Related article about the gaslighting of the concrete lobby. Very entertaining: journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10....

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Energy Department weighing a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for a plan to reopen the nuclear plant with Microsoft as its sole customer > this story gets even more bonkers... wapo.st/3XPHmxN

Three Mile Island owner seeks taxpayer backing for Microsoft AI deal

The Department of Energy is weighing a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for a plan to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant with Microsoft as its sole customer.

Thanks Michael. Its invite only on the day, but if you know of people who might be interested please do point them my way, and I will copy you in on the outcomes. Hope the foot feels better afterwards...

Hi Michael, are you able to share a reference source for this graph? I have organised an event on 18 October to consider how we can radically upscale the production and use of biobased insulation in housebuilding. You would be very welcome to join online if you would be interested.

I have found the same re echo chamber, but isnt that because its currently v small numbers compared to the other platforms, and heavy on people fleeing twitter?

This would be SO good and SO sensible! So no.

We don’t need new gas according to Govt’s own MBIE report www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Good News! New fossil gas NOT needed for energy security according to Govt report - Greenpeace Aotearoa

They’ve been lying to you about needing new fossil gas to “keep the lights on”. There is no shortage of gas.

I am a huge fan of solar thermal water heaters. Our 3 x flat plate collector, gravity feed thermosyphon system, boosted by 1kW of PV gives us free hot water most of the year in Temperate Adelaide. The tank should last 25 years.

Could we ask Microsoft to turn off their AI rather than turning on the nuclear reactor?

To be clear, I am no temperature record expert. But it seems to be the remarkable nature of 2023 depends on choices of smoothing, ENSO filtering, etc. The null hypothesis (trend+ENSO) would be hard to disprove, I would think. It is just global warming folks... 7/7