Juan-Pablo Velez
@jpv.switch.box
Executive director of think tank @switch.box. Climate policy and data science. Mostly here to ask questions!
Report author here (sorry for tardiness). This is a very legitimate issue, and I'm happy to say that the rates as designed eliminate subsidies from heat pump to non heat pump customers, in either direction!
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Report author here (sorry for tardiness). This is a very legitimate issue, and I'm happy to say that the rates as designed eliminate subsidies from heat pump to non heat pump customers, in either direction!
from the beating heart of Western Civilization?
May 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
from the beating heart of Western Civilization?
but almost nobody actually gets off the grid, and rooftop solar folks without storage use the grid all the time
May 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
but almost nobody actually gets off the grid, and rooftop solar folks without storage use the grid all the time
So if your house has higher heat loss, you'll be generally less comfortable and the unit will switch over the resistance backup heat more readily?
(Planning on reading through Home Comfort book!)
(Planning on reading through Home Comfort book!)
May 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So if your house has higher heat loss, you'll be generally less comfortable and the unit will switch over the resistance backup heat more readily?
(Planning on reading through Home Comfort book!)
(Planning on reading through Home Comfort book!)
How much sealing/insulation is needed to electrify the typical (old) single family detached home in New England and the Upper Midwest, and why?
May 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
How much sealing/insulation is needed to electrify the typical (old) single family detached home in New England and the Upper Midwest, and why?
Thunderbolts* is good actually
May 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Thunderbolts* is good actually
Intellectuals can have a lil essentialism, as a treat
April 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Intellectuals can have a lil essentialism, as a treat
The better was better in Milwaukee
April 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The better was better in Milwaukee
Fucking _maintenance_. Not "build elevators in 2/3rds of #nymta stations that lack them," but maintenance... bc 10% of existing one don't work on any given day.
Shameful. There are no excuses. Do better
@mta.info!
(And thank you to @riseandresist.bsky.social for mobilizing on this absurd issue.)
Shameful. There are no excuses. Do better
@mta.info!
(And thank you to @riseandresist.bsky.social for mobilizing on this absurd issue.)
April 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Fucking _maintenance_. Not "build elevators in 2/3rds of #nymta stations that lack them," but maintenance... bc 10% of existing one don't work on any given day.
Shameful. There are no excuses. Do better
@mta.info!
(And thank you to @riseandresist.bsky.social for mobilizing on this absurd issue.)
Shameful. There are no excuses. Do better
@mta.info!
(And thank you to @riseandresist.bsky.social for mobilizing on this absurd issue.)
No, the bit in West Africa that uses Fahrenheit!
April 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
No, the bit in West Africa that uses Fahrenheit!
I agree with OP so I will apply confirmation bias to dismiss @zoltannagy.bsky.social's point about familiarity bias
April 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I agree with OP so I will apply confirmation bias to dismiss @zoltannagy.bsky.social's point about familiarity bias
ok i actually lol'd at this one
April 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
ok i actually lol'd at this one
TIL your child is an orthodox Marxist—revolutions aren't made, they happen, necessarily
April 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
TIL your child is an orthodox Marxist—revolutions aren't made, they happen, necessarily
building the labor movement was much more glamorous in 1925
April 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
building the labor movement was much more glamorous in 1925
welfare-state-via-tax-code is not very pro-natal, arguably
April 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
welfare-state-via-tax-code is not very pro-natal, arguably
It's pretty late in the day for this kind of thing to still be so commonplace
April 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's pretty late in the day for this kind of thing to still be so commonplace