Tim Latimer

Heatmap News @heatmap.news [ View ] Feb 14, 2024 at 22:01 UTC

"The biggest expense in drilling is time it takes to drill. The easiest way to reduce drilling costs is to drill faster."

@zeitlin.bsky.social spoke to @timlatimer.bsky.social on his buzzy startup's new approach to geothermal drilling:

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 25, 2023 at 02:06 UTC

What an epic set up.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 14, 2023 at 14:36 UTC

It’s been incredible what the geothermal industry has accomplished over the last few years with just a fraction of the funding of nuclear, hydrogen, CCS, storage etc. Imagine what could happen with proper funding.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 14, 2023 at 14:33 UTC

1. The world desperately needs an abundant source of 24/7 carbon free energy. 2. Geothermal is emerging as the best candidate to fill that role quickly. But. 3. Financial support, both government and private, for geothermal is a rounding error compared to other resources.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 15:06 UTC

A depressing, uniquely American trend. Vehicle deaths are on the rise. These are preventable deaths, as other countries around the world show. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/b...

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 05, 2023 at 07:47 UTC

Also not clear how either of those would meaningfully decline in the near term, while it seems pretty clear oil related emissions will.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 05, 2023 at 07:27 UTC

Perhaps, but electricity only accounts for 38% of natural gas use in the US.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 05, 2023 at 06:29 UTC

Two things are true at the same time here. 1) Coal-to-gas switching has lowered carbon emissions on a relative basis in the last decade. 2) Gas is set to become the largest source of carbon emissions in the US in a few years.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 05, 2023 at 04:40 UTC

It was great to join PBS News Hour to discuss Texas recent leadership in renewables. It’s amazing how fast the progress on geothermal, wind, solar, batteries and more is happening here now.
t.co/7vqMdNoAdx

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 30, 2023 at 04:45 UTC

The pace of advancement in drilling technology happening in next-gen geothermal is so fast right now that if you’re using analysis more than a month old, it’s already out of date.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 26, 2023 at 17:16 UTC

That’s why I hadn’t attended in the past but this year feels very different.

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 26, 2023 at 15:19 UTC

I’ll be attending COP this year for the first time. This is a great long read about the nuances and challenges of COP—and why it’s still the best chance we have for international cooperation on climate change. I’m excited to attend. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 24, 2023 at 19:17 UTC

Today I learned there was a program in the 1980s to bring power from the abundant geothermal resources on Hawaii to Honolulu via a subsea HVDC cable. We should bring that back!

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 24, 2023 at 16:51 UTC

Still learning this new sky app and somehow the link above isn’t what I meant to post. Here is another version. www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 24, 2023 at 16:50 UTC

Obviously the US needs to move faster, and spread this progress globally, but it is highly encouraging that the US yet again is consistently decreasing carbon emissions in a time of continued economic growth. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 22, 2023 at 13:48 UTC

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 22, 2023 at 13:45 UTC

Great interview on Odd Lots on all the headwinds facing offshore wind, but applies to a lot of the infrastructure we need to build for the energy transition. Inability to finance long term projects in this rate environment is an existential threat to the transition.
open.spotify.com/episode/4HhH...

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 29, 2023 at 20:59 UTC

Ok if a park has a “Trees of Particular Interest” list, you know you’re in for a treat. Worth visiting, indeed.

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