Paasha Mahdavi
@paashamahdavi.com
UCSB prof, researching climate politics and the oil industry. EGAPE Lab Director and co-founder of https://www.2035initiative.com/. Working to transition from the fossil fuel era. Posts expire after 30 days.
#COP30 final text “calls for efforts to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035.”
But the problem has never been amount of $$ committed; the problem has always been enforcement and actually getting money to communities that need it. So tripling basically nothing is still…. basically nothing.
But the problem has never been amount of $$ committed; the problem has always been enforcement and actually getting money to communities that need it. So tripling basically nothing is still…. basically nothing.
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#COP30 final text “calls for efforts to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035.”
But the problem has never been amount of $$ committed; the problem has always been enforcement and actually getting money to communities that need it. So tripling basically nothing is still…. basically nothing.
But the problem has never been amount of $$ committed; the problem has always been enforcement and actually getting money to communities that need it. So tripling basically nothing is still…. basically nothing.
More #Geothermal stanning, and I for one am here for it.
This time from @economist.com with solid visuals throughout but these two stood out:
1: @cleanaircatf.bsky.social geothermal potential map
2: @timlatimer.bsky.social Fervo’s shrinking drilling times
www.economist.com/interactive/...
This time from @economist.com with solid visuals throughout but these two stood out:
1: @cleanaircatf.bsky.social geothermal potential map
2: @timlatimer.bsky.social Fervo’s shrinking drilling times
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
More #Geothermal stanning, and I for one am here for it.
This time from @economist.com with solid visuals throughout but these two stood out:
1: @cleanaircatf.bsky.social geothermal potential map
2: @timlatimer.bsky.social Fervo’s shrinking drilling times
www.economist.com/interactive/...
This time from @economist.com with solid visuals throughout but these two stood out:
1: @cleanaircatf.bsky.social geothermal potential map
2: @timlatimer.bsky.social Fervo’s shrinking drilling times
www.economist.com/interactive/...
Didn't figure Sauron for a clean energy advocate, but hey let's take wins where we can get em
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Didn't figure Sauron for a clean energy advocate, but hey let's take wins where we can get em
It really is! And it's important context that our lawmakers aren't quite grasping -- especially in how future demand can be met with existing refinery capacity and imports (even after closures + outages). See, e.g., this graph from a report I did for CA legislators:
October 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It really is! And it's important context that our lawmakers aren't quite grasping -- especially in how future demand can be met with existing refinery capacity and imports (even after closures + outages). See, e.g., this graph from a report I did for CA legislators:
That’s a good comparison but my big issue with SB 237 on timing though is the 10-year sunset
September 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
That’s a good comparison but my big issue with SB 237 on timing though is the 10-year sunset
I hate to disagree with you @michaelwara.bsky.social but this was a raw deal. Unnecessary given projected refinery capacity (see below, based on CEC data), not to mention the minimal relationship between in-state production and gas prices.
Let’s call this bill what it is: a deal with the devil
Let’s call this bill what it is: a deal with the devil
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I hate to disagree with you @michaelwara.bsky.social but this was a raw deal. Unnecessary given projected refinery capacity (see below, based on CEC data), not to mention the minimal relationship between in-state production and gas prices.
Let’s call this bill what it is: a deal with the devil
Let’s call this bill what it is: a deal with the devil