Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026kind of addresses my comments but also adds new material that I have to review. It’s degrading the ability of (some) people to sit down, think through stuff, and do the iterative process that is research. But so far it’s only afflicting a subset of people I work wIth. 2/2 000
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One thing I’ve noticed about AI use in academia is that it allows chaotic, scatterbrained people to be more chaotic and scatterbrained. Like, I’ve got a grad student who is trying to put a paper together and every time I send him comments he comes back with all this new, unrelated analysis that 1/2 100
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Dumb question and someone probably already asked it, but our current laws are WAY out of date; how do we ensure new regulations will be durable/nimble into an unknowable future? Like allowing flexibility like how we recently got all this battery storage on ERCOT. Texas seems to be oddly nimble. 000
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s a tough week for UT students. ACL mudfest, OU weekend coming up, Daigle’s exam… 010
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Review session for midterm in my petrophysics class and I did my annual “you‘ll put the TROPHY in peTROPHYsics”. Always gets applause. 131
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026And there will be foul language! Possibly around your kids! Please avoid the foul language. 010
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Niche French horn post: if the end screw of your lever restraining rod falls off and gets lost (indicated in photo), do NOT remove the rod. Your levers will fall out and you will spend an hour+ repositioning the springs and strings on the rotary valves. Just buy a new screw. #themoreyouknow 110
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026ACL Fest and OU weekend make it very difficult to schedule midterms at UT and I feel like we should abolish… something 000
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ATX is off the hook in apartment names. One of my grad students literally lives in “The Outlaw”. 000
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In my experience the best approach is to be able to tell them what you think they need and get them to believe you. It’s a delicate process that takes time and experience. Interact with them individually as much as possible. 010
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Are those diesel prices I see, streaking across the desert? 020
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026No, this is expected given the strength of this el niño, right? 121
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I literally got a message last week inviting me to join the "EU Academy of Sciences" (not to be confused with the European Academy of Sciences, which is a real thing). Yet another scam preying on struggling academics. 010
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026”’it’s probably not such a great idea,‘ Daigle said.” Like I tell my kids when they’re about to do something that will send us to the emergency room 020
Reposted by Hugh DaigleHugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yeah, I wish more Americans understood there‘s no such thing as energy independence. 011
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yeah, I wish more Americans understood there‘s no such thing as energy independence. 011
Reposted by Hugh DaigleCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 23/09/2026Banning diesel exports will make diesel prices higher in the U.S., especially in the northeast, where a lot of goods that arrive by ship at ports need to travel inland to US stores, carried by trucks and trains, that use,,,diesel fuel. 3318
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I will say again- this diesel nonsense is going to lead to unaffordable heating oil in New England, including for my parents. I am lucky that I can help them with $$ but so many are not so fortunate. The solution is to resolve the conflict in Iran. This is so dumb. 120
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Haha my quote made the headline! But seriously a ban on diesel exports is a bad move. Better to resolve the situation in Iran. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...marketplace.org"Not such a good idea": How banning diesel exports to lower prices could backfireSome senators and governors are calling on the Trump administration to temporarily ban diesel exports to boost domestic supply. Experts say it might not work as well as they hope. 010
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Cuantos Tacos, Stiles Switch, Loro, Homeslice Pizza, Posse East! 000
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Some of us got multiple notices for the same abstract, which I may use for debt collateral 000
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026And ironically it was due to a software error? C’mon man 040
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So we could take our exports off the market, but that would just drive up prices for everyone (note that crack spread is larger for Brent…). 3/3 Data from the EIA: www.eia.gov/energyexplai...eia.govWhere our diesel comes from - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)Sources of diesel fuel from petroleum refining and how diesel fuel is transported to consumers by pipeline, ships, trains, and trucks. 110
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Because diesel is traded on a global market, we have to consider import/export balance. US imported 60 million barrels (84% from Canada). Exports were 400 million barrels in 2025. 2/3 100
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ok, so now y‘all are going to ask me about a diesel export ban. In 2025, U.S. refineries produced about 1.76 billion barrels of diesel. Total consumption was 1.42 billion barrels. 1/3 120
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.eia.gov/energyexplai... “U.S. petroleum refineries produce most of the diesel fuel the United States consumes.” This is not an Ukraine problem, folks. C’mon man. 020
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Which is to say, yes, I’ve been paying out of pocket for myself and my students to attend AGU for the past 10+ years. See you there! 010
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026UT grants a nominal amount ($1.5k) for conference travel and I usually eat the rest if I don’t have grant funds (as I usually don’t). We’re lucky at UT that we’re relatively well compensated so my personal funds cover it + graduate students. But yes, this is unsustainable. 111
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Beautiful sunset in ATX. Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend. Photo by my 13-year-old. 030
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My parents, like many people in New Hampshire, rely on heating oil in the winter. Usually they lock in a low(ish) season-long rate during the summer. This year their oil provider couldn’t make this happen because of uncertainty. Now prices are rising again. I worry for them! This is all unnecessary. 030
Reposted by Hugh DaigleDanny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 09/09/2026This is a great story from @katearonoff.bsky.social on the new UNEP emissions gap report and a recent ERL paper from @arvindpawan1.bsky.social and @hdaigle.bsky.socialnewrepublic.comCarbon Capture Won’t Save Us Anytime SoonA new U.N. climate report says that massive amounts of carbon capture and storage can keep a long-shot climate goal within reach. But nobody should be counting on it. 22717
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026AI was actually helpful in telling me that UT's weekend parking leniency extends to Labor Day and pointed me to the exact section of the HOP that says so. A rare (so far) win! (Took the kids to the rec pool at Gregory Gym because it was 101 degrees out, and my F permit gets us a premium spot.) 120
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just like on the license plate. “Drink free, or dry” 030
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Ok duh but what’s up with SoCal? Too many Eastern New England expats? 000
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Based on observations around Austin pertaining to competition, I’m with the latter. Waymo is already here, I’m not sure about Zoox, but they’re definitely the late entry. Also some bad press about not dropping off passengers where expected. 190
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026@vermontgmg.bsky.social and I were at the same college near Boston on this morning. I remember seeing the news of the first plane strike, shrugging, and heading off to my work study job where I heard of all the rest. Fighter jets around Boston the rest of the day. Millennial coming of age. 0243
Reposted by Hugh DaigleHugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Are colons the new em-dash or what 011
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Old boreholes are more likely to be leaky due to corrosion, bad cement etc. Entire assets consisting of old wells are bad news for this reason- you can’t just say “hey, this field used to hold a ton of oil, let’s sequester here.” Because there are too many existing wells. 110
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026You’re probably the best person to do this interview and it will be a great episode. Very topical and lots of detail to get into. I look forward to listening. Q: Can you offset emissions for a flexible load? You’re balancing energy demand vs carbon removal demand, temporally, which is hard. 000
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Donating blood is good for your community and good for your health. And you get free Gatorade! 020
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It‘s got a lot of advantages over water - supercritical at lower PT, low viscosity, high heat capacity etc. Only drawback is you can only do it closed loop (In the absence of corrosion etc - color me skeptical.) Here’s some very enthusiastic local press coverage: bigbendsentinel.com/2024/12/11/p...bigbendsentinel.comPresidio among first in Texas to advance ‘World-changing’ carbon-negative geothermal projectPRESIDIO — In a groundbreaking move that could reshape the energy landscape of Far West Texas, the Presidio Municipal Development District (PMDD) unanimously voted on December 4 to authorize a letter ... 020
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I had a discussion with our municipal electric utility where I found out they are going to purchase electricity from a company drilling a geothermal well in West Texas (where the rocks are hot and not seismically active) that will use CO2 as the working fluid in a closed-loop system. We'll see. 120
Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I literally said this on the radio 6 months ago come on guys 020