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Dustin Mulvaney
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Professor, Environmental Studies🌎
San José State University @CalState.Bsky.social
Fellow, Payne Institute @ Colorado School of Mines, Climate & Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social, Switzer Network. www.dustinmulvaney.com
📍Popeloutchom, Monterey Bay 🌅🦦
Amazing, thank you for sharing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Hi Jeff, awesome yeah we have two potential ordinances/moratoria potentially in our area, so I’m looking forward to learning from your notes.
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Oh yeah, what I meant is the material side.. we have an economy that runs on fossil fuels and is made plastics. We can replace the fossil fuel part… pretty far away from replacing more essential plastics (like medical devices, binders in batteries, etc.)
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
LBNL.. plastics are the big growth area for fossil fuel industries, with only meager alternatives on the horizon. energyanalysis.lbl.gov/publications...
Climate Impact of Primary Plastic Production | Energy Analysis & Enviromental Impact Division
energyanalysis.lbl.gov
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Plastics are reduced during polymerization.
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I would tell you how much we have in our rain gauge, but it’s too wet out there. ☔️
bsky.app/profile/dust...
Might need a higher curb here.. #CAwx ☔️
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Might need a higher curb here.. #CAwx ☔️
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Oh yeah, we’ve hit a number like that a few times in California this year.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reposted by Dustin Mulvaney
Really bugs me that "abundance" is creating a heuristic whereby a policy is presumed good if it makes it easier to build something without any consideration of harms. With "harms" ridiculed as "everything bagel" liberalism that must be sacrificed to the development Gods.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM