Ethan Freedman
@ethanpfreedman
Just be cool, man. Reporter: science, nature, agriculture, climate. Bylines at Scientific American, PopSci, Sierra, Slate, Fatherly, etc. He/Him. RTs =/= Endorsement. Opinions solely mine. Old posts delete en masse. Chicago www.ethanpfreedman.com
Idk man, I legitimately don’t get this opinion. The most? Out of anybody? Not a chance. Also, even if you accept the premise of this statement (you should not), its worth a question of what kind of future he wants to build — and for whom From: nymag.com/intelligence...
Per Pew (www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...) support for wind and solar is declining. Per another chart in the link above, at least some of that decline seems driven by Republicans increasingly believing that wind and solar are bad for the environment.
This kind of idea could shape energy landscapes too – imagine if utility customers had more power to demand what kind of generation their utility was building That said, making that a climate win would likely require reversing some (growing) anti-renewable sentiment (see link in next post)
Here's a good bit of data: Between the 80s and 90s, every part of the US got more air conditioning. Except in the Mountain West, that coincided with a reduction in heat deaths. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/ins...
Once again thinking about this Matt Y tweet, and want to put it out there that I care about the newts and various other kinds of less traditionally charismatic species, and also new housing, and think those opinions can exist simultaneously if we use even a modicum of critical thinking