I have to give a TWITTER APOLOGY to @JesseJenkins. I recently critiqued some work he was involved in on decarbonization on here, w/out reading the entire report. The more I think about that, the more it bothers me. It wasn't professional, & fwiw Jesse, I'm sorry for being hasty!
It's like critiquing a book you haven't completely read, which is one of my pet peeves in professional history. It's lazy and not very helpful...if going public with criticism, the least one can do is read the whole thing. (Obviously, that makes for a better critique too.)
Despite its informal nature, Twitter is still public, and professional standards apply. I tweeted some thoughts after reviewing the report for a few hours, but that wasn't sufficient - nor fair to the authors of the report.
Conflicted funding (like oil companies funding a report on how to stop global warming) creates a presumption of bias, & I find some of the report's claims regarding carbon capture & sequestration to be dubious. But that doesn't excuse giving a public critique w/out full prep.
So...twitter apologies...may there be peace on Earth and goodwill to all in climate brawl this season...
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