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Doug Bessette

@dlbessette.bsky.social
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Associate Professor for Energy Systems in the Department of Community Sustainability at Michigan State University. Tiger fan, drummer, card collector. #cleanenergy #climatechange #solar #wind #nuclear

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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
God, Meta sucks. techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/m...
techcrunch.com
Meta drops out of a major clean energy pact as its natural gas buildout accelerates | TechCrunch
Meta has made significant investments in natural gas over the past year. Now it's dropping out of an industry renewable energy group.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"With no rationale of any kind, the Trump administration has weaponized a routine federal review process in order to stall clean wind energy projects,” said Attorney General Nessel #wind www.michigan.gov/ag/news/pres...
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Who uses short-term parking at an airport? You're either there to drop somebody off, pick somebody up, or fly somewhere. Do people still wait in baggage claim like it's an 80s rom-com??
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How can a 351 Exchange possibly be legal? You can literally erase unlimited capital gains from your tax liability. What in the huh? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
wsj.com
The Tax Strategy for People Suffering From Stock-Market Success
If big gains on stocks have locked you in place, here’s one way to break free.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Per the MPSC, MI had 8.3 GW of renewable energy capacity installed at the end of 2025. Google wants to build 1.6 GW of solar and 480 MW of battery storage JUST TO POWER A SINGLE #DATACENTER. Y'all, this is literally insane. www.mlive.com/news/2026/03...
mlive.com
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
IEA recommends citizens (not US war-makers) reduce #energy demand due to #oilshocks -Work from home -Reduce speed limits -Encourage public transport -Increase car sharing -Adopt efficient driving practices -Avoid air travel -Switch to modern cooking solutions www.iea.org/reports/shel...
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Summary – Sheltering From Oil Shocks – Analysis - IEA
Sheltering From Oil Shocks - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Gotta love how the DOE's Office of Science Realignment has a new org chart that isn't even a PDF or png, you can't zoom in and you can barely see the new organizational structure. So much for transparency! #energy content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USD...
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Office of Science Realignment
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Well THIS is depressing. If you haven't taken a look at the UK's National Security Assessment on Global Ecosystems, it's, um, STARK. #climatechange www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
gotta hand it to #AI, not sure any other tech would be able to so quickly and with so many resources generate absolutely nothing. Songster AI's drum tab for Barry Can't Swim's When Will We Land. Super helpful. Luckily I still have a human drum teacher (and ears)
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Melanie Nicole 🇨🇦 @melanienicole76.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Meet Coral Hart who has tons of AI generated garbage on Kindle Unlimited. 🤬
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
One of the most important papers I've read in a long time: Fossil energy minimum viable scale: what happens to this giant "network of networks" of fossil-fuel infrastructure as demand begins to decline? Amazing work by @gruberte.bsky.social and @jlappen1.bsky.social emilygrubert.org/wp-content/u...
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New details emerge about Deep Green's #datacenter in Lansing. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/l...
lansingstatejournal.com
New details emerge about proposed Lansing data center
The Lansing City Council could vote later this month on whether to approve a 24-megawatt data center in downtown as more details have emerged.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Even #MAGA voters like #solar (if made in the US--gee whiz who was trying to incentivize that....who was it again...) www.axios.com/2026/02/04/t...
axios.com
Exclusive: Majority of Trump voters back solar power, poll finds
Trump officials are moving against renewables on several fronts.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Nothing like grading an assignment that I've done for a few years, one that year after year about half the class does correctly (and then we go over it in class and they can resubmit it) and yet this year, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE STUDENT GOT IT PERFECT. Hm, I wonder how that could be... #AI
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Could somebody point me toward the Elon Musk Museum of Modern Art? I can’t find it or literally anything remotely like it on my map.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Huh. Singapore now owns roughly 5% of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...
mlive.com
In a year, foreign investors bought another 71,000 acres of Michigan agricultural land
Michigan ranks among the top states for foreign ownership of agricultural land, with most of the acreage being Upper Peninsula forests.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This is some of the most vile shit I can imagine, picking up parents while they drop off their kids (who are US citizens) at school. #ICEOUT of Ypsilanti, Michigan and the rest of the US. 😡 PASS SB508, 509 and 510. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
mlive.com
Multiple parents of Ypsilanti students detained by ICE, school says
The arrests happened near school property, officials said.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
1,000,000% in support of posting median grades in course transcripts or university imposing limits on grade distribution. Yes yes yes. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
nytimes.com
One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Omg. If you’re over 45 and havent read @shamblanderson.bsky.social’s Colonscopies LOR, do yourself a favor. It’s amazing. “I achieved a literal flow state.” 😂😂😂 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
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Sam Anderson (@shamblanderson.bsky.social)
Staff Writer, NY Times Magazine writing: www.shamblanderson.com drawing: www.instagram.com/shamblanderson podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/animal/id1749201553
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
2026 does it again. This is truly sad. Catherine Ohara was a legend, and a legit hero amongst my friends and family, and a dead ringer for my mom. She will be missed. people.com/catherine-oh...
people.com
Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71
Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Critical legislation up for debate in Michigan regarding #ICE: No masks; NO enforcement in sensitive locations, and NO (illegal) sharing of information. PASS SB 508, SB509, AND SB510!!!!! Please @sarahanthony.bsky.social!! www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/p...
lansingstatejournal.com
Senate panel debates banning masks, other measures for ICE in Michigan
As attention intensifies on ICE conduct in Minnesota, lawmakers in Michigan debated a trio of proposals addressing how the agency could operate.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Indirect cost rate (IDC)) cap no longer in play for DOE! www.energy.gov/management/p...
energy.gov
PF 2026-30 Indirect Cost Rates, Policy Flashes and Financial Assistance Letter No Longer in Effect Due to the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment App...
Indirect Cost Rates, Policy Flashes and Financial Assistance Letter No Longer in Effect Due to the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations...
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
What exactly is a shitshow and how much are tickets?
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Congrats to @michigantech.bsky.social for gaining R1 status and joining the URC, which, wait for it, “supports defense-related, health sciences and other vital research to drive American competitiveness.” Yesss that’s what we work on, those three things. 🙄 urcmich.org/2025/03/mich...
urcmich.org
Michigan Technological University joins Michigan’s University Research Corridor - University Research Corridor
The University Research Corridor, a driving force for innovation and economic growth in the state and Great Lakes region, is expanding to include Michigan Technological University, our state’s newest ...
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A nice, positive, hopeful story about the significant return on investing in community #solar!
captimes.com
Deerfield strives to show rural Wisconsin towns a solar-powered future
Since 2018, “climate change philanthropist” Cal Couillard and his wife have funded around $2 million in solar projects at the village east of Madison.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Just your daily reminder that data centers, specifically the work of training large-learning models, constitute the largest single source of increasing power demand. Could #AI firms move their demand to off-peak hours? Sure. But they won't.
canarymedia.com
One way data centers can help the grid? By being flexible
Data centers could help slash costs and grid-upgrade times by easing off of utility grids during peak hours and finding ways to provide their own power.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Opinion: Look to rooftops, brownfields, policy reforms to capture #solar savings in Michigan www.bridgemi.com/guest-commen... via @bridgemi.com
bridgemi.com
Opinion | Look to rooftops, brownfields, policy reforms to capture solar savings | Bridge Michigan
Using rooftops, community lots and distressed lands allows solar to flourish with fewer conflicts, greater local benefits and stronger community support.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#Electricity demand to increase 4% (the consumption of Japan) annually til 2027. US demand to increase by a California each year. Why? Industrial expansion, air conditioning, EV's, and explosion of data centers, much in the developing world. electrek.co/2025/02/13/i...
electrek.co
IEA: power use to soar through 2027, but renewables will keep up
The IEA's newly released "Electricity 2025" report predicts that global power use will jump nearly 4% annually through 2027.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Great reporting on community support for & opposition to the Grange #solar project in Ohio. Note the Good Neighbor Agreements. Would love to check Open Road's analysis! @canarymedia.com dis.puc.state.oh.us/ViewImage.as...
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
How do #solar neighbors’ perceptions of community engagement compare to their expectations in the US? Check out our new paper: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Joe Árvai @joearvai.org · 16/12/2024
It was a privilege to work on this paper with @aitormarcos.bsky.social, @dlbessette.bsky.social, and Patrick. Do me a favor: Follow Aitor and Doug on this platform. They are super smart and thoughtful colleagues.
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Doug Bessette @dlbessette.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I've long believed that the #Palisades will never restart, regardless of all of the federal and state funding, talk about retrofitting, improved design, safety upgrades, jobs and poverty reduction. We'll see, but I'm pretty confident we won't. #nuclear investigatemidwest.org/2024/12/10/r...
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Risky Revival: How Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant could impact agriculture  - Investigate Midwest
COVERT, Michigan — The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, long synonymous with safety lapses and regulatory oversight, is poised for an unprecedented comeback under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s...
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