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Nina Kelsey @ninakelsey.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

@melissakgriffith.bsky.social and I just published this piece on policymaking for technologies that sit at the intersection of economics, security, and sustainability - what we're calling "fulcrum technologies" - and I'm pretty happy with it. warontherocks.com/2024/07/the-...

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The Challenges of Policy in an Era of Fulcrum Technologies - War on the Rocks

Last month, Alliant Energy announced it will delay converting its Wisconsin coal plant by three years. This delay underscores an important tension: While

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Nina Kelsey @ninakelsey.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Speaking as a potential buyer of a sporty little plug-in pickup truck (if one were available) - why Ford? Why?

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Australia Is Getting a Sporty Little Plug-in Pickup Truck. America Isn’t.

What gives, Ford?

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Nina Kelsey @ninakelsey.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Russia’s project to turn itself into a satellite state that exists to supply energy to China continues apace: www.naturalgasworld.com/russia-gas-p...

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Nina Kelsey @ninakelsey.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

For anyone that’s missed that WV’s flagship research university doesn’t think students should learn foreign languages anymore (amid other drastic cuts): community.wvu.edu/~jokatz/Closure

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The cuts at WVU

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Nina Kelsey @ninakelsey.bsky.social · 15/05/2023

Many Americans don’t get low-tech, locally appropriate cooling. In my no-AC arid CA childhood home, we had a protocol: windows wide open all night; then closed and curtains drawn till it got hotter inside than out, usually ~5-6pm. Never could convince my East Coast AC-acclimated roommates it works.

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Don’t Be Too Chill About Your Air Conditioning Dependency

People without air conditioning fare better during blackouts. Here’s why.

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Nina Kelsey @ninakelsey.bsky.social · 10/05/2023

Elon Musk is the worst person to headline an electric truck business in 2023 for exactly the same reasons he was the best person to headline an electric car business in 2008.

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Nina Kelsey @ninakelsey.bsky.social · 06/05/2023

Well, I just got a BlueSky invite and now it’s time to find out if there will be a brief window of low enough usage that I don’t find it to be as impossible to engage with as Twitter!

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