Hats off to Ormat for naming a major 2024 project “Bottleneck”

I love it

Idle thought: most people in our industry have spent too much time in the spreadsheets and/or regulatory filings, and not enough time in a construction trailer getting pummeled with bad news day after day

Everyone should seek this experience out early in your career.

I would start smoking again if I had one of these

My latest column: San Francisco politicians will gather in Noe Valley Town Square today to hail a long-awaited public bathroom. But why does one toilet cost $1.7 million — and why won’t it be ready until 2025? It symbolizes the worst of SF government. sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/hea…

I’m glad to see AirBnB tanking. Hosts have ruined it, and the company let them.

Went from a huge fan to someone who will only use it as a last resort over the last 5 years.

Here's a random find I'm pumped about, new album led by killer latin jazz pianist Marialy Pacheco open.spotify.com/album/1GTq1eZB…

Flying again, so it’s time to play Name That Power Plant

Summer is behind us, so let's review the Texas electricity market's blockbuster performance for 2022. (graphs courtesy of upcoming ERCOT board meeting). 🧵

Looking forward to catching up in person with a lot of you energy storage industry folks in Napa tomorrow!

Probably related: of all the places I’ve lived, Kansas City (left) is where drunk driving is by far the most common and not socially shunned to nearly the same degree it is elsewhere

Paul Kedrosky When we are out of metabolic shape (most of us are), we need to be humble with our approach to intensity

Otherwise we reinforce sugar-burning

Technical readers will enjoy linked article by Iñigo San Millán

Three cohorts
1/ elite cyclists
2/ recreational
3/ metabolic syndrome

'In addition, investors are realizing that IRA is not immediate gratification, it will take time to get implemented and reflected in higher growth and opportunity.'

Seen in a Wolfe research note this morning. Accurate. Hard to say what it will be worth for any given project.

Favorite part of the NYT California high-speed rail autopsy.

This battery factory announcement earlier in the week is notable for being a too-rare in North America Lithium Iron Phosphate plant. Timing for LFP ramp up is good given cobalt and nickel problems
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