David Rowe
@davidrowewtl.bsky.social
A few of my current interests:
Climate Activism, Economics, AI, Cycling, Space, Automated Vehicles, Robots, Photography, Chess, Archeology, Genetics, Science, Wind-Solar-Storage, Physics, #RejoinEU, Eco Socialism, Libertarian Left, #FollowForFollow.
Climate Activism, Economics, AI, Cycling, Space, Automated Vehicles, Robots, Photography, Chess, Archeology, Genetics, Science, Wind-Solar-Storage, Physics, #RejoinEU, Eco Socialism, Libertarian Left, #FollowForFollow.
Arseholes.
I am going to block your content. If it harms your online reputation score, then that is fine by me.
I am going to block your content. If it harms your online reputation score, then that is fine by me.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Arseholes.
I am going to block your content. If it harms your online reputation score, then that is fine by me.
I am going to block your content. If it harms your online reputation score, then that is fine by me.
Wasting enough in one day to power Scotland isn't unusual. Hell powering Wales and Scotland together isn't unusual!
The UK urgently needs a better grid and more grid storage.
The UK urgently needs a better grid and more grid storage.
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Wasting enough in one day to power Scotland isn't unusual. Hell powering Wales and Scotland together isn't unusual!
The UK urgently needs a better grid and more grid storage.
The UK urgently needs a better grid and more grid storage.
"Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don't".
The science behind the headline is clear. ;-( Lets at least go down fighting!
doi.org/10.1088/2752...
The science behind the headline is clear. ;-( Lets at least go down fighting!
doi.org/10.1088/2752...
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don't".
The science behind the headline is clear. ;-( Lets at least go down fighting!
doi.org/10.1088/2752...
The science behind the headline is clear. ;-( Lets at least go down fighting!
doi.org/10.1088/2752...
If only the governments of the world had your wisdom.
If only we had put a little away each year to solving this, since the late 1980's we would be on the final steps now. As it is we have not yet even seen CO2 concentration stabalize let alone start to fall, quite the opposite!
If only we had put a little away each year to solving this, since the late 1980's we would be on the final steps now. As it is we have not yet even seen CO2 concentration stabalize let alone start to fall, quite the opposite!
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
If only the governments of the world had your wisdom.
If only we had put a little away each year to solving this, since the late 1980's we would be on the final steps now. As it is we have not yet even seen CO2 concentration stabalize let alone start to fall, quite the opposite!
If only we had put a little away each year to solving this, since the late 1980's we would be on the final steps now. As it is we have not yet even seen CO2 concentration stabalize let alone start to fall, quite the opposite!
The autodidact discovering that rather than me preaching it, is more impactful on the psyche, do you think‽
Even the oil producers are rushing to solar power. I just wish it was faster.
If it's enough, will take beyond the years I have left, to discover for sure. 🙏
#ActNow #LeaveItInTheGround
Even the oil producers are rushing to solar power. I just wish it was faster.
If it's enough, will take beyond the years I have left, to discover for sure. 🙏
#ActNow #LeaveItInTheGround
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The autodidact discovering that rather than me preaching it, is more impactful on the psyche, do you think‽
Even the oil producers are rushing to solar power. I just wish it was faster.
If it's enough, will take beyond the years I have left, to discover for sure. 🙏
#ActNow #LeaveItInTheGround
Even the oil producers are rushing to solar power. I just wish it was faster.
If it's enough, will take beyond the years I have left, to discover for sure. 🙏
#ActNow #LeaveItInTheGround
Saudi Arabia is now in the top 10 for solar PV and headed for 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030.
Nice to see fossil fuel profits going somewhere useful.
Nice to see fossil fuel profits going somewhere useful.
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Saudi Arabia is now in the top 10 for solar PV and headed for 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030.
Nice to see fossil fuel profits going somewhere useful.
Nice to see fossil fuel profits going somewhere useful.
Chip users being held to ransom by EU dispute with China over company ownership and right to decide where to manufacture.
www.automotivelogistics.media/inbound-logi...
www.automotivelogistics.media/inbound-logi...
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Chip users being held to ransom by EU dispute with China over company ownership and right to decide where to manufacture.
www.automotivelogistics.media/inbound-logi...
www.automotivelogistics.media/inbound-logi...
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It seems to me the jerk powered version from your excellent blog piece looks more realistic.
Why shouldn't the end of everything we hold dear be the subject of a little fun along the way‽
climatecasino.net/2025/01/bett...
Why shouldn't the end of everything we hold dear be the subject of a little fun along the way‽
climatecasino.net/2025/01/bett...
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It seems to me the jerk powered version from your excellent blog piece looks more realistic.
Why shouldn't the end of everything we hold dear be the subject of a little fun along the way‽
climatecasino.net/2025/01/bett...
Why shouldn't the end of everything we hold dear be the subject of a little fun along the way‽
climatecasino.net/2025/01/bett...
We have ~3/4 of a million brownfield sites homes ready to go, with permission. The greedy builders are just trying to get approval for green field sites, because they make more profits on building on them.
Build these out first!!
Build these out first!!
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We have ~3/4 of a million brownfield sites homes ready to go, with permission. The greedy builders are just trying to get approval for green field sites, because they make more profits on building on them.
Build these out first!!
Build these out first!!
Given these AI chips in space will need significant radiative cooling surface areas, could we double up and use those areas as emergency sun shades for earth until the awful fossil fuel CO2e has dissipated?
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Given these AI chips in space will need significant radiative cooling surface areas, could we double up and use those areas as emergency sun shades for earth until the awful fossil fuel CO2e has dissipated?
What will we do with all the stranded asset fossil fuel and nuclear power stations, as AI compute is moved up to space in the foreseeable future? #JustSaying
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
What will we do with all the stranded asset fossil fuel and nuclear power stations, as AI compute is moved up to space in the foreseeable future? #JustSaying
Is this historically bad or just early mid term angst and blues for Keir Starmer and Labour?
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Is this historically bad or just early mid term angst and blues for Keir Starmer and Labour?
I asked a similar question of grok, about you. ;-) Enjoy
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I asked a similar question of grok, about you. ;-) Enjoy
A local Green Councillor trying to make a difference to our streets with cars parked so far onto pavements they are blocked.
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A local Green Councillor trying to make a difference to our streets with cars parked so far onto pavements they are blocked.
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
From a physics 101 I'd expect if you stop pushing heat and CO2 into the oceans then the excess will just come back out until a new equilibrium is achieved.
Our excess now will haunt us for generations to come.
Our excess now will haunt us for generations to come.
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
From a physics 101 I'd expect if you stop pushing heat and CO2 into the oceans then the excess will just come back out until a new equilibrium is achieved.
Our excess now will haunt us for generations to come.
Our excess now will haunt us for generations to come.
Isn't it simply free speech up until the point he does, or people do, what he says, then all hell is let loose?
November 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Isn't it simply free speech up until the point he does, or people do, what he says, then all hell is let loose?
Right guy, but in the wrong party? Or, is his support of policies like continuing the Conservative effective ban on the cheapest form of wind power generation an indication he isn't even that? #ClimateEmergency
November 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Right guy, but in the wrong party? Or, is his support of policies like continuing the Conservative effective ban on the cheapest form of wind power generation an indication he isn't even that? #ClimateEmergency
And this without an end in sight for these children, under a Labour government. It's just not good enough.
Vote Green or LibDem and see change, because Labour are failing.
Vote Green or LibDem and see change, because Labour are failing.
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And this without an end in sight for these children, under a Labour government. It's just not good enough.
Vote Green or LibDem and see change, because Labour are failing.
Vote Green or LibDem and see change, because Labour are failing.
You are right.
The excellent Trump Action Tracker shows 64 on a rolling Monsay to Monday filter. So sad.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
The excellent Trump Action Tracker shows 64 on a rolling Monsay to Monday filter. So sad.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
You are right.
The excellent Trump Action Tracker shows 64 on a rolling Monsay to Monday filter. So sad.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
The excellent Trump Action Tracker shows 64 on a rolling Monsay to Monday filter. So sad.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Deciding on a drug based on ROI to society is a #NICE way to make buying decisions, isn't it? If the company makes a convincing argument then why not reward them AND save money by buying it‽
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Deciding on a drug based on ROI to society is a #NICE way to make buying decisions, isn't it? If the company makes a convincing argument then why not reward them AND save money by buying it‽
Having strawberries ripening outside in my garden, in mid October, is a sign of how warm this autumn is. #JustSaying
October 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Having strawberries ripening outside in my garden, in mid October, is a sign of how warm this autumn is. #JustSaying