GonePlaces

Twitter feed of BT Hathaway, founder A climate realist trying to find answers for everyday people in a complex and limited world.

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@EricHolthaus Don't know the variety, but near Newport, RI Mar 2, 2017

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@Atomicrod RE is not a panacea. Without true gridscale storage for dumping excess generation. Tends to destabilize the electricity biz.

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@bradplumer @GavinBade climate action camp severely underestimate the systemic impacts of low/zero carbon transitions.

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@bradplumer @GavinBade We have no idea how to keep 7+ billion fed without carbon emissions, never mind keep people employed. Most in

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@bradplumer @GavinBade Given the limitations inherent in non-carbon energy sources, there a significant economic tradeoffs.

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

After the Trump inauguration, some neighbors left this letter on my uncle's door in Cincinnati, Ohio.

[Barry Ritholtz @Ritholtz]

“The mainstream media hacked our election when it created a false equivalency between silly…” — @davepell https://t.co/YDels9hx6Z

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@ClimateOfGavin Not "as if" they do believe contrary ideas can and even should be discarded.

[Zack Labe @ZLabe]

This is not normal. Global #seaice area...

(via https://t.co/qwD3k8Ku3h)

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So true...

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@SuzanneWaldman @Leigh_Phillips @NaomiAKlein Krugman worth a read here. https://t.co/8WAIIxykZb

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@SuzanneWaldman @Leigh_Phillips @NaomiAKlein Will make it even harder to regroup. Need a very clever states-person to navigate all this.

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@SuzanneWaldman @Leigh_Phillips @NaomiAKlein health care? No single payer on the table etc etc etc The left could get hit by tsunami

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@SuzanneWaldman @Leigh_Phillips @NaomiAKlein But now Supreme Court will push conservative. Both houses... Could see Roe v Wade rolled back

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@SuzanneWaldman @Leigh_Phillips @NaomiAKlein You have to build the coalition on a different foundation. Not obvious how to solve this

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@SuzanneWaldman @Leigh_Phillips @NaomiAKlein Politically speaking, climate is not yet a winning issue, not in the realm of national politics

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@Leigh_Phillips @SuzanneWaldman @NaomiAKlein Is to tie up resources in RE that become unavailable to the general economy.

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@Leigh_Phillips @SuzanneWaldman @NaomiAKlein the size and strength of the economy.

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@Leigh_Phillips @SuzanneWaldman @NaomiAKlein But deeper than that. Given current state of clean tech, to address emissions is to diminish