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Tom Brown
Personal blog · nworbmot.org/blogscienceeconomics
Tom Brown writes nworbmot:tombrown, a personal blog at nworbmot.org about science and economics. Since 2019, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Open grid data has a public benefit”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Tom Brown's blog posts on energy system modelling as supporting references, including a burden-of-proof argument on nuclear and integrating renewables, and a post on open grid data.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Open grid data has a public benefit2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2026-04-23
What Hacker News says?
What silly batteries example? If seasonal storage is solvable, solar + wind is not unreliable. And no, I don't have an anti nuclear agenda. But I know the energy system models and the results, and just how difficult integrating nuclear into the mix is. https://nworbmot.org/blog/burden-of-proof.html Finally, I know exactly what the paper says but maybe you don't: the problem with Dunkelflaute events is correlation. I…
Comment linking /blog/burden-of-proof.html
on “Can Earth's rotation generate power? Physicists divided over controversial claim”Submitted Solar and batteries can power the world as a story · 14 points
HN discussionWith satellite data, any large grid infrastructure is visible from sky. See https://openinframap.org & things that are visible from sky are also visible by humans walking around. Also, some data create more benefits when being public: https://nworbmot.org/blog/open-grid-data.html (incl. data that increases certain risks)
Comment linking /blog/open-grid-data.html
on “EU Open Sources Ten-Year Network Development Planning Tools”Submitted Open grid data has a public benefit as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> That's not true and unfair. I believe you are genuine, but also the information you present is miles from the reality in Germany and Europe, and the state of research in the field in general. > Believe it or not, I want to be proven wrong. I want somebody to walk me through what a end-goal for our ideal energy mix is, preferably without casually throwing it that we just need to create a new exotic battery technolo…
Comment linking /blog/burden-of-proof.html
on “Scientists’ warnings about climate change have intensified”Submitted Open grid data has a public benefit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open grid data has a public benefit as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open grid data has a public benefit as a story · 1 points
HN discussion