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@ramez

Books: Nexus Series / The Infinite Resource. Faculty . Energy, climate, & innovation wonk. Optimist.

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Joined May 2007

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    22 Feb 2016

    I'm starting the first AngelList cleantech syndicate. Here's why. (Thanks for making it possible.)

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  2. Retweeted
    Oct 12

    World Bank dumps Kosovo plant, ending support for coal worldwide The Kosova e Re lignite plant could not compete with renewables on price, said bank president Jim Yong Kim

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  3. Oct 11

    In China, existing coal power plants face an existential economic threat from wind and solar.

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  4. Retweeted
    Oct 4

    More than 60% of the remaining coal capacity went live before 1980. Expect a LOT of coal retirement announcements in next couple of years.

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  5. Retweeted
    Oct 6

    OK folks: with YOUR help we raised £100,000 and built a reliable, clean solar/battery power supply for the neonatal unit at Bo Govt Hospital, . It's up and running And we provided a water tap. No baby should die in 2018 because of a power cut!

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    Oct 3

    FBI had time to do a good follow up inquiry. If logical investigation was curtailed by WH this new “report” is a sham. FBI should have/must insist that it be allowed to do a complete job on referred allegations. Reputation for independence of FBI will be otherwise harmed.

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    Oct 4

    Are you angry that the White House and GOP Senate restricted the from interviewing relevant witnesses? Help us flip the House. Vote, and get 10 others to vote this November. We will conduct the interviews that the did not.

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    Oct 4

    All the reporting today indicates a half-baked attempt to give an excuse for senators to vote yes. Ford, Kavanaugh and Swetnick were not interviewed. Leads were not followed. Calls/reports were not returned. This was a sham.

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    Oct 4

    Feinstein, after review FBI report: "I can't talk about the detail because this remains a confidential part of the background report...The most notable part of this report is what's not in it."

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    Oct 3

    Huge news. Meeting this will require millions of EVs on European roads. Three biggest policy pillars pushing the EV market forward: - China NEV credit system - European fleet CO2 targets - California ZEV mandate (CAFE - impact TBD)

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  12. Retweeted
    Oct 3

    Looks like around 1 out of every 40 vehicles sold in the US last month had a plug. California probably closer to 1 in 10. Remarkable progress.

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    Oct 2

    Danish government announces plan to end sales of fossil cars in the country by 2030

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  14. Oct 2

    China may nearly double their clean electricity goals for the next decade, to a new goal of 35% carbon-free electricity by 2030.

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    Sep 30

    This seems reasonable to me. Bots, like humans, should not mislead people about who they are.

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    I’d like to remind you our prime minister (now) called this the Big Banana of projects 🤦🏼‍♂️🍌

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  17. Retweeted
    Sep 28

    This is awesome data journalism. “Only Ford made an effort to answer every single question."

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  18. Retweeted
    Sep 28

    "All too real. A thriller of the very near future, at the intersection of surveillance and inequality. Read it now, before it happens!" -

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    Sep 28

    Name one institution in American society that still has the respect of the American public. Go ahead, there is one. Name it.....That's what worries me.

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    Sep 28

    Bar Association asks judiciary committee to delay Kavanaugh vote: media

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    Sep 28

    The magazine of the Jesuit order in the United States withdraws its endorsement of Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court justice.

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