Ramez Naam@ramez·Jul 2, 2015"Energy and electricity are not the same". Our non-carbon progress is almost all in electricity. (So far.)Quote Tweetbrad plumer@bradplumer·Jul 2, 2015Replying to @ramez@ramez going to have to re-up this piece every two weeks: http://vox.com/2015/3/31/8319859/electricity-vs-energy…145
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 2, 2015Replying to @ramez@ramez Related point: "water-energy nexus" is really water-electricity nexus. Direct solar-desal breaks it because it never goes via grid111
Ramez Naam@ramez·Jul 2, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr There are other intersection points as well. Water used for fracking, for instance. Water vs. energy tradeoff in agriculture is another11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @ramez@ramez you might enjoy following the work/writing of @AaronMandell see http://waterfx.co/central-valley/solar-desalination/… ...there's a sci-fi book in there somewhere :)7:35 PM · Jul 2, 20151 Like