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Eric Hittinger

@elephanteating.bsky.social
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Inaugural Director of RIT's School of Public Affairs, WILL International Chair at Univ. of Lille, & Past President of the US Association for Energy Economics. Batteries, renewables, electricity markets, and emissions. Sometimes I bike across the continent.

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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 13h
I would like to assume that the OP is a joke, though that may be wishful thinking...
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 14h
Anyway, I would watch a 3-season prestige drama show about this town.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 14h
Today I learned (from a German friend) that Adidas and Puma were founded by two brothers in the same German town, splitting the population into rival groups, who didn't socialize together, separated by employer loyalty (and a river). share.google/VprS6IunwGBl...
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Dassler brothers feud - Wikipedia
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 14h
New email "away message" just dropped
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Send an email to the journal editor.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Grandpa, what was the world like before the death of irony?"
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Extremely niche Upstate NY thing: in Parks and Rec S2E11, they go to "Jurrasic Fork" and in the background you can see a bottle of Dinosaur BBQ sauce in the background.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is funny. Even though they are not at all comparable, maybe just the fact that a kWh is cheaper world reminds people of the overall lower cost: Gasoline: $5 Diesel: $6 Electricity: $0.50
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Interesting... I guess pricing by parking duration (and offering "free" charging) at least had the advantage of getting people to move their cars when they are done...
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Like on a big sign you can see from the road?
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are there places that routinely post EV charging cost? China? Some parts of Europe?
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fueling stations that have fast charging should post the cost per kwh, like they do for gasoline. (I also propose that this is a good signal of EVs becoming mainstream)
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anyway, I long for the day when vaccines are not political and I can post my pro-vaccine rants that are broadly ignored. (aka, I liked it before it was cool)
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here's my conspiracy theory: a decent chunk of anti-vax people are actually just nervous about needles and wouldn't be anti-vax if vaccines were generally available in the form of a mist (or whatever).
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What is the appropriate number of water bottles for a family of four?
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Smash that "Add to steam wishlist" button
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Preparing a presentation and ready to relate to the youths
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It is delightful!
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Did I just catch a character on The Pitt refer to an MRI machine as "the donut of truth"?
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you are a university student at any level, I want to stress how important it is to take advantage of the events and organizations absolutely to you. You'll never again have such a rich intellectual community just outside your door!
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Bert's Intense Reading Stare (Sesame Street)
ALT: Bert's Intense Reading Stare (Sesame Street)
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A water fountain is the decorative tub in the middle of the park where you throw coins. A bubbler is for drinking. All Rhode Islanders know this.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extremely mundane civic actions are now a form of resistance. (Note: I live in this town) www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
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On both sides of Lake Ontario, there are Brightons. Now they're officially friends
The town of Brighton and the municipality of Brighton in Ontario, Canada, are entering into a "twinning" agreement.
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Reconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Three weeks out from the final George Eastman Bike Tour! The casually paced ride visits former homes of Eastman along with institutions that he founded. Only 7 miles. Tour includes a collectibler pin & a pass to visit the museum anytime. www.eastman.org/george-eastm...
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George Eastman Bike Tours | George Eastman Museum
Explore Rochester in a new way. A nod to George Eastman’s own love of cycling, the George Eastman Bike Tour takes you to ten different locations related to the life and work of this pioneer of popular...
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In any case, as you noted, these are hazardous waste industrial sites and not playgrounds.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Mostly, I would cover them over and monitor them. If they are too large and full with water, you'd usually have to do continual remediation.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Is that safe to swim in? (I know that the Germans have water testing for publicly accessible areas, so this one probably is safe. But in general, "swimming hole" is low on my list of uses for old coal mines)
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-coded
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I was briefly worried that reality was collapsing based on the Subject line...
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Everyone, please check on your warm-hearted 80-yr-olds
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just logging in to say: I really hope that there isn't a third... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/m...
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Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80
The actor’s gift for garish eccentricity was indelibly appropriate for the outlandish, cross-dressing mad scientist Frank-N-Furter.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Kid2 (7) upon our train pulling into Paris: "People here don't know if I'm famous or not. This is a place of wonders."
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I consider it an accomplishment, as it combines a) getting married at an inadvisably young age and b) yet it works...
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is more conceptually interesting than an anniversary...
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is cultural appropriation and I won't stand for it.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As of today, I've been married for more of my life than I was not-married. So this is now a "wife guy" account...
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The playground airplane is very explicitly electric
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
For reasons unknown, several of the signs are in English, despite this being an overwhelmingly French audience
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
At Futoroscope (French theme park) and they have a whole electricity building sponsored by EDF
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Compute is the new oil”
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Heat pumps are perhaps magic, and no one can prove that they aren't.
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Len @len.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We honestly don't witness very many situations in 2026 where the good guys don't just win, but they windmill dunk on evil and make it very funny at the same time.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The best I could get (better in person)
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's happening!
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Crowd is building here on the hillside.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Anyway, we we taking about how long until the moon drifts far enough from earth such that a full eclipse is no longer possible. (Seems to be about 0 5B yrs from now)
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Kid1 said that the earth is 4.5B yrs old and kid2 (7 yrs) mis-heard it as "4.5 yrs old" and responded "That can't be right - earth has to be at least 7 yrs old, bc I've been around that long" I approve of the hard scientific reasoning.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
$20 says that the eclipse does not cause any power outages.
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Eclipse viewing with 1000 of my closest friends in Burgos. Exited to actually see it this time!
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Eric Hittinger @elephanteating.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New modeling element to add to your transmission expansion model just dropped www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
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