Noah Smith

Phd student modelling permafrost and very small hills.

Mastodon: @[email protected]

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@amb_walsh @polar_james @TomBracegirdle Congratulations Amber!

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@david_joffe Isn't one of the key benefits of Hydrogen its ability to be stored? Following your argument, wouldn't blending provide a disincentive to developing storage?

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@heatpolicyrich Indeed!

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@heatpolicyrich What's even more worrying is how this narrative is taken up in the comments :/

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@heatpolicyrich A really annoying framing in this article of heat pumps as an expensive mandate from the elites.

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@ChiefExecCCC @AnushkaAsthana @DrSimEvans Ah ok, thanks!

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@ChiefExecCCC @AnushkaAsthana @DrSimEvans Surely the tax system is not oblivious to money moving between different corporate entities that are part of the same group?

How can companies transition (and be encouraged to transition) if these parts are kept separate?

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Have a read if you're interested in how two tiles & a small elevation difference can affect modelled soil temperatures and methane production at low-centred polygon and palsa sites :)

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Our paper on modelling permafrost microtopography in a land-surface model was published today 🎉

Thank you to co-authors @semiupsidedown @eleanorjb and others not on twitter!

https://t.co/QFgiwLtIVU

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@AukeHoekstra @JOAN_RESEARCH IEA reckoned 235 gCO2/kWh for EU power generation carbon intensity in 2019 https://t.co/4mjRZYTsL3

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@AukeHoekstra @JOAN_RESEARCH Something's going on with their grid carbon intensity calculation anyway, but it isn't not changing it.

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@XRebellionUK @UNEP While no-one claims COP26 will 'solve climate change', it undeniably helps.

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Great talk on how permafrost thaw means an extra half a degree commits future generations to dealing with a whole load more emissions: "Permafrost hasn't signed the Paris agreement".

[Dr. Sarah Chadburn @semiupsidedown]

Excited to be here in Glasgow talking about permafrost, if slightly overwhelmed by my first in person conference in two years being this huge. Doing another similar talk in a minute! Live links on https://t.co/PrscCYJAiH

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@RegularEvan @coxypm @JMBecologist I'd argue this was a good thing (see reply thread):

https://t.co/qLYkRe49Ee

(& apologies for not being good at twitter)

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I would argue that this is part of what makes net zero targets great!

While indeed it costs little to say, every time it is said it gets harder to go back on. Plan or no plan, even on its own the net zero commitment is powerful for 3 reasons:

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…and by this stage, theoretically, there is something to point at for each and every decision the government makes afterwards, even the ones made today.

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I would argue that this is part of what makes net zero targets great!

While indeed it costs little to say, every time it is said it gets harder to go back on. Plan or no plan, even on its own the net zero commitment is powerful for 3 reasons:

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[Evan Baker @RegularEvan]

@coxypm @JMBecologist But that's the thing isn't it? It costs nothing for politicians to *say* they'll go for an ambitious target.

They don't need to actually meet them (in fact, they're unlikely to be in the job when the deadlines approach)

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Thus it is *for once* an example of politicians not worrying about distant things being beneficial:

it doesn’t cost much to say, but having been said it doesn’t cost much to employ some people to put together a plan, or some people to scrutinise it…