Benjamin R. Cook
@bencook
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Higher Education Leadership, Energy Economist, Techno-Economic Modeling, Excel Guru, MBA Programs and Fly-Fisherman
Laramie, WY, USA
Joined July 2007
Bull on the run after 8 break out of rodeo in Massachusetts https://t.co/sMWMHZabvD via @nbcnews
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“Community members should exercise extreme caution and not approach the bull if found,” the sheriff said.
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I find it completely unacceptable that Chuck Norris has yet to be featured in a Fortnite Icon Series. At the same time, when my 11 year old asks for VBucks - it is nice to be able to say, "Only if you need it to buy a Chuck Norris skin." #fortnite #chucknorris
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Holy smokes, trying to interconnect a small solar project (≤10 MW) in Oregon is expensive!
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While you are being flooded by news stories about EPA's Clean Energy Rule to replace the never-enforced Obama-era Clean Power Plan and save coal, it might be worth having a little bit of context. Here is U.S. electricity by fuel source since 1948:
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2/ So will cryptocurrency mining's energy demand overwhelm global electricity supplies? EI's @EricGimon explored this question, finding room for sustainable growth as long as it stays below 19% growth per year (cc @jtemple)
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Retailer friends: Are displays like this with 2-3 shelves out of reach for 80% of people for visual effect or is it a design flaw?
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Talen Energy announces it will close Colstrip units 1&2 by end of the year. That is three years before the units' retirement date. Colstrip is the fifth largest coal plant west of the Mississippi River. Press release here: https://t.co/Y1zQNb3jUw
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Momentum matters in energy policy...
The US power sector is on track to meet the goals of the EPA Clean Power Plan next year, which is two full years before it was supposed to be enforced.
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I’ve said it again and again. We need a new asset class. An asset class dedicated to climate financing. Not #VentureCapital & #impactinvesting - it has to be thesis driven, non correlated returns. Also stop saying cleantech. Energy /= DAC /= software https://t.co/5p78htK6kF
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Law students! If you're a professor's RA this summer, I want to share a quick note about how your relationship will differ from your student-professor relationship. You are senior/junior collaborators now. What does this mean?
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"Your humanity is an asset to your effectiveness, not a liability."-Kim Scott
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Remember all those "coal" plants that China built? They're steam power plants whose heat source can be changed from coal to nuclear by replacing furnaces with standardized, 250 MWth HTR-PM modules. Exactly same steam conditions. Revolutionary for energy, climate & geopolitics
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"Good teachers, in any field, do far more than convey information; they pass along something of themselves."-Peter Buffett
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“I would argue that unless we get a CCS breakthrough we don’t currently have, we need to just stop using coal..." https://t.co/9SET1riyLw
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I just figured out how to "secretly" enable iterative calculations in Excel using VBA. Be afraid of this VBA rabbit hole...
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That moment during a hectic moment when you realize it is MLB opening day and grab your Red Sox hat!
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