Ian V Lightcap

Research and Facilities Program Director @NotreDameEnergy ... MCF Director ... papa of 4 ... renewable energy researcher

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

A step in the right direction, but also like putting a Band-Aid on grenade wound. We would need over 1 million of these plants to remove the CO2 released just by the US in one year (~5 billion metric tons)
https://t.co/20Bh647yKV

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

The best part of this amazing find is the professor's name
https://t.co/yc86xIsrAH

[University of Notre Dame @NotreDame]

Is there a difference between trumpets made in the 1950s and today?

ND's Materials Characterization Facility analyzed their elements and found that while the brass alloys used in both were similar, subtle differences can account for variations in sound: https://t.co/w6ruSjdOr7

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Have fun. Fall in love. Regret nothing, and don't let people bring you down. Study, think, create, and grow. Teach yourself and teach others. 🧠

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

Final year for #CrossroadsClassic 😢

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Quantum Physics.

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

The more I learn the more I realize just how much I don't know

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Basically, the stupider you are the smarter you think you are and vice versa. 🧠

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Five great signs of intelligence:

• You're not afraid or ashamed to find errors in your understanding of things.
• You take mistakes as lessons.
• You don't get offended with accepting the facts.
• You are highly adaptable and very curious.
• You know what you don't know.

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

C'mon now

[Alan Kinsella @electionlit]

Over one hundred years of climate change denial....

[Daniel Auclair @AuclairDan]

Getting final acceptance on your manuscript by a high impact journal

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

@meekinslab @jac997 Might be a good excuse to move somewhere the sun shines 🤣

[International Energy Agency @IEA]

Total wind 💨 & solar PV ☀️ capacity is expected to surpass gas by 2023 and coal by 2024.

In the next 4️⃣ years, wind capacity is forecast to increase by 50%, while solar nearly doubles worldwide.

Explore the forecast for renewables to 2025 → https://t.co/GydNi1Ityq

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

How can humanity be protected from corruption, oppression and abuse without freedom of the press?

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

With the execution of Roohollah Zam, #Iran authorities join the company of criminal gangs and violent extremists who silence journalists by murdering them, says @sherifmnsour https://t.co/BhhdfTlkMc

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

This makes me feel sick. Disney should have known and done better. Is there a reason I shouldn't #BoycottMulan ?

https://t.co/gzVbzTym97

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

I found a favorite NASCAR driver. And I'm cheering for him in tonight's race.
https://t.co/WhrYuXeFXo

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

Happy metrology day! Just in case you forgot...

https://t.co/mNcT0fLNSO

[Senator Mitt Romney @SenatorRomney]

The firings of multiple Inspectors General is unprecedented; doing so
without good cause chills the independence essential to their purpose. It is a threat to accountable democracy and a fissure in the constitutional balance of power.

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

More of the same.
https://t.co/buQiXaepT9

[Ian V Lightcap @IanVLightcap]

The entirety of the American government was designed to ensure that no president could be autocratic. Trump is THE test of that design. Let's all hope and pray our system of checks and balances ultimately stands the test.
https://t.co/kHuHwsnpsi