Francisco Matiella

Clean Energy Wonk
JHU MS Energy Policy & Climate
Clean grids, zero carbon transport, climate justice, old trucks

Opinions my own

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@PunterNavarre @cardsfaninky @mooroobee @kylenabecker @politico LMAO, if you think politico is biased against conservatives you're absolutely delusional. The reason I don't find it particularly useful is because it has a fake balance to make conservatives happy. You haven't pointed out any actual problem or wrong doing. Only "I don't like it"

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@PunterNavarre @cardsfaninky @mooroobee @kylenabecker @politico And for your last question, yes. Politico , the magazine became pretty useless a few years ago. By all means, be mad that the feds are falling for a capitalist gimmick, but I hardly see how the current regime is going to fix this instead of putting it on steroids.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@PunterNavarre @cardsfaninky @mooroobee @kylenabecker @politico No, but that's not the purpose. You're avoiding the question.
I have it & don't find it useful. People I work with find do. We're not feds. If you think it costs too much, I'd agree, but there's not an alternative. So what's your suggestion? Keep them people less informed?

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@PunterNavarre @cardsfaninky @mooroobee @kylenabecker @politico Do you think every person in the government knows everything about every part of the government?

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@JessicaBodyrubs @MelechThomas People had been complaining about that place. But once it was a "new resident" then it was a problem

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@BostonBlueMoon @JockLandy @brfootball You're coping with getting smashed. Everybody knows Arsenal hasn't had a trophy in years. If MC had won, EH wouldn't be pointing at the champions badge to his fans after the game. He did because it's a coping mechanism, like you talking about trophies after getting wrecked.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@RalphieRaccoon @YIMBYLAND But there's not a lot of evidence that a big yard and big bedroom are much better for kids. There is evidence that forcing kids into communities where cars drive fast and are the only way to get around are quite dangerous.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@IamTheFawb @CAbitcoinDad @matteopelleg Right. But again, complicated, not foolproof. They still fail. There's a pretty well established record on this. That's why "reliability" is a quality of the system, not a single generator. Nothing is 100%

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@IamTheFawb @CAbitcoinDad @matteopelleg But there are many plants. It's a numbers game. Complex equipment with many points of failure, and a whole lot of that equipment means there are multiple failures through the system over time. If the CT fails because a pump failed that's still an unpredictable point of failure

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@IamTheFawb @CAbitcoinDad @matteopelleg That's exactly it. Gas turbines are amazingly engineered. Steam generators also. But they are large complicated machines with many points of failure to get electricity into the wires. They do fail and do so unpredictably. Solar/wind you know when they won't work.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@TheOGfrog_ @Wash_cycle Do you prefer said asshole to be in a car instead of a bike? There's already too many entitled assholes driving. Better then use something that has less harmful impacts.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@IamTheFawb @CAbitcoinDad @matteopelleg The amount of back up and ancillary services that are required and called up every day on different grids because some CT crapped the bed tells me that.
I'm not saying that you can expect a particular gas plant to break, but that on your grid one of them will when you need it.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@CAbitcoinDad @IamTheFawb @matteopelleg And yes fossil fuels burning sources are certainly more complex and delicate. They are highly engineered machines meant to operate in specific parameters and maintain specific outputs. They trip offline frequently for a whole book of issues.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@CAbitcoinDad @IamTheFawb @matteopelleg That's why I said reliability is a quality of the system. If you have a gas plant, and it fails, do you make everyone wait on repairs? The answer is that to ensure reliability you have small amounts of flexible back up that cover variability and unpredicted failures.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@CAbitcoinDad @IamTheFawb @matteopelleg Gas turbines and steam powered turbines are in fact quite complex and break often. they also require back up.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@CAbitcoinDad @IamTheFawb @matteopelleg The benefit they have is that they are cheap to build/maintain, and the fuel is free. They don't have a lot of unaccounted for downstream impacts, unlike carbon burning energy. They are variable, that's something that has to be accounted for to make the system reliable.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@CAbitcoinDad @IamTheFawb @matteopelleg If you're willing to listen, I have expertise. Reliability is a quality of the system not the tech. Thermal systems are complex. They breakdown. The weather is quite predictable for what we need. So you're putting too much behind the idea they are unreliable and unpredictable.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@christophaa @CAbitcoinDad @matteopelleg None of them. Reactionaries again getting made at something they made up.

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@BarredinDC Mid-century aesthetic continues to make a revival

[Francisco Matiella @BioChico]

@AuroraGroove @TheHypocrisyCh1 @JonnyCapitalist @JessePeltan I know. I'm making fun of the other guy for only posting screen grabs from specific times, as if that's compelling evidence