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Mike Walsh

@MichaelJayWalsh

Climate, energy and equity tactician in metro-Boston. Founding Partner of Groundwork Data.

Boston MA Katılım Mart 2010
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Mike Walsh
Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
An ideal net zero target aims to mitigate GHG emissions to a level that reflects the VERY HIGH risk that CO2 removal does not scale, while aiming to develop CO2 removal technologies to a level that reflects the HIGH risk that sufficient mitigation may not be achieved.
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@DMoKreis Seems like dual fuel heat pump + oil/lpg backup could avoid a lot of as infrastructure $$$ in Franklin.
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Donald M. Kreis
Donald M. Kreis@DMoKreis·
Two years ago, I looked the CEO of Liberty Utilities' parent company in the eye and told him they'd worn out their welcome in New Hampshire and should sell their NH subsidiaries. They changed CEOs but they haven't changed my mind. concordmonitor.com/2026/04/19/fra…
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Timothy B. Lee
Timothy B. Lee@binarybits·
We have two cars narrower than a CR-V (a Subaru Impreza and a Kia Niro) and have not had much trouble fitting three carseats in either of them. I worry people see these comments about how you "can't" fit three carseats in a normal car and assume it's true without checking.
Peter J. Hasson@peterjhasson

I find this 100% believable. We have two toddlers. Our third child is on the way. Federal regulations mean that we are *required* to buy a bigger car than our CR-V if we want our family to legally ride together in the same car. I have 0 idea how that’s supposed to work if you’re a working class parent

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Peter J. Hasson@peterjhasson·
I find this 100% believable. We have two toddlers. Our third child is on the way. Federal regulations mean that we are *required* to buy a bigger car than our CR-V if we want our family to legally ride together in the same car. I have 0 idea how that’s supposed to work if you’re a working class parent
Dr. Insensitive Jerk@DrInsensitive

Mandatory car safety seats prevented 140 births for every life they saved. Safetyism sucks the life from our culture, figuratively and literally.

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Mike Walsh
Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@KevinSKrause NYSERDA did this calculation (either for leaked value or SCM) and the payback was one of the worst investments you see in energy
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Kevin Krause
Kevin Krause@KevinSKrause·
So I am looking at both my natural gas and electric bills for January and I am thinking to myself: The economics of moving heat from natural gas to electric is getting worse with each passing year, isn't it?
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@KevinSKrause Leaked value of gas? or Social cost of emitted methane? The calculated leak using emission factors are wildly off. A leak prone pipe doesn't necessarily leak, a leaky pipe leaks a lot. I agree, seasonal is a temporary solution and mostly should be applied to distribution costs
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Kevin Krause@KevinSKrause·
@MichaelJayWalsh They are spending some, but the reduction in leakage helps pay for it. Again, not sure if you saw the solar PV subthread, but based on the price of solar, a seasonal heat pump rate might become more expensive as we electrify heat, because of the cost of winter supply.
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@KevinSKrause It was $237 last year, looks like they are homing in around $254 this year.
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@KevinSKrause Right after I wrote this, I get a data request in from a gas company: Annual cost of pipeline modernization per residential bill increased from $64 in 2020 to $313 (filed proposal)
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@KevinSKrause How much is your local gas company spending on system modernization? When will your electric company adopt a seasonal heat pump rate?
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Joseph Majkut
Joseph Majkut@JosephMajkut·
Strongly considering going home early to see if I can run deep seek on my family’s gaming pc
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Duncan S. Campbell
Duncan S. Campbell@duncancampbell·
What’s been happening with electricity is happening with gas too. Delivery costs growing faster than supply costs. Clearly the problem isn’t clean energy. It’s utilities.
Laurel Peltier@Greenlaurel7

Residents in @MyBGE now pay 2/3 bill to BGE to deliver the gas, 1/3 for the commodity. Decade ago, was the opposite. BGE's "Gasapalooza," let's replace aging pipes because their unsafe (not true) is nuts. Delivery rates will climb for decades. It's not working. @OpcMd

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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@GurjotSidhu_96 @gwhuber2 Expensive processes prone to disruption + cheap products that don't generate enough revenue to cover cosrs.
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@mattyglesias The bill did do a lot to streamline permitting as shown by this summary of the recommendations that inspired the bill. New approval timelines are pretty fixed, intervenors will be able to make their case but not materially slow things down.
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@xiaowang1984 @jglarusso @AcadiaCtr Swinging by to build consensus between the 3 of us AND the Yankee report on hydrogen blending in gas pipelines. As @BButterworth11 said, the report was so right-wing that they made the full horseshoe and took the left-activist position on hydrogen.
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Xiao Wang
Xiao Wang@xiaowang1984·
@jglarusso @AcadiaCtr You think the electricity price won't be volatile once we put that offshore wind into our markets?
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Joe LaRusso 🔌 🕳🐇@jglarusso·
🧵 1/4 Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the. @NewHampJournal opted to reprint the report issued today by the State Policy Network’s New England members ("The Staggering Costs of New England's Green Energy Policies@) without context or counterpoint, as the… @NHGOP @NHDems
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@JesseJenkins Let's also keep pushing the fact that much of the consumer tech that will reduce emissions is inherently better technology that in many cases is more afordable and even when it is not, it almost always creates more value for the consumer to justify its cost.
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Jesse D. Jenkins
Jesse D. Jenkins@JesseJenkins·
The best science tells us that climate change is not like an asteroid hurtling towards earth, an all-or-nothing battle for survival. Rather, every billion tons of CO2 & every 10th of a degree of warming we prevent will save lives, prevent suffering, and avoid countless damage. The fight cannot be surrendered, and the project of building a world where the lives and aspirations of 8-going-on-10 billion people can be powered by clean, abundant energy remains essential.
Jesse D. Jenkins@JesseJenkins

The election of Donald Trump is a gutting defeat for those working to accelerate the shift to clean energy. But it isn't "game over" in the climate fight. The next battle begins today. As we all process what happens now, here's my personal reflections @heatmap_news (link 👇).

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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@BSmithwood The 1000 car dealers don't check #1 and #2. But they have done similar horrible things at the local level.
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@BSmithwood Is 1 Elon better/worse for America than 1,000 local car dealers? I actually want to argue this with you from all sides at the next reunion.
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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@xiaowang1984 That makes sense. I do recall walking into some animosity about this in 2005 with some division down the arts vs. eng/sci grad students during the 2002/4 effort. I want to say the engineers were happy with their stipends and did not want to unionization. Memory is fuzzy too
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Xiao Wang@xiaowang1984·
I remember hearing about the Harvard grad student unionization vote from friends and how they reran the vote to get the Yes result they desired. No wonder why STEM profs like foreign students who will stay till 2am union or not 🤷
Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈@JosephPolitano

Jeremy is at UAW which held the line politically better than most and has been more tactically successful (much to learn from that!) but that came only amidst tons of tons of direct support for the auto industry and a UAW membership that is now 20% Grad Students & Academic Staff

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Mike Walsh@MichaelJayWalsh·
@xiaowang1984 You and I were at Cornell at the same time starting in 2005, there was no unionization vote during those years. There was one soon before we arrived in 2004 or 2002. I can't pin down the exact date because the internet sucks for prehistoric history now.
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Xiao Wang
Xiao Wang@xiaowang1984·
Why TF do grad students need unions anyways. I voted no during my time as a grad student. You willingly signed up to get free classes, tuition paid for by your advisor and a minimal salary to make ends meet. Call it an investment in the future
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