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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research)

@spitfireresearch.bsky.social
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Chemical engineer, scale-up specialist, antidote to marketing #hopium . Advocate for a decarbonized future. www.spitfireresearch.com for more details

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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One container (TEU) of LFP battery cells can store and return about 27 000 MWh of electricity over their lifetime- as much as 270 container-sized tanks of diesel fuel. Renewable energy is about reducing GHG and toxic emissions. But it's also about energy security and resilience!
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One container of solar panels shipped to Toronto, can generate enough electricity over their lifetime to replace about 42 container-sized tanks worth of diesel fuel (4200 MWh).
An image showing that one container of solar panels (1 TEU) can replace the electricity generated from 42 TEU containers of diesel fuel over their lifetime.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Here's what a Cheetolini voodoo doll looks like when exposed to flame. Made of fat, starch and hot air, and hence a considerable flame. As much as I avoid practices based on poor or absent evidence, in this case it was worth a try!
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
You're supposed to comply, do what the masked men with guns tell you, and get onboard the boxcars, and take a shower when ordered. Fuck that, fascists!
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
There, I fixed it for you, nuclear bros. Seems you failed basic data analysis and statistics, or at least ignored it when it didn't make a happy story for your industry. Nukers aren't getting cheaper in China- they're just way cheaper to build there than anywhere else. Like everything.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I saw this and thought it was wryly amusing. Didn't see it on X- I'm done with that platform permanently.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A tale of two batteries. 11 years apart. The new ones to the left weigh the same, have 1.66x the energy density per unit volume and 2.4x the energy density per unit mass, and cost 30% as much per kWh. And they're not done getting better.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Batteries arrived for the ER-6 replacement pack. The 11 yr old original cells will be going into a solar project to serve a low C rate retirement of likely another 10 years or so. Now the long process of capacity measurements before they go in the car!
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Our old bumpersticker for our Model Y is starting to peel already, but the new one is sticking fast- and I think it makes the point even clearer. Elon can kiss my shiny metal ass!
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
US booze has been pulled from Ontario and Quebec shelves. US products are heavily discounted but not selling in our grocery stores. Canadians have two modes: "We're sorry", and "You're about to be sorry". Elbows up- this is going to get ugly until the Orange Turd is flushed from the Oval Toilet
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Speaks for itself- when it can get a word in edgewise.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
What do you think of my new trash artwork? Any guesses as to what it is?
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I prefer this inadvertently funny version put out by NREL- all it's missing is the wire connecting the power plant to the DAC unit and it would be complete.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It never had a thing to do with Canadian border security.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I'm not an artist, but I modified this popular cartoon to make it more accurate. It would better if the Great Orange Turd were holding the MAGA supporter to ward off the backsplash- hopefully someone can do a nicer job of it and post it here!
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Proof, despite recent events, that I haven't lost my marbles. I know exactly where they are- they're in a coffee can, mixed in with my ball bearings. And I also know where my towel is.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
How a graph can be accurate and yet tell a different story than it intends to. Chinese road fuels use has plateaued. Petrochemical use continues to grow- but is MUCH LOWER (the graph has different scales!). Chinese peak oil consumption is near, which is great news.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
One of my favorite paintings by the brilliant Rene Magritte is "Castle of the Pyrenees". So many times, as an employee, I felt that my clients were asking me to build THIS castle. Fascinated to learn that it was commissioned to block a lawyer's view of an ugly building from his office.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Sometimes the horse you've been riding, isn't just tired- it's dead. As the Dakotas say, when you discover that, the best strategy is to dismount. And I add that if you're too caught up to notice that your horse is dead, the person who wakes you up to the fact is not your enemy.
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I was an expert witness, supporting ACCR's case against gas company Santos, in relation to the feasibility of their claims around putting hydrogen into the natural gas network. Fascinating experience. Peer reviewed evidence here: scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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