Tweets for the Week of 2014-10-26 to 2014-11-01

Not all strategies that could have prevented climate change are going to be relevant to the task of both minimizing and surviving it. 22:06:57, 2014-11-01
Still life with Halloween and University Hill in #Boulder. http://t.co/ET62x2PXDI 10:37:45, 2014-11-01
But I need my car. Because whatever. Cc @newbelgium http://t.co/AjSvSOGW9R 15:07:43, 2014-10-31
@AlexSteffen (sorry for venting, just feel like I am living in some parallel universe filled with crazy people and you are not one of them) in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:47:40, 2014-10-31
@AlexSteffen I just can’t fucking take it seriously any more! It blocks everything I work on, except utility regulation. Everyone is MENTAL! in reply to ZaneSelvans 11:42:41, 2014-10-31
If parking is your reason why we can’t build bike lanes, affordable housing, walkable cities, good transit, maybe… parking is the problem? 11:40:01, 2014-10-31
@AlexSteffen but, but, PARKING! #WordsINeverWantToHearAgain in reply to AlexSteffen 11:32:33, 2014-10-31
RT @AlexSteffen: The idea that we have some perfect world now, and so any action we take on climate is a cost and any change a loss, is jus… 11:31:41, 2014-10-31
Any good comparisons of current #VisionZero, Dutch child street safety movement in 60s-70s, & failed US safe-streets movement of 100yrs ago? 11:30:23, 2014-10-31
RT @Naparstek: .@MDSHA I watched Bel Air, MD succumb to sprawl and highway engineering throughout the 80s and 90s. So, I am familiar with T… 11:24:33, 2014-10-31
@barryeisler @ggreenwald I mean, that’s why we do it, right? in reply to barryeisler 11:01:28, 2014-10-31
RT @Kurt_Vonnegut: The most daring thing to do with your life is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness c… 10:05:51, 2014-10-31
Anybody have a favorite talk or reading on carbon budgets? Per capita, city, state, corporate, etc? @AlexSteffen @drgrist @KevinClimate 10:04:08, 2014-10-31
.@MasalaCoop house costume next year? Huntsman spiders live communally, sharing prey, then burst into cannibalism: https://t.co/UWO3yTAzBO … 09:58:15, 2014-10-31
@Naparstek It sounds so deliciously sinister when you use the Capital Letters. (seriously) in reply to Naparstek 09:46:12, 2014-10-31
A weird residual consumerist desire to shop for something and buy it. Except I don’t actually want anything. Thank goodness for index funds. 22:57:02, 2014-10-30
@ericmbudd Man I long for the day when we see as many of those as the goddamned coal trains. in reply to ericmbudd 21:57:19, 2014-10-30
RT @drgrist: While You Were Getting Worked Up Over Oil Prices, This Just Happened to Solar http://t.co/rjer0c3aTy 21:40:14, 2014-10-30
RT @BrentToderian: Traffic #congestion is a powerful force. There's good & bad congestion. http://t.co/UGKlk0uUIU via @urban_future http://… 21:36:01, 2014-10-30
@drgrist @PPchef But it does mean a smaller pile of capital assets that need to be bought out or written off, which is a lot of difficulty. in reply to drgrist 15:32:19, 2014-10-30
What a 2°C carbon budget looks like, organized by generations past, present, and future: http://t.co/TA5XB31fjx 14:16:26, 2014-10-30
@NASCO_Coops WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER WORKSHOP MATERIALS RIGHT NOW. REALLY! (also, you should follow the @MasalaCoop) 10:19:02, 2014-10-30
I think maybe I should make sure my next cell phone number is from a non-swing state. 10:15:15, 2014-10-30
RT @neb: Apparently SF won the sportsball http://t.co/XNwuWdVqrJ 00:10:44, 2014-10-30
Of course @XcelEnergyCO won't share customer use data to facilitate energy efficiency. That would reduce kWh sales: http://t.co/pIikl8Or6q 22:58:28, 2014-10-29
Heehee 🙂 I said “kerfuffle” RT @meltzere: #Boulder residents run hot, cold on East Arapahoe plan. http://t.co/X3kZXhqB9N 22:33:47, 2014-10-29
@sampweaver Well 19k is certainly different from 4.3k staff was talking about. Interested to know where the discrepancy lies. in reply to sampweaver 22:26:26, 2014-10-29
@ericmbudd Hmm: "this doesn’t imply a drop in actual GDP, only that the full benefit won't show up in the standard measure of growth." in reply to ericmbudd 22:25:07, 2014-10-29
Getting some of the 40% of food that’s wasted in US to hungry folks. @waylonlewis does a shift with @BldrFoodRescue https://t.co/pv05YzR2Xf 22:21:33, 2014-10-29
RT @nils_gilman: RT @trevortimm: After not prosecuting Wall St, same banks continue to commit crimes. Weird. Who could have predicted. http… 20:34:12, 2014-10-29
And this is why nobody talks about policy decisions in terms of carbon budgets when in polite company. Should be a fun public hearing. 18:26:24, 2014-10-29
Of course this assumes future humans burn nothing, and a grossly inequitable division of remaining carbon, given historic emissions. 18:25:11, 2014-10-29
Also… the average US citizen burns through that 70 ton CO2 budget every 3.5 years. So… yeah. Who wants (yet another) stiff drink? 18:15:56, 2014-10-29
That’s 20% over budget, even if you never fly, drive, use gas heating, synthetic fertilizers, or any other power plant ever again. 18:08:26, 2014-10-29
If @XcelEnergyCO’s Comanche coal plant runs until 2069 as slated, it will emit 85T of CO2 for each Coloradan. Or 122% of per capita budget. 18:06:19, 2014-10-29
Splitting that 500GT equally (which is not to say equitably, by any stretch) across current human population of 7B gives ~70 tons CO2/person 18:03:33, 2014-10-29
Using @billmckibben’s 565GT budget from Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math in @RollingStone… we’ve got 500GT left (that was 2 years ago). 17:59:20, 2014-10-29
Putting almost any US GHG emissions in terms of global carbon budget == 100% guaranteed depressing conversation. Ugh. 17:53:32, 2014-10-29
@sampweaver Presentation didn’t make it totally obvious they were backing way off on scope. Lots of happytalk. Had to follow up in person. in reply to sampweaver 17:21:33, 2014-10-29
@fishnette So, so happy not to own a TV this year. Actually, every year. 17:12:16, 2014-10-29
@sampweaver @ABetterBoulder Based on presentation and subsequent conversation w/ Sam and Lesli anyways. in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:10:21, 2014-10-29
@sampweaver @ABetterBoulder At openhouse, sounded like no change in zoned intensity being considered, just mix of (small) remaining capacity in reply to sampweaver 17:09:36, 2014-10-29
@sampweaver @ABetterBoulder Could re-vamp at 55th, which would be good, but overall it'll remain a parking-lined freeway. in reply to ZaneSelvans 17:07:51, 2014-10-29
@sampweaver @ABetterBoulder Because with only 4300 spots out of 38000 to work with, very little change can be effected in the corridor. in reply to sampweaver 17:02:33, 2014-10-29
@trueanomalies Many problems, one solution. BLOW UP THE MOON! in reply to trueanomalies 14:51:19, 2014-10-29
Is it just a coincidence that "futility" contains the word "utility"? Sure doesn't feel like it today. 14:49:27, 2014-10-29
RT @F_WRLCK: @StrongTowns @WAbikes I LOVE Seattle's two-way, one lane neighborhood street. Nothing calms traffic like the possibility of on… 11:34:46, 2014-10-29
RT @ericmbudd: somewhat amazed that @nytimes is ending its Automobiles section: http://t.co/skb5a7zd0v via @BicycleLobby 11:25:01, 2014-10-29
@kelseykccody Definitely going up on the blog. in reply to kelseykccody 10:08:54, 2014-10-29
Well then. So much for all that testimony I was slaving over. 09:29:59, 2014-10-29
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Epel: so let's split it off and do decoupling separately since we've got consensus. 09:29:26, 2014-10-29
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Patton: Think this does belong in a rate case. Just not this rate case. Want it to be CACJA stuff, not a decoupling pr… 09:29:24, 2014-10-29
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Vaad: this should really have its own separate docket. Far reaching impacts. 09:29:21, 2014-10-29
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Epel: reason for including decoupling here is dissatisfaction with strategic DSM. Why include this in "the CACJA rate … 09:29:19, 2014-10-29
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Colorado PUC considering whether to include decoupling in rate case 14AL-0660E in their weekly meeting now. 09:29:16, 2014-10-29
Frost warning tonight. Gonna see just how far I can push this sleeping outside thing. Suspect my comforter is good to well below freezing. 23:50:46, 2014-10-28
RT @meltzere: #Boulder council: Enforce alternative transportation plans. http://t.co/LwZFmpTLBW 23:18:14, 2014-10-28
Closing statement from Glustrom, thankful for Jackson's new face, hopeful @XcelEnergyCO will turn over a new leaf. 21:07:23, 2014-10-28
Younger person appalled that gas pipeline is considered a long term asset. Called it a "band aid on gaping wound" re fracking. Also climate. 20:32:55, 2014-10-28
Discounting of working capital for pass through costs like fuel at the WACC doesn't make sense, because it's a truly deferred customer cost. 20:29:32, 2014-10-28
Jackson getting a note from an Xcel compatriot in the audience. Blargh. We could do a 2hr talk on this alone. Real problem is very subtle. 20:24:32, 2014-10-28
Glustrom trying to explain discounting to the public. Ugh. Good luck with that. If only @drgrist were here… with a six pack. 20:21:48, 2014-10-28
Jackson thankfully admitting that carbon cost shouldn't be zero. Which it is now for planning purposes. Also, 111d rules coming from @EPA 20:19:36, 2014-10-28
Also it's standard in the industry. Totally crazy, but standard. 20:17:03, 2014-10-28
Holy crap… Jackson says she's unaware of any fuel discounting in the resource planning. Seriously? Its gigantic! It's EVERYTHING! 20:15:51, 2014-10-28
Glustrom: cost arguments are close to being moot. Renewables continue to decline in cost, fuels to rise. Also… discounting! 20:13:25, 2014-10-28
Would need to be addressed in the next Electric Resource Plan… which starts in 2015. 20:11:10, 2014-10-28
Dr. Joe of @ConservationCO asks: are you working on a plan that actually consistent with 2°C? At all? How seriously? AJ: no not really. 20:09:41, 2014-10-28
Glustrom: also, atmosphere demands 2020-2030 to retire them all for <2°C. That's the only timeframe that matters. 20:07:14, 2014-10-28
Glustrom: Can't do it tomorrow… but we could do it a whole lot faster than Xcel is doing it. More than anything we need a plan to do it! 20:05:01, 2014-10-28
Response is that it's too expensive, no technology available to do it right now. Also… public consensus isn't behind it in Colorado now. 20:03:32, 2014-10-28
Chris Hoffman from @EmpowerBoulder asking re: IPCC reports… How can you possibly justify spending any of our money on more fossil fuels? 20:01:33, 2014-10-28
And the atmosphere doesn't care if we burn it now or later. Burning vs. leaving it in the ground is the only thing that counts. 19:44:25, 2014-10-28
Claiming reduction in emissions systemwide, but on annual basis, not cumulative. Comanche 3 = 500MT CO2 over its service lifetime. 19:43:16, 2014-10-28
Attempting to make a technical rather than rhetorical or ethical case. Might work at PUC but with an untrusting public? 19:39:56, 2014-10-28
Jackson expects load growth in the next 3 years, referring back to negotiated 2012 settlement for rates. Property taxes… blah blah blah. 19:37:22, 2014-10-28
Jackson: spent 7yrs negotiating against Xcel in front of PUC, before getting hired by them. 10,000 pages in this filing. $2M budgeted. 19:31:29, 2014-10-28
@AndyRose12 Meadows Library, no stream but its being recorded. in reply to AndyRose12 19:28:34, 2014-10-28
$1.1B of request is for CACJA, largely for emissions retrofits on old coal plants. Presumption of prudence, but no guarantee. 19:27:54, 2014-10-28
Flat sales, flat capacity, but profits increasing from $300M to $700M per year in Colorado. $2B requested in current case for CACJA… etc. 19:24:24, 2014-10-28
Recounting recent rate increases: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014. Half a billion into the rate base over last 7 yrs. Mostly coal. 19:21:09, 2014-10-28
Glustrom recounting @XcelEnergyCO initial objections to integrating significant wind, before becoming a nationwide leader in the field. 19:15:42, 2014-10-28
Bob Morehouse's introduction of Leslie decidedly more colorful than of Alice Jackson… Who used to work for Enron, Occidental Petroleum. 19:11:28, 2014-10-28
@sugarmags3 I opted for espresso. More testimony to write after the debate. On this very rate case in fact. in reply to sugarmags3 19:05:40, 2014-10-28
Gonna watch @ClnEnergyAction founder Leslie Glustrom debate @XcelEnergyCO VP Karen Jackson over CACJA cost recovery. No idea why Xcel agreed 18:27:20, 2014-10-28
@ericmbudd Boulder county roads just seem like a tiny version of the broader unfunded transportation O&M issues we’ve got nationwide… in reply to ericmbudd 17:27:13, 2014-10-28
@ericmbudd It’ll be way more fun at the high stakes table with @USDOT and @USDOTFHWA in reply to ericmbudd 17:05:02, 2014-10-28
A beautiful interactive illustration of the fact that cities aren’t magically “done" when they reach “build out”: http://t.co/fMnNsfgFiY 12:40:43, 2014-10-28
RT @BrentToderian: We spend too much time agonizing about how tall buildings are, & not enough time on how buildings meet the ground. http:… 11:52:07, 2014-10-28
RT @grescoe: In US 30,800 people die in 5.6M crashes (2012)
Which state has worst drivers? Most distracted? Most drunk?
Epic post:
http://t… 11:51:36, 2014-10-28
RT @FastCoExist: On a new shared street in Chicago, there are no sidewalks, no lights, and no signs http://t.co/A8opc1KqUQ http://t.co/1AAh… 11:48:12, 2014-10-28
@neil21 It’s zombies, all the way down. in reply to neil21 11:47:35, 2014-10-28
@ericmbudd Also, thanks for dinner the other night. You gotta let me cook you some Sichuan noodles next time 😉 in reply to ericmbudd 11:45:15, 2014-10-28
RT @nils_gilman: The cryosphere only cares about the numerator RT @techreview Carbon Intensity of US Economy
http://t.co/SPnxzGhAlA http://… 11:43:06, 2014-10-28
@ericmbudd Could anything be more no than that? in reply to ericmbudd 11:39:46, 2014-10-28
I’ve come to see conspicuous non-consumption as a measure of wealth. By which I mean a person’s ability to live happily below their means. 11:31:48, 2014-10-28
@trueanomalies "OMG. It’s made of stars…" 09:24:17, 2014-10-28
Boulder’s given up on any vision for E. Arapahoe land-use changes, but BRT could lay a foundation for the future: http://t.co/8kHx5Wxd18 09:04:15, 2014-10-28
@ericmbudd I’ve definitely come to see conspicuously modest consumption patterns as an indicator of wealth (i.e. excess financial capacity). in reply to ericmbudd 00:20:02, 2014-10-28
@fffalcon @350Colorado Sadly, no. That night I’m training folks on the current Xcel rate case, so they can make public comments. in reply to fffalcon 00:17:11, 2014-10-28
@ericmbudd But only if you’re willing to, you know, build some actual cities around walking and biking. in reply to ericmbudd 00:13:38, 2014-10-28
Funny how people who walk & bike use words like “hellhole” & “wasteland” to describe E. Arapahoe, but drivers seem to think it’s just fine. 00:11:37, 2014-10-28
RT @sigvei: @TheEconomist OK, so that's plutocracy. Have you got any graphs on who would win under hagiarchy, gerontocracy or kleptocracy? … 00:04:25, 2014-10-28
RT @kmac: Go home you're drunk MT “@TheEconomist: If GDP counted, not people, Neves would be Brazil's president, not Rousseff. http://t.co/… 00:04:18, 2014-10-28
Good essay on risk of Ebola pandemic in developing world, and lousy human intuitive risk assessment more generally: http://t.co/d5Fghofpyk 23:59:41, 2014-10-27
@ericmbudd Not if GDP has anything to say about it! in reply to ericmbudd 23:13:48, 2014-10-27
They’ll take any load they can get… MT @UtilityDive: "Don't ask. Don’t tell” — How utilities power marijuana industry http://t.co/jNX0qUFXoY 23:09:29, 2014-10-27
@scottholton @ericmbudd LOL, I told them I hate golf courses too. in reply to scottholton 21:10:37, 2014-10-27
@cfenno3 apparently the city needs more views of the flatirons. in reply to cfenno3 18:35:07, 2014-10-27
@ericmbudd total waste of everyone's time. in reply to ericmbudd 18:34:34, 2014-10-27
34,000 units out here now. 4300 as of yet to be developed. Doesn't matter what we do with those. Corridor character will remain unchanged. 18:10:50, 2014-10-27
But everyone seems optimistic about getting BRT along CO-7. Apparently @RideRTD has come around and is supportive. 17:55:00, 2014-10-27
At the East Arapahoe open house. Sounds like city has been scared away from urbanization. Just talking low density housing/retail/jobs mix? 17:50:45, 2014-10-27
RT @andrew_leach: See, that's the thing with external costs….they're internal to someone else, just not the person making the production … 17:00:34, 2014-10-27
We’re luckier than we often realize. 52 years ago today Soviet submariner Василий Архипов prevented a nuclear war: https://t.co/14GKSHNPr2 09:01:09, 2014-10-27
@Harringtonkent Oh fine, just rub it in why don’t you… in reply to Harringtonkent 08:56:04, 2014-10-27
@Harringtonkent @renew_economy @brucenilles Unless you’re a utility with a large portfolio of undepreciated generation assets to strand. in reply to Harringtonkent 22:52:35, 2014-10-26
Will the Central Valley go the same way as the Aral Sea? http://t.co/1pf23FxQVm 21:44:29, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd Does your friend actually want to talk about GDP? 😉 in reply to ericmbudd 17:18:16, 2014-10-26
@drgrist Legally changing your name to some obscure Etruscan deity is great SEO. Selvans: https://t.co/ZjWapSzli7 in reply to drgrist 16:58:04, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd Or maybe better a bike ride followed by dinner. in reply to ericmbudd 16:31:21, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd We should have dinner. in reply to ericmbudd 16:26:21, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd Does anybody actually care about economic output? Or do we care about quality of life? in reply to ericmbudd 16:23:18, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd OK maybe I was wrong about mass frugality outbreak. Millennials: The Cheapest Generation: http://t.co/au2zoZF7SX via @AlexSteffen in reply to ericmbudd 16:21:06, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd Sadly I doubt we have to worry about a widespread breakout of mass frugality. 😉 in reply to ericmbudd 16:11:30, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd Also: Fuck GDP. in reply to ericmbudd 16:10:40, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd By “retired” I just mean financially independent, not blissed out and unproductive. Plenty of unremunerative work to be done. in reply to ericmbudd 16:10:06, 2014-10-26
The status quo would be terrified of a bunch of frugal progressives retired by their early 30s and engaged in local politics full time. #MMM 15:43:42, 2014-10-26
RT @nntaleb: @michaelpollan Hi there; finally our Precautionary Principle with Application to GMOs is on arXiv. http://t.co/bqkb2rhDMb 14:42:27, 2014-10-26
RT @WIRED: How building a black hole for "Interstellar" led to an amazing scientific discovery http://t.co/fgbFlKuXbf http://t.co/mEjoTiyzgG 14:13:56, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd Oooh, I would do it with Python. You have some basic twittery Python script I could start with? in reply to ericmbudd 11:54:32, 2014-10-26
@kelseykccody We are so spectacularly domesticated. in reply to kelseykccody 11:53:50, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd I mean, that’s why it’s called hard-ware and not easy-ware, right? in reply to ericmbudd 11:47:41, 2014-10-26
@ericmbudd Is there any good way to see all the accounts you follow that *aren’t* in a list yet? So you can put them in one? 11:46:42, 2014-10-26
Several @RideRTD park-n-rides to start charging fees this week. Yay! First 24 hours still free to most users. Boo! http://t.co/6njbOghwxz 10:19:50, 2014-10-26
Why we should value slow traffic over fast emergency response: #Boulder 17 year old seriously injured in hit-and-run: http://t.co/L1CvjoRo6S 10:03:47, 2014-10-26

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