Is electricity cheap to transport? Well of course if the powerlines are built. But we are massively behind building more and half the startups I engage with in the space are trying to find non-wires methods for moving energy as it’s so hard to build powerlines. Have always liked your articles Tomas but reading this on a space where I hav…
Is electricity cheap to transport? Well of course if the powerlines are built. But we are massively behind building more and half the startups I engage with in the space are trying to find non-wires methods for moving energy as it’s so hard to build powerlines. Have always liked your articles Tomas but reading this on a space where I have deep knowledge, wondering if I’ve been having a gell-mann effect with your other stuff.
“We” as in the US I assume? Maybe not in other places—here I’m covering more the physics than the permitting.
My point here is specifically that this works as long as you can have solar in the transmission range of existing gas infrastructure.
As for Gell-Mann, it might be! I’m very conscious of it. I can’t possibly be a worldwide expert in all the fields I cover (Eg my experience in epidemiology when COVID started was having read 5 papers and experience with software virality!)
But I do think it’s crucial that some people go deep across disciplines. Otherwise, there’s too much compartmentalization and not enough synthesis. so that’s what I’m trying to do here in UT.
That runs the risk of making mistakes. Every now and then, I make some indeed.
Here’s how I try to fight it:
1. I’m very open about potential mistakes, so that ppl like you can correct me. It’s the good thing about having a broad audience: there’s always better experts than me in any field I cover!
2. I seldom do primary research. Nearly everything I do is synthesizing what other experts have studied. Normally, I read dozens of other expert sources before forming my own opinion
3. I show all sources and reasoning so that others can dive deep, analyze, and criticize.
4. Every quarter, I share an update with everything we’ve learned on the topics we’ve covered. This includes mistakes.
Is electricity cheap to transport? Well of course if the powerlines are built. But we are massively behind building more and half the startups I engage with in the space are trying to find non-wires methods for moving energy as it’s so hard to build powerlines. Have always liked your articles Tomas but reading this on a space where I have deep knowledge, wondering if I’ve been having a gell-mann effect with your other stuff.
“We” as in the US I assume? Maybe not in other places—here I’m covering more the physics than the permitting.
My point here is specifically that this works as long as you can have solar in the transmission range of existing gas infrastructure.
As for Gell-Mann, it might be! I’m very conscious of it. I can’t possibly be a worldwide expert in all the fields I cover (Eg my experience in epidemiology when COVID started was having read 5 papers and experience with software virality!)
But I do think it’s crucial that some people go deep across disciplines. Otherwise, there’s too much compartmentalization and not enough synthesis. so that’s what I’m trying to do here in UT.
That runs the risk of making mistakes. Every now and then, I make some indeed.
Here’s how I try to fight it:
1. I’m very open about potential mistakes, so that ppl like you can correct me. It’s the good thing about having a broad audience: there’s always better experts than me in any field I cover!
2. I seldom do primary research. Nearly everything I do is synthesizing what other experts have studied. Normally, I read dozens of other expert sources before forming my own opinion
3. I show all sources and reasoning so that others can dive deep, analyze, and criticize.
4. Every quarter, I share an update with everything we’ve learned on the topics we’ve covered. This includes mistakes.
Does that make sense? What else would you do?