17 years in electricity delivery. Megaproject admirer. Co-author of California Assembly Bill 2647 (Passed October 2026)

Berkeley, CA
Joined January 2010
The blueprint exists. Build 1,000 more. Save the world.
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Never mind, I found it
I’m looking for this clip where a group of Dagestanis is debating Batman’s behaviour, but can’t find it
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Ok who did this
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The AI/energy/data center news cycle has me like this
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At least with nuclear the costs are fully defined and up front at the project level with the system level costs more or less well known. With the wind and solar and to lesser extent batteries there is always being fooled by the lowish plant level costs but realizing even lower returns because the plants print nodally Or being a buyer/offtaker of energy and finding out the hedge was entirely ineffective Or being a ratepayer and getting transmission and ancillary charges on ya Either way pick your poison. But at least there is a plausible story to tell investors until the bill comes due later.
Nuclear is only a solution to those who have not sufficiently defined the problem
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Walked past @ezraklein in Berkeley and didn’t realize it for five blocks. The energy policy I would have articulated to him in three sentences … world changing.
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I was interviewed last weekend by Callie Patteson from the Washington Examiner about the state of nuclear energy in California and if it’s becoming a wedge issue. I want to clarify a few things from the subsequent article and dilute the rage bait a bit.
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I think my optimism was captured in the article, and for that I’m grateful. I’m trying to never talk shit on my fellow Americans working on American energy in good faith. This is the big idea that saves the world. And I will hold the orgs I associate with to a higher standard.
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So to @SierraClubCA, @DemSocialists and @Greenpeace, we need your help to get nuclear energy off the ground again in California and the world. DMs are not open, you have my email. 🧵
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I maintain my position that Diablo Canyon Power Plant should be renamed someday, as it is a wonderfully valuable energy property worthy of a better name suited for extended operations with support from local SLO community and local tiłhini Tribe
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If handled well, this priceless land, once called tstyiwi, can make baseload power and protect an important California ecosystem forever.
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