Zoltan Nagy
@zoltannagy.bsky.social
Engineering prof at TU/e | demand side energy management | connected communities | CityLearn
Honored to be quoted in this AP article on AI's potential for climate solutions. Important topic critical implications for our built environment.
...though of all the things I said, they went with "That's literally a super low-hanging fruit" 😂
apnews.com/article/clim...
...though of all the things I said, they went with "That's literally a super low-hanging fruit" 😂
apnews.com/article/clim...
AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how
Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more eff...
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Honored to be quoted in this AP article on AI's potential for climate solutions. Important topic critical implications for our built environment.
...though of all the things I said, they went with "That's literally a super low-hanging fruit" 😂
apnews.com/article/clim...
...though of all the things I said, they went with "That's literally a super low-hanging fruit" 😂
apnews.com/article/clim...
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Saying we need massive CO₂ removal is like saying we need fusion power. We might need them but we ain’t got ‘em.
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Saying we need massive CO₂ removal is like saying we need fusion power. We might need them but we ain’t got ‘em.
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"Accounting for these increased methane emissions removes over two-thirds of the apparent post-2005 decline in United States net greenhouse gas emissions."
Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Accounting for these increased methane emissions removes over two-thirds of the apparent post-2005 decline in United States net greenhouse gas emissions."
Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Essential paper by @kevinjkircher.com.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Three strategies to link paragraphs and improve the flow of
your academic writing. patthomson.net/2025/11/08/t...
your academic writing. patthomson.net/2025/11/08/t...
three ways to link paragraphs
One of the things that separates just OK academic writing from really good academic writing is how smoothly it flows. You’ve probably read papers where every paragraph feels like a fresh star…
patthomson.net
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Three strategies to link paragraphs and improve the flow of
your academic writing. patthomson.net/2025/11/08/t...
your academic writing. patthomson.net/2025/11/08/t...
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Hi Bluesky,
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hi Bluesky,
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.
Thanks,
God
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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In aviation, why do they use nautical miles and not aeronautical miles? 🙃
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In aviation, why do they use nautical miles and not aeronautical miles? 🙃
Greenwashing is illegal now. Great news!
French court convicts TotalEnergies of greenwashing over climate claims
Judges ruled on Thursday that the energy giant had misled consumers by overstating its carbon neutrality goals - a potential precedent for corporate climate advertising...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
Judges ruled on Thursday that the energy giant had misled consumers by overstating its carbon neutrality goals - a potential precedent for corporate climate advertising...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
French court convicts TotalEnergies of greenwashing over climate claims
Judges ruled on Thursday that the energy giant had misled consumers by overstating its carbon neutrality goals. The case could set a potential precedent for corporate climate advertising.
www.lemonde.fr
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Greenwashing is illegal now. Great news!
Well it happened again. A task I procrastinated for 3 months has been completed in 5min.
Please clap.
Please clap.
October 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Well it happened again. A task I procrastinated for 3 months has been completed in 5min.
Please clap.
Please clap.
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We now *know* what to do to stop climate change.
Project Drawdown has analyzed trillions of data points, spent tens of thousands of hours, and has done the hard work to find evidence-based solutions.
No more handwaving. No more greenwashing. Just science.
And we're giving it away for *free*.
Project Drawdown has analyzed trillions of data points, spent tens of thousands of hours, and has done the hard work to find evidence-based solutions.
No more handwaving. No more greenwashing. Just science.
And we're giving it away for *free*.
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We now *know* what to do to stop climate change.
Project Drawdown has analyzed trillions of data points, spent tens of thousands of hours, and has done the hard work to find evidence-based solutions.
No more handwaving. No more greenwashing. Just science.
And we're giving it away for *free*.
Project Drawdown has analyzed trillions of data points, spent tens of thousands of hours, and has done the hard work to find evidence-based solutions.
No more handwaving. No more greenwashing. Just science.
And we're giving it away for *free*.
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Want to make publication-ready figures come straight from Python without having to do any manual editing? Are you fed up with axes labels being unreadable during your presentations? Follow this short tutorial including code examples! 👇🧵
October 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Want to make publication-ready figures come straight from Python without having to do any manual editing? Are you fed up with axes labels being unreadable during your presentations? Follow this short tutorial including code examples! 👇🧵
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Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
Reviewer #1: Thank you for your revised manuscript with thoughtful ideas.
Reviewer #2: I recommend against the publication of this study.
Reviewer#2 strikes again 😂
Reviewer #2: I recommend against the publication of this study.
Reviewer#2 strikes again 😂
October 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Reviewer #1: Thank you for your revised manuscript with thoughtful ideas.
Reviewer #2: I recommend against the publication of this study.
Reviewer#2 strikes again 😂
Reviewer #2: I recommend against the publication of this study.
Reviewer#2 strikes again 😂
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I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
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It's Nobel Prize week! A good time to remember that the economics prize was created by Swedish bankers in 1968 (67 years after the 5 original Nobel prizes) against the wishes of the Nobel family, partly to legitimize neoclassical economics in the public eye and partly to help banks avoid regulation.
Philip Mirowski - Why Is There a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics?
YouTube video by New Economic Thinking
m.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's Nobel Prize week! A good time to remember that the economics prize was created by Swedish bankers in 1968 (67 years after the 5 original Nobel prizes) against the wishes of the Nobel family, partly to legitimize neoclassical economics in the public eye and partly to help banks avoid regulation.
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Amazing work here highlighting the need for more demand side energy managent on the residential scale 👇 congrats @kevinjkircher.com and team!!
1) New paper! Replacing US fossil-fueled vehicles & appliances with electric versions could improve health & climate outcomes, but could cost up to $790 billion in distribution grid reinforcement. Strategic demand-side management could cut 2/3 of those costs.🔌💡
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Amazing work here highlighting the need for more demand side energy managent on the residential scale 👇 congrats @kevinjkircher.com and team!!
LO—and I cannot stress this enough—L
Will the absence of robotaxis in Europe mark the moment its citizens notice how far their continent has fallen behind?
Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe
A slow-motion car crash on Europe’s roads
econ.st
September 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
LO—and I cannot stress this enough—L
Yo Austin,TX connections-if anyone is looking to rent an awesome house in the Hyde Park area, DM me.
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Yo Austin,TX connections-if anyone is looking to rent an awesome house in the Hyde Park area, DM me.
Rule#1 for pick up and drop off at our local 🇳🇱 school: cars are not allowed 😍
What a stark contrast to what we were used to in TX.
What a stark contrast to what we were used to in TX.
August 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Rule#1 for pick up and drop off at our local 🇳🇱 school: cars are not allowed 😍
What a stark contrast to what we were used to in TX.
What a stark contrast to what we were used to in TX.
As I have moved to 🇳🇱 now, this account will henceforth be an urbanism account.
Sorry, I don't make the rules.
Sorry, I don't make the rules.
July 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As I have moved to 🇳🇱 now, this account will henceforth be an urbanism account.
Sorry, I don't make the rules.
Sorry, I don't make the rules.
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In heatwaves, when air conditioning demand peaks and reliable electricity generation is needed most, nuclear and coal power plants that use nearby bodies of water for cooling risk failure due to too-warm cooling water. Those with air cooling towers are better off, but heat/humidity hurt them too.
French nuclear power plant has to close during intense heat wave, because temperatures in the river that provides cooling water are too high.
EDF shuts down Golftech nuclear plant due to high river temperature
French utility EDF said it shut down the No. 1 reactor at the Golftech nuclear power plant in southwestern France late on Sunday, ahead of an anticipated rise in the temperature of the Garonne river that supplies the plant's cooling water.
www.reuters.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In heatwaves, when air conditioning demand peaks and reliable electricity generation is needed most, nuclear and coal power plants that use nearby bodies of water for cooling risk failure due to too-warm cooling water. Those with air cooling towers are better off, but heat/humidity hurt them too.
🚨🥵Given the heatwaves in the US and Europe we have a timely preprint: From Comfort to Survival: Indoor Heat Vulnerability During Extreme Events
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
There is extensive work on outdoor heat exposure, but a considerable gap on indoor heat risk.
Our work tackles this.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
There is extensive work on outdoor heat exposure, but a considerable gap on indoor heat risk.
Our work tackles this.
From Comfort to Survival: Indoor Heat Vulnerability During Extreme Events
Urbanization and largescale meteorological forcing intensify impacts from extreme heat events globally, with most heat-related deaths occurring indoors. Underst
papers.ssrn.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
🚨🥵Given the heatwaves in the US and Europe we have a timely preprint: From Comfort to Survival: Indoor Heat Vulnerability During Extreme Events
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
There is extensive work on outdoor heat exposure, but a considerable gap on indoor heat risk.
Our work tackles this.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
There is extensive work on outdoor heat exposure, but a considerable gap on indoor heat risk.
Our work tackles this.