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@MichaelEWebber
Aug 20, 2021 • 10 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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I am waiting to board a plane to Iceland, and frankly I’m a little disappointed that no one‘s dressed as a Viking in the waiting area. Image
Update: we landed in Iceland before breakfast and the first thing we did after we got off the plane was take a hike up a mountain to check out this volcano that’s newly active after 800 years. Incredible.
Also, check out the tires on this cool Mercedes in Iceland: I would love to see it drive on @EvilMopacATX Image
Art Deco hydropower in Iceland. Clean, renewable, beautiful electricity. Six 45 MW Francis turbines and penstocks buried in the mountain.
Just a few more shots of the hydroelectric facility. ImageImageImageImage
The word geyser in English comes from this spot in Iceland.
It is fun to reconnect with a former @WebberEnergy student Binni Olafsson to tour Iceland’s sights including a geyser, Viking farm, hydroelectric plant and incredible waterfall. ImageImageImageImage
I don’t want to make @TimMLatimer jealous but I got to visit an important geothermal combined heat and power plant today. Incredible.
A geothermal plant, a CO2 sequestration site, a transmission line with sheep, and wind/rain/fog. Iceland. ImageImageImageImage
Just some other cool stuff in Iceland. I love this place. ImageImageImageImage

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Jan 22
There’s a big winter storm coming to Texas – what does this mean for ERCOT?

Widespread blackouts? Price spikes for natural gas and power?

First let’s look at prior storms.

#EnergyTwitter

A Thread.
2011 Groundhog Day Storm

Very cold (but short-lived) across most of TX
Dry & Windy

Natgas systems froze ➡️ widespread outages

Wind was such a high-performer, the CEO of @ERCOT_ISO specifically acknowledged its role in keeping things from getting worse

texastribune.org/2011/02/04/an-…
@ERCOT_ISO 2021: Valentine’s Day Storm (Uri)

Very cold (& long-lived) over all of TX
Wet & windless

Natgas+coal+nukes+wind underperformed

Solar did "ok" & hydro overperformed, but had tiny capacity so didn’t help much.

Massive outages, $100B+ damage, 700+ died
energy.utexas.edu/research/ercot…
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Jul 7, 2025
I've been slow to post b/c the tragedy is still unfolding, but I wanted to share how gut-wrenching the floods along the Guadalupe River have been. We're not directly affected, but it feels close to home.

Below is a picture of Camp Flaming Arrow, next door to Camp Mystic.🧵 Image
My siblings & I spent a few weeks each summer for many years in the 1970s and 1980s at the old YMCA Camp Flaming Arrow, which is on the South Fork of the Guadalupe River just downstream of Camp Mystic & before Camp La Junta (where some of the survivors & victims were recovered).
I swam in the Guadalupe and canoed from the camp to the famous Hunt store to buy candy. We hiked those hills and sang songs around the fire pits so loudly the neighbors across the river in Hunt surely heard us.
Read 10 tweets
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Apr 19, 2025
ENERGY PREDICTIONS (April 19, 2025):

Trump’s 2nd Administration is now 3 months old, which is enough time to know his policy priorities. Based on these policy initiatives & other macro-trends, I've made some predictions for the state of domestic energy at the end of his term. 🧵
I thought it would be useful to publicly share my predictions so you can hold me accountable where I'm wrong/right.

Please come back January 20, 2029, by which time his presidency will have ended, and evaluate my accuracy.

By 1/20/2029, I predict the following for U.S. energy:
National energy consumption will decrease
National CO2 emissions will decrease
Carbon capture will increase (both CCS & DAC)
Read 10 tweets
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May 26, 2024
Can we talk about

Cass Elliott,
My mom,
Fat women in the 1950s & 1960s &
drug abuse?

A 🧵

Cass Elliot’s Death Spawned a Horrible Myth. She Deserves Better. nytimes.com/2024/05/09/art…
My mother and 'Mama' Cass Elliott were born 6 months apart in 1941. They were both fat, loud-mouthed women who wore multi-colored kaftans & mumus while breaking with norms of decorum to fill the room with their larger-than-life auras.
They were both prescribed Dexedrine (e.g. ""speed) by doctors at an early age b/c that is what doctors did for fat women in the 1950s and 1960s: "Oh, you're fat? Here, take these pills."

For my mother (and potentially for Cass Elliott), that was the start of a lifelong habit.
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Jan 31, 2024
I just paid my property taxes and anyone who tells you Texas is a low-tax state is LYING.

The tax structure in Texas is designed to soak the middle class and protect the richest earners (with zero income tax) and the landed gentry (with agricultural tax exemptions on ranches).
I wrote about the myth that Texas is a low-tax state here:
I also wrote about it here in 2022:

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Sep 18, 2023
I am very excited to share with you that as of September 1, 2023, I have the honor of holding the John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

It is humbling to be selected for the McKetta Energy Chair. Image
Who was John J. McKetta?

He was a professor of mine when I was an undergraduate & a colleague when I joined the faculty. He was a beloved teacher, excellent administrator, advisor to presidents and executives & always available for students as a mentor.

alcalde.texasexes.org/2016/01/100-an…
Thankfully his grand-daughter @ESMcKetta wrote a biography, so we can get more details. He was Ukrainian (I’m 25% Ukrainian). He grew up in a Pennsylvania coal town the son of a coal miner. He worked in the coal mines and decided it wasn’t for him, so he pursued higher education. Image
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