Elihu Dietz

Building efficiency and decarbonization at @_SWinter. Co-founder Grateful for @stjohnscollege, @DukeEnvironment, and @EnvDefenseFund.

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

The fundamental driver of homelessness in US cities is a lack of housing supply — not drug use, poverty, mental illness, or climate.

This explanation from @JerusalemDemsas should end the debate once and for all:

[Michael E. Webber @MichaelEWebber]

Third spill from the Keystone pipeline since 2010. Biggest spill in USA in a decade. Weirdly the only two people interviewed for the article were both like “meh, whatever” and regulators and environmentalist viewpoints were not included.

[Science Is Strategic @scienceisstrat1]

The @IEA’s bombshell new report on renewables has incredibly good news.

For example, solar is undergoing a mega boom & may surpass coal by 2027

Below is a 🧵 on genuinely good news on green energy from the IEA & beyond (1/22)

Cc: @Noahpinion @JesseJenkins @ramez @dwallacewells

[Sarika Panda Bhatt ( ସାରିକା ପଣ୍ଡା ) She/Her @SarikaPanda]

Every road engineer and and decision makers should experience this. 😀

"Life of a cyclist" 🚴

@BrentToderian @Raahgiri_Fdn @DavidDjward @_dmoser @dhidalgo65 @kumarmanish9 @Kranti_Sambhav @RoadSafetyNGOs @UNRSC @TUMInitiative @CyclingSurgeon @fietsprofessor @modacitylife

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

This graphic helps me wrap my head around the magnitude of the problem. Notice the amount of current biomass for wild mammals (in green) versus that for livestock and humans. No wonder we have converging crises of biodiversity, fresh water, and climate. https://t.co/bca7h18Sbp

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

If you live in #CO03 and voted for @AdamForColorado in his race against Lauren Boebert, please check the status of your ballot. Ballots are still being cured-- and yours could make the difference in this race. Check here: https://t.co/bTVx9El24B

[Daniel A. Zarrilli, PE @dzarrilli]

I voted early in support of nature, climate resilience, and green jobs.

You should too! #VoteEarlyNYC #VoteClimate

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

The @IEA World Energy Outlook 2022 is out.

A major focus of the report is on how to meet the climate goals.

Great visualisation of the pathway to net zero.

Full report available for free here:
https://t.co/3XZiQaEkZ0

[Michael S. Taylor @mtaylor_nz]

This poor guy spent ages preparing his masterpiece thread on copper & how it DOOMS the energy transition

Lets triple the copper price:

The increase in a US wind farms cost would be, wait for it...

USD 0.0004/kWh (or thereabouts)

I can't believe I wasted 15 mins of my life

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

Only 5% or plastics in the US is recycled, and the peak was never higher than 10% (in 2014)
https://t.co/wg6xJlCvfj

Stamping plastics with those little recycling arrows was a deliberate marketing scam, as detailed by @planetmoney reporting here https://t.co/jt6H4dmXFM

[Climatebase | climate jobs, community, & education @Climatebase]

If you're looking for a climate job, open this:

[Have A Go @HaveAGo]

If our back-of-the-envelop math is right, the energy needed just to start a car equals...26 miles on a bike.

Energy needed to start an engine = ~1.5 watt hours, which is about 1300 calories, which is about a 26 mile ride (almost a marathon).

That's absolutely insane 🤯🤯🤯

[Infrastructure CGIs @InfraCGI]

Roads should be safe and pleasant to use for all modes in all weathers. Protected, continuous active travels lanes, shielded from heavy vehicles by a buffer. Opening the option for all people to travel safely, not just the bravest few.

[Daniel Moser @_dmoser]

Engine running for 1 minute 👇👇

[Severin Borenstein 🇺🇦 @BorensteinS]

California is going into a major heat wave this weekend with the associated strain on the grid. Talking to many reporters and reading/watching media, it's clear that there is still a lot of confusion about what this means. So, a🧵

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

I can't get over this. The Chinese paddlefish survived for 190 MILLION YEARS. It survived the mass extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs. It had existed on Earth for almost one thousand times longer than Homo Sapiens - yet we destroyed it, forever.

[Brock @BrockRides]

Lesson from Paris in building bike infrastructure:
Just build it.

No multi-year studies. No perfection in design. Not even pilot projects. Just build, adapt, evolve.