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Ken Caldeira
Personal blog · kencaldeira.wordpress.comsciencepolitics
Ken Caldeira writes @KenCaldeira, a personal blog at kencaldeira.wordpress.com about science and politics. Since 2018, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-03-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ken Caldeira's blog for posts on the clean energy transition, including solar and wind growth and whether the power sector is ready. One comment quotes its view that optimism is a moral posture.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Environmental science of climate, carbon, and energy
What Hacker News says?
Hi Dan! 0. (We've met briefly; I work at a clean energy startup that relies on Utility API; I posted this.) 1. It is too late to prevent civilization-impacting warming, but it is not too late to have an enormous effect on how much impact happens how quickly. 2. "Optimism isn’t principally an analysis of present reality. It’s an ethic. It is not based on denial or rosy thinking. It is a moral posture toward the world…
Comment linking /2018/07/21/on-choosing-problems-to-work-on/
on “Solar and wind are coming. And the power sector isn’t ready”Submitted What do you do when an idea is quoted out of context by people with an agenda? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Red team, blue team – KenCaldeira as a story · 2 points
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