Robotaxi reality check

I stumbled across Martin Gallardo’s post and decided that it would be worthwhile to rewrite my comment into a full post. The consulting...

Check out my review of Dr. Funk's book, where I highlighted some key takeaways, like why hype has replaced productivity, why consultants always win first, and what it means for anyone evaluating early-stage tech in climate and beyond.

Can you find unicorns in water? There is a hype around water tech startups. Climate is changing, and some countries, such as Turkey,...

How can you hype up, raise investments, burn the money, and do it all again? I have no idea, but life proves that it is possible, again and again.

Do we really have an AI energy problem? Or is it just hype (as usual)?

Logging in to ChatGPT today, I was greeted with a suggestion to describe me based on all of the chats I had. I’ve been using ChatGPT for...

What are the main challenges to NetZero in 2025?

the most cyberpunk thing I’ve read this year wasn’t fiction—it was a book by Nobel Prize winning MIT economists

I have no idea. Still, the question has been popping up in my head now and again for the last year. Every time I see some “hydrogen...

Venture investors watch the world burn and seek refuge in virtual worlds

I’ve just picked up my New Year read—a collection of solarpunk short stories. If you’re wondering, what is solarpunk, and why does it...

The last weekend of 2024 long-read on AI and Energy

If the magnitude of a problem is reflected by the books written about it, which would win?

AI and lithium-ion electrode manufacturing

You need data to optimize production, but production has to be running to generate that data.