David Rusenko

Six months ago, I teamed up with the creator of The Daily on a crazy new idea. We talk to well known founders + someone close to them like their college roommate or their mom that tell a whole different side to the story. Season 1 is launching today: pod.link/1878437990

@jesslivingston @ycombinator Be sure to listen after the credits for a little easter egg 🥚

So much fun having @jesslivingston on and hearing the story of her early life and what an instrumental role she played in starting @ycombinator - in a way many don't fully appreciate! Listen to the full episode at pod.link/1878437990/epi…

.@paulg talks about how @ycombinator would have never gotten started without @jesslivingston, what people sometimes miss about the role she played, and the secret to doing a startup with your spouse or partner. Listen to the full episode at pod.link/1878437990/epi…

Episode 1 is with YC founders Jessica Livingston and Paul Graham. Episode 2 is with Mercury founder Immad Akhund and his Mom. Episode 3 launches next Weds Apr 1, and is with Airbnb founder Nate Blecharczyk and their first advisor. Follow along at leapforward.fm

Six months ago, I teamed up with the creator of The Daily on a crazy new idea. We talk to well known founders + someone close to them like their college roommate or their mom that tell a whole different side to the story. Season 1 is launching today: pod.link/1878437990

Excited for this to come out - can't wait to hear these stories.

“Big picture it’s a W” 💀

We're thrilled to announce that Veery v0.4 "Barb", our fourth test and first weather satellite, is launching today! Barb will test: - a more sensitive radar capable of measuring ocean surface wind speed - end-to-end control software from @elodinsystems - improved Iridium SBD software - partially-automated commissioning - and much more SpaceX livestream starts at 10:36pm!

In its latest world outlook report, the @IEA declares that China is leading the age of electrification, accounting for 60% of new #RenewableEnergy in 2023. If the global race to see who will own the clean energy economy of the future is on, what does the US stand to lose? Chart Credit: @IEA and @semafor

@EggersMatt Also, digital twin. Said mostly by people who thinks it makes them sound smart.

If you say or write "counterfactual" at least twice per day are you the smartest person around?

@drvolts Right, another way to think about intensity is around the trade offs people are willing to accept to address the issue. And this is where support has traditionally been fairly shallow — they know it’s important but aren’t willing to make changes that negatively impact them.

... they aren't going to rally for you, send you money, elevate this over other issues, etc. There's virtually no one who prioritizes getting rid of guar gum over other contested issues (economy, immigration, guns, etc.). Supportive polls notwithstanding, there's no *intensity*.

Maybe this is unfair but I have come to see public opinion polls on climate change as utterly useless. Climate types always draw sweeping conclusions from them but in my experience they tell us absolutely nothing about the political economy of climate. rff.org/publications/r…

@Jason Did the same thing, you’re gonna love the power resiliency and independence. Expanding your system down the road isn’t really a thing, so oversize both the solar and battery storage. #1 thing I hear from people is “I wish I got more”

I’m gonna setup a small solar farm at the ranch — what do I need to know?

More here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Exxon climate study from the 1970s. They nailed it.

Huge kudos to @panamaredhat and the @buildingdecarb team for helping to pass #SB1221! This bill directs the CPUC to evaluate whether electrification is more cost effective than gas line replacements, and establish up to 30 pilot project neighborhoods. And critically, it creates a neighborhood electrification framework that bypasses the "obligation to serve" that currently prevents these programs from existing. Amazing work!

@AJamesMcCarthy @elonmusk If nuclear can outperform and outcompete solar on price, that would be a good thing. It just hasn’t been able to do that yet and the trend is only getting worse. Hopefully the ADVANCE act can help with that. Even in optimistic scenarios nuclear scale up is 10-20 years out.

@elonmusk I am a big fan of solar on roofs. It’s just a no brainer, and the land is already used so it’s serving dual purpose. I just hate the idea of these huge solar farms covering beautiful natural landscapes when nuclear would significantly outperform it with a far smaller footprint.

One square mile on the surface receives ~2.5 Gigawatts of solar energy. That’s Gigawatts with a “G”. It’s ~30% higher in space. The Starlink global satellite network is entirely solar/battery powered. Factoring in solar panel efficiency (25%), packing density (80%) and usable daylight hours (~6), a reasonable rule of thumb is 3GWh of energy per square mile per day. Easy math, but almost no one does these basic calculations.

New data just released for August: Last month, Texas built more solar than the rest of the country combined.

@MichaelWWara Or getting the energy delivered to where it is consumed. For a variety of reasons (structural incentives, climate adaptation) that is turning out to be pretty damn difficult too.

Energy storage is going to be the main thing. Making the energy is no longer the hard part. It’s having it when you want it.