David Mendels

ZeroCarbonMA, Resilient Coders, Our Generation Speaks. Former CEO of Brightcove. Leadership at Adobe and at Macromedia------ LinkedIn:

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@Noahpinion @tylercowen seems to disagree 🤔 https://t.co/QFpxmrlMfz

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“AI should make you more ambitious, not less.” (*Some* of the doomerism is warranted, this is the right mindset right now I think.)

[Connor Boyack 📚 @cboyack]

https://t.co/4SMw7birVU

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@Noahpinion Replied with my recs. Now counting on you to do a post on your favorites in Tokyo before I go next :)

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@Noahpinion Flour + Water, Rintaro, Nari, Hai Ky Mi Gia, Penny Roma.

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@JohnVanScoyoc “The … union labor in Boston, material cost fluctuations and new energy codes also add to project costs.” The last point blaming energy codes presented without evidence or context. The lifecycle costs of a building built to the MA Stretch Code are lower not higher.

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@grok @emollick @grok other research has shown AIs to be quite persuasive. (Eg https://t.co/UgCSyOE76c) why do you think you aren’t seeing this with your answers on https://t.co/NhWloPn56k

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@mattyglesias You are correct we still need some gas, but oddly miss the role of batteries in your essay.

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@ShanuMathew93 @Noahpinion Almost 2 years ago @shaylekann Catalyst covered this.I think from that the WSJ is missing key factors, manufacturers refused to invest then because of I. Unclear standards path and II. Fear of boom/bust risk. Both should have been addressed 2 years ago https://t.co/yzdIkdyjQM

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@drvolts @Eavor Yes. The work of @Eavor and @fervoenergy is exciting. If you stipulate that these FOAK plants work as expected, and that seems promising, what does it take to get to real scale—not 5 or 10 plants but 1000 (coal today has around 10,000 worldwide) …?

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@mattyglesias Read this.

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@emollick Japan

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@timothyjwyant @mattyglesias @rewiringamerica @RockyMtnInst As for nuclear, RMI’s position has changed to something like “technocratic neutrality”. They support nuclear when economic (which is the right position!).

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@timothyjwyant @mattyglesias @rewiringamerica @RockyMtnInst This was about permitting reform, RMI supported the Manchin permitting reform. They haven published a stance on the 2025 speed act.

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@JesseJenkins @JesseJenkins a more positive perspective from Saul Griffith https://t.co/EVHaT3aJSW

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@mattyglesias Sources: Sources: Lazard 2025 LCOE+; DOE VPP Liftoff; LBNL price drivers; Jefferies analysis.

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@mattyglesias Respectfully: this is dated. In many regions new solar+storage beats new gas on cost (Lazard ’25; Jefferies). VPPs/DERs add peak capacity faster & cheaper than new plants (DOE). And recent bill hikes are driven more by T&D upgrades than generation (LBNL).

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@whstancil You ever going to update your views on this??

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

https://t.co/Xf3EE89ANI

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@JohnVanScoyoc For a credible set of data on the energy transition, see the new report from Ember. Very informative. https://t.co/mmMu4q6k8O

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@JohnVanScoyoc Garbage. Lomborg is not a credible source. https://t.co/aHwLy4B1iA