Craig Foley

Discussing high-performance home valuation at the US DOE. Very receptive audience. #Rethink39

@EvanAKilgore My first thought is that you aren’t very bright.

Robert Mueller was a terrible human being. He led a witch hunt against President Trump. He put Trump's family though hell. But, President Trump should know better than to celebrate his opponents death. Not a good look and is fuel for the Left. Thoughts?

Look, I just could never be comfortable saying I am glad so-and-so was dead. But it’s like @POTUS writes his own obit for the rest of country to say when he goes, “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”

"as climate risk intensifies and cities grapple with infrastructure pressure, developers are increasingly being evaluated through environmental performance metrics, such as operational energy use, carbon intensity and lifecycle efficiency" forbes.com/sites/diannepl…

"Improving your home’s energy efficiency doesn’t have to involve a full home renovation. Whether you’re looking to lower utility bills, preparing to sell, or simply modernizing your home, here’s how to get started and what to keep in mind along the way" nar.realtor/the-facts/cons…

"Right before the conflict, it would cost $1,158 to fill a standard residential heating oil tank of 275 gallons at $4.21 per gallon. With today’s prices averaging at $5.84, it would cost $1,606." boston.com/news/local-new…

"The market, according to the report, “causes significant harm to most consumers, where any savings that consumers may experience are typically short-lived and canceled out by much bigger losses.” commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/tucked-…

"Gov. Maura Healey said she was "thrilled" to learn construction was complete, noting that the project is expected to save Massachusetts ratepayers $1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation" wbur.org/news/2026/03/1…

"Energy Bills Relief Act,” signed by more than half of House Dems, 122 in all, seeks to establish new incentives for renewable projects & to protect consumers from rising electricity costs due to grid demands from large energy users such as data centers" insideclimatenews.org/news/18032026/…

The City of Fitchburg has been named a @MassSave Community First Partner, a designation that helps connect residents with no-cost home energy improvements and guidance on making homes more comfortable and efficient. Read more: unitil.com/news/fitchburg…

@TheEconomist #operationepicfail

The reckless campaign against Iran will weaken America’s president. That will make him angry. Be warned: he makes a very bad loser econ.st/4lA7lEQ

"Here are eight approaches that are particularly valuable for conserving species where you live" #REthink39 scientificamerican.com/article/8-ways…

Lowering the bar on home insurance is a short term unsustainable solution for successful homeownership. finance.yahoo.com/news/rising-in…

@TomMoyerUT Logic is no longer.

Wait - we’re going to pay people *not* to build power generation now? 🤦‍♂️

"Growing global adoption of electric vehicles helped avoid the consumption of 2.3 million barrels of oil per day last year, according to a modeled scenario from @BloombergNEF" bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via @AkshatRathi @LauraMillanL

@shanaka86 All due respect, there are people that are dieing in the Middle East; truly irreversible for them.

JUST IN: The most irreversible consequence of this war is not happening in Tehran. It is happening in a barn in Iowa. A farmer is standing over a kitchen table looking at two seed catalogues. One is corn. One is soybeans. Corn needs 180 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Nitrogen costs $610 per ton on the CBOT March futures settlement as of yesterday, up 35 percent in a month. Soybeans fix their own nitrogen from the atmosphere through root bacteria called rhizobia. They need nothing from the Strait of Hormuz. The farmer is choosing soybeans. Millions of acres are choosing soybeans. And once the planter rolls into the field, the choice cannot be reversed until next year. USDA projected corn at roughly 94 million acres for 2026, down from 98.8 million. Soybeans at 85 million, up from 81.2 million. Those projections were published February 19, before urea surged past $683 at New Orleans. The actual shift will be larger. USDA Prospective Plantings reports March 31. By then the seeds will be in the ground. This is the transmission channel the world is not watching. A 21-mile strait enforced by provincial commanders with sealed radio orders just rewrote the planting economics of 90 million acres of the most productive farmland on Earth. Not through sanctions. Not through diplomacy. Through the price of a single molecule that corn cannot grow without and soybeans do not need. Now follow the cascade. The Renewable Fuel Standard mandates 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol annually. That consumes roughly 43 percent of the entire US corn crop. The mandate is set by the EPA. It does not flex when corn acres shrink. It is inelastic demand consuming a fixed share of a declining supply. When supply tightens against a fixed mandate, the remaining corn reprices upward. Corn above $5 per bushel compresses every margin downstream. The US cattle herd stands at 86.2 million head, a 75-year low per USDA NASS. Poultry and pork operations face compression from higher corn prices. Feed is the single largest cost in livestock production. When feed reprices, protein reprices. When protein reprices, every grocery shelf in America absorbs the increase. This is the protein cascade. Corn to feed to meat to eggs to dairy to the checkout counter. Each link tightens because the link before it tightened. The originating cause is a urea molecule that cannot transit a strait because a provincial commander’s sealed orders say it cannot. The farmer did not start this war. The farmer cannot end it. The farmer responds to the price on the screen and the biology of the two crops in front of him. Corn needs the molecule. Soybeans do not. At $610 the arithmetic is settled. The planter rolls. The season is locked. Israel just authorised the assassination of every Iranian official on sight. The US has spent $16.5 billion. South Pars is burning. The Fed is holding rates because oil inflation will not break. Gold touched $5,000. Bitcoin is bleeding. China is running exercises near Taiwan. Sri Lanka shut down on Wednesdays. And underneath all of it, a man in a barn is making the decision that determines whether four billion people pay more for food this year. He has never heard of the Mosaic Doctrine. He does not know what a sealed contingency packet is. He knows what nitrogen costs. And he is planting soybeans. Full analysis - open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

This economic data DOES NOT include the War w/ Iran. It's bad. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 8:30 am Producer price indexFeb.0.7%0.3%0.5% 8:30 am Core PPIFeb.0.5%0.3%0.4% 8:30 am PPI year over year3.4%--2.9% 8:30 am Core PPI year over year3.5%--3.4%

"inspector notes: “Limited attic ventilation,” “possible moisture in crawlspace,” “recommend radon test,” “bathroom fans vent to attic instead of exterior.” Each line raises new questions about ur family’s health that you never considered during showings" pearlscore.com/news/what-ever…

"current oil shock, along w/ falling costs 4 solar & wind, poses a challenge 4 oil companies & the stories they tell. “The argument for energy security & cost R now not on the side of fossil fuels...so they’re kind of in a real rhetorical problem here" grist.org/language/oil-c…

Massachusetts homeowners now have a new way to finance an ADU. @MassGovernor and @MassHousing just launched a new statewide loan program offering fixed-rate second mortgages of up to $250K to help eligible homeowners build ADUs and add more housing. mass.gov/news/governor-…

@TomMoyerUT The other note to add to this discussion is that NG is effective at the plant level. My issue, particularly with a leaky NG infrastructure, is its effectiveness and safety for home heating.

I think most people know this, but it’s worth saying anyway. Gas is the current long-duration energy storage. The system works because gas is available to fill the gaps - and that’s fine. Renewables compete with gas *operating* cost. They cut fuel use and help meet summer peaks.