Kia powers the home, which includes a fridge, charging hub, air fryer, and coffee maker during Helene. Used 5% of charge for 24-hour fridge use.

Some heavy duty supply chain risk in Helene:

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I always thought the mines in Spruce Pine, NC made kitchen countertops. TIL they made the Palomar Observatory, and pretty much every modern computer chip:

The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone Possible

The processor that makes your laptop or cell phone work was fabricated using quartz from this obscure Appalachian backwater.

There are no climate havens, and no zero-sum games exist: climate change won't 'benefit' regions or places. Sooner or later, the effects will be here for all.

“Moody’s Analytics said it expects $15 billion to $26 billion in property damage. AccuWeather’s preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Helene in the U.S. is between $95 billion and $110 billion.” apnews.com/article/hurr...

At least 56 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across the Southeast

Helene blew ashore in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 mph (225 kph) and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.

TIL this week in D.C : DOE doesn’t have access to academic journals.

Using a Waterhouse painting based on Odyssey to make a point about regulations of natural monopolies is so… creative??? Who says academic writing is bad.

“Like the Ulysses and the sirens, regulators hands must be tied to the mast” in energy policy 🤌🤌

3) I'll be in Washington, D.C. (25-27 Sept), Seattle (INFORMS 20-23 Oct), and Columbus, Ohio (SAE, energy and propulsion, 12- 14 Nov), and I would love to chat! Thank you!

2) I've joined UC Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral fellow, researching what's driving California's "early majority" clean-tech adoption. Coupled with costly electricity, an aging grid, & climate change-driven wildfires, lessons from California will have consequences across 🌎

If you're hiring or know of jobs that align, let me know! My email : madalsa [at] ucsb [dot] edu which leads me to....