Aaron Binkley

Sustainability, energy efficiency, renewable energy, technology

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@TKavulla So that’s just the return on equity? What are leveraged returns?!

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@UptimeInstitute @guardian Nowhere in this article is mentioned what happens if ‘location-based emissions’ is the sole measuring stick. This would largely unburden data center companies from being able to take action and put the burden squarely on electric utilities.

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What is the best reality TV show of all time and why is it This Old House?

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@somehotelguy What’s up with the nauseating perfume they scent all the common areas with? What is the business reason for it?

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Child car seats: Expires every 2-3 years!

Adult seats: Good for the life of the car.

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[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

MONDO DUPLANTIS’ WALKOUT BEFORE THE 100M ACCOMPANIED BY SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON, RENAUD LAVILLENIE, VERNON NORWOOD, LETSILE TEBOGO AND FRED KERLEY 🇸🇪

🎥 WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/UCNakTgOPs

[EMP at Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLabEMP]

Residential installs have more output than before, driven by more efficient modules. The 2023 median size was 7.4 kW, as more efficient systems maximize limited roof space. 2/x

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@curious_founder Call me cynical but I suspect the mass policy cancellations and talk about ‘exiting California’ is brinkmanship by insurance companies so regulators sign off on material rate increases. Likely some rise is warranted due to risk changes; also a healthy dose of profit-taking.

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Nominating “you buckled?” as the phrase most frequently spoken by parents.

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@antonia_mdprjct Awesome! I took a similar approach (mine was “pass them all in a year” which meant one every 1-2 months factoring in a break around the holidays. I did the ‘hard’ exams first so if I failed one I’d be able to retest later in the year and still hit my 1-yr goal. 🙂

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@Camp4 A running example: Say you run a 7:30 mile (decent for the average person) you’d get lapped TWICE by the mile world record holder…and it’s only a four lap race. 👀 If you ran a 5 minute mile you’d still get lapped, but at least only once.

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@cornoisseur Don’t forget about the Energy Center at McCormick Place - another major district energy system in Chicago.

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Who else gets mystery rando page loads on this platform when brushing the screen while scrolling? Lately it’s a site called the Alabama Observer or something like that. Been popping up for the past 10 min or so as I scroll. No posts or ads from it to be found.

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@NiyerClimate @JesseJenkins [Screaming into the void] When did it become an electricity consumer’s obligation to solve their own 24/7 carbon-free power? What about utilities’ role in decarbonizing the power they generate?

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Pole vault king to take on world record hurdler in 100m clash - Canadian Running

- I’m SO here for this! 😂 https://t.co/jnk236KXvj

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@JesseJenkins They’re basically saying ‘GHG Protocol is not getting it done. We propose to hold ourselves to a higher standard and want others to do the same.’ Companies use GHG Protocol because it is de facto global standard, while also recognizing it has obvious shortcomings.

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@JesseJenkins The tone, however, overlooks that these companies are as a group the single biggest voluntary purchasers of clean energy in history, that their proposed updates to GHG Protocol are both cases more rigorous than the current standard, and they’ve been public about it for some time.

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@Ben_Inskeep Tech majors/data centers are hand’s down the biggest industry voluntarily sourcing clean power. Nowhere in the article is the question why utilities aren’t offering solutions to meet this customer clean energy demand - the implication is that tech needs to solve it unilaterally.

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@Ben_Inskeep The companies called out have been public about their positions for a long time, and while they report in line with GHG Protocol they go much further than that in their real efforts to source clean power and achieve impact. I’d contrast that with…uh…most other industries.