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Building Electrification Advocate. Climate-tech curious. Engineering and research at the intersection of hardware and software. Enjoyer of well-designed interfaces between subsystems.
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My local city is going to try using the existing Cool Block program to get people to electrify. It’s not an attempt to get the block fully off fossil fuels, but it it will use community to drive geographically concentrated retrofits.
coolblock.org
collaborate.mountainview.gov/coolblock
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So, I can create the perception that war is imminent, simply by ordering 30 pizzas from the Dominoes near the pentagon? I can influence world events for less than $1,500?
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The governor has ideas that are more practical about how to achieve clean cars by 2035 in spite of the feds:
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/12/g...
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Did you by any chance visit the Shanghai Auto Expo Park? Is that a good place for an English-speaking guy to drive some cool EVs?
english.shanghai.gov.cn/en-Parks/202...
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Exhaust Protection Agency
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I bet fuel costs are only a small fraction of electricity costs. I do know that California's retail rates for natural gas are low, and electricity rates are high. That makes it harder to convince homeowners to switch to a heat pump, as the savings are minimal.
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Sorry, I have not seen that info.
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Right now
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I’d like to see washer, dryer, and water heater combined. There are synergies.
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Charger reliably is a top concern for EV drivers, and there is ample evidence that most companies can’t get it right.
I doubt New York would award a big highway construction contract to a small firm that had little to no track record.
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My 120V State (AO Smith) unit is set so it mostly heats between 9am and 3pm. Works well.
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Perhaps it’s not about principles, but about holding people to their public persona.
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I’m ’gonna need a tissue.
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Perhaps they are mainly drawing from social media posts, where their own beliefs are formed.
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Skepticism
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Remote fusion?
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Let’s hope so!
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That too!
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After 2+ years working on clean air rules for water heaters and furnaces - rules delayed and weakened - So Cal air regulators at SCAQMD fail to pass the amended rules 1111 and 1121. Followed by brief debate about whether they can send it back to committee (again).
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Will they move to dismiss the case with Xinis, to avoiding answering those issues?
(not a lawyer so this may be a dumb question)
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“Yeah, our cathodic protection current is 4kA at 800kV. So what?”
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Our @evanlgeorge.bsky.social is watching and sharing some observations.