Erik Hansen

Great discussion!
I'm the author of these diagrams and a lot of the questions that come up around them are addressed in this companion diagram that breaks down the differences starting at the power plant.👇

Much more context is in the original article:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/01/elec...

Rudy press conference at 4 seasons total landscaping

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

This is incredibly helpful, thank you!

Why Are Electricity Prices Rising? Probably not for the reasons that you think

Here's a really great, clear explanation from @michael-thomas.bsky.social of what we know about why US electricity prices are rising. (No, it's not data centers, except in some very specific local areas.)

Trump says San Francisco ‘went wrong.’ Crime data shows otherwise. Homicides are their lowest since 1954, robberies since 1985, and smash-and-grabs are down by more than half since 2022.

Trump says San Francisco ‘went wrong,' but crime data shows otherwise.

Homicides are their lowest since 1954, robberies since 1985, and smash-and-grabs are down by more than half since 2022.

via @kellywaldron.bsky.social

missionlocal.org/2025/10/trum...

The annual @solarchase.bsky.social solar thread is here and it’s another banger ☀️🧵

+1

Perfect morning music for making breakfast, coffee, ushering kiddo to school. Sounds very much like a companion to the incredible Off-Piste.

The Cool Kids - When Fish Ride Bicycles (album cover)

Line chart showing that there's been a rapid escalation in how quickly the world installs a gigawatt of solar power capacity.

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: < A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

Luna Coffee packages and zine for month of August 2025 on kitchen table.

Last month's Luna coffee sub was fun! ☕📦

Same producer, same processing methods, but two different varietals so we can explore the difference that varietals make in flavor and cup profile (as opposed to producers or processing).

It’s definitely enough of an increase for us to start thinking about other options! But, I love supporting a small roaster who is doing amazing work supporting small coffee producers.

We have a monthly subscription to Luna Coffee, wonderful roasters up in Vancouver. They informed us that "the de minimis exemption for parcels entering the United States ended August 29th" and now are passing along the $19 USD tariff to customers (exactly what economists predicted would happen).

There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.

This is simply false.

- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life

On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.

Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”

Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

It's a pilot biomass carbon removal project. The LCA doesn't pencil, that's why Frontier declined to do a pre-purchase.

Different Rooms, by Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer 10 track album

Keep revisiting this absolute gem from Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer. It's in the same conversation as ambient jazz masterpieces from Nala Sinephro. Repeating motifs, absolutely stunning melodies, and guest appearances from Jeff Parker & Josh Johnson. International Anthem does it again.

Defenders of car-centric road planning claim that highway widenings reduce emissions (b/c they lessen congestion) while slow urban streets increase emissions (b/c they worsen congestion).

Neither of those assertions is true.

And @mikehower.bsky.social is now on Bluesky, give him a follow!

How Chief Sustainability Officers advance sustainability storytelling Podcast Episode · The Sustainability Communicator with Mike Hower · 08/08/2025 · 32m

Had the privilege of speaking with friend and sustainability comms expert Mike Hower for his latest pod. We cover a lot of ground, including how CSOs help drive sustainability storytelling & what our approach looks like at @workday.com (and why). Great conversation! 🎙️

100%. But, alas...

This is why Advance Market Commitment's like Frontier exist. And that AMC should be government led, not private sector as part of voluntary carbon market. And orders of magnitude larger! *sigh*

a minion is holding a banana in front of a keyboard Alt: Minions

Having watched every Despicable Me movie countless times w/ the 7 yr old, when I listen to the new Clipse album all I can think about every time Pharrell starts singing is:

Watching Star Wars at home

Proud father moment: my 7 yr old watched Star Wars for the first time. ❤️ 🌌

Watched Episode IV first, the way God intended. 💫

Motherfucking wind farms…

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

🤣

Truth!

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Will Ferrell, Nick Jonas and Jimmy Perform a Song About Jorts | The Tonight Show

Yes, jorts. They are *everywhere*.

Money. It’s always the money. 😡