Energy networks research lead @csiro, founder @ecologicapps, tweets on #ecohacking #cleantech and other things that inspire me | he/him
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An excellent #dataviz on why immediate action on #climatechange buys us time and reduces the economic disruption of the cleantech transition
How the next 5 years can buy us a decade to solve climate change abc.net.au/news/2021-06-15/a…
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I know you're tired. I know COVID-19 is overwhelming. It's been a scary few months.
For many of us across the world, the foundation has been ripped out from under us, but can you do me this one thing?
(A thread.) theguardian.com/environment/…
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Fun fact
$25k is about the estimate for a full retrofit of a social housing dwelling.
Solar, battery, heat pump, insulation...the lot.
Cost savings, health benefits, greater social equity.
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Australia has found common ground to respond to Covid-19. We can do the same for climate change | Cassandra Goldie, Innes Willox, Emma Herd theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Watching Christiana Figueres and her positive vision for climate action at @WOMADelaide. If you’re interested in a carbon calculator check out our free app here: getecologic.com
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Stopping climate change is only expensive compared to an imaginary world where climate change doesn't exist. It's *incredibly cheap* compared to the actual cost of a 3 degree warmer world.
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This speech from @SachaBaronCohen is so good -- such an eloquent, deeply informed, absolutely uncompromising summary of the threat to democracy from social media-enabled conspiracy and disinformation --
I'm posting it again.
Watch. Listen. Share.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymaWq5…
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Fascinating thread on systemic change: "But I think the surprising nature of exponential growth also limits our ability to imagine radical transformative change in our lifetimes."
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Here are four points that I think are poorly understood that will not brighten your evening.
I've said it before, but it's important.
1) Australia will not meet its Paris goal under current policy settings. We won't even be close. We miss it by a mile on *all* estimates.
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Headlines like this make it harder for climate advocates to do our job of pressuring policy makers to actually do their job. #Renewable Industry folks (@cleannrgcouncil @Vestas and others), I know its Aussie to say "she'll be right mate" but we have a #climatecrisis!
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The #climatestrike movement demands your attention.
The world's youth are staring a planetary catastrophe in the face and refusing to pretend that going on with life as usual is a sensible, moral or practical thing to do.
They're shaming their elders' greed, despair & inaction.
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”You are not mature enough to tell it like it is. Even that burden you leave to your children.”
Here’s my full speech in front of the UN plenary at #COP24 .
youtu.be/HzeekxtyFOY
#ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #SchoolStrike4Climate #ClimateJustice
Only a matter of time until climate policies begin to impact trade negotiations. The next logical step is carbon tariffs, which will penalize climate laggards such as Australia and US where it hurts
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🤓 for clear energy discussions it's best to avoid the word "baseload"!
four uses i've encountered:
1. inflexible steady power — coal
2. flexible power on demand — gas, hydro (+batteries)
3. lowest generation level for a power station or fleet
4. minimum demand over a period
Nanette on Netflix easily the best standup show I’ve seen in my life. Insightful, funny and provocative perspectives on sexuality, feminism, gender, art history(!) and the power and pitfalls of comedy / story-telling as a tool to improve society. Well done @Hannahgadsby
Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth new landmark study finds theguardian.com/environment/…
I am excited to present at the Australian Residential Energy Rating Conference today on how @ecologicapps can help drive Australian building energy performance. Head to the main room after lunch #arer2018 @CSIROnews
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“If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.” —President Eisenhower Most try to make tough problems solvable by chopping them up into smaller pieces. But this sacrifices the design space we need to consider options, degrees of freedom, synergies. Enlarge your systems’ boundaries. xitter.cf/harvardalumni/status/9…
@DMIinNYC @AmoryLovins @goklemp @Pozen Hope you're enjoying #HarvardReunion! Any #gradvice you could share with #Harvard18?
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Friendly reminder here: Blockchain might be a great way to settle transactions, but it doesn't tell you how to operate the power grid, aka the world's largest and most complex interconnected machine, within narrow physical constraints in real time.
We’re at @SmartEnergyCncl ‘s #SmartEnergy2018 today. We have a prezi at around 140 but otherwise drop us a DM if you’d like to meet for a coffee.