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    1. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      What I really want (& I think many other people want) is a compelling overall narrative arc. And I don’t quite see that. I know a lot of people are prescribing narrative arcs for climate (“X is the answer!”) But I must admit I haven't been very compelled by what I've seen.

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    2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      Anyways, failing an overall solution, I believe what you need to do is bite off sizeable chunks of the problem, build up your understanding. That’s what I’ve been trying to do in this thread, at least for myself!

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    3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      4. Negative emissions technologies are essential CO2 likely (ordinarily) takes centuries to be removed from the atmosphere. Even if we went to zero emissions tomorrow, it’d keep getting warmer due to climate inertia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_inertia …

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    4. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      My opinion is that we need inexpensive (or even profit-turning) scalable NETs, fast. Here’s a really great report surveying NETs: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25259/negative-emissions-technologies-and-reliable-sequestration-a-research-agenda … Click on “download pdf”, not “pay $100+ dollars”, and enjoy the amusing survey.pic.twitter.com/bYblqpnf0x

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    5. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      Good news: there’s a lot of them, many seem quite promising. If we can do scalable NET at $10 per tonne, then we can get to net zero emissions at about the same price as for the Clean Air Act (& quickly reduce it). http://cognitivemedium.com/dac-notes pic.twitter.com/1HPHeVb9Qy

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    6. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      The bad news: we don’t have cheap, scalable NETs :-) I do think this is a wonderful research opportunity, though, and my impression is that it’s very under-invested in.

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    7. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      5. Final thoughts: I’m repeatedly struck by the incredible size of the opportunity here. We’re going to make much better institutions, discover many amazing things, & create incredible companies.

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    8. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      I know some people don’t like the last, but think it’s good when groups of people profit from providing an enormous social good, like scalable clean energy, or carbon removal. That's capitalism operating as it should, to serve the social good. I hope it does here.

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    9. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      Of course, the flip side: there’s damage already being done, and likely to be incredible damage done.

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    10. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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      We don’t yet have institutions or norms that enable us to deal with problems where inaction over the next few decades may cause much of an ice sheet to melt a century or two from now. I hope we can develop such institutions and norms!

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      Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 29 Dec 2019
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      Twitter somehow made threads worse...pic.twitter.com/Z3T9Tgg4zQ

      6:32 PM - 29 Dec 2019
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        2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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          Marvellous. Seems that other people are getting this too. And other people on twitter are complaining about it in their threads - apparently random deletion of tweets.

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        3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 29 Dec 2019
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @patrickc

          (Thanks for pointing it out.)

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        1. Leon Overweel‏ @layon_overwhale 29 Dec 2019
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          Glad to see at least I’m not the only one running into this

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        2. Olaf Alex‏ @olaf_alex 30 Dec 2019
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          Replying to @patrickc @michael_nielsen

          Although you would think it should be a gift for them, Twitter seems unable to handle the ever expanding and more elaborated content that is being produced by its best users. 1/2

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        3. Olaf Alex‏ @olaf_alex 30 Dec 2019
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          Replying to @olaf_alex @patrickc @michael_nielsen

          Without unroll / compile services it has become completely unmanageable for reading and so the content will leak out of Twitter which will be left with some taglines and links to services elsewhere. 2/2

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