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Rob
@robertferry.bsky.social
Climate policy, society, and the built environment. Architect, LEED AP BD+C. https://landartgenerator.org
But can they actually get to it? I don't think the EU needs white H2 to reduce gas consumption by more than 1% per year and if we're going to meet our global climate ambitions it really has to. Utility scale batteries (thermal and chemical) +renewables are going to be the gamechanger more than H2.
The precious 'white gold' fuel buried in the Earth
Naturally occurring "white hydrogen" lies in vast reservoirs beneath our feet – now the gold rush of the clean energy era is beginning.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"In its latest outlook, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts total European Union gas demand to decline by just over 10% by 2035 due to greater use of electric heat pumps, higher energy efficiencies and more renewables output."

🚨 It's going to decline much faster than that.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
If we nationalize PJM we could also enforce better pizza standards.

Also, have you been to Driftwood Oven? Wood fired sourdough! 🤌
Driftwood Oven | Sourdough Pizzeria and Bakery
Driftwood Oven is an artisan Sourdough Pizzeria and Bakery located in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. Their speciality loaves are available through a monthly bread share program or y...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If PJM could get their shit together on allowing interconnections and leverage the latest in grid enhancing technologies and the distributed grid, we could absolutely rely on renewable capacity growth.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“Transparency in a relationship can mean that you share your password details with your partner because you have nothing to hide.”

Could she have kept her Gmail password the same for four years?
15 Secrets to Enhance Transparency in a Relationship
Transparency in a relationship can help enhance the understanding that a couple share. Check out some tips that can help you achieve this
www.marriage.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It is a horror that so many Americans make choices every day about whether to heal themselves or get an exam when they feel ill because they don’t know if they can afford it. Even the insured never know when they’ll be hit with a surprise hospital facility fee or co-insurance bill. It’s disgraceful.
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Interestingly, 12% of GDP is not far off from what is spent each year on the NHS in the U.K. (more like 10-11%). And the freedom of the public to live life without fear of catastrophic hospital bills is priceless.
NHS: Key Facts And Figures | The King's Fund
What's the NHS annual budget? How many doctors and nurses are there? What's the cost of an operation? We answer some of the most frequently asked questions we receive about the NHS.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s all about affordability. Even Trump and Mamdani agree on that.
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
For the skeptic in the room (who probably won’t read it), I’ll leave this most comprehensive and non-partisan study, which modeled 22 single-payer plans proposed over the past 30 years and found all of them would cost less over time than the horrible system we have now.
Projected costs of single-payer healthcare financing in the United States: A systematic review of economic analyses
In a systematic review, Christopher Cai and colleagues investigate the projected cost impact associated with a single-payer approach to health insurance in the United States.
journals.plos.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’m considering Joe Lieberman a Republican along with the other dems who sold their souls to the health insurance industry. Meanwhile, the Republicans (though out of power) were grandstanding about “death panels” and the government in your doctor’s office.
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The reason we got Obamacare is 100% because of private insurance company lobbyists and Republicans gaslighting about taxes. It had nothing to do with the actual total cost.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It is pointless to compare one small state program of 650k (older) people to the efficiencies that would be gained in an insurance pool of 350 million. If anything, the savings (agreed upon by every policy think tank) are probably conservative.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Indeed they do. You can buy a lot of politicians with that kind of money…
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If passing Medicare for All (and saving $1 trillion every year for a better system) is the only message Democrats run on next year it will be a landslide.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Why wouldn’t we want to save $10 trillion over the next decade while removing one of the largest anxieties from the public?

In our household are looking at a $400 per month *increase* in our premium next year and I have to say it is very stressful.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
💯 Just about on par with the average performance of the stock market and much lower risk. What’s not to like?
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is what we should be using DOD’s money for.
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I’m increasingly of the opinion that there should be a coalition of fossil fuel net importing states. Let the U.S., Australia, and Canada do what they are going to do while the market for their products goes to zero.
I’m not at all saying it will be easy, but the nations calling for phase out of fossil fuels are in many cases fossil fuel importers. If they all decarbonize rapidly together the roadmap gets executed whether petroleum exporting counties like it or not.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And wouldn’t it be nice to use the cloud guilt-free knowing that it is entirely powered by the sun and the wind?
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM