Danny S. Parker @dannysparker

Writer, scientist, Zen priest, cancer survivor, energy, history & space enthusiast, coffee lover. My opinions. Northern Hemisphere Joined June 2012

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Brilliant Maps @BrilliantMaps

3 weeks ago

The Number of Comfortable Temperature Days Per Year: 10-29°C (50-85°F) More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/comfortable-te…

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New WMO report on near-term climate projections finds that global temperatures are likely to remain at highly elevated levels for the next five years. Barring a large volcanic eruption, it is very unlikely that we see a year as cool as 2022 again.

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Danny S. Parker @dannysparker

4 months ago

Very impressed by JetZero. What @elonmusk should have been doing. Why? Politics will never be solved. Waste never be eliminated- entropy. Yes, Greater efficiency. Better machines. But increasing human suffering=wrong direction. jetzero.aero

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Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde

4 months ago

~45% of US corn production is now used to make ethanol, mostly for mixing into gasoline. That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production. Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.

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Elon Musk @elonmusk

4 months ago

Most people don’t realize how much solar power China has installed. Enough to power half of America!

Jesse Peltan @JessePeltan

4 months ago

Most people don’t realize how much solar power China has installed. Enough to power half of America!

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Elon Musk @elonmusk

4 months ago

China is deploying vast amounts of solar power

Jesse Peltan @JessePeltan

4 months ago

China is deploying vast amounts of solar power

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Danny S. Parker @dannysparker

5 months ago

nytimes.com/2025/04/21/bus… via @nytimes

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Danny S. Parker @dannysparker

5 months ago

nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opi… via @nytopinion

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Francis French (he/him) @F_French

8 months ago

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Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd

8 months ago

The thing that hasn’t sunk in for most people is the scale of climate change. We’re talking about the whole planet. I saw a scientist on the news today saying not only is 2024 the hottest year ever recorded, the 🌎 is hotter now than in at least 100,000 years. #LosAngelesFires

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath

8 months ago

Its pretty stark just how much warmer 2023 and 2024 were globally than any prior year on record.

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Lisa Wehden @lisawehden

10 months ago

A recent estimate by a team of Stanford economists attributes almost a quarter of all US innovation since 1976 to high-skilled, foreign-born individuals. This is despite a difficult immigration system. Let's accelerate innovation!

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Danny S. Parker @dannysparker

11 months ago

What difference does newer weather data make for building energy simulations? See our article (free access next 50 days): authors.elsevier.com/c/1jr2L1M7zHGE… Impact of weather data on energy performance using the TMY3 (1991-2005) vs. newer TMYx (2007-2021). 64 US locations.

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

11 months ago

Philip Bono's impressive single-stage-to-orbit concept design from the 1960s, the "Hyperion," captivated the aerospace industry with a horizontal takeoff and vertical landing (HTVL) sled that provided a 300 m/s boost. [🎞️ hazegrayart] x.com/i/status/17832…

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Danny S. Parker @dannysparker

11 months ago

It appears the a map of power outages in the U.S. is a good indicator of the destruction Hurricane Helene. (Via Nick Adams)

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Gerard Reid @gerardreid14

a year ago

Picture of the Week: #lithiumion #battery prices keep falling and performance increasing…to put the prices into perspective I bought a battery for my home about 5 years ago and prices were at $1000/kWh….now we are at circa $100. What this means is that #EVs will become lower…

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All Our Yesterdays @our_yesterdays

a year ago

On this day 69 years ago (August 9, 1955) Canadian physicist Gilbert Plass submits his paper "The Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climate Change" to the Swedish academic journal Tellus. #ClimateEmergency 1/2 allouryesterdays.info/2024/08/08/aug…

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Danny S. Parker @dannysparker

a year ago

A peculiar leopard-spotted rock, found beside an ancient, dried-out river in Mars' Jezero crater, contains some tantalizing clues of ancient life, NASA said. Source: livescience.com search.app/bkwrSeemz5DR75…

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath

a year ago

There is a lot happening in the news these days, but it seems like we should be paying a bit more attention to the fact that the world just saw its hottest day on record (in absolute terms), coming on the back of 13 straight record setting months: