My back of the envelope calcs say rough 33% reduction in total energy (assuming 10% T&D losses, 100% of electricity from 44% efficient nat gas generation) which would be worst case considering the actual UK fuel mix

Do you take a look at the grid efficiencies, T&D losses, heat rates, etc?

Power Lines Drawing #76 (Detroit, Riopelle St) June 2022 marcusjmerritt.com/power-lines-...

Someone send him @stephenjacobsmith.bsky.social’s presentation

“I’m a knucklehead at times”

those grand fresh-water seas of ours,—Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan,—possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean’s noblest traits

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Jimmy Carter, The Great Deregulator | The Regulatory Review

By pushing for deregulation and adopting other reforms, President Carter left an enduring legacy on the U.S. regulatory system.

I’ve posted my hourlong presentation from NFPA’s single-stair symposium. The speaker notes contain my almost verbatim narration. Feel free to grab from it for any noncommercial purpose, and email me (stephen@centerforbuilding.org) if you have any questions. docs.google.com/presentation...

NFPA Single-Exit Symposium presentation

NFPA single-exit symposium Stephen Smith stephen@centerforbuilding.org September 12, 2024 Quincy, MA Hello everybody. My name is Stephen Smith, I am the executive director of the Center for Building i...

How the heck were they getting that much water pressure? Was that all gravity? Or were there crazy pumps or some sort??