Geoff StaneffHeat Pump Check-in — 2024Way back in 2021 I finally found an installer who would install a ground source heat pump with no fossil fuel backup. It only took 5 years…Oct 1919Oct 1919
Geoff StaneffCarbon Death and TaxesWhat is up with a Carbon Tax? Why does it get my goat, so to speak? It comes back to economic thinking blotting out messy reality and…Sep 13Sep 13
Geoff StaneffThe Voluntary Carbon Market is Working as DesignedOffsets, and in particular Amazon’s self-certification scheme, are making the rounds again so it probably makes sense to describe a bit of…Aug 17Aug 17
Geoff StaneffAI II: Electric Boogaloo15 months ago, I outlined some of my thoughts on AI as there was an ongoing freak-out over how superintelligent general intelligence was…May 29May 29
Geoff StaneffThis Grist article from last week is a very familiar story.So long as the credit for doing good is separate from the actual good we’ll continue to get a climate show instead of climate action…May 14May 14
Geoff StaneffBouncing Around in the SunI’ve had occasion to think about concentrating solar power again, which has somewhat faded in interest as photovoltaics have rapidly gotten…Feb 29Feb 29
Geoff StaneffForestry and Friends: February ‘24We had a great Forests and Friends session today.Feb 16Feb 16
Geoff StaneffHow2AIGoogle and Microsoft are in the news recently for using AIs for new material synthesis. How could those efforts have been more effective?Jan 28Jan 28
Geoff StaneffToyota vs. TeslaA classic title like Ford vs. Ferrari, but a story more about competing business plans than machines.Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023