO 10:47:37, 2014-06-18
A great overview of induced traffic demand from @Wired. The more people who understand feedback loops the better! http://t.co/SxqEhpqPdu 10:38:19, 2014-06-18
Gonna have a little Skype chat with @greenman3610 about US coal costs & supplies. Fast track to fame and fortune? Ha! cc @ClnEnergyAction 08:52:00, 2014-06-18
.@SustRevLgmt is hosting an event tonight on a new co-housing community taking shape in Longmont, CO: http://t.co/B8I4bBSaUm 08:47:16, 2014-06-18
Hedonic adaptation is a blessing in hard times, but an easily exploitable curse when the living's easy. The fountain of our unlimited wants. 08:33:50, 2014-06-18
RT @RogerPielkeJr: The attache graph shows carbon intensity of global energy consumption 1965-2013.
Discussion: http://t.co/VlS46gjyfd http… 08:24:55, 2014-06-18
RT @Astro_Alex: Look at what a fragile, thin layer of air protects our #BlueDot http://t.co/CCeY9W7AI8 23:27:53, 2014-06-17
@astro_alex Are the full resolution versions of the awesome earth pics you take posted somewhere? Would make great desktop wallpapers. in reply to Astro_Alex 23:27:10, 2014-06-17
In which I try to explain split incentives & unpriced utility fuel cost risks to a lay audience. Riiiight. Good luck: http://t.co/ADEg7X7gxO 16:47:03, 2014-06-17
RT @bradplumer: SolarCity is planning to build one of the largest solar manufacturing plants in the world in New York: http://t.co/VBUzknTl… 16:25:24, 2014-06-17
@kelseykccody Yeah, it's a bootstrapping problem. Which I think FITs do a good job of addressing, personally. in reply to kelseykccody 16:24:26, 2014-06-17
@laplacanancy We're gonna do another two of them one in Boulder this summer and then a CU student focused one in the fall. in reply to laplacanancy 14:46:50, 2014-06-17
@energycollectiv Just FYI, you're getting some weird HTML escaped characters in your tweets. Dunno if it's easy to fix. in reply to EnergyCollectiv 14:46:01, 2014-06-17
@garyridesbikes i.e. > $100/bbl, with further exploration and development being a total waste of money, given necessary carbon budgets? in reply to GaryRidesBikes 13:32:19, 2014-06-17
RT @alexgdodds: "People are willing to pay 74% more for office space in a walkable, urban neighborhood than in an office park." #FootTraffi… 13:27:11, 2014-06-17
Which is why feed-in-tariffs (fixed ROI based on costs at time of construction) don't seem completely crazy. 13:02:02, 2014-06-17
Except that much of what drives the decline in pricing is economies of scale and the learning curve that comes with more deployment. 13:00:47, 2014-06-17
If the cost of the resource declines over time, the profitable thing to do would seem to be to wait and build it later. 12:59:59, 2014-06-17
Deploying capital to build wind & solar power strikes me as similar to the problem of spurring investment in a deflationary environment. 12:58:50, 2014-06-17
Let the vertical integration of Big Solar begin: @SolarCity buys Silevo to scale up production of high efficiency PV: http://t.co/rEsOuHBQCG 10:32:22, 2014-06-17
RT @marynewsom: Dan Burden: We need to stop thinking people don't want density. "What they don't want to do is live in ugly places." #doabl… 10:14:52, 2014-06-17
@andrew_leach If $ from carbon pricing was used to fund cost-effective energy efficiency, would it still be a macroeconomic drag? in reply to andrew_leach 10:10:17, 2014-06-17
RT @CommunityCycles: @BoulderWalkBike Today 5% of proceeds at @IdealMarket will go to @CommunityCycles.We'll also have free mini bike tune-… 10:04:30, 2014-06-17
RT @CommunityCycles: Looking forward to talking carbon-zero transportation w/ some of you at tonight's @ClnEnergyAction speakeasy! https://… 17:00:40, 2014-06-16
Good use of gas… @EnergyCollectiv: Barclays throwing Gasoline on the Fire that is Battle Between Utilities & Solar… http://t.co/AIg1qlcu9y in reply to EnergyCollectiv 16:29:58, 2014-06-16
@ericmbudd @bouldercolorado I knew there was a reason I didn't like that area… There's hope for the right half at least. cc @BoulderParking in reply to ericmbudd 14:10:54, 2014-06-16
Coal's on the ropes in the US, but in Asia it be like… BURN MOAR!!! http://t.co/PfyXvQaxND http://t.co/MT8qOfu0ns @KenCaldeira #Xenoforming in reply to KenCaldeira 12:55:33, 2014-06-16
Looking at oil alone, companies responsible for 39% of non-OPEC production spend nearly $400B/yr on exploration: http://t.co/qgWMiIXeTa 11:10:29, 2014-06-16
If the entire fossil carbon industry redirected those capital flows, it would represent a HUGE influx of cash for zero-carbon energy. 11:08:32, 2014-06-16
Were last year's failed BLM coal lease auctions in Wyoming's Powder River Basin the first wave of that kind of capital reallocation? 11:04:36, 2014-06-16
In world with a carbon budget, much money going to find new carbon reserves today would be better directed toward other energy investments. 11:03:14, 2014-06-16
Good overview of the carbon bubble. We need to stop spending money searching for expensive new stranded assets: http://t.co/ayUhZbTu9v 10:47:32, 2014-06-16
@alicebowslarkin Shipping is just one small part of the (interesting) talk, but it got me thinking about a pretty different kind of industry in reply to alicebowslarkin 10:20:26, 2014-06-16
@alicebowslarkin @KevinClimate Reminds me of Sneakernet, but for bulk commodities… https://t.co/p8MHFgJPpJ https://t.co/YM03jN6Pnn 10:13:33, 2014-06-16
@alicebowslarkin @KevinClimate Have you seen Kim Stanley Robinson's talk mentioning high latency, high throughput wind-powered shipping? 10:12:20, 2014-06-16
RT @andrew_leach: I await the @aaronwherry blog on why Shell wants to kill jobs and how they don't understand the energy business like our … 09:26:06, 2014-06-16
RT @andrew_leach: From Shell. RT @davidshellblog: Here are the top ten reasons why business should love a price on carbon. http://t.co/728l… 09:25:59, 2014-06-16
@farkastime86 This is an at-reply, it's public, but only seen by someone who follows both of us, or goes to the author's profile directly. in reply to farkastime86 08:51:50, 2014-06-15
@farkastime86 Don't worry Timmy Swimmy, you'll figure it out. Just get a few interesting folks in your feed, and branch out from there. in reply to farkastime86 08:50:03, 2014-06-15
RT @interfluidity: if tornadic supercell thunderstorms didn’t actually exist, we’d laugh em off as corny special fx RT @SeanSchoferTVN: htt… 08:46:19, 2014-06-15

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