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AI consumes huge amounts of energy, but still can’t beat humans on creativity. The Winter Olympics have just wrapped up, but the AI vs. human contest is just getting started. Lots of people are stressed out right now trying to predict the impacts AI will have on markets, energy, white-collarContinue Reading

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With trillions at stake, no wonder they’re both so controversial. Everyone knows AI is changing everything, faster than we can imagine. Why isn’t solar getting the same attention? Probably because AI is seen as the ultimate profit machine, with a few billionaire winners, and many losers. Whereas solar will haveContinue Reading

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Protesting matters more than ever right now, for clean energy and everything. I’ve been thinking a lot about protests this week, given what’s happening in Minnesota. Most protest happens on social media these days, but recent events (in Minneapolis and Tehran for example) have shown that media is not enough:Continue Reading

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AI isn’t as good as me… but it’s definitely 1,000% faster. While sitting in the bathtub yesterday reading the news (bad habit, I know), I got an idea. What if I asked AI to draft an Electrified post for me? I spoke this prompt into my phone, and in aboutContinue Reading

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Check out these great writers, podcasters and YouTubers… you’ll learn a lot. Want to learn more about clean energy? Here’s my ‘Top 40’ list of clean energy podcasters, writers, and YouTubers to check out in 2026. I’m not endorsing everything they say or do, but generally they’re awesome, highly informative,Continue Reading

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America must reassert its global ice cream truck leadership. Winning the Cold War. This is a true story about ice cream, vehicle electrification, and military power. The events in this story actually happened. Please excuse any slight over-dramatization. In 1960, at the height of the Cold War, the nation girdedContinue Reading

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Asking Santa for a few improvements. Dear Santa: For Christmas I’d like world peace, democracy, love, opportunity and happiness for all people. And continued scientific progress. But if that’s too big an ask, how about a better, more market-driven grid? Dave Stocking stuffers Please make cheap, permissionless plug-in solar happenContinue Reading

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“You keep using that word.” – Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride The wind is blowing… in China and around the world. China is building ‘windmills’: lots of them. Actually, they’re building wind turbines, not windmills (windmills mill grain). But The Wall Street Journal called them windmills anyway this week inContinue Reading

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Journalists need (and deserve) all the support they can get right now. Journalists are awesome people doing important work: digging up the truth, holding power to account, and serving as part of the backbone of our democracy. But they also face lots of challenges, which have only ratcheted up inContinue Reading

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GPT 5.1 quickly demolished the claim that “Europe’s Green Energy Rush… Crippled the Economy” Today the Wall Street Journal ran a hit piece on Europe’s energy transition, full of cherry picked data, hand waving, and a flat out incorrect premise and headline. This was a news article, not an opinionContinue Reading

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Also: journalism and big oil can now get divorced. I’ve seen a few great slide decks in my life: Mary Meeker’s internet trends decks, Reid Hasting’s Netflix culture deck, and my daughter’s 2018 deck about why we should let her get chickens (we should have). Now here’s another one: TheContinue Reading

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What people are doing with solar is really fun to watch. September’s a huge month for solar and clean energy. The world will likely install 50+ gigawatts of solar this month (led by China). Plus, its a huge month for conferences: Intersolar Mexico, PV Expo Tokyo, EU PVSEC in Billbao,Continue Reading

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I get asked constantly for job and career advice by recent and soon-to-be college grads, in climate tech and in general. Here’s what I’m telling them now. Think positive: it’s a big world. There’s lots of awesome things you can do in this world, have confidence in yourself and getContinue Reading

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What does energy nirvana look like? To me, it’s cheap, clean power, straight from your roof instead of fossil fuels or the monopoly grid. This vision may seem far off… but it’s already here today. Here’s a fun example. Yesterday I tried the new ‘Solar Express Car Wash‘ down theContinue Reading

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Staying power is what we all need right now. This year will likely be rough, climate-wise and otherwise, with lots of backsliding, destructiveness, and stupidity. If you’re wondering how to stay motivated, here’s one idea: just keep playing the music. We did a trip to Nashville after the election andContinue Reading

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Busy but want to help Harris win? Try making some calls, it’s easy. The presidential election’s a toss up right now, and getting out more swing state votes in the final hours is crucial. If you can spare 30 minutes today, use this quick start guide to try making someContinue Reading

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An ode to my dad, and why I’m fighting for American democracy right now. My dad passed away last week at age eighty-nine. He was lucky to be an American, and to live in the best place to be alive, ever. An America of opportunity for all, that welcomed immigrantsContinue Reading