Chaz Teplin

Find me on BlueSky. Energy, PV, Cycling, Boulder. Sometimes Rockies baseball. Tweets my own.

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

🚨 New Analysis! 🚨
Today, we share RMI’s thinking on the ambition required for the US to 'align' with 1.5C.
Key Takeaway: Limiting cumulative emissions – not just reaching net zero – forces us to prioritize immediate action. 1/n
https://t.co/A3bfO2w80H

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@dan_kammen Is this linked anywhere? With the references. I would like to make sure I fully understand the critique.

[Daniel M Kammen @dan_kammen]

A Letter from 118 U.S. Scientists on the Climate Impacts of the Energy Permitting Reform Act

TO: @SenateDems @SenateGOP
@HouseDemocrats @HouseRepubs

@MichaelEMann @350 @billmckibben @howarth_cornell @ultracricket @ClumpedIsotopes @Prof_FSultana @mzjacobson

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@robbieorvis What the?! As the primary RMI modeler I cannot fathom what they are talking about

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@drvolts Get better David. And sorry for the worst birthday

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@JamesFallows As @drvolts noted – The policy gulf between Harris and Trump is so unfathomably wide that the details of a Harris platform can't matter to voter decisions. Especially undecideds, who are so naive that when shown R policies, they dont believe them because of how bad they are

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@WernerderChamp @Turbotron2000 @d_feldman @SolarInMASS Ok. I am all for electrifying everything including fire trucks. And I bet the cleaner vehicles are better for lots of reasons. But I am doubtful about the fuel savings justification

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@Turbotron2000 @d_feldman @SolarInMASS So … about 2.3 mpg for us Americans. If diesel is $4/gallon. $25k / $4/g = 6250 gallons. So they drive about 15,000 miles. That is way too many miles.

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@energysmartwv You scared me. I checked my usage with my span panel and my AOSmith is still working in HP mode after 2 years. But it is terrible if HPHW heaters are defaulting to resistance mode

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@GaryWinslett @mattyglesias Excellent use of IGOR @WaveMetrics

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@mateosfo Golden Gate Park, especially the parts closed to cars, is just pure unmitigated beauty, human joy, and flourishing.

[Sarah Toth @DrSarahToth]

Renewable energy transition, demand increase, extreme weather, oh my! There are so many challenges confronting the "beating heart" of our economy - the electric grid - so we wrote this 101 on the most flexible and capable resource that can help! https://t.co/s7j0gm8ZPR 🧵

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@xiaowang1984 @Noahpinion I believe it is share of end use energy that is electricity

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

I wonder where @Noahpinion got this chart?!

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

14/China's mastery of batteries is allowing them to electrify their country far faster than anyone else is doing:

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@xiaowang1984 @Noahpinion We don’t believe in labeling the y axis. That is only for old farts. I can’t actually find the exact chart.

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@JesseJenkins I think that is also what wind developers are saying to transmission developers

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@SolarInMASS @Noahpinion That is correctly where the raw data came from, of course. But this is from an RMI report that everyone should read!
https://t.co/J7LxlQY9dq

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@JesseJenkins @JoeBiden Now let’s hope (and push for) Democrats to show the best versions of themselves and America as we pick a new ticket.

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

Fellow Democrats,

The next few weeks will be messy.

But let’s follow President Biden’s lead and prioritize the good of our country. Let’s have a positive contest to pick a new ticket and then unite behind them.

Everything depends on it.

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@drvolts Wow, you got two words!
That is overdelivering.

[Chaz Teplin @ChazTeplin]

@ClaireWayner HOAs are inevetable if you want to have any kind of shared community resources. Want townhouses with shared walls and roofs? Or a community clubhouse or pool? Even shared EV chargers. You need a system to pay for those things and manage them. You need an HOA.