Ethan Goldman

A green geek in Burlington, VT, solving energy problems with data analytics.

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@mission_data It's called a REST API because it refuses to work around the clock with no breaks. You might be looking for the GRIND API, you joyless boomer.

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@duncancampbell What do you like think we need to deploy a lot of PV really fast or something?

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

Any tips on busting into these paper 4-pack holders, @hogbackbrew ? My wife and I both had to resort to multiple kitchen implements to gain access to your brew!

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

Now this is what the internet was made for https://t.co/i0I7bLJMcP

[Stephen Lacey @Stphn_Lacey]

Featured on @_LatitudeMedia this morning: On the heels of DOE's billion-dollar support of virtual power plants, @JigarShahDC outlines two paths for utility VPP integration. One path is good for rates and reliability, one path could bring major problems. https://t.co/200ngsv38M

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@James_McGinniss @BryceJohanneck I hear your frustration that this problem isn't solved yet, @BryceJohanneck but you don't believe it's unsolvable, do you? Defining a value for VPPs and requiring proof of impact at specific locations will drive improvements in grid connectivity awareness. Data follows $$$!

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@SamEBEnergy @HydrogenCouncil @ThisAmerLife I've been seeing those anti-additionality ads on other online content but I'm not sure that my experience in any way refutes that it's targeted at energy nerds. Kudos to you if you have non-energy-nerds in your followers to vote on this!

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@kyle__cb Dumb question, but are you sure it's an induction stove and not just a resistance electric stove with sealed range elements? I had a friend confuse the two and complain about the terrible performance! Turn one on and hold your hand over the surface (not on); cool = induction.

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

They do things a little differently across the border in New Hampshire

[Donald M. Kreis @DMoKreis]

Happy birthday to me!

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@johnffarrell @rachelkatiegold You could also examine Energy Trust of Oregon, Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy, and Efficiency Maine. Plus the sibling programs of Efficiency VT (also run by VEIC): DC Sustainable Energy Utility and Efficiency Smart in OH. Note that savings levels are driven by regulatory goals.

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Heat Pump https://t.co/HWxwjznsS7

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

The song hits different when you are an #energy nerd I think https://t.co/CEa4ODogCt

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@drvolts The IRA's HOMES funding provides a "measured" (vs. modeled) savings option that allows implementors to support innovative approaches, not just the list of prescriptive measures. It also ensures that only successful projects are funded. But do states have the data tools they need?

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@PowerUpLegal @euggra @duncancampbell Currently I’m extracting structured data from climate action plans in order to help communities find inspiration and best practices for their own climate planning. Training an AI on a corpus of CAPs for natural language recommendations is next!

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@euggra @duncancampbell I’ve been working on parsing cities’ climate action plans with ChatGPT’ API and langchain - it’s surprisingly effective, but takes some finesse.

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

I also like the part where the two Auto-GPT agents say "thank you" and "you're welcome" in full polite sentences to one another and promise to stay in touch. For real.

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

I asked Auto-GPT to keep me up to date on news about Auto-GPT, and it decided the best course of action was to read its own source code. Should I let it?
#codeintrospection

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

Decided not to tempt fate and told it to stick to news sites. It summarized one Forbes article, then got the bright idea to delegate the task to another Auto-GPT agent. The second one declined to help, and recommended that my Auto-GPT look on github.

I wonder who it will obey?

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

@Allstate Three days (and many calls) later and @Allstate is still giving us the run-around. My kid still has no rental car, as he was promised. How is he supposed to get back to the repair shop to pick up his car? They insisted he take it to a shop 200 miles away and then abandoned him!

[Ethan Goldman @ethangoldman]

Hey @Allstate why did you strand my kid 200 miles from home? You told him he would have a rental when he dropped his car for repair, but you didn’t set up payment properly so he spent the whole day trying to fix your error, missed classes, had to take Uber home. Cancel my plan!