Raleigh, NC
Joined July 2016
I spent a short two days at Climate Week this year and came away feeling optimistic about the direction of carbon removal. One takeaway: the advantages of direct storage of biomass became even clearer, particularly for pulpwood and small-diameter trees in the Southeast (1/4)
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It can be relatively low cost, modular, and scaled up piece by piece. That makes it possible to add capacity incrementally without requiring a massive upfront investment. (3/4)
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It may also avoid some of the permitting delays, complex infrastructure, uncertain MRV, and other challenges that can make carbon removal projects difficult to scale. (4/4)
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You need to be delusional if you want to be successful because your goals shape what you perceive. You won't notice the rare opportunity or life path if your goal isn't so big that others think you are crazy.
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I don't think many on this site thinks much about corporate net zero. But I do, and I have something I think is important to say. You see, net zero is not a target in the ordinary sense. It is a vision with a target component, and an obligation to act to make the vision possible, even when those actions don't show up in GHG inventories. Can companies keep targets they can't reach? I think they should. But we should not judge companies mainly on the basis of their emissions inventory, instead mostly on what they do to help Build the World their Target Assumes. Today too many companies focus too narrowly on what they can measure, not necessarily on what matters most for climate impact. This has a lot of downstream consequences. Luckely I've co-authored a whole report about it
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If you have kids, this will hit hard. You’ve been warned 😭
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A group of Western VCs goes to China, not to invest but to see what the competition is like. They realize that China is too far ahead on clean tech and decide the only way forward is to work with Chinese companies. One VC describing a visit to Chinese battery giant CATL:
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Wife just sent me this video of early Saturday morning of me and my daughter looking for sea shells. In 30 years I will probably be willing to give up most of my net worth to go back this period of my life. Currently my daughter thinks I’m still cool, and I like that
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Highs between 78–80F in Raleigh for the next 7 days. I fully accept this is fake fall, but I’m here for it.
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If the goal of SAF is to mitigate fossil emissions, carbon removal can do the same - potentially with greater scalability and lower cost in the near term. I agree that long-term SAF will be essential, but perhaps carbon removal can serve as a bridge? (2/2)
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I really hope all the colds I’m getting with young kids means I will never get sick once they’re older and out of daycare. Immune system training? 💪
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Busy day in the BUS Lab as we prepare bioreactors for anaerobic digestion experiments.
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Nothing like replying to urgent emails from my phone while sitting in the eye doctor’s office with both eyes fully dilated
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“Globally, sustainable aviation fuel is expected to increase to 0.7% from 0.3% of aviation fuel this year. But the International Air Transport Assn. expects air travel to climb 6%, causing another jump in emissions.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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